Delta Naturalists Society

Category: *LOCATIONS*

• DNCB Outing #124 to Point Roberts

  Nine birders (Anne, Terry, Rick & Marg, Lorna, Bill & Mary M, Hans-Ulf and me) braved the cold this morning on an outing to Point Roberts, USA. Don & Rochelle showed up at Petra’s to wish us all a Merry Christmas.  First stop was Lighthouse Park where a flock (50+) of Sanderling was feeding along

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  December 20, 2010

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Black Scoter, Black Turnstone, Brandt’s Cormorant, Dunlin, Eared Grebe, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Harlequin Duck, Horned Grebe, Lighthouse Marine Park, Lily Point Park, Long-tailed Duck, Mew Gull, Northern Shrike, Pelagic Cormorant, Point Roberts, Red-necked Grebe, Sanderling

• DNCB Outing #123 to Reifel and Alaksen

  DNCB’s: I’m baaack! after 6 glorious weeks holidaying in Western Australia, with friends and relies.  Nine birders (Rick & Marg, Lorna, Roger, Terry, Anne, Hans-Ulf, Jimmy and me) enjoyed an almost sunny and raptor-filled Monday morning (Dec 13) at Reifel Bird Sanctuary and next door’s Alaksen Wildlife Refuge.  Our destination bird was the Yellow-breasted Chat

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  December 13, 2010

  *DNCB, *DNS, Alaksen NWA, Bald Eagle, Barred Owl, Black-crowned Night-Heron, Cammidge House, Cedar Waxwing, Cooper’s Hawk, Dunlin, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Great Horned Owl, Hooded Merganser, Lesser Snow Goose, Marsh Wren, Merlin, Northern Goshawk, Northern Harrier, Northern Hawk Owl, Northern Saw-whet Owl, Pacific Wren, Peregrine Falcon, Reifel, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Sandhill Crane, Trumpeter Swan, Westham Island, Wood Duck, Yellow-breasted Chat

• DNCB Outing #122 Northern Hawk-owl Hunt December 6, 2010

  Photos by Rick Woolley A beautiful December morning, cold but clear, Lorna, Terry, Don, Rochelle, Marg, Rick and Roger decided to head towards Westham Island to see if the recently seen Northern Hawk Owl could be found.  Following the usual route beginning at the ferry jetty, we passed some small grebes (probably Horned) on the north side,

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  December 6, 2010

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Black-crowned Night-Heron, Hooded Merganser, Horned Grebe, Northern Hawk Owl, Northern Saw-whet Owl, Northern Shrike, Peregrine Falcon, Reifel, Ring-necked Duck, Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway, Westham Island

• Birds on the Bay Outing in Boundary Bay Park

  Almost 50 participants enjoyed a beautiful sunny walk this morning (October 16) in Boundary Bay Regional Park (BBRP).  It was a Birds on the Bay event, with Nature Vancouver also joining up with the host Delta Naturalists.  We started at historic Cammidge House and walked to the pond at Centennial Beach where one Northern Shoveler was

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  October 16, 2010

  *DNCB, *DNS, Bald Eagle, BBRP, Birds-on-the-Bay, Cammidge House, Centennial Beach, Cooper’s Hawk, Northern Harrier, Peregrine Falcon, Red-tailed Hawk

• DNCB Outing #112 to UBC Farm & Camosun Bog

  Eleven participants (Roger, Lorna, scope bearers Ron & John, Kay, wet camera-less photog Rick & Marg, newbie Lorraine N, Hans, our humble guide Bev and me) enjoyed a wet morning wandering around the diverse habitats of the University of British Columbia’s (UBC) Farm.  Monday morning traffic from Tsawwassen to UBC was horrendous, so we arrived

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  October 4, 2010

  *DNCB, American Kestrel, Bald Eagle, Camosun Bog, Pileated Woodpecker, Red-tailed Hawk, UBC Farm

• Outing #111 to Reifel Bird Sanctuary

  Nine birders (John & Kay, Rick & Marg, Lorna, Eleanor, Terry, Anne and me) enjoyed a very productive outing this morning on the way to and at Reifel Bird Sanctuary.  Weather was cloudy, but mild and the tide was high (for a pleasant change) so we saw lots of birds pushed closer to and on

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  September 27, 2010

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Barn Owl, Northern Harrier, Peregrine Falcon, Reifel, TFN

• DNCB Outing No. 2010-37 (#105) to Alaksen National Wildlife Area

  Casual Birding Outing  #105 On Wednesday, August 18, eight participants (John & Kay, Rick & Marg, Lorna, Terry, rookie Bev and me) spent an enjoyable morning wandering through south Delta farmland and then at Alaksen National Wildlife Area, located next to Reifel Bird Sanctuary on Westham Island.  First stop was the Kingfisher Bridge at the

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  August 18, 2010

  *DNCB, Alaksen NWA, Barn Owl, Brunswick Point, Mt. Baker, TFN

• DNCB Outing No. 104 to Point Roberts

  Casual Birding Outing # 104 On a beautiful Wednesday morning, August 11, Don & Rochelle joined us at Petra’s before seven participants (Rick & Marg, John & Kay, Lorna, Terry and me) left for Point Roberts USA where we birded Lily Point Park then Lighthouse Marine Park.  We parked at the cemetery entrance at Lily

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  August 11, 2010

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Lighthouse Marine Park, Lily Point Park, Mud Shark, Orca, Point Roberts, Red-tailed Hawk

• DNCB Outing No. 103 to Burnaby Lake

  Casual Birding Outing #103 Seven participants (John & Kay, Rick & Marg, Lorna, Roger and me) spent a quite warm but comfortable and very enjoyable morning wandering around Burnaby Lake Regional Park.  Don & Rochelle joined us at Petra’s but could not participate in this “away trip”.  Roger (aka Benson Hemphill with the Renton Bird

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  August 4, 2010

  *DNCB, Burnaby Lake, Osprey, Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway

• DNCB Outing No. 100 to Serpentine Fen Wildlife Area

  Casual Birding Outing #100 Nine participants (Hans, Lorna, Anne, Rick & Marg, Roger, Linda, Aussie visitor Sally Hoedemaker and me, Eleanor wimped out after coffee at Petra’s) spent a gorgeous morning at Serpentine Fen in South Surrey on Wednesday, July 14.  It was our 100th Outing, and the group surprised me at Petra’s with the

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  July 14, 2010

  *DNCB, North Forty/VWS, Serpentine Fen