Category: *LOCATIONS*
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Blackie Spit, June 24, 2025
PHOTO: Savannah Sparrow by Bob Winston…. Six birders, watched by American Crows, met in the Blackie Spit parking lot on a beautiful, sunny and mild morning — Christine, Connie, Dottie, Bob, Jacquie and Susan. The tide was really low and still ebbing as we walked out along the spit. New guardrails and roping have been…
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Sturgeon Slough, Pitt Meadows, June 18, 2025
A very early start to avoid rush hour and an impending rain storm resulted in a very pleasant and successful bird outing for one DNS member! Despite the looming rain clouds many birds were singing and showing up on my two hour walk along Katzie Marsh trail and the drive past Catbird Slough where I stopped…
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Sturgeon Slough, Pitt Meadows, June 17, 2025
PHOTO: Lazuli Bunting by Christine Giao…. 13 DNCBers met at Sturgeon Slough in Pitt Meadows – Margaret, Lee, Bryce, Christine, Connie, Carolyn, Bill, Lidia, Mike, Freddie, Claude, Roger & Terry. The east side of the road was very birdy – Cedar Waxwings, Willow Flycatcher, Hairy Woodpecker, Tree Swallows and a gorgeous Lazuli Bunting that Christine…
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Joe Brown Park, June 11, 2025
PHOTO: Common Whitetail Dragonfly by Freddie Whiting….Just five Delta Nats showed up for this week’s Wednesday outing: David, Colin and Stephanie, Freddie and Claude. According to Merlin, the walk from the car parking area should have resulted in about a dozen species, but a single Hutton’s Vireo was the only bird actually seen by any…
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Joe Brown Park, June 10, 2025
PHOTO: Juvenile Barred Owl by Bob Winston….. A quartet of birders met at Joe Brown Park (Alan, Lee, Dottie and Bob) to see what June would provide at this hot spot. The day was very nice, warm and a light breeze. The Jim Arnold trail was getting overgrown thus hard to see the birds but…
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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 Outing to Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway & Reifel, June 3, 2025
PHOTO: Baby Yellow-bellied Marmot by Bruce Taylor…. 4 of us met at the pullout along the ferry jetty at 8am on a very windy morning. Bruce and I got there first and scanned for birds but other than a lone Black Oystercatcher, there wasn’t much to see. Doug and Chris met us at 8 and…
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Campbell Valley Regional Park, May 28, 2025
PHOTO: Black-headed Grosbeak by Terry Carr…. Ten Delta Nats met at Campbell Valley Regional Park in Langley – Margaret, Richard, Terry, Connie, Lynne, Warren, Freddie, Dorothy, Margaretha, Claude. The birds seemed to be few and far between on our shady forest walk. Merlin teased us with songs of birds that we could not see. We…
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Ladner Harbour Park, May 7, 2025
PHOTO:Canada Geese by Freddie Whiting….. Despite only four of us being signed up for the walk this morning, once everyone gathered we had a nice group of six: Colin, Stephanie, Freddie, Roger, Margaretha, and myself. Rain began drizzling as we arrived at the parking area, but we nonetheless headed to Shirley’s Walk. This lovely trail…
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Ladner Harbour Park, May 6, 2025
PHOTO: Anna’s Hummingbird on Nest by Christine Gaio… Ten DNCBers met at Ladner Harbour Park – Dorothy, Lorna, Christine, Mike, Jim, Susan, Dottie, Bob, Terry and Roger. We started at Shirley’s Walk where we watched Marsh Wrens and Black-capped Chickadees gather fluff from the cattails. We also saw Red-winged Blackbirds, Robins, Song Sparrows, White-crowned Sparrows,…
