Delta Naturalists Society

Category: *Ladner/Tsawwassen

• DNCB Outing No. 2023-09B to Centennial Beach, March 1, 2023

  Fifteen birders met at Centennial Beach on a very chilly morning – Roger, Jonathan, Mike, Herb, David, Warren, Colin, Lorraine, Noreen, Lynne, Stephanie, Margaretha, Lindly, Anne and Terry. The outing had been changed from Burnaby Lake because of Tuesday’s snowfall. Tsawwassen escaped most of the snow so the paths were clear. In the parking lot

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  March 1, 2023

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Centennial Beach, Northern Harrier, Red-tailed Hawk, Sanderling

• DNCB Outing No. 2023-08B to Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway & Reifel, February 22, 2023

  Six hearty souls started at the Tsawwassen Ferry Terminal lookout at 08:00 (David, Noreen, Jonathan, Lorraine, Anne and Glen) where it was f-f-f-freezing and the tide was high. Anne’s cold fingers fed our sightings in to eBird for a total of 20 species, most at some distance out on the water. We were blanked on

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  February 22, 2023

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Bewick’s Wren, Black Oystercatcher, Black Turnstone, Black-crowned Night-Heron, Dunlin, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Great Horned Owl, Hooded Merganser, Horned Grebe, Northern Harrier, Northern Shrike, Pied-billed Grebe, Reifel, Ring-necked Duck, Sandhill Crane, Trumpeter Swan, Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway, Wood Duck

• DNCB Outing No. 2023-08A to Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway & Reifel, February 21, 2023

  Five birders met at the Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway on a cold, sunny morning that was forecast to be rainy – Herb, Roger, Mike, Lorna and Terry. The tide was high and the water was rough. On the north spit were Double-crested Cormorants, Gulls, Brant Geese and Black Oystercatchers. In the water were Mallards, American Wigeon,

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  February 21, 2023

  *DNCB, Black Oystercatcher, Black Turnstone, Black-crowned Night-Heron, Dunlin, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Great Horned Owl, Hooded Merganser, Horned Grebe, Northern Harrier, Pied-billed Grebe, Reifel, Ring-necked Duck, Trumpeter Swan, Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway, Wood Duck

• DNCB Outing No. 2023-01C to Centennial Beach, January 7, 2023

  We may not have had the weather on our side for our first Saturday outing in many moons but in spite of the pendulous cloud-cover and, later, relentless rain, an impressive party of 22 birders gathered at Centennial Beach on the morning of January 7th. And for our bravery, we were treated to a rather

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  January 7, 2023

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Centennial Beach, Dunlin, Eurasian Wigeon, Horned Grebe, Purple Finch, Red-tailed Hawk, Red-throated Loon, Townsend’s Solitaire, Western Grebe

• DNCB Outing No. 2023-01B to Centennial Beach, January 4, 2023

  Our group this morning was a companionable twelve: Glen, Lidia, Lindy, Warren and Lynne, Richard, Colin and Stephanie, David and Noreen, myself, and Bryan who joined us on the trail. We met at 9am at Boundary Bay regional park, a comparatively late start for our walk, but appropriate to the cool winter conditions. A group

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  January 4, 2023

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Centennial Beach, Dunlin, Eurasian Wigeon, Northern Harrier, Northern Shrike, Peregrine Falcon, Purple Finch, Red-tailed Hawk, Sanderling, Townsend’s Solitaire, Yellow-rumped Warbler

• DNCB Outing No. 2023-01A to Centennial Beach, January 3, 2023

  Eleven birders met at Centennial Beach on what was forecast to be a wet morning.  It was dry but there was a very cold wind.  From left to right the eleven were Lorna, Deems, Dottie, Mike, Bob, Lee, Bryan DeB, Jacquie, Margaretha, John (and Terry). Noreen and David joined us for awhile. Several Bald Eagles

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  January 3, 2023

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Centennial Beach, Dunlin, Eurasian Wigeon, Northern Harrier, Purple Finch, Sanderling, Short-billed Gull

• DNCB Outing No. 2022-52B to Boundary Bay Dyke from 72nd to 64th, December 28, 2022

  After weeks of winter’s wrath, the Gods of Birdwatching struck a truce with their colleagues over at the weather department and blessed our group with a partly sunny morning.  There were 15 of us in total (from left to right): Dave, Lorna, Glen, Rosemary, Thea (yours truly), Mike, Noreen, Chris, Margaretha, Jim, Grant, Terry, Roger,

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  December 29, 2022

  *DNCB, 64 Street, 72 Street, American Kestrel, American Tree Sparrow, Bald Eagle, Boundary Bay, Cackling Goose, Cooper’s Hawk, Eurasian Teal, Gadwall, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Hooded Merganser, Marsh Wren, Red-tailed Hawk, Yellow-rumped Warbler

• Ladner Christmas Bird Count (East Tsawwassen Area), December 18, 2022

  Our team for Area I included five walking groups and one feeder watch. Terry Carr counted the waterfowl on the ponds at the Beach Grove golf course; Liz and Alan Stewart and Joe Stephenson surveyed the interior of Boundary Bay Park, David Hoar, Noreen Rudd and Margaretha Schramm did the shoreline areas of the park,

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  December 18, 2022

  *DNCB, *Ladner/Tsawwassen, Bald Eagle, Beach Grove, Boundary Bay, Cackling Goose, CBC Ladner, Hooded Merganser, Marsh Wren, Northern Shrike, Purple Finch, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Townsend’s Solitaire, Virginia Rail, Wilson’s Snipe

• DNCB Outing No. 2022-50A to Brunswick Point & Boundary Bay Dyke at 72 St, December 13, 2022

  Ten DNCBers met at Brunswick Point on a cool, calm morning – Grant, Lee, John, Jim, Roger, Mike, Bryan D, Margareta, Lori and Terry.  In the fields at the side of the road were Dunlin, Black-bellied Plovers, Mallards, White-crowned and Golden-crowned Sparrows.  Lee saw a Tree Sparrow, but it disappeared before the rest of us

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  December 13, 2022

  *DNCB, 72 Street, American Tree Sparrow, Bald Eagle, Black-bellied Plover, Boundary Bay, Brunswick Point, Common Raven, Dunlin, Killdeer, Least Sandpiper, Mountain Bluebird, Muskrat, Northern Harrier, Northern Shrike, Peregrine Falcon, Rough-legged Hawk, Short-eared Owl, Trumpeter Swan, Wilson’s Snipe

• DNCB Outing No. 2022-49C to Boundary Bay Dyke at 72nd, December 8, 2022

  Thursday December 8, a tiny contingent of six Delta Naturalists (Dirk, Syd, Margaretha, Liz W, Roger, and myself) went to 72nd dyke to look for the Mountain Bluebird as reported on Metro Vancouver’s Rare Bird Alert Monday Dec. 5.  We were fortunate to see a bright vibrant blue male feeding close to the dyke 200 metres east of

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  December 8, 2022

  *DNCB, 72 Street, Bald Eagle, Boundary Bay, Dunlin, Hooded Merganser, Mountain Bluebird, Northern Harrier, Northern Shrike, Trumpeter Swan, Western Meadowlark