Category: *LOCATIONS*
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DNCB Outing No. 92 to Serpentine Fen
Casual Birding Outing #92 Seven participants (Val, Don & Rochelle, Lorna, Hans, Terry and me) spent a beautiful Victoria Day morning at Serpentine Fen. The drive there via the farm roads was quiet with few birds in the fields as most were being tilled by the farmers. Even most of the Bald Eagles have left…
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DNCB Outing No. 90B: Birds on the Bay
On a gorgeous Wednesday morning, 15 to 20 participants (some came and went during the walk) enjoyed a Spring “Birds on the Bay” stroll around Boundary Bay Regional Park in Tsawwassen. We started and finished at historic Cammidge House. On our walk around the pond at Centennial Beach, a lonely female Lesser Scaup was resting…
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DNCB Outing No. 90 to Colony Farm on a windy day
Casual Birding Outing #90 Twelve participants (They like to see their names in print – Hans, Lorna, Don & Rochelle back from umpteen Mediterranean cruises, Photog Terry back from Morocco, Annie K back from Salt Springs Island, Guru Anne back from Oz, Roger, John & Kay back from Mexico, Eleanor back from Trinidad and me…
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DNCB Outing No. 88 to Beach Grove & Boundary Bay dyke
Casual Birding #88 Six birders (Hans-Ulf, Val, Lorna, Jim, rookie Annie and me) spent a pleasant morning at Beach Grove Park in Tsawwassen and a bit of time at the dike on Boundary Bay. Our destination bird was the Great Horned Owl, and we were happily entertained by the parents and their two fuzzy young…
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2010-07 Reifel Bird Sanctuary ~ Casual Birding #76
Jim, Hans-Ulf, Lorna and I spent a lovely Monday morning at Reifel Bird Sanctuary. This was an “unscheduled” outing as we have our Birds on the Bay event this Wednesday. Reifel is always a good outing but in February it is especially good as all the winter residents are in beautiful breeding plumage, and very…
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Casual Birding#71 Boundary Bay dyke
Six of us saw more birds than you can imagine this morning on Boundary Bay along the dyke between 88th and 104th Streets. Anne, with daughter Cat(herine) and future son-in-law Chris visiting from NYC, Hans-Ulf and scope-porter Ron Dennett joined me. We drove the back roads to 88th and saw lots of Bald Eagles (they’re back;…
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Casual Birding #70 Point Roberts
We had an eccentric group of 10 birders on a rainy and discombobulated outing to Point Roberts this morning. First-timer Judy Kilcup along with Anne’s present and future New York City children, Catharine & Chris, were welcomed by the regulars. Photo evidence of the group taken at Petra’s (without Roger and photog Don), along with a few shots of some birds…
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Tom’s Report on Casual Birding outing #60
We were seven today (Valerie, Anne, Don & Rochelle, John sans Kay, Hans-Ulf and me) on a rainy morning, but it turned warmer and dryer as the morning progressed. Our first stop was Kings Links Golf Course (where I “work”) on 72nd Street at the Bay. The ponds did not have a large number of…
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DNCB Outing #59 to Boundary Bay
We had 10 participants this morning on our DNCB outing along the dike, first at 72nd Street, then at 104th Street. It was a bit overcast, but mild and the tide was fairly high and receding. We drove the back roads by the farmers’ fields and the fast developing South Fraser Perimeter Road (SFPM) construction. Lots of…
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