Delta Naturalists Society

Category: Blackie Spit

• 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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  September 30, 2015

  *DNCB, American Kestrel, American Pipit, Blackie Spit, Cooper’s Hawk, Elgin Heritage Park, Harbour Seal, Long-billed Curlew, Osprey, Pileated Woodpecker, Red-necked Grebe

• DNCB Outing 2015-7 to Blackie Spit & White Rock Pier

  Check out photos by Terry (TC), Glen (GB), Greg (GH), Marion (MS) & Ken (KB) on DNCB Picasa link         The as-always happy and enthusiastic DNCB birders met in the Blackie Spit parking lot for our weekly outing to view birds and “occasionally” exchange friendly banter.   Twenty of us assembled for the

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  February 17, 2015

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Black Turnstone, Blackie Spit, Cooper’s Hawk, Long-billed Curlew, Pelagic Cormorant, Red-breasted Merganser, Snow Bunting, White Rock Pier

• DNCB Outing No. 2014-43 to Blackie Spit & White Rock Pier

  DNCB at Blackie Spit (minus Mike) photo by Roger, click to see large version More photos by Glen Bodie (GB), Bryan King (BK), Liz Stewart (LS), Roger Meyer (RM), Terry Carr (TC) & Ken Borrie (KB) at DNCB Picasa. At about 8:30, eighteen enthusiastic bird aficionados assembled at Blackie Spit Park, which is named after

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  October 29, 2014

  *DNCB, Blackie Spit, Eurasian Wigeon, Harlequin Duck, Long-billed Curlew, Marbled Godwit, White Rock Pier, Willet

• 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. 2013-43 to White Rock and Blackie Spit

  Seventeen DNCBers (Roger, Mike, PB Lorna, Hans, Sheila, returnee Dave M, “lost” Marian, Marion & Marti, Anne A w/o golfer Ken, Donna, Gareth, South Slurry Al & Pauline, local Leona, “mechanically-disinclined” Jean and me) enjoyed a gorgeous, sunny and mild Monday morning at White Rock beach and pier, then Blackie Spit Park.  Hi-lites included: the

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  October 28, 2013

  American Pipit, Blackie Spit, Long-billed Curlew, Long-billed Dowitcher, Marbled Godwit, Northern Shrike, White Rock Pier

• DNCB Outing No. 2013-34 to Blackie Spit

  More Photos will be added SOON! Sixteen DNCBers enjoyed another glorious and productive Wednesday morning at Blackie Spit in South Surrey.  The rain held off and it turned out to be warm, almost muggy.  Hi-lites included: Long-billed Curlew, Marbled Godwit, Pigeon Guillemot, lots of newly-arrived migrating Shorebirds, beaut Warbler sightings, some almost-interesting newbies, and PB

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  August 28, 2013

  Blackie Spit, Dunsmuir Gardens, Long-billed Curlew, Marbled Godwit, Merlin, Pigeon Guillemot

• DNCB Outing No. 2013-17 to Blackie Spit

  Photos by Marion, Jonathan, Terry, Roger & Ken Twenty-one participants (Anne M, Kirsten, Marion, Hans, Jonathan & Lorraine, Ken & Anne A, Kay, Al S, Donna, Lorna, Mike, Terry, Bryan & Janet, Roger, Gerhard, Sheila, Jackie and Tom) spent another gorgeous Wednesday morning outing at Blackie Spit.  Check out lots of beaut photos (Marion, Jonathan,

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  May 1, 2013

  Bald Eagle, Blackie Spit, Cooper’s Hawk, Hudsonian Whimbrel, Peregrine Falcon

• DNCB Outing No: 2012-46 to WR Pier & Blackie Spit

  Several of us locals met at Petra’s, Lorna, Sheila, Kay, Donna, Gerhard (recently returned from several weeks in Europe), John, and myself (Roger) and proceeded to meet the others, Ken and Anne, Brian and Janet, Dave and Donna, an Marion S, at the White Rock pier.  Considering the weather which was unexpectedly cold, overcast, breezy

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  October 24, 2012

  *DNCB, Blackie Spit, Bobcat, White Rock Pier

• DNCB Outing No. 2012-34 to Blackie Spit

  Seven eager birders, Lorna, Kay, Hans, Gerhard, Marion S, and Mike and Roger met at Petra’s and then departed for Blackie Spit where we met Ken and Anne B.  Kay, driving on her own, managed to find us after a few dead ends including Elgin Pond.  We lucked out with a beautiful day with moderate temperatures and

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  August 1, 2012

  *DNCB, Blackie Spit, Dunsmuir Gardens

• DNCB Outing No. 2012-27 to the North Forty and Blackie Spit

  Eleven participants (Terry C, Anne M, Eleanor C, Peggy K, Gerhard L, Mike B, Deborah T, Eric L, Ken B. & Anne A come lately, and me, plus Annie K and Eileen who left for coffee before we arrived at Blackie Spit) enjoyed some decent birding on a spitting rain day at the North Forty

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  June 13, 2012

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Blackie Spit, Dunsmuir Gardens, Hudsonian Whimbrel, North Forty/VWS