Delta Naturalists Society

Category: TsaTsu Heronry

• Delta Naturalists Outing to Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway & Reifel, June 4, 2025

  PHOTO: Red-tailed Hawk by Christine Gaio…. Three of us met at the ferry causeway – Freddie, Lorna and Terry. The tide was fairly low and there were very few birds. Most of the waterbirds have headed to interior lakes for breeding. There was a solitary Black Oystercatcher and a very curious baby Yellow-bellied Marmot. The

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  June 4, 2025

  *DNCB, Bewick’s Wren, Black Oystercatcher, Cedar Waxwing, Common Yellowthroat, Gadwall, Killdeer, Long-billed Dowitcher, Marsh Wren, Mute Swan, Pelagic Cormorant, Red-tailed Hawk, Reifel, Sandhill Crane, TsaTsu Heronry, Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway, Wood Duck, Yellow Warbler, Yellow-bellied Marmot

  Birdwatching, Delta Naturalists Society, Nature outings

• Delta Naturalists Outing to Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway & Reifel, March 5, 2025

  PHOTO: Great Blue Heron Colony by Terry Carr… Pat, Dorothy and Terry met on the Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway in bright sunshine. The tide was high and there were only a few of each duck species close to shore – Mallards, Bufflehead, American Wigeon, Common and Barrow’s Goldeneye, Scaup and Surf Scoters – no large flocks.

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  March 5, 2025

  *DNCB, American Bittern, Bald Eagle, Barrow’s Goldeneye, Brown Creeper, Gadwall, Hooded Merganser, Killdeer, Marsh Wren, Northern Harrier, Pied-billed Grebe, Red-tailed Hawk, Reifel, Ring-necked Duck, Sandhill Crane, Trumpeter Swan, TsaTsu Heronry, Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway, Virginia Rail, Wood Duck

  Birdwatching, Delta Naturalists Society, Nature outings

• DNCB Outing No. 2016-13 to Brunswick Point

  About 17 DNCBers enjoyed a gorgeous Tuesday morning along the Brunswick Point (BP) Trail.  Check out the beaut photos by Terry, Liz, Glen, Pat and Pascale on our DNCB Picasa site. Five of us left Petra’s at 8:00 a.m. (note new time next Wednesday is 7:30 a.m.) and stopped at the Tsatsu Heronry where the

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  March 29, 2016

  *DNCB, Black-bellied Plover, Brunswick Point, Dunlin, Northern Harrier, Ring-necked Pheasant, TsaTsu Heronry

• DNCB Report 2014-19 to Tsa Tsu Heronry and Reifel Bird Sanctuary

  Photos by Terry Carr (TC), Glen Bodie, Greg Hall (GH), Liz Stewart (LS), Jim Kneesch (JK), & Marion Shikaze (MS) (and Tony Mitra (TM) soon?) Wednesday was another gorgeous day in paradise.  Twenty-four DNCBers visited the Tsa Tsu Shores Heronry then spent the rest of the morning at our “Mecca”, Reifel Bird Sanctuary.  Hi-lites included: 400

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  May 14, 2014

  Blue-winged Teal, Bullock’s Oriole, Cinnamon Teal, Pigeon Guillemot, Reifel, TFN, TsaTsu Heronry, Western Tanager

• DNCB Outing No. 2013-27 to Tsa Tsu Heronry, Tsawwassen Ferry Port, Alaksen and Reifel

  Photos by Terry, Jonathan, Marion, Glen, Roger & Ken will be added soon! I persuaded/conned my naturalist friend Justin Peter with Worldwide Quest Nature Tours to write the DNCB report for our “local” outing on Wednesday morning to the Heronry at Tsa Tsu Shores, the Tsawwassen Ferry Terminal, through the Tsawwassen First Nations territory and

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  July 10, 2013

  *DNCB, Alaksen NWA, Barn Owl, Black Oystercatcher, Harlequin Duck, Hudsonian Whimbrel, Northern Harrier, Reifel, TFN, TsaTsu Heronry, Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway

• DNCB Outing No. 2011-27 to Alaksen and Reifel

  It was a beautiful, sunny Wednesday morning, so sixteen birders (some new, some old, too many to name all, but newbies were Al and Julie and sophomore attendee “young-eyes” Christie) enjoyed a very pleasant outing through the Tsawwassen First Nations (TFN) Reserve, Alaksen National Wildlife Area (NWA) and then a few hours wandering through our

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  July 6, 2011

  *DNCB, Alaksen NWA, Reifel, TFN, TsaTsu Heronry, Westham Island

• DNCB Outing No. 2011-13 to TsaTsu Heronry, Alaksen and Reifel

  Sixteen birders enjoyed a pleasant, for a change no rain, Monday morning of birding to the Heronry at TsaTsu Shores, through the Tsawwassen First Nations (TFN) Reserve to Alaksen Wildlife Management Area and then to Reifel Bird Sanctuary.  I forget who was with us, so you will have to check out the outing photos, including

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  March 28, 2011

  *DNCB, Alaksen NWA, Barn Owl, Reifel, TFN, TsaTsu Heronry

• DNCB Outing #2011-01 to Reifel Bird Sanctuary

  Sixteen birders in a convoy of six vehicles spent a gorgeous, clear and sunny Monday morning (Jan. 3) travelling the farmers’ fields of Ladner, then Westham Island and then at Reifel Bird Sanctuary.  They like their names in print: Roger, Rochelle (without Don), Hans-Ulf, Lorna Terry, John (without Kay), newbie Ansa, Kathleen, Deborah, Bill &

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  January 3, 2011

  *DNCB, Barn Owl, Black-crowned Night-Heron, Brown Creeper, Cooper’s Hawk, Coyote, Dunlin, Great Horned Owl, Merlin, Northern Goshawk, Northern Harrier, Northern Hawk Owl, Northern Saw-whet Owl, Red-breasted Sapsucker, Red-tailed Hawk, Reifel, Ring-necked Duck, Ring-necked Pheasant, Short-eared Owl, TFN, Trumpeter Swan, TsaTsu Heronry, Westham Island

• DNCB Outing No. 99 to Reifel in the sunshine

  Casual Birding outing #99 See Rick’s photos  of the outing Nine participants (Rick & Marg, Eleanor, Lorna, Anne, Valerie, Linda, a guest appearance by Roger, and me) enjoyed a gorgeous, almost hot, morning on the way to and from and at Reifel Bird Sanctuary.  Our first stop was the Kingfisher Bridge at the entrance to

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  July 7, 2010

  *DNCB, Barn Owl, Reifel, TFN, TsaTsu Heronry