Delta Naturalists Society

Category: Northern Shrike

• DNCB Outing No. 2012-14 to Colony Farm

  We had a large group (24) on a pleasant (not Ontario balmy) Monday morning on our “away trip” to Colony Farm Regional Park in Coquitlam.  Hi-lites were: Virginia Rails, Northern Shrike, Yellow-rumped Warblers and lots of other neat stuff.  Check out the photos of the outing on our DNCB Picasa site at http://picasaweb.google.com/dncbirding. Three car

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  March 19, 2012

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Colony Farm RP, Hooded Merganser, Northern Shrike, Pied-billed Grebe, Red-tailed Hawk, Reifel, Virginia Rail, Western Meadowlark, Yellow-rumped Warbler

• DNCB Outing No. 2011-51 Brunswick Point

  Considering how close it was to Christmas we had a good turnout on a chilly, damp morning.  Ken and Anne, Anne Murray, Mike, Alan, Kay, Donna, Tom and Roger met at Petra’s to decide on the morning’s venture.  Due to Tom having some lame excuse for having to leave early we decided to stay close

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  December 19, 2011

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Black-bellied Plover, Brunswick Point, Dunlin, Long-tailed Duck, Northern Harrier, Northern Shrike, Peregrine Falcon, Red-breasted Merganser, Red-tailed Hawk, Rough-legged Hawk, Short-eared Owl, Snowy Owl, TFN, Trumpeter Swan

• DNCB Outing #2011-02 to Iona

  Seventeen birders (we’re becoming very popular) enjoyed a very pleasant, clear and cool (+5 degrees C) Monday (Jan. 10) morning at Iona Regional Park and the adjacent Sewage Lagoons.  We were: John & Kay, Rick & Marg, Bill M, Terry C, Anne M, Bev R, Annie K, Lorna, Hans-Ulf, Roger, Kathleen W, Ansa, newbie Kitty

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  January 10, 2011

  *DNCB, American Bittern, Bald Eagle, Barrow’s Goldeneye, Canvasback, Cooper’s Hawk, Dunlin, Iona Beach Regional Park, Northern Shrike, Red-breasted Merganser, Ring-necked Duck, Rough-legged Hawk, Trumpeter Swan, Western Meadowlark, Yellow-headed Blackbird

• DNCB Outing #124 to Point Roberts

  Nine birders (Anne, Terry, Rick & Marg, Lorna, Bill & Mary M, Hans-Ulf and me) braved the cold this morning on an outing to Point Roberts, USA. Don & Rochelle showed up at Petra’s to wish us all a Merry Christmas.  First stop was Lighthouse Park where a flock (50+) of Sanderling was feeding along

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  December 20, 2010

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Black Scoter, Black Turnstone, Brandt’s Cormorant, Dunlin, Eared Grebe, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Harlequin Duck, Horned Grebe, Lighthouse Marine Park, Lily Point Park, Long-tailed Duck, Mew Gull, Northern Shrike, Pelagic Cormorant, Point Roberts, Red-necked Grebe, Sanderling

• DNCB Outing #122 Northern Hawk-owl Hunt December 6, 2010

  Photos by Rick Woolley A beautiful December morning, cold but clear, Lorna, Terry, Don, Rochelle, Marg, Rick and Roger decided to head towards Westham Island to see if the recently seen Northern Hawk Owl could be found.  Following the usual route beginning at the ferry jetty, we passed some small grebes (probably Horned) on the north side,

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  December 6, 2010

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Black-crowned Night-Heron, Hooded Merganser, Horned Grebe, Northern Hawk Owl, Northern Saw-whet Owl, Northern Shrike, Peregrine Falcon, Reifel, Ring-necked Duck, Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway, Westham Island

• Tom’s Report on Casual Birding outing #60

  We were seven today (Valerie, Anne, Don & Rochelle, John sans Kay, Hans-Ulf and me) on a rainy morning, but it turned warmer and dryer as the morning progressed.  Our first stop was Kings Links Golf Course (where I “work”) on 72nd Street at the Bay.  The ponds did not have a large number of

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  October 29, 2009

  *DNCB, *LOCATIONS*, 64 Street, 72 Street, Bald Eagle, Black-bellied Plover, King’s Links, Northern Harrier, Northern Shrike, Red-tailed Hawk, Rough-legged Hawk, Ruddy Duck, Western Meadowlark

• DNCB Outing #59 to Boundary Bay

  We had 10 participants this morning on our DNCB outing along the dike, first at 72nd Street, then at 104th Street.  It was a bit overcast, but mild and the tide was fairly high and receding.  We drove the back roads by the farmers’ fields and the fast developing South Fraser Perimeter Road (SFPM) construction.  Lots of

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  October 19, 2009

  *DNCB, 104 Street, 72 Street, Bald Eagle, Black-bellied Plover, Dunlin, Merlin, Northern Harrier, Northern Shrike, Yellow-rumped Warbler