Delta Naturalists Society

Category: *LOCATIONS*

• DNCB Outing No. 2015-51 to Alaksen and Reifel

  About 15 DNCBers participated in our Tuesday outing to Alaksen National Wildlife Area (NWA) and Reifel Bird Sanctuary.  We saw lots of neat stuff, up-close-and-personal, at our “DNCB Mecca” for birding.  Check out the photo evidence by Liz, Pat, Glen, Jack and Jim K on our DNCB Picasa site. Leaving Petra’s at 8:00 a.m., six

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  December 22, 2015

  Alaksen NWA, Bald Eagle, Barred Owl, Black-crowned Night-Heron, Great Horned Owl, Merlin, Red-tailed Hawk, Reifel, Rough-legged Hawk, Sandhill Crane, Westham Island

• DNCB Outing No. 2015-50 to Blaine & Semiahmoo, USA

  Fifteen DNCBers enjoyed a productive and fairly comfortable outing this morning (Tuesday) to Blaine Marine Park, and around Drayton Harbour to Semiahmoo Park, Marina and Resort. Check out the photo evidence at our DNCB Picasa site. Only Terry, Mike, Glen and I met at Petra’s at 8:00 a.m. and we drove fluidly (against Rush Hour

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  December 15, 2015

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Black Oystercatcher, Black Turnstone, Blaine Marine Park, Drayton Harbor, Dunlin, Harbour Seal, Long-tailed Duck, Mew Gull, Pelagic Cormorant, Red-breasted Merganser, Red-necked Grebe, Ruddy Duck, Semiahmoo Spit

• DNCB Outing No. 2015-48 to Sunnyside Acres Urban Forest Park, Surrey

  Twenty-three DNCBers spent our weekly Tuesday morning outing at Boundary Bay (104th St.), Elgin Heritage Park, Blackie Spit (BS), and then toured Sunnyside Acres Urban Forest Park with Dr. Roy Strang.  It was a chilly but rain-free morning with a few neat sightings and an interesting and informative Walk in the Woods with Roy.  Check

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  December 1, 2015

  *DNCB, 104 Street, Bald Eagle, Black-bellied Plover, Boundary Bay, Red-tailed Hawk, Sunnyside Acres Urban Forest

• DNCB Outing No. 2015-44 to Point Roberts, USA

  A cast of thousands (actually 27, see names at end) enjoyed another gorgeous Tuesday morning (yesterday) of birding in Pt. Roberts, USA.  It was a banner morning, but you will have to read to the end of this exhausting epic to learn the species seen (~65), some rare, and/or check out the photo evidence on

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  November 3, 2015

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Black Oystercatcher, Black Scoter, Black Turnstone, Bonaparte’s Gull, Brandt’s Cormorant, California Gull, Common Murre, Harlequin Duck, Heermann’s Gull, Hooded Merganser, Lighthouse Marine Park, Lily Point Park, Lincoln’s Sparrow, Long-eared Owl, Long-tailed Duck, Pelagic Cormorant, Pigeon Guillemot, Point Roberts, Red-breasted Merganser, Red-necked Grebe, Red-tailed Hawk, Rough-legged Hawk, Ruddy Turnstone, Snow Bunting, Steller Sea Lion, Western Meadowlark

• DNCB Outing No. 2015-41 to Iona Regional Park

  Photos by Terry (TC), Glen (GB), Marion (MS), Tony (TM), Roger (RM), Pascale & Alberto (P&A) Wow!  We had about 33 almost-manageable participants on a gorgeous Wednesday morning at Iona Regional Park and the adjacent Sewage Lagoons.  The tide was high, sky clear and jacket-less temperature.  Check out the photo evidence on our DNCB Picasa

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  October 14, 2015

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Hooded Merganser, Iona Beach Regional Park, Long-billed Dowitcher, Merlin, Northern Shrike, Pectoral Sandpiper, Tropical Kingbird

• DNCB Outing No. 2015-40 to Serpentine Fen

  Eighteen drenched DNCBers enjoyed a brief Wednesday morning outing at the Serpentine Wildlife Management Area in Surrey.  A few interesting sightings on our rain-shortened outing; check out the photo evidence (more to come) on our DNCB Picasa site. We met at the Serpentine parking lot near the Barn Owl barn at 8:00 a.m. and quickly

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  October 7, 2015

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Northern Harrier, Serpentine Fen

• DNCB Outing No. 2015- 39 to Elgin Park and Blackie Spit

  Starting at about 8:00 on another great Wednesday morning, twenty seven enthusiastic members of the Flighty Flock assembled at the Historic Stewart Farm for an outing through Elgin Park and later around Blackie Spit.  The land along the Nicomekl River was pre-empted by John Hardy in the 1880s and then settled by John Stewart who

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  September 30, 2015

  *DNCB, American Kestrel, American Pipit, Blackie Spit, Cooper’s Hawk, Elgin Heritage Park, Harbour Seal, Long-billed Curlew, Osprey, Pileated Woodpecker, Red-necked Grebe

• DNCB Outing No. 2015-37 to Boundary Bay and Reifel Bird Sanctuary

  About 25 folk participated in various aspects of Wednesday’s “erratic” DNCB outing to Boundary Bay at 104th and 96th Streets, then Reifel Bird Sanctuary.  This was the alternate destination as our Mt. Baker outing (poor weather) was postponed to next Wednesday, Sept. 23.  There is some super photo evidence on our DNCB Picasa site. Seven

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  September 16, 2015

  104 Street, 96 Street, American Golden-Plover, American Pipit, Bald Eagle, Bank Swallow, Boundary Bay, Caspian Tern, Dunlin, House Wren, Least Sandpiper, Lincoln’s Sparrow, Merlin, Northern Harrier, Orange-crowned Warbler, Red-tailed Hawk, Redhead, Reifel, Sandhill Crane, Sora, Virginia Rail, Yellow-rumped Warbler

• DNCB “Birds on the Bay” Outing No. 2015-36 in Boundary Bay Regional Park

  Photos by Tony (TM), Terry (TC), Marion (MS), Jim (JK), Glen (GB) & Pascale & Alberto (P&A) more photos at DNCB Picasa site Almost 40 folk (Wow!) from all over the BC Lower Mainland participated in our Delta Naturalists’ quarterly “Birds on the Bay (BOTB)” outing in Boundary Bay Regional Park (BBRP) on Wednesday (this

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  September 9, 2015

  *DNCB, BBRP, Birds-on-the-Bay, Centennial Beach, Least Sandpiper, Merlin, Northern Harrier

• DNCB Outing 2015-35 to Barnston Island

  See more photos at DNCB Picasa website Eleven weather-hardy Birding Brigaders assembled on that rainy Wednesday morning at the ferry dock in North Surrey for only the second tour of Barnston Island.  The island, named in 1827 for Hudson Bay Company clerk George Barnston, is just over 1,500 acres of farmland and has about 150

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  September 2, 2015

  *DNCB, Barnston Island, Cooper’s Hawk, Northern Harrier, Osprey, Turkey Vulture