Category: White Rock Pier
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DNCB Outing No. 2017-03 to White Rock Pier and Blackie Spit
more photos at our DNCB Flickr site Only nine keeners weathered Tuesday’s rain, and enjoyed a surprisingly productive and fun morning at the White Rock pier and then Blackie Spit Park. Check out the photo evidence on our DNCB Flickr site: go to www.flickr.com/groups/dncb, then click the magnifying glass icon in the “Photo Pool” row,…
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DNCB Outing No. 2016-48 to White Rock Pier & Blackie Spit
More photos by Brian Avent (BA), Chris McVittie (CM), David Hoar (DH), Glen Bodie (GB), Jack MacDonald (JMacD), Jim Kneesch (JK), Pat Smart (PS) Roger Meyer (RM), Terry Carr (TC) at our DNCB Flickr site. With a decent day forecast, at least to the afternoon, and a falling tide, the Petra’s group of 11 departed…
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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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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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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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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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DNCB Outing No. 2011-48 White Rock Pier/Blackie Spit/72nd
Even with a cold morning we had a large turnout at Petra’s. Without our leader, Tom (we had fun coming up with imaginative excuses he may have had for abandoning us…we won’t print Hans’s winner), we decided to drive directly to the White Rock pier hoping to see a variety of sea birds. Those taking…
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DNCB Outing No. 2011-11 to White Rock, Blackie Spit and Elgin Heritage Park
Nine intrepid (aka weirdos) enjoyed a miserable Monday morning of birding at White Rock pier, Blackie Spit and Elgin Heritage Park. We were Bill & Mary, Roger & Mike, Rick & Marg, Lorna, Hans and me (few enough for me to remember their names). Hi-lites of the morning were: two Scoter species and a Harlequin…
