Category: Blackie Spit
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Blackie Spit, September 23, 2026
PHOTO: Greater Yellowlegs by Colin Huggett…. A small group of birders – Colin, Glen and Stephanie – met up at the Blackie Spit parking lot at 8 am. It was a cold, overcast day with rain threatening but never arriving. Margaretha joined the group shortly after. The first area we went to was Blackie Spit.…
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Blackie Spit, September 22, 2026
PHOTO: Lesser Yellowlegs by Bob Winston…… On the last morning of summer, eight Delta naturalists met at Blackie Spit: Bob, Dottie, Teresa, Lorna, Jonathan, Lorraine, Pat and Julie. The tide was about as far out as it could go, the air still, the sky and water both shades of grey. Teresa sighted Caspian Terns flying…
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Blackie Spit, September 20, 2026
PHOTO: Yellow-rumped Warbler by David Hoar……. There were four signed up for the Sunday outing to Blackie Spit and as the tide was low, with many distant sandbars marked by Great Blue Herons, there were few shorebirds along the wrack line at the top of the beach. Jeff (Ladner), Heather (Coquitlam), and Noreen and I…
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Blackie Spit, June 24, 2026
PHOTO: American Sand Wasps by Glen Bodie….. We were a small group – Glen joined by newbie Clara and her 9 year old son Mason. Mason’s a smart kid, knows his birds, and he and Clara help at Reifel with nest counts and banding. The day started cloudy but that burned off and it was…
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Blackie Spit, June 23, 2026
PHOTO: Blackie Spit by Mei Cui……… We were a small group today as some of our regulars were off on a trip inland. It was hot and sunny. The Blackie Spit parking lot was relatively empty when we arrived there just after 8am. This popular beach spot for families soon filled up – by the…
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Delta Naturalists Outing to White Rock & Blackie Spit, February 4, 2026
PHOTO: Long-billed Dowitchers & Great Blue Heron by Colin Huggett…….. Our group met at the White Rock Pier at 9am sharp. We were Freddie, Claude, Colin, Stephanie, Brian, Louise, Richard, Lindly, Bruce and Nicki. Margaretha joined us at Blackie Spit. Basking in the unseasonably warm morning, we scanned both sides of the pier to find…
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Delta Naturalists Outing to White Rock & Blackie Spit, February 3, 2026
PHOTO: Anna’s Hummingbird by Christine Gaio…… Thirteen birders met at White Rock Pier at the tail end of a gorgeous sunrise – Terry, Deems, Chris, Bob, Margaret, Lidia, Dorothy, Pat, Teresa, Lee, Dottie, Jacquie, Fen. There were great views of Mount Baker and of Blaine’s Semiahmoo Resort. There were fewer birds than usual near the…
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Delta Naturalists Outing to White Rock Pier & Blackie Spit, November 19, 2025
PHOTO: Surf Scoter by Chris McVittie…. The day started at 9am with those who had driven south breathing a sigh of relief that we no longer have to work. The traffic in the opposite direction was incredibly bad due to a major accident North Bound. It was a beautiful cool sunny day with no breeze…
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Blackie Spit, October 1, 2025
PHOTO: Great Blue Heron by Bruce Taylor…. Four of us met in the parking lot of Blackie Spit. We were Bruce, Nicki, Stephanie and Bee. We started out toward the spit with a scope in tow. It got increasingly blowy as we scanned through huge rafts of ducks along one of the low tide sand…
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Blackie Spit, September 30, 2025
PHOTO: Steller’s Jay with Acorn, by Susan Gemeinhardt…. Five Delta Naturalists met (casually, of course) in the Blackie Spit parking lot on a beautiful morning: Bob, Dottie, Connie, Colin and Susan. Given that there had been heavy rain the day before and more was predicted in the evening, we felt lucky to feel the sun…
