Delta Naturalists Society

Category: *Vancouver

• Delta Naturalists Fieldtrip to Stanley Park: Sea Birds & Sea Lions, on Dec 20, 2023

  PHOTO: Barrow’s Goldeneye by Terry Carr…….. The sun may have been firmly behind the clouds but the weather was truly fine—mild and not a breath of wind—for a Wednesday outing to Stanley Park. Eight Delta Nats Thea, Terry, Nicki, Christine, Colin, Stephanie, Pat, and Manli met on the seawall below the Second Beach pool, where a

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  December 20, 2023

  *DNS, *Vancouver, Bald Eagle, Barrow’s Goldeneye, Beaver Lake, Brown Creeper, California Sea Lion, Cooper’s Hawk, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Hooded Merganser, Horned Grebe, Lost Lagoon, Mew Gull, Pacific Wren, Pelagic Cormorant, Red-breasted Merganser, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Ruddy Duck, Second Beach, Short-billed Gull, Stanley Park, Wood Duck

  BC Birding, birding, Birds, Birdwatching, Delta Naturalists Society, nature, Nature outings, photography, Stanley Park, Stanley Park birding, Stanley Park sea wall, Vancouver birding

• DNCB Outing No. 2023-22A to UBC Botanical Garden, May 30, 2023

  Ten birders spent a pleasant morning wandering through the UBC Botanical Garden – Jonathan, Terry, Don, Lidia, Dottie, Bob, Lee, Lorna, Deems and Lorraine. As Lee said, the variety of plants and trees more than made up for the lack of birds seen. In fact, they were likely responsible for the lack of birds seen.

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  May 30, 2023

  *DNCB, Black-headed Grosbeak, Pacific-slope Flycatcher, Purple Finch, Swainson’s Thrush, UBC Botanical Garden, Warbling Vireo, Western Tanager

• DNCB Outing No. 2022-21B to UBC Botanical Garden, May 26, 2022

  Eight birders met at the Viewpoint on Old Marine Drive below the UBC Botanical Garden – Debbi, Lorna, Janet, Susan, Lee, Jacquie with her Italian visitor Fio from Genova, and Terry. On the river below and flying above, were Canada Geese, Gulls, noisy Caspian Terns, Eagles, Cormorants, Swallows, Crows and a Raven. In the foliage

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  May 26, 2022

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Black-headed Grosbeak, Brown Creeper, Caspian Tern, Cedar Waxwing, MacGillivray’s Warbler, Old Marine Drive, Pacific Wren, Pacific-slope Flycatcher, Purple Finch, Swainson’s Thrush, Townsend’s Warbler, UBC Botanical Garden, Warbling Vireo, Western Tanager, Western Wood-Pewee, Wilson’s Warbler, Yellow-rumped Warbler

• DNCB Outing No. 2022-21A to UBC Botanical Garden, May 25, 2022

  It was rumors of Jaegers and Ospreys that lured 7 birders through peak morning traffic to the UBC look-out on Old Marine Drive.  And while such rare treasures were never found, the sheer abundance of passerine species seen and heard more than compensated.  The birders present were Margaret, Margaretha, Gabriele, Glen, Stephanie, yours truly, and

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  May 25, 2022

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Bewick’s Wren, Brown Creeper, Caspian Tern, Old Marine Drive, Orange-crowned Warbler, Pacific Wren, Pacific-slope Flycatcher, Pelagic Cormorant, Purple Finch, Swainson’s Thrush, Townsend’s Warbler, UBC Botanical Garden, Warbling Vireo, Western Tanager, Wilson’s Warbler, Wood Duck, Yellow-rumped Warbler

• DNCB Outing No. 2019-17 to UBC Botanical Gardens

  Twenty-three DNCBers enjoyed another gorgeous Wednesday morning at UBC’s Botanical Gardens in Vancouver.  Check out the spectacular photos of the flowers, blossoms, people, and birds on our DNCB Flickr site.  Photogs are Terry, Chris, Jim and newbie Kathryn, with hopefully other participants posting their photos. Some left Petra’s at 7:30 am, drove smoothly to UBC,

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  May 1, 2019

  *DNCB, Barred Owl, Black-throated Gray Warbler, Chipping Sparrow, Cooper’s Hawk, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Hutton’s Vireo, Lincoln’s Sparrow, Orange-crowned Warbler, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Townsend’s Warbler, UBC, UBC Botanical Garden, Wilson’s Warbler, Yellow-rumped Warbler

• DNCB Outing No. 2018-14 to UBC Botanical Garden & Pacific Spirit Park

  Seventeen DNCBers had a glorious morning in UBC’s Botanical Garden, then a short walk in Peter Ward’s “Aussie” section of Pacific Spirit Regional Park, then visiting the Winter home in Vancouver of the rare (here) “deformed” Summer Tanager.  Check out the photo evidence of the birds, flora and people on our outing at: https://www.flickr.com/search/?group_id=3027315%40N23&text=2018-14&view_all=1. Seven

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  April 4, 2018

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Barred Owl, Brown Creeper, Cooper’s Hawk, Greenheart TreeWalk, Pacific Spirit Park, Purple Finch, Summer Tanager, UBC, UBC Botanical Garden

• DNCB Outing No. 2017-12 to UBC Botanical Garden

  More photos at our DNCB Flickr site For a record 29 of 31 days in March, it rained, including on our Tuesday outing to UBC Botanical Garden.  Very few birds, but some gorgeous flowers seen by surprisingly, eleven dedicated DNCBers.  Check out the few photos on our Flickr site at: www.flickr.com/groups/dncb, then click the magnifying

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  March 28, 2017

  *DNCB, UBC, UBC Botanical Garden

• DNCB Outing No. 2016-12 to UBC’s Botanical Garden

  Twenty-four DNCBers (named at end) enjoyed a gorgeous, uncharacteristically sunny, Tuesday morning wandering around UBC’s Botanical Garden.  The outing was organized and led by Debbi Hlady, a Delta Nat and an FOG (Friend of the Garden).  We saw lots of neat birds and plants, many of them pictured on our DNCB Picasa site. Ten of

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  March 22, 2016

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Barred Owl, Hutton’s Vireo, Pileated Woodpecker, UBC, UBC Botanical Garden, Yellow-rumped Warbler

• DNCB Outing No. 2015-9 to Beaty Biodiversity Museum, UBC

  See full set of photos by Terry (TC), Marion (MS), Ken (KB) & Pascale & Alberto (P&A) at DNCB Picasa site A brilliant, sunny but cool day saw 9 members meet at Petra’s to carpool to UBC, Old Marine Drive for 9 a.m.  Others met there as did our westside resident guide, Bev Ramey.  From

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  March 3, 2015

  *DNCB, Beaty Biodiversity Museum, UBC

• DNCB Outing No. 2014-41 to Queen Elizabeth Park & VanDusen Botanical Garden

  Photos by Roger Meyer (RM) & Liz Stewart (LS) On a rainy Wednesday, six of us made it to Petra’s for the morning’s outing.   Two cars were required: Hans, Mike, Sheila and myself, Roger (filling in for Tom who is probably reclining in the Australian sun with a cold drink in hand) in one, and

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  October 15, 2014

  Barred Owl, Lincoln’s Sparrow, Merlin, Queen Elizabeth Park, VanDusen Botanical Garden