Delta Naturalists Society

Category: *Ladner/Tsawwassen

• 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 Society

  June 27, 2024

  *100 Mile House, *DNCB, *DNS, *Williams Lake, 108 Golf Resort, 108 Mile Heritage Site, 150 Mile House, Alder Flycatcher, American Avocet, American Dipper, American Kestrel, American Redstart, Bald Eagle, Barrow’s Goldeneye, Belted Kingfisher, Black-billed Magpie, Blue-winged Teal, Bobolink, Bullock’s Oriole, Calliope Hummingbird, Canvasback, Cedar Waxwing, Centennial Park, Chipping Sparrow, Cinnamon Teal, Clay-coloured Sparrow, Cliff Swallow, Common Yellowthroat, Dusky Flycatcher, Eared Grebe, Eastern Kingbird, Elliot Lake, Evening Grosbeak, Gadwall, Graham Lake, Gray Catbird, Hermit Thrush, Horse Lake, Killdeer, Lazuli Bunting, Least Flycatcher, Lincoln’s Sparrow, Long-billed Curlew, Marsh Wren, Merlin, Mission Road, Mountain Bluebird, Mountain Chickadee, Northern Rough-winged Swallow, Northern Waterthrush, Olive-sided Flycatcher, Orange-crowned Warbler, Osprey, Pileated Woodpecker, Purple Finch, Red-naped Sapsucker, Red-necked Grebe, Red-tailed Hawk, Redhead, Ring-necked Duck, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Sandhill Crane, Say’s Phoebe, Scout Island Nature Centre, Scout Lake, Sepa Lake, Solitary Sandpiper, Sora, Spotted Sandpiper, Townsend’s Solitaire, Turkey Vulture, Veery, Vesper Sparrow, Virginia Rail, Walker Valley, Warbling Vireo, Watson Lake, Western Flycatcher, Western Kingbird, Western Meadowlark, Western Wood-Pewee, White Pelican, Williams Lake First Nation reserve, Willow Flycatcher, Wilson’s Snipe, Wood Duck, Yellow Warbler, Yellow-headed Blackbird, Yellow-rumped Warbler

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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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  Delta Naturalists Society

  June 25, 2024

  *DNCB, *DNS, Birds, Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway

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• Delta Naturalists Outing to Ladner Harbour Park, May 22, 2024

  PHOTO: Wilson’s Warbler (f) by David Hoar….. 14 keen Casual Birders met up at Ladner Harbour Park on a rather cool, grey morning, determined to see newly arrived migrant birds. Participants today were Roger, Noreen and David, Lynne and Warren, Stephanie and Colin, Glen, Lidia, Lindly, Margaretha, Douglas and Christine McG, and me (Anne). The…

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  May 22, 2024

  *DNCB, *DNS, *Ladner/Tsawwassen, Bald Eagle, Black-headed Grosbeak, Great Horned Owl, Ladner Harbour Park, Marsh Wren, Orange-crowned Warbler, Pacific-slope Flycatcher, Warbling Vireo, Western Wood-Pewee, Wilson’s Warbler, Yellow Warbler, Yellow-rumped Warbler

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• City Nature Challenge Outing to Centennial Beach with the Delta Naturalists, April 27, 2024

  PHOTO: Dunlin by Bruce Taylor…. Nicki’s Plant and Seashore Report: Seven hearty Delta Naturalists showed up at Centennial Beach for some birding and iNaturalist observations. We were Nicki, Bruce, Grant, Dirk, Joni, Lisa and Jonathon W. As we gathered near the concession, sadly we found a deceased Hermit Thrush on the ground, the victim of…

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  April 27, 2024

  *DNCB, *DNS, Centennial Beach, Dunlin, Western Sandpiper

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• Delta Naturalists Outing to Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway & Reifel Bird Sanctuary, April 24, 2024

  PHOTO: Cinnamon Teal & Blue-winged Teal by Brian Avent….. The forecast offered only clouds and a 60% chance of showers. Not surprisingly, a few people cancelled and I showed up at the Ferry Terminal at 8am. Not a lot to see – a Bald Eagle on the lamp post, assorted Gulls and some Greater Scaup…

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  April 24, 2024

  *DNCB, *DNS, Bald Eagle, Black Oystercatcher, Blue-winged Teal, Cinnamon Teal, Marsh Wren, Northern Harrier, Purple Martin, Reifel, River Otter, Sandhill Crane, Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway, Wood Duck

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• Delta Naturalists Outing to Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway & Reifel Bird Sanctuary, April 23, 2024

  PHOTO: Wilson’s Warbler by Terry Carr….. Six Delta Nats met on the Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway – Lori Y & Joe, Lidia, Susan, Lorna, Terry. The water was very calm but the ducks were far from shore – White-winged Scoters, Surf Scoters, Common Goldeneye, Green-winged Teal, Bufflehead, Mallards, Red-breasted Mergansers and Scaup. Bald Eagles were eating…

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  April 23, 2024

  *DNCB, *DNS, Bald Eagle, Black Oystercatcher, Black Turnstone, Common Yellowthroat, Gadwall, Hooded Merganser, Horned Grebe, Long-billed Dowitcher, Marsh Wren, Northern Harrier, Purple Martin, Red-breasted Merganser, Reifel, Ring-necked Duck, River Otter, Sandhill Crane, Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway, Wilson’s Warbler, Wood Duck, Yellow-rumped Warbler

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• Delta Naturalists Outing to North 40 Park Reserve, April 10, 2024

  PHOTO: Bald Eagle by Glen Bodie….. Nice easy drives for everyone this morning, except Richard coming from North Van with traffic trouble on both the Alex Fraser and the Massey Tunnel. Not everyone signs up in advance, and so we ended up with 10 birders: Al, Richard, Warren and Lynne, Lisa and Jonathan W, Margaretha,…

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  April 10, 2024

  *DNCB, *DNS, *Ladner/Tsawwassen, Bald Eagle, Black-bellied Plover, Cooper’s Hawk, Hairy Woodpecker, North Forty/VWS, Yellow-rumped Warbler

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• Delta Naturalists Outing to North 40 Park Reserve, April 9, 2024

  PHOTO: Rufous Hummingbird by Terry Carr….. Twelve Delta Nats met at the North 40 Park Reserve in East Ladner on a gorgeous spring morning. This was the site of the Vancouver Wireless Station until 1971. The buildings in the residential community were moved away, leaving the foundations and streets as remnants. Although it is a…

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  April 9, 2024

  *DNCB, *DNS, Barn Owl, Bewick’s Wren, Coyote, North Forty/VWS, Northern Harrier, Ruby-crowned Kinglet

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• Delta Naturalists Outing to Ladner Harbour Park, April 6, 2024

  PHOTO: Killdeer by Grant Edwards….. As the Saturday group of Delta Nats assembled in the parking lot near the caretaker house, we were greeted by amazing birdsong!  No doubt that spring is here.  With Merlin app in hand, several Nats were zooming around the parking lot in amazement at what was singing and calling.  We…

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  April 6, 2024

  *DNCB, *DNS, *Ladner/Tsawwassen, Bald Eagle, Bewick’s Wren, Brown Creeper, Cooper’s Hawk, Eurasian Wigeon, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Killdeer, Ladner Harbour Park, Marsh Wren, Northern Harrier, Pied-billed Grebe, Red-tailed Hawk, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Yellow-rumped Warbler

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• Delta Naturalists Outing to Deas Island Regional Park, March 30, 2024

  PHOTO: Northern Flicker by Grant Edwards….. As the Saturday morning outing people assembled near the rowing centre we were greeted by a lovely spring day with no wind.  Right on cue, a small group of Canada Geese did a flyover to bless the outing.  A Belted Kingfisher was heard and then spotted flying high above…

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  March 30, 2024

  *DNCB, *DNS, *Ladner/Tsawwassen, Deas Island Regional Park, Great Horned Owl

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