Delta Naturalists Society

Category: Serpentine Fen

• DNCB Outing No. 2016-11 to Serpentine Fen

  More photos from DNCB Picasa site will be added soon! Another massive crowd of 29 DNCBers (named at and) toured Serpentine Wildlife Management Area (SWMA) in Surrey on a pleasant Tuesday morning.  It was a another spread-out, gabfest, but we got lots of neat sightings.  Check out the beaut photo evidence, including shots of birds,…

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  March 15, 2016

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Merlin, Northern Harrier, Peregrine Falcon, Red-breasted Merganser, Red-tailed Hawk, Ruddy Duck, Serpentine Fen, Virginia Rail, Yellow-rumped Warbler

• 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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  October 7, 2015

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Northern Harrier, Serpentine Fen

• DNCB Outing No. 2015-18 Serpentine Fen and Kwomais Point Park

  photos by Liz (LS), Terry (TC), Glen (GB), Marion (MS), Pascale & Alberto (P&A) at DNCB Picasa site At little after 8:00 on another sunny Wednesday morning, nineteen DNCBirders began flocking together in the parking lot of Serpentine Fen. The area, which covers almost 240 acres (97 ha) of the lower flood plain of the…

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  May 6, 2015

  *DNCB, Barred Owl, Cinnamon Teal, Kwomais Point Park, Muskrat, Northern Harrier, Red Crossbill, Serpentine Fen, Sora, Yellow-rumped Warbler

• DNCB Outing No. 2014-29 to Serpentine Fen & White Rock Pier

  Sixteen hardy souls started out on rainy Wednesday morning at Serpentine Wildlife Management Area in Surrey and several of us finished the outing on White Rock pier.  Check out the photo evidence of our almost-memorable outing on our DNCB Picasa website. Seven of us carpooled from Petra’s at 7:30 a.m. in two vehicles (Roger with…

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  July 23, 2014

  *DNCB, Barn Owl, Long-billed Dowitcher, Serpentine Fen, Spotted Sandpiper

• DNCB Outing No. 2014-17 to Serpentine Fen and Kwomais Park

  Photos by Terry Carr (TC), Jim Kneesch (JK), Liz Stewart (LS), Ken Borrie (KB), Marion Shikaze (MS), Greg Hart (GH), Glen Bodie (GB) – click on any photo to see larger version – see DNCB Picasa site for more photos Eight people left Petra’s about 7:30 under Terry Carr’s leadership, and stopped first at Beach…

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  April 30, 2014

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Barn Owl, Barred Owl, Cinnamon Teal, Great Horned Owl, Kwomais Point Park, Northern Harrier, Red-tailed Hawk, Serpentine Fen, Sora

• DNCB Outing No. 2013-47 to Serpentine Fen

  Photos by Terry Carr, Glen Bodie and Bryan King Fifteen DNCBers enjoyed another glorious Monday morning of birding at Serpentine Wildlife Management Area.  Check out photos on our DNCB Picasa link. Only four (Glen, Terry, Mary-Pat and Sheila) met at and left from Petra’s at 7:30 a.m.  Car-pooling nicely, they met the others who were…

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  November 25, 2013

  *DNCB, American Tree Sparrow, Bald Eagle, Northern Harrier, Red-tailed Hawk, Rough-legged Hawk, Serpentine Fen

• DNCB Outing No. 2013-31 to Boundary Bay and Serpentine Fen

  Photos will be added to this Blog soon! Fifteen DNCBers enjoyed another glorious Wednesday morning in our corner of BC paradise.  We started at the dike on Boundary Bay at 104th Street looking for newly arrived Shorebirds and then wandered around Serpentine Fen (aka Serpentine Wildlife Management Area) for the rest of the morning.  Hi-lites…

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  August 7, 2013

  *DNCB, 104 Street, Barn Owl, Black-bellied Plover, Boundary Bay, Cooper’s Hawk, Long-billed Dowitcher, Mink, Northern Harrier, Serpentine Fen, Spotted Sandpiper

• DNCB Outing No. 2013-1 to Surrey Lake Park and Serpentine Wildlife Area

  Thirteen DNCBer’s (Guides Ken & Anne with daughter Christie, Lorna, Kay, Anne M, Paul & Quinn, Donna, Surrey’s Gareth, Jonathan & Lorraine and me) spent a very wet Monday morning at Surrey Lake Park, then at Serpentine Wildlife Area.  Check out Ken’s photos on our Picasa site at http://picasaweb.google.com/dncbirding. Four of us (Anne, Lorna, Kay…

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  January 7, 2013

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Barn Owl, Muskrat, Northern Harrier, Red-tailed Hawk, Serpentine Fen, Surrey Lake

• DNCB Outing No. 2012-17 to Serpentine Fen and Surrey Lake Parks

  Thirteen Casual Birders (Roger, Anne M, Ken & Anne, Bryan & Janet, rookie Eric, Lorna, John McF, Marion S, Hans-Ulf, Kay and me), enjoyed a brilliant Wednesday morning at Serpentine Fen and then Surrey Lake Parks.  Hi-lites were: lots of early migrants, Yellow-rumped Warbler, both Kinglet species, Tree and Violet–green Swallows, Ruddy Duck, Steller’s Jays,…

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  April 4, 2012

  *DNCB, Serpentine Fen, Surrey Lake

• DNCB Outing #2011-5 to Blackie Spit and Serpentine Fen

  Ten birders (Roger & Mike, Lorna, Terry, Bill & Mary, Ansa, Marian, Annie K and me) spent a relatively productive Monday morning at Blackie Spit (Crescent Beach in South Surrey) and a not-so-productive morning at Serpentine Fen.  It was cold early, but warmed up nicely.  Did anyone else see the brilliant orange/red sunrise this morning…

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  January 31, 2011

  *DNCB, Blackie Spit, Serpentine Fen