Category: *Ladner/Tsawwassen
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Boundary Bay at 104th, October 23, 2024
PHOTO: Dunlin & Coyote by Glen Bodie….. It promised to be a grey and cool – or maybe even cold – morning on the dike when these 13 birders met up at 104th Ave: Lynne and Warren, Grace, Henry, Naoko, Brian (w/o Louise), Stephanie (w/o Colin), David S, Connie, TK, Lucia, Margaretha and Glen. The
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Boundary Bay at 104th, October 22, 2024
PHOTO: Dunlin & Black-bellied Plover by Terry Carr…… 18 DNCBers met on Boundary Bay dyke at 104th. It was cold and windy but the wind was keeping the rain clouds away. The tide was far out so the ducks and shorebirds were far out on the tide line. There were huge flocks of Snow Geese
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Centennial Beach, September 25, 2024
Photo: Boundary Bay at Low Tide by Glen Bodie…. Only Glen and I decided to go on this morning’s rain-soaked walk. We experienced light but steady drizzle during the first part of the morning; by the time we were on our return route, it was a solid downpour. Despite the poor conditions, we set off
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Centennial Beach, September 24, 2024
PHOTO: Brewer’s Blackbird by Terry Carr….. 12 Delta Nats met at Centennial Beach in Tsawwassen on a lovely fall morning. Around the parking lot were White-crowned Sparrows, Towhees, Starlings and Crows, but the Eagles have not yet returned. In the pond were Mallards and two Northern Shovelers. Large flocks of Canada Geese and Cackling Geese
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway and Reifel, September 11, 2024
PHOTO: Red-necked Phalarope by Glen Bodie…. It was a very grey and damp morning, which is why only newbie Bryce, Chris and I showed up at the Tsawwassen jetty. The mudflats at the landward end were exposed and there were enormous flocks of duck there, but there is nowhere convenient to stop. We met at
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway & Reifel, September 10, 2024
PHOTO: Long-billed Dowitchers by Terry Carr…. Six Delta Nats met on the ferry causeway – Joe, Jonathan & Lorraine, Debbi, Lorna and Terry. On the water were Horned Grebes, Common Loons, Scaup, Surf and White-winged Scoters, Northern Pintail, and Gulls. On the shore were a group of Black Oystercatchers. On the far spit were Killdeer
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Deas Island Regional Park, July 24, 2024
PHOTO:Wood Ducks by Brian Avent……. On Wednesday morning at 8am a group of 10 started out at Deas Island. Well, a group of 8, and then 2 more came just a little bit late. We were Brian and Louise, Bill and Carolyn, Lee, Richard, David S, Doug B, Margaretha and Glen. We started near the
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Delta Naturalists Outing to the North 40, July 10, 2024
PHOTO: Cooper’s Hawk by Glen Bodie…. Some of those who skipped the trip to Manning Park on Tuesday came out to the North 40 park on Wednesday – Dottie, Bob and Glen. It was a sunny hot day, but the blast furnace of the last week had started to come back to normal BC temperatures.
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Delta Naturalists Birding Trip to 100 Mile House, June 23-27, 2024
PHOTO: American Coots by Terry Carr…. REPORT BY THEA BECKMAN: Sunday, June 23 – Travel to 108 Golf Resort Located in the central interior of British Columbia, the Cariboo is an intermontane region sandwiched between the Cariboo Mountains to the east and the Coast Mountains to the west with the Fraser River plateau in between.
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway, June 25, 2025
One Delta Nat scoped the compensation lagoon & spit on a nice sunny balmy day to get closer views of the many Bonaparte’s Gulls in breeding plumage (only one with black head)!Several Whimbrel were foraging amongst the large roosting group of Great Blue Herons.Two Killdeer & three Black Oystercatchers also were present on this tiny land reserve.
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