Delta Naturalists Society

Category: Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway

• DNCB Outing No. 2013-46 to Tsawwassen Ferry Jetty and Container Port

  Photos by Glen, Terry, & Roger Click on any photo to see large version Fourteen DNCBers braved the overcast and occasionally rainy Monday morning on a “local” outing to the Tsawwassen Ferry Jetty then around the Bay to the Container Port.  Winter migrants are certainly arriving in full force as we saw thousands of birds

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  November 18, 2013

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Black Oystercatcher, DeltaPort Causeway, Harbour Seal, Northern Harrier, Red-tailed Hawk, Rough-legged Hawk, Snow Bunting, Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway

• DNCB Outing No. 2013-39 to Tsawwassen Ferry Port and Alaksen National Wildlife Area

  Photos by Terry Carr & Bryan King Click on any photo to see larger versionSeven hardy DNCBer’s (Terry, Hans, Lorna, Gerhard, Bryan & Janet and me) braved the elements on Monday morning on a “local” outing to the Tsawwassen Ferry Port, through the Ladner fields then to Alaksen Wildlife Refuge.  Hi-lites included nice looks at

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  September 30, 2013

  *DNCB, Alaksen NWA, Bald Eagle, Black Oystercatcher, Black Turnstone, Harlequin Duck, Merlin, Northern Harrier, Pelagic Cormorant, Peregrine Falcon, TFN, Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway

• DNCB Outing No. 2013-35 to Tsawassen Ferry Port & Reifel

  Report & more photos coming soon! Meanwhile, enjoy the photos posted on the DNCB Picasa Site by Terry & Johnathan Fourteen DNCBer’s participated in our “alternative” outing to the Tsawwassen Ferry Terminal and then through the Ladner fields to Reifel Bird Sanctuary.  Because of poor weather, the scheduled outing to Mt. Baker was postponed to

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  September 4, 2013

  *DNCB, Black Oystercatcher, Harlequin Duck, Reifel, Rough-legged Hawk, Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway

• 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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  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. 2013-5 Ferry Terminal to Alaksen

  Twelve DNCBer’s (Roger, Lorna, Susan, Mike, Gerhard, Eleanor, Sheila, Marion, Marti, Hans-Ulf, Donna and me) enjoyed a cool Monday morning of birding at the Tsawwassen Ferry Terminal, through the Ladner farm fields, and then at Alaksen National Wildlife Area (NWA).  Hi-lites were: several Yellow-rumped Warblers, Northern Shrikes, lots of Waterfowl in breeding plumage and other

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  February 4, 2013

  *DNCB, Alaksen NWA, Bald Eagle, DeltaPort Causeway, Peregrine Falcon, TFN, Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway, Westham Island

• DNCB Outing No. 2012-47 To Reifel Island via the Ferry Jetty & TFN Lands

  It was a dark and stormy…and the small group (myself) met at 8:00 am at Petra’s to decide on the day’s  trip.  Because of the heavy traffic the group (myself) decided to  give the others a bit of extra time to arrive.  At 9:30 I felt that our group of one was as big as

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  October 31, 2012

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Cooper’s Hawk, Northern Harrier, Reifel, Rough-legged Hawk, TFN, Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway

• DNCB Outing No. 2012-38 to Tsawwasen Ferry Port & Reifel Sanctuary

  On another beautiful Wednesday morning in LotusLand, thirteen DNCBer’s (Ken & Anne, Jonathan & Lorraine, Bryan & Janet, Hans, Jackie, Jane, Mike, newbies Marguerite and Sheila, and me) enjoyed birding utopia again at the Tsawwassen Ferry Port, then on to Reifel Bird Sanctuary.  Hi-lites were: a Great-horned Owl (GHO), 5 Stilt Sandpipers and lots of

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  August 29, 2012

  *DNCB, Cooper’s Hawk, Great Horned Owl, Northern Harrier, Reifel, TFN, Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway

• DNCB Outing No. 2012-36 to Tsa Ferry Port and Reifel

  It was another glorious Wednesday morning for 8 DNCBer’s (Bryan & Janet, Jane Z, Mike B, Kay G, Alan P, Jackie D and me).  We started at the Tsawwassen Ferry Port, drove to and toured Reifel Bird Sanctuary, and then climaxed the morning with delicious ice cream sundaes at Emma Lea’s farm.  Some neat hi-lites

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  August 15, 2012

  *DNCB, Great Horned Owl, Merlin, Red-tailed Hawk, Reifel, TFN, Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway

• DNCB Outing No. 2012-29 to the Ferry Terminal and Reifel

  Another awesome Wednesday of Delta Nats Casual Birding at the Tsawwassen Ferry Terminal and then on to our Mecca, Reifel Bird Sanctuary on Westham Island.  Fifteen participants (Ken & Anne, Jonathan & Lorraine, Marion S, Hans-Ulf & Gerhard, Roger M, Mike B, Eleanor C, Kay G, Eric L, Jane Z, Alan P and me) saw

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  June 27, 2012

  *DNCB, Reifel, Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway, Westham Island

• DNCB Outing No. 2012-19 to Tsawwassen Ferry Port and Reifel Bird Sanctuary

  Twelve birders (Roger M, Mike B, Johnny McF, Anne M, Peggy K, Sleepy Gerhard, Hans-Ulf, Eric L. and his friend Forrest R. Gump, New Brunswick Lyle, Kay G and me) enjoyed an erratic but abundant day at the Tsawwassen Ferry Port, on the drive to Westham Island and then at Reifel Bird Sanctuary.  Hi-lites were:

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  April 18, 2012

  *DNCB, Barn Owl, Fish Release, Reifel, TFN, Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway, Watershed Park, Westham Island