Category: *Ladner/Tsawwassen
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Centennial Beach, February 27, 2024
PHOTO: Brant Geese by Terry Carr…..Fourteen Delta Nats met at Centennial Beach in Boundary Bay Regional Park on a cold clear morning. Roger, Terry, Margaretha, David, Mike, Jacquie, Christine, Lorna, Jim, Dottie, Bob, Lidia, Lisa and Jonathan W. There was a large flock of American Wigeon on the grass but a careful scan did not
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway & Reifel Bird Sanctuary on February 14, 2024
PHOTO: Northern Shovelers & decoy by Glen Bodie…….. It was a clear, cold day – just what 18 birders needed to get them out of bed. We were Alan and Liz, Brian and Louise, Colin and Stephanie, Jonathan and Lorraine, Warren and Lynne, David and Noreen, Christine, Moira, Margaretha, Nick, Richard and Glen. Only 5
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Delta Naturalists Birding Outing to Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway & Reifel Bird Sanctuary on February 13, 2024
PHOTO: Barred Owl by Terry Carr……… I was the only one who stopped at the ferry causeway before we met at the Reifel Bird Sanctuary. In the water were American Wigeon, Common Goldeneye, Mallards, Surf Scoters and a Common Loon. The highlights were a massive flock of Dunlin passing back of forth, looking for a
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Birdwatching on Boundary Bay Dyke at 64th Street with the Delta Naturalists (December 13, 2023)
On this morning, the sun’s rays flowed copiously from beneath the sky’s heavy skirts of cloud, making the horizon blush burgundy. American Bald Eagle, European Starling, and a Northern Flicker adorned the large winter bare tree at the start of our walk at the southernmost end of 64th Street. Song Sparrow chirped shyly from the roadside foliage and
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Delta Naturalists Field Trip to Boundary Bay Dyke at 64th on December 12, 2023: Short-eared Owl
For the Tuesday December 12 outing to Boundary Bay at 64th there was an outstanding turnout of just 2 of us. With only two sets of eyes (Christine and Alan) we formally throw down the gauntlet to the group on Wednesday to match. Weather was absolutely stellar for December being sunny and 6C with no
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DNCB Outing No. 2023-38B to Centennial Beach, September 20, 2023
10 of us gathered this morning at Boundary Bay Regional Park: park regulars David and Noreen, Colin, Chris, Lee, Lidia, Stephanie, Warren, Pat, and me (Anne). The weather was a little cool and grey, but with sunny spells between the clouds. We decided to go around the park “widdishins” – along the back trails northward
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DNCB Outing No. 2023-38A to Centennial Beach, September 19, 2023
Seven Delta Nats met at Centennial Beach in Boundary Bay Regional Park – Bob, Joe, Dottie, Mike, Lorna, John and Terry. Ekjot joined us for part of the walk as well. While we were waiting in the parking lot, Joe spotted a Cooper’s Hawk fly into a cottonwood. It was well camouflaged, but luckily Joe
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DNCB Outing No. 2023-23B to Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway & Reifel, June 7, 2023
Ferry Causeway I was the only birder, casual or serious, at the ferry jetty this morning. The tide was high and some Black Oystercatchers were piping. Great Blue Herons flew into the marsh from the heronry, one by one, for the twenty minutes I was there. When I left, 25 were stood quietly on the
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DNCB Outing No. 2023-23A to Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway & Reifel, June 6, 2023
Five birders met on the ferry causeway on a very windy morning. There were Eagles, Herons, gulls and Oystercatchers, but the other birds were sheltering somewhere else. We stopped at the heronry near the beginning of the causeway. Many herons were on nests, many more were flying in or out, and eagles were soaring above.
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DNCB Outing No. 2023-17A to Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway & Reifel, April 25, 2023
This outing’s first stop was at the taxi pullout of the Tsawwassen Ferry Jetty. Five members including Jonathan, Lorraine, Mike, Lorna and guest outing leader Grant. Weather was a pleasant 10 C with light winds which was a welcome break from the four- layer wind howlers of recent past. We were instantly greeted by an
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