Delta Naturalists Society

Category: *LOCATIONS*

• DNCB Report No. 2017-50 to Point Roberts, USA

  More photos at our DNCB Flickr site Rain & Snow: Another DNCB Tuesday of crappy weather.  Only three of us (Mike, Terry and me) went to Pt. Roberts where it poured rain, and we birded without leaving the vehicle.  However, Terry got some good photos that you can see on our Flickr site at: www.flickr.com/groups/dncb,…

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  December 19, 2017

  *DNCB, Coyote, Harlequin Duck, Hooded Merganser, Lighthouse Marine Park, Pelagic Cormorant, Point Roberts, Red-breasted Merganser

• DNCB Outing No. 2017-49 Birds on the Bay in Boundary Bay Regional Park

  More photos at our DNCB Flickr site It was a gorgeous sunny Wednesday morning for our quarterly Birds on the Bay outing in Boundary Bay Regional Park.  We had about 25 participants (I lost count with so many children) including several Newbies and kids, and lots of neat sightings.  Check out the photo evidence on…

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  December 13, 2017

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, BBRP, Birds-on-the-Bay, Black Oystercatcher, Boundary Bay, Centennial Beach, Cooper’s Hawk, Dunlin, Eurasian Wigeon, Hooded Merganser, Merlin, Mew Gull, Northern Harrier, Western Meadowlark

• DNCB Outing No. 2017-48 to Blaine and Semiahmoo Bay, Washington

  More photos at our DNCB Flickr site Finally, a sunny Tuesday!  Twenty DNCBers enjoyed a beautiful clear and cool day at various spots around Drayton Harbour and Semiahmoo Bay in Blaine, Washington.  Plus, we had a lot of really neat sightings.  Check out the photo evidence, including spectacular scenery shots, on our Flickr site at:…

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  December 5, 2017

  *DNCB, Barrow’s Goldeneye, Black Scoter, Black Turnstone, Blaine Marine Park, Common Redpoll, Drayton Harbor, Harbour Seal, Harlequin Duck, Long-tailed Duck, Pelagic Cormorant, Red Crossbill, Red-breasted Merganser, Red-necked Grebe, Red-throated Loon, Ruddy Duck, Semiahmoo Spit, Trumpeter Swan

• DNCB Outing No. 2017-47 to Burnaby Lake Park

  More photos at our DNCB Flickr site Seven DNCB “Martyrs” endured the 4th miserable and rainy Tuesday in a row at the normally beautiful & bountiful Burnaby Lake Park.  Our Leader Roger M was at Petra’s, but unfortunately was called away to a Family “Taxi” emergency.  Only two photos taken by Ladner Jack on our…

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  November 28, 2017

  *DNCB, American Dipper, Burnaby Lake, Hooded Merganser

• DNCB Outing No. 2017-46 to Iona Regional Park

  More photos at our DNCB Flickr site It was another miserable Tuesday so only three of us battled the rain at Iona Regional Park.  And, as always happens, it was a very enjoyable and almost comfortable outing, with lots of brilliant sightings.  Check out David’s photos on our Flickr site at: www.flickr.com/groups/dncb, then click the…

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  November 21, 2017

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Black-bellied Plover, Canvasback, Dunlin, Hooded Merganser, Iona Beach Regional Park, Long-billed Dowitcher, Pectoral Sandpiper, Peregrine Falcon, Pied-billed Grebe, Red Crossbill, Ring-necked Duck, Ruddy Duck, Rusty Blackbird, Sewage Lagoons, Spotted Sandpiper, Western Sandpiper

• DNCB Outing No. 2017-43 to Tsawwassen Ferry Terminal and Reifel Bird Sanctuary

  More photos at our DNCB Flickr site Thirty (Wow! See names at end) folk enjoyed another brilliant Fall Tuesday morning in Delta on our DNCB outing to Roberts Bank (aka Salish Sea or Georgia Strait) at the Tsawwassen Ferry Terminal, then through the Ladner and Westham Island farmers’ fields to Reifel Bird Sanctuary.  Lots of…

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  October 31, 2017

  *DNCB, Barn Owl, Barred Owl, Black Oystercatcher, Black Turnstone, Black-crowned Night-Heron, Brown Creeper, Dunlin, Eurasian Wigeon, Hooded Merganser, Hudsonian Whimbrel, Long-billed Dowitcher, Mute Swan, Northern Harrier, Northern Shrike, Pelagic Cormorant, Red-necked Grebe, Red-tailed Hawk, Reifel, Ring-necked Duck, Rough-legged Hawk, Trumpeter Swan, Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway

• DNCB Outing No. 2017-40 to Boundary Bay at 104th Street

  More photos at our DNCB Flickr site The Honeymoon is over!  Sixteen DNCBers started dry and finished wet on our Tuesday outing along the Boundary Bay Dyke trail at 104th Street.  Check out the photo evidence of some neat sightings, despite the weather, on our Flickr site at: www.flickr.com/groups/dncb, then click the magnifying glass icon…

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  October 10, 2017

  *DNCB, 104 Street, American Pipit, Baird’s Sandpiper, Bald Eagle, BBRP, Black-bellied Plover, Boundary Bay, Centennial Beach, Dunlin, Merlin, Northern Harrier, Pectoral Sandpiper, Peregrine Falcon

• DNCB Outing No. 2017-37 to White Rock Pier, Blackie Spit and Elgin Park

  photos by Brian Avent (BA), Chris McVittie (CMcV), Glen Bodie (GB), Maureen Sinilaid (MS), Pat Smart (PS), Roger Meyer (RM) & Terry Carr (TC) at our DNCB Flickr site A large crowd of nearly 30 birders joined us at very stages of our Wednesday outing to White Rock Pier, Blackie Spit and then Elgin Park…

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  September 20, 2017

  *DNCB, American Avocet, American Pipit, Band-tailed Pigeon, Blackie Spit, Caspian Tern, Elgin Heritage Park, Harbour Seal, Long-billed Curlew, Marbled Godwit, Merlin, Mew Gull, Northern Harrier, Pelagic Cormorant, Peregrine Falcon, Pied-billed Grebe, Red-necked Grebe, White Rock Pier, Yellow-rumped Warbler

• DNCB Outing No. 2017-36 Birds on the Bay in Boundary Bay Regional Park

  More photos at our DNCB Flickr site Around twenty participants enjoyed another glorious Wednesday morning on our quarterly Birds on the Bay outing in Boundary Bay Regional Park.  We reversed our route to accommodate the tide and had some neat sightings.  Check out some spectacular photo evidence on our Flickr site at: www.flickr.com/groups/dncb, then click…

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  September 13, 2017

  *DNCB, BBRP, Birds-on-the-Bay, Caspian Tern, Cedar Waxwing, Centennial Beach, Least Sandpiper, Lincoln’s Sparrow, Northern Harrier, Orange-crowned Warbler, Purple Martin, Red-tailed Hawk, Western Sandpiper

• DNCB Outing No. 2017-34 to Iona Regional Park

  Photos below by Brian Avent (BA), Chris McVittie (CMcV), Glen Bodie (GB), Jack MacDonald (JMacD), Jim Kneesch (JK), Pat Smart (PS) More photos at our DNCB Flickr site More than 20 (I lost count) DNCBers enjoyed a so-so birding adventure at Iona Regional Park (IRP) last Wednesday morning.  We saw a few neat species, had…

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  August 30, 2017

  *DNCB, Cedar Waxwing, Iona Beach Regional Park, Least Sandpiper, Mink, Northern Rough-winged Swallow, Pelagic Cormorant, Peregrine Falcon, Pied-billed Grebe, Purple Martin, Spotted Sandpiper, Vaux’s Swift