Delta Naturalists Society

Category: *LOCATIONS*

• DNCB Outing No. 2014-9 to Delta Heritage AirPark and North Forty Park

  Eleven hardy, or silly, DNCBers spent a miserable, rainy Monday morning walking the dike path at Delta Heritage AirPark (104th St.) and then in the North Forty “Dog” Park (near Boundary Bay Airport).  Check out the photo evidence when Roger posts them with this Report on our Blog soon. Seven of us (Roger with Mike,

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  March 3, 2014

  *DNCB, 104 Street, Bald Eagle, Barn Owl Box, Delta Heritage AirPark, North Forty/VWS, Northern Harrier, Red-tailed Hawk, Rough-legged Hawk

• Spring Preparation of Delta Nats BBRP Bird Boxes

  Photos by Donna Thomson (DT), Roger Meyer (RM), Terry Carr (TC) & Peter Ward (PW) Nine committed Delta Nats showed up at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 25 at the 12th St. parking lot of BBRP to assist in the Spring Preparation of our 30 Bird Boxes in the Park.  It was a gorgeous, sunny

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  February 25, 2014

  *DNCB, BBRP, Centennial Beach, Nestbox

• DNCB Outing No. 2014-8 to Tynehead and Surrey Lake Park

  Photos by Terry Carr (TC) Ten hardy DNCBers spent a snowy Monday morning at beautiful Tynehead Regional Park, then Surrey Lake Park.  Check out Terry’s photo evidence on the Picasa link to our Blog. It was snowing lightly when Terry, Gerhard and I left Petra’s around 8:00 a.m.  The roads were clear and the drive

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  February 24, 2014

  *DNCB, Douglas Squirrel, Ruddy Duck, Sharp-shinned Hawk, Surrey Lake, Tynehead Regional Park

• DNCB Outing No. 2014-7 to Alaksen NWA

  Fourteen DNCBers enjoyed a pleasant Monday morning of birding at the Alaksen National Wildlife Area (next door to Reifel).  Hi-lites included: read the report and select your own hi-lites.  Check out the photo evidence by Terry, Rick, Glen and hopefully others, on our DNCB Picasa site. Ten of us (Roger with Mike, PB Lorna and

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  February 17, 2014

  *DNCB, Alaksen NWA, Bald Eagle, Barn Owl, Barred Owl, Black Oystercatcher, Canoe Pass, Coyote, Harbour Seal, Harlequin Duck, Muskrat, TFN, Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway

• DNCB Outing No. 2014-5 to Reifel Bird Sanctuary

  Thirty plus DNCBer’s (WOW) congregated on this beautiful Monday morning for a very productive outing at Reifel Bird Sanctuary, our “DNCB Mecca”.  Hi-lites included: Great-horned and Saw-whet Owls, Rough-legged Hawk, Merlin and American Kestrel, Northern Shrike, Ring-necked Pheasant and lots of other species in gorgeous breeding plumage.  Check out photos on the DNCB Picasa link.

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  February 3, 2014

  *DNCB, American Kestrel, Black Oystercatcher, Cooper’s Hawk, Great Horned Owl, Harbour Seal, Merlin, Northern Saw-whet Owl, Northern Shrike, Reifel, Ring-necked Pheasant, Rough-legged Hawk, Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway, Virginia Rail

• DNCB 2014-03 to Burnaby Lake

  Photos by Terry Carr (TC), Bill Denham (BD), Marion Shikaze (MS), Roger Meyer (RM) & Ken Borrie (KB) Another large group of 25 DNCBers fought through the fog and enjoyed a pleasant Monday morning walk at Piper Spit and along the trails of Burnaby Lake Park.  Hi-lites included; an American Dipper, Ruddy Duck and lots

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  January 20, 2014

  *DNCB, American Dipper, Burnaby Lake, Douglas Squirrel, Ruddy Duck

• DNCB Outing No. 2014-02 to Iona Regional Park

  Photos by Terry Carr (TC), Bill Denham (BD), Marion Shikaze (MS), Bryan King (BK) & Ken Borrie (KB) On a mild March-like Monday morning (>12 degrees), a large group of twenty four DNCBer’s enjoyed some beautiful birding at Iona Regional Park and the adjacent Sewage Lagoons.  Check out the photo evidence on the DNCB Picasa

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  January 13, 2014

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Eurasian Wigeon, Iona Beach Regional Park, Merlin, Northern Harrier, Northern Shrike, Praire Falcon, Red-tailed Hawk, River Otter, Rough-legged Hawk, Western Meadowlark

• DNCB Outing No. 2014-1 to Blaine/Semiahmoo Washington

  More photos by Jonathan (JM), Terry (TC), Tony (TM), Marion (MP), Ken (KB) to be added soon! On Monday morning, twenty-one DNCBers visited Blaine Washington and toured around Drayton Harbour to Semiahmoo Park on our first 2014 outing.  It was a very cold (<5 degrees Celsius) but clear morning and we had lots of good

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  January 6, 2014

  *DNCB, Barrow’s Goldeneye, Blaine Marine Park, Drayton Harbor, Harlequin Duck, Long-tailed Duck, Peregrine Falcon, Pigeon Guillemot, Rough-legged Hawk, Semiahmoo Spit

• DNCB Outing No. 2013-52 to Blackie Spit and White Rock Pier

  Photos by Glen Bodie (GB), Bill Denham (BD), Terry Carr (TC), Eric Lotto (EL), Ken Borrie (KB), Bryan King (BK) at DNCB Picasa site A large group of 21 DNCBers enjoyed a very pleasant and fruitful final 2013 outing to Blackie Spit and then the White Rock pier.  Hi-lites included: Long-billed Curlew, Marbled Godwits, Long-tailed

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  December 30, 2013

  Bald Eagle, Barrow’s Goldeneye, Blackie Spit, Cooper’s Hawk, Long-tailed Duck, Northern Harrier, White Rock Pier

• DNCB Outing No. 2013-51 to Reifel Bird Sanctuary

  Photos by Bryan King (BK), Glen Bodie (GB), Tony Mitra (TM), Terry Carr (TC) & … will be added soon At least sixteen DNCBers enjoyed a sunny, relatively mild morning of birding on the way to and at Reifel Bird Sanctuary.  In addition to the expected beauties when we go to our Birders’ Mecca Reifel,

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  December 23, 2013

  American Bittern, Bald Eagle, Canoe Pass, Harbour Seal, Northern Harrier, Reifel, Rough-legged Hawk, TFN, Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway, Virginia Rail, Western Meadowlark