Delta Naturalists Society

Category: *LOCATIONS*

• DNCB Outing No. 2016-33 to Cypress Mountain Park

  Eleven DNCBers spent a glorious Wednesday morning walking the trails of Cypress Mountain Park.  Along with the spectacular vistas and exhilarating mountain walk to Bowen Lookout, we also had a few neat sightings of flora and birds.  Check out the photo evidence on our website.  We are “working on” a new DNCB Flickr website to…

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  August 17, 2016

  *DNCB, Band-tailed Pigeon, Cypress Mountain, Evening Grosbeak, Gray Jay, Red-breasted Sapsucker, Sharp-shinned Hawk, Turkey Vulture, Vaux’s Swift, Western Tanager, Yew Lake

• DNCB Outing No. 2016-30 to Burnaby Mountain and SFU

  Photos by Roger (RM), Brian (BA) & Terry (TC) Fourteen DNCBers (named at the end of this Report) enjoyed a gorgeous Wednesday morning on top of Burnaby Mountain, wandering the trails to Simon Fraser University (SFU).  Some neat sightings, including Western Tanagers, and spectacular views as you can see in our DNCB Picasa photos. We…

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  July 27, 2016

  *DNCB, Burnaby Mountain, Pacific-slope Flycatcher, Purple Finch, SFU, Turkey Vulture, Western Tanager

• DNCB Outing No. 2016-29 to Iona & Manning Park

  Report A:  Iona Regional Park Only four of us, Roger, Mike, Chris and I, went to Iona Regional Park last Wednesday while several others (Kirsten, Marion & Jean, plus Pat & Maureen, Manli & Liz) spent the day at Manning Park.  Check out the photo evidence on our DNCB Picasa site.  Kirsten’s Manning Park report…

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  July 20, 2016

  *DNCB, *EC Manning Park, American Three-Toed Woodpecker, Barrow’s Goldeneye, Beaver Lodge Wetlands, Blackwall peak, Chipping Sparrow, Clark’s Nutcracker, Columbian Ground Squirrel, Douglas Squirrel, Gray Jay, Hermit Thrush, Iona Beach Regional Park, Least Sandpiper, Merlin, Mule Deer, Pectoral Sandpiper, Pied-billed Grebe, Purple Martin, Semi-palmated Sandpiper, Spotted Sandpiper, Spruce Bay Beach, Strawberry Flats, Western Sandpiper, Yellow-pine Chipmunk, Yellow-rumped Warbler

• DNCB Outing No. 2016-28 to Alaksen and Reifel

  Twenty-two DNCBers (see names at end) enjoyed a very pleasant Wednesday morning outing to Alaksen National Wildlife Area (NWA) and then in our DNCB Mecca, Reifel Bird Sanctuary.  Although Summer birding in Delta is not as prolific as in Winter, we had a lot of neat sightings, many of which can be viewed on our…

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  July 13, 2016

  *DNCB, Alaksen NWA, Brown Creeper, Purple Martin, Reifel, Sandhill Crane, Vaux’s Swift, Yellow-rumped Warbler

• DNCB Outing No. 2016-27 to Victoria

  Eight DNCBers (Marylile, Rob, Chris, Gerhard, Pat, Maureen, Lorna, Terry) met at Tsawwassen on the 8am ferry and enjoyed another gorgeous Wednesday in paradise, riding the ferry to Vancouver Island and double-decker bus to Victoria.  Mike met the bus and the group wandered through Beacon Hill Park and along the beach.  Check out photo evidence…

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  July 6, 2016

  *Victoria, Barred Owl, Beacon Hill Park, Black Oystercatcher, Orca, Pigeon Guillemot, River Otter

• DNCB Birds-on-the-Bay Outing No. 2016-23 in Boundary Bay Regional Park

  About 25 participants, including lots of Newbies, enjoyed our quarterly Birds on the Bay (BOTB) outing this morning in Boundary Bay Regional Park (BBRP).  There are not a plethora of birds in BBRP in June, it being nesting time and wintering Shorebirds and Waterfowl have gone to their northern, inland or Arctic nesting grounds, but…

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  June 8, 2016

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, BBRP, Birds-on-the-Bay, Black Swift, Cammidge House, Centennial Beach, Long-billed Dowitcher, Northern Harrier

• DNCB Outing No. 2016-21 to Burnaby Lake

  On a beautiful DNCB Wednesday, twenty-four of us met at the Nature House in Burnaby Lake Regional Park and had an awesome outing wandering the trails of the park.  Lots of neat sightings; check out the visual evidence by our photogs Uma (aka Denise), Brian A, Terry, David & Noreen, Marion S, Glen B, Pat,…

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  May 25, 2016

  *DNCB, Black-throated Gray Warbler, Blue-winged Teal, Burnaby Lake, Cinnamon Teal, Douglas Squirrel, Long-billed Dowitcher, Orange-crowned Warbler, Pied-billed Grebe, Sandhill Crane, Spotted Sandpiper, Swainson’s Thrush, Warbling Vireo, Willow Flycatcher, Wilson’s Warbler

• DNCB Outing No. 2016-17 to Brydon Lagoon & Hi-Knoll Park

  Twenty-two DNCBers (see names at end) enjoyed another gorgeous Wednesday morning wandering around Brydon Lagoon and Hi-Knoll Park on the Langley-Surrey border.  It was meant to be a Wildflower outing, however, with the earlier Spring weather in BC and our outing being a bit later than last year’s, the Fawn Lilies and Trilliums had finished…

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  April 27, 2016

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Barred Owl, Brydon Lagoon, Cooper’s Hawk, Hi-Knoll Park, Least Sandpiper, Long-billed Dowitcher, Northern Rough-winged Swallow, Pileated Woodpecker, Red-tailed Hawk

• DNCB Outing No. 2016-16 to Several Ladner Parks

  Twenty-six DNCBers (names at end) enjoyed a record hot (28 degrees) Wednesday morning of birding in three Parks in Ladner.  Lots of neat sightings; check out photos by Brian BA), Liz(LS), Jim (JK), Terry (TC), Pat (PS) and more at our DNCB Picasa site. Nine of us car-pooled nicely from Petra’s in three vehicles at…

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  April 20, 2016

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Dunlin, Great Horned Owl, Ladner Harbour Park, Ladner S.Arm Marsh, Long-billed Dowitcher, Pacific-slope Flycatcher, Red-tailed Hawk, Yellow-rumped Warbler

• DNCB Outing No. 2016-15 to Bowen Island

  Sixteen DNCBers had a ball on Wednesday riding the ferry and walking around Killarney Lake on Bowen Island. We saw a few neat birds, but mostly just enjoyed the serenity of a forest walk at a place where most of us had never been before.  Check out the photo evidence by Jonathan, Roger, Pat and…

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  April 13, 2016

  *Bowen Island, *DNCB, Barrow’s Goldeneye, Harlequin Duck, Killarney Lake, Pelagic Cormorant, Pied-billed Grebe, Pigeon Guillemot, Red-breasted Sapsucker, Turkey Vulture