Category: Mourning Dove
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Jackman Wetlands, July 22, 2025
PHOTO: Sora by Christine Gaio…. 15 birders met at Jackman Wetlands Park in Langley Township – Alaina, Cole, Arthur, Terry, Susan, Lee, Stephanie, Colin, Christine, Carolyn, Renata, Lidia, Bill, Dottie, Connie. We left Tsawwassen in its usual bright sunshine, but it was overcast here all morning. Part of our drive was along scenic Zero Avenue

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Delta Naturalists Outing to Campbell Valley Regional Park, May 15, 2024
PHOTO: Honeysuckle by Warren Fenton….. On Wednesday, May 15, two DNCBers headed east through the morning truck parade on 16th Ave in South Surrey to the peace and quiet of Campbell Valley Regional Park. It turned out that Lynne and I (Warren) were the only participants this morning – but that was fine, it was a

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Delta Naturalists Outing to Campbell Valley Regional Park, March 16, 2024
PHOTO: Ring-necked Ducks by Grant Edwards….. Eleven Delta Nats assembled at the north entrance to Campbell Valley Regional Park on a lovely warm spring day!! A squadron of Canada Geese did a fly over to kick off our walk (a new tradition?) Although a little chilly in the morning (signs of frost on some vegetation),

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DNCB Outing No. 2022-31A to Campbell Valley Regional Park, August 2, 2022
18 DNCBers had a very pleasant walk at Campbell Valley Regional Park in Langley. Deems, Jacquie, Warren, Heather, Lorna, Margaret, Lee, Gabriele, John, Roger, Mike, Lidia, David, Noreen, Glen, Dottie, Bob (photo by Terry) The cooler temperature was much appreciated. The birds were fairly few and far between, but there were some interesting bugs and
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DNCB Okanagan Field Trip, June 12-16, 2022
The following report was compiled by Thea Beckman as a personal account of the DNCB’s field trip to the Okanagan. As such, a personal perspective is used in the story-telling and the determination of birding highlights, list-keeping, and identification criteria. Should you have any questions, contact Thea directly at thea.beckman@gmail.com DAY 1—Manning Park Resort & Beaver
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DNCB Outing No. 2021-31 to Surrey Bend Regional Park on August 3, 2021
12 people signed up for our outing to Surrey Bend on Tuesday August 3 – and no one signed up for Wednesday. The 12 were Chris, Jim, Pat, Janet, Marion, Lidia, David, Noreen, Kirsten, Gabriele, Margaretha and Glen. We contemplated forming 2 groups of 6, but in the end we mixed it all up as
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DNCB Outing No. 2021-30B to Blackie Spit on July 28, 2021
A group of 7 met at 8:00 – they were David and Noreen, Warren and Lynn, Roger2, Mike B2, and Marion S. The spit area was very quiet except for the usual Ring-billed Gulls accompanied by a singular California Gull, Savannah sparrows,and a juvenile Brown-headed Cowbird, plus several harbour seals kept an eye on us
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DNCB Outing No. 2021-23B to Colony Farm Regional Park on June 9, 2021
10 of us gathered at Colony Farm at 7:30 am on a cloudy but dry morning. We were locals Jonathan and Lorraine, Warren and Lynne, Stephanie and Colin, Brian and Louise, Janet, and me. I had arrived 45 minutes earlier to check out the field to the west which had singing Willow Flycatchers, a Ring-necked
