Category: *LOCATIONS*
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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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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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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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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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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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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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DNCB Outing No. 2015-32 to Port Moody Parks
Twelve DNCBers enjoyed another gorgeous Summer Wednesday morning at “new to me” Rocky Point Park and then Buntzen Lake Park in Port Moody. Some beautiful flowers, vistas, and even a few neat bird sightings; you can savour the photo evidence by Liz, Marion, Glen and Pascale & Alberto on our DNCB Picasa site. Marian took…
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DNCB Outing No. 2015-31 to Mill Lake Park in Abbotsford
More photos on the DNCB Picasa website Seventeen DNCBers converged on Mill Lake, Abbotsford, on a gusty dull August day, the group from Petra’s being unusually late. There were few birds to be seen on the 2.7 km walk around the lake, which included a variety of habitats from open park, many tall trees, lots…