Category: *LOCATIONS*
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway & Reifel, October 7, 2025
PHOTO: Snow Geese by Colin Huggett….. Lorna and I (Terry) met Glen on the Tsawwassen ferry causeway at 8am in bright sunshine. The tide was high and the water was calm. Near the shore were 3 diving Horned Grebes. Farther out were Surf Scoters, White-winged Scoters, Cormorants and a Common Loon. On the spit were…
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Reifel Bird Sanctuary, October 4, 2025
PHOTO: Yellowlegs, Dowitchers, Shovelers by Brian Avent….. Fourteen Delta Naturalists gathered bright and early at the Reifel Bird Sanctuary on Saturday, October 4th, eager to see what autumn migration had in store. Among our party was a special guest from Salmon Arm, a former DNS member who had made the long trip down to revisit…
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Blackie Spit, October 1, 2025
PHOTO: Great Blue Heron by Bruce Taylor…. Four of us met in the parking lot of Blackie Spit. We were Bruce, Nicki, Stephanie and Bee. We started out toward the spit with a scope in tow. It got increasingly blowy as we scanned through huge rafts of ducks along one of the low tide sand…
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Blackie Spit, September 30, 2025
PHOTO: Steller’s Jay with Acorn, by Susan Gemeinhardt…. Five Delta Naturalists met (casually, of course) in the Blackie Spit parking lot on a beautiful morning: Bob, Dottie, Connie, Colin and Susan. Given that there had been heavy rain the day before and more was predicted in the evening, we felt lucky to feel the sun…
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Serpentine Fen , September 16, 2025
PHOTO: Cooper’s Hawk by Bob Winston…. The mist was just rising off the fields as six Delta Nats met at the Serpentine Fen – Dottie, Bob, Colin, Stephanie, Lee and Jeff. The Belted Kingfisher had returned – a female sitting on the wires overhead. The other notables returning were the salmon, both Chinook and Coho,…
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Centennial Beach, September 9, 2025
PHOTO: Least Sandpiper by Bob Winston…. Thirteen Delta Nats met at Centennial Beach on a gray, still, and mild, early fall morning — Anne, Dottie, Bob, Lorna, Connie, Vicky, Roger, Jim, Lynne, Warren, Lindly, Freddie, and David. Only crows were active near the parking lot, although later we did see a small flock of Brewer’s…
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Brydon Lagoon, September 2, 2025
PHOTO: Juvenile Pied-billed Grebe by Freddie Whiting …. Nine Delta Nats met at Brydon Lagoon in Langley – Freddie, Bob, Dottie, Christine, Mike, Connie, Lorna, Terry and Lee. The pond near the parking lot was surrounded by tall growth. We could not see the water but we heard the quacking of Mallards. There were Red-winged…
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Aldergrove Regional Park, August 19, 2025
PHOTO: Northern Flicker by Terry Carr….. 10 Delta Nats met at the 8th Avenue entrance to Aldergrove Regional Park in Langley – Terry, Lee, Lidia, Bob, Dorothy, Connie, Vicky, Christine, Lorna, Dottie. This huge 280 hectare Metro Vancouver Park used to be the site of man-made Aldergrove Lake which was a popular local swimming hole.…
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Deas Island Regional Park, August 6, 2025
PHOTO: Cedar Waxwing by David Hoar….. The forecast rain had soaked everything overnight and discouraged many so we morphed the usual birding outing into a walk with umbrellas. We started at the tower where one Black-capped Chickadee made a brief wet showing and a pair of Double-crested Cormorants did a fly by down river. An…
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Deas Island Regional Park, August 5, 2025
PHOTO: Bushtit by Terry Carr…. Nine Delta Nats met at Deas Island Regional Park – Dorothy, Lee, Terry, Dottie, Bob, Mike, Connie, Margaret and Roger. At this time of year there were no ducks in the river or the slough. A Spotted Sandpiper flew in and bobbed its tail as it walked along the shore…
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