Category: *Ladner/Tsawwassen
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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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DNCB Outing No. 2023-15B to North 40 Park Reserve, April 12, 2023
A dozen DNCB birders met at the North 40 Dog Park early on a frosty morning that promised lots of sunshine. Present were Anne, Marion, David, Noreen, John McF, Lidia, Liz s.,Lorna, Margaretha, Mike B, Brian, Louise. Lidia arrived with the news that among the gulls at the turf farm there was a flock of
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DNCB Outing No. 2023-15A to North 40 Park Reserve, April 11, 2023
Three painfully optimistic birders, Bob, Dottie and Lee, left White Rock in the pouring rain, arriving at the North 40 Park Reserve just in time for the rain to end. It was cloudy, chill and damp, and absent any other birders we could find. Croaks sounded from the water-filled ditches, likely bullfrogs, but a rabbit
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DNCB Outing No. 2023-13B to Deas Island Regional Park, March 29, 2023
Although it was chilly at 8:00 am on Wednesday, the sun shone the whole time, and it gradually warmed up as our group of seven made its way around Deas Island. We were Brian and Louise, Liz, Marion, Vicki, Margaretha, and Angela. Roger M. joined us briefly to make sure we found the Great Horned
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DNCB Outing No. 2023-13A to Deas Island Regional Park, March 28, 2023
Fourteen birders met at Deas Island Regional park on a glorious spring morning – Terry, Grant, Bob, Dottie, Lidia, John, Lorna, Jacquie, Mike, Roger, Jim, Lee, Chris P and Lori. In the slough were Bufflehead, Mallards, Common Goldeneye and American Wigeon. A juvenile Bald Eagle looked down from a high perch and others flew overhead.
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