Delta Naturalists Society

Category: Long-billed Dowitcher

• DNCB Outing No. 2016-41 to Iona Regional Park & Sewage Lagoons

  See photos at DNCB Flickr site Twenty-seven DNCBers (names listed at the end of this Report) enjoyed a beautiful, sunny autumn morning at Iona Regional Park.  The air was crisp and clear, the mountains were spectacular, and the tide was out.  Early arrivers to the park were rewarded with the sight of a large flock

  …read more

  Delta Naturalists Society

  October 11, 2016

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Garter snake, Hermit Thrush, Iona Beach Regional Park, Long-billed Dowitcher, Merlin, Mew Gull, Northern Harrier, Northern Shrike, Pectoral Sandpiper, Pied-billed Grebe, Red-tailed Hawk, Ring-necked Duck, River Otter, Ruddy Duck, Sewage Lagoons, Western Meadowlark, Wilson’s Warbler, Woolly Bear Caterpillar

• DNCB Outing No. 2016-38 to Blackie Spit & Rene Savenye Park

  Over 20 DNCBers (see list below) enjoyed a gorgeous morning at Blackie Spit and Rene Savenye Park with many up-close-and-personal sightings of some neat species.  Check out photo evidence on our DNCB Flickr site. Sightings included: Black Turnstone, Common Loons, Red-necked and Horned Grebes, Green Heron, Long-billed Curlew, three Marbled Godwits, Black-bellied Plovers, Greater Yellowlegs

  …read more

  Delta Naturalists Society

  September 21, 2016

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Black Oystercatcher, Black-bellied Plover, Cooper’s Hawk, Green Heron, Harbour Seal, Long-billed Curlew, Long-billed Dowitcher, Marbled Godwit, Northern Harrier, Osprey, Peregrine Falcon, Purple Finch, Red-necked Grebe, Red-tailed Hawk, Yellow-rumped Warbler

• DNCB Birds-on-the-Bay Outing No. 2016-23 in Boundary Bay Regional Park

  About 25 participants, including lots of Newbies, enjoyed our quarterly Birds on the Bay (BOTB) outing this morning in Boundary Bay Regional Park (BBRP).  There are not a plethora of birds in BBRP in June, it being nesting time and wintering Shorebirds and Waterfowl have gone to their northern, inland or Arctic nesting grounds, but

  …read more

  Delta Naturalists Society

  June 8, 2016

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, BBRP, Birds-on-the-Bay, Black Swift, Cammidge House, Centennial Beach, Long-billed Dowitcher, Northern Harrier

• DNCB Outing No. 2016-21 to Burnaby Lake

  On a beautiful DNCB Wednesday, twenty-four of us met at the Nature House in Burnaby Lake Regional Park and had an awesome outing wandering the trails of the park.  Lots of neat sightings; check out the visual evidence by our photogs Uma (aka Denise), Brian A, Terry, David & Noreen, Marion S, Glen B, Pat,

  …read more

  Delta Naturalists Society

  May 25, 2016

  *DNCB, Black-throated Gray Warbler, Blue-winged Teal, Burnaby Lake, Cinnamon Teal, Douglas Squirrel, Long-billed Dowitcher, Orange-crowned Warbler, Pied-billed Grebe, Sandhill Crane, Spotted Sandpiper, Swainson’s Thrush, Warbling Vireo, Willow Flycatcher, Wilson’s Warbler

• DNCB Outing No. 2016-17 to Brydon Lagoon & Hi-Knoll Park

  Twenty-two DNCBers (see names at end) enjoyed another gorgeous Wednesday morning wandering around Brydon Lagoon and Hi-Knoll Park on the Langley-Surrey border.  It was meant to be a Wildflower outing, however, with the earlier Spring weather in BC and our outing being a bit later than last year’s, the Fawn Lilies and Trilliums had finished

  …read more

  Delta Naturalists Society

  April 27, 2016

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Barred Owl, Brydon Lagoon, Cooper’s Hawk, Hi-Knoll Park, Least Sandpiper, Long-billed Dowitcher, Northern Rough-winged Swallow, Pileated Woodpecker, Red-tailed Hawk

• DNCB Outing No. 2016-16 to Several Ladner Parks

  Twenty-six DNCBers (names at end) enjoyed a record hot (28 degrees) Wednesday morning of birding in three Parks in Ladner.  Lots of neat sightings; check out photos by Brian BA), Liz(LS), Jim (JK), Terry (TC), Pat (PS) and more at our DNCB Picasa site. Nine of us car-pooled nicely from Petra’s in three vehicles at

  …read more

  Delta Naturalists Society

  April 20, 2016

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Dunlin, Great Horned Owl, Ladner Harbour Park, Ladner S.Arm Marsh, Long-billed Dowitcher, Pacific-slope Flycatcher, Red-tailed Hawk, Yellow-rumped Warbler

• DNCB Outing No. 2016-14 to Iona Regional Park

  Twenty-eight DNCBers plus 10 Richmond Seniors (see participant list at end) enjoyed a beautiful Wednesday morning of birding in Iona Regional Park and the adjacent sewage lagoons.  Check out the many beaut photos by Terry, Roger, Liz, Pascale & Alberto, Brian, Marion S, Richard H, Glen B and Pat on our DNCB Picasa site. Nine

  …read more

  Delta Naturalists Society

  April 6, 2016

  *DNCB, Beaver, Cinnamon Teal, Iona Beach Regional Park, Long-billed Dowitcher, Northern Rough-winged Swallow, Osprey, Pied-billed Grebe, River Otter, Ruddy Duck

• DNCB Outing No. 2016-2 to Iona Regional Park & Sewage Lagoons

  Twelve impressive DNCBers braved the crappy weather on Tuesday and enjoyed seeing a bunch of neat species at Iona Regional Park and the adjacent Sewage Lagoons.  Check out the photo evidence on our DNCB Picasa site. Rain was forecast all day so only three of us (Terry, Anne and me) met at Petra’s at 8:00

  …read more

  Delta Naturalists Society

  January 12, 2016

  *DNCB, Common Redpoll, Dunlin, Iona Beach Regional Park, Long-billed Dowitcher, Northern Shrike, Peregrine Falcon, Red-breasted Merganser, Red-tailed Hawk, Ruddy Duck, Sharp-shinned Hawk, Short-eared Owl, Trumpeter Swan, Tufted Duck

• DNCB Outing No. 2015-52 to Burnaby Lake Park

  Twenty DNCBers enjoyed a gorgeous Tuesday morning wandering the trails of Burnaby Lake Park then on to the beaut vistas, and Pine Grosbeaks, on Burnaby Mountain.  Check out Terry’s, Ladner Jack’s, Roger M’s, Pascale’s and Glen’s photo evidence on our DNCB Picasa site. We car-pooled nicely from Petra’s at 8:00 a.m., (Chris McV had Glen

  …read more

  Delta Naturalists Society

  December 29, 2015

  *DNCB, American Dipper, Burnaby Lake, Long-billed Dowitcher, Pine Grosbeak

• DNCB Birds on the Bay Outing No. 2015-49 in Boundary Bay Regional Park

  On a surprisingly beautiful sunny Wednesday morning, 30 participants, some visiting from Korea, Spain and North Vancouver, participated in our quarterly Birds on the Bay outing in Boundary Bay Regional Park.  Check out the photo evidence on our DNCB Picasa site.  You will also see photos of the installation of our Delta Nats “Tesla (formerly

  …read more

  Delta Naturalists Society

  December 9, 2015

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Birds-on-the-Bay, Boundary Bay, Cammidge House, Long-billed Dowitcher, Mew Gull, Northern Harrier, Red-breasted Merganser, Thayer’s Gull