Delta Naturalists Society

Category: Pied-billed Grebe

• DNCB Outing No. 2022-8A to Burnaby Lake, February 22, 2022

  Thirteen DNCBers met by the Piper Spit Nature House at Burnaby Lake Regional Park on a very cold, clear morning – Pat, Glen, Lidia, Margaret, Bob, Dottie, Jacquie, Lee, Lindly, Roger, Mike, Lorna and Terry. This was a new destination for several of the participants.  We were pleased that Istvan, a local birder who was

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  February 22, 2022

  *DNCB, Brown Creeper, Burnaby Lake, Douglas Squirrel, Eurasian Teal, Long-billed Dowitcher, Mandarin Duck, Pied-billed Grebe, Pileated Woodpecker, Red-tailed Hawk, Ring-necked Duck, Varied Thrush, Wood Duck

• DNCB Outing No. 2022-06B to Stanley Park, February 9, 2022

  Not the partially sunny day the forecast had promised, but there was no rain so who can complain? There were just 5 of us on this outing (Brian and Louise, Lidia, Marion and Glen) and we met at the appointed place, pretty much at the appointed time, notwithstanding the traffic diversions in the park and

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  February 9, 2022

  *DNCB, Barrow’s Goldeneye, Beaver Lake, Harbour Seal, Horned Grebe, Lost Lagoon, Pacific Wren, Pelagic Cormorant, Pied-billed Grebe, Pileated Woodpecker, Red-breasted Merganser, Stanley Park, Wood Duck

• DNCB Outing No. 2022-04A to Iona Beach Regional Park, January 25, 2022

  Thirteen DNCBers met at Iona Beach Regional Park in Richmond on a cool, foggy morning: Richard, Kirsten, Jacquie, Lee, Bob, Dottie, Glen, Chris, Jim, Peter, Joe, Lori Y, Terry.  There were sieges of herons, but no ducks, in the pond by the parking lot.  A single Red-winged Blackbird was giving his song on the edge

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  January 25, 2022

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Dunlin, Iona Beach Regional Park, Lesser Snow Goose, Long-billed Dowitcher, Northern Harrier, Northern Shrike, Pied-billed Grebe, Purple Finch, Red-tailed Hawk, Ring-necked Duck, Trumpeter Swan

• DNCB Outing No. 2021-44B to Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway & Reifel, November 3, 2021

  Eight of us arrived at Reifel just after the gates opened.  Noreen and I were the only ones at the Ferry Causeway at 8AM where spitting rain was coming to an end but winds out of the SE were brisk.  There were 17 species, including Pelagic and Double-crested Cormorants, Horned Grebe, and hundreds of European

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  November 3, 2021

  *DNCB, Belted Kingfisher, Cedar Waxwing, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Hooded Merganser, Long-billed Dowitcher, Marsh Wren, Merlin, Northern Harrier, Northern Saw-whet Owl, Pied-billed Grebe, Purple Finch, Reifel, Ring-necked Duck, River Otter, Rough-legged Hawk, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Sandhill Crane, Trumpeter Swan, Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway, Varied Thrush, Virginia Rail, White-throated Sparrow, Wood Duck

• DNCB Outing No. 2021-44A to Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway & Reifel, November 2, 2021

  Some of the group gathered at the Ferry Terminal and got some great views of Black Turnstone, Black Oystercatcher, cormorants, grebes, loons, and diving ducks. I missed that as I spent an extra half hour on coffee and joined the group at Reifel Bird Sanctuary at 9am. There were 14 of us for that part

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  November 2, 2021

  *DNCB, Black Oystercatcher, Black Turnstone, Black-crowned Night-Heron, Hooded Merganser, Long-billed Dowitcher, Pied-billed Grebe, Reifel, Ring-necked Duck, Ring-necked Pheasant, Rough-legged Hawk, Sandhill Crane, Trumpeter Swan, Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway

• DNCB Outing No. 2021-42 to Iona Beach Regional Park on October 19, 2021

  We had a beautiful morning for our DNCB trip to Iona.  Even before I got out of my car, I was enjoying the sight of a Cooper’s Hawk sitting just a few metres away.  Snow Geese were calling overhead and gathering on the shore as the tide went out and there were many Ring-billed and

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  October 19, 2021

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Caspian Tern, Common Yellowthroat, Cooper’s Hawk, Iona Beach Regional Park, Lincoln’s Sparrow, Orange-crowned Warbler, Pied-billed Grebe, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Yellow-rumped Warbler

• DNCB Outing No. 2021-41B to Ladner Harbour Park and Boundary Bay Dyke at 104th, October 13, 2021

  A small contingent of 6 (Pat, Manli, Lidia, Gabriel, Noreen & David) started at the parking lot and walked the road to the start of the Shirley Trail checking the slough for Roger’s Pied-billed Grebe from Tuesday that had been there as we drove in.  It was hidden, but Mallards, a Great Blue Heron, and

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  October 13, 2021

  *DNCB, 104 Street, Bald Eagle, Bewick’s Wren, Black-bellied Plover, Brown Creeper, Dunlin, Eurasian Wigeon, Hermit Thrush, Ladner Harbour Park, Least Sandpiper, Marbled Godwit, Marsh Wren, Pacific Golden Plover, Pacific Wren, Pectoral Sandpiper, Peregrine Falcon, Pied-billed Grebe, Red-tailed Hawk, Ruff, Sanderling, Virginia Rail, Western Sandpiper, Yellow-rumped Warbler

• DNCB Outing No. 2021-41A to Ladner Harbour Park and Boundary Bay Dyke at 104th, October 12, 2021

  We met at Ladner Harbour Park at 8am on a cool, dry morning. Roger saw a Pied-billed Grebe by the bridge before the parking lot. Our walk began along the recently completed Shirley’s Path with its impressive new bridge; then continued along the usual loop through the trees to the river and the viewing platform.

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  October 12, 2021

  *DNCB, 104 Street, Bald Eagle, Black-bellied Plover, Dunlin, Ladner Harbour Park, Marsh Wren, Merlin, Pectoral Sandpiper, Pied-billed Grebe, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Sanderling, Wilson’s Snipe, Wood Duck

• DNCB Outing No. 2021-39A to Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway & Reifel on September 28, 2021

  The Tuesday people were lucky with the weather. Despite a wet forecast, the rain stopped before 7am. It was windy and cold when 5 of us met on the Tsawwassen ferry causeway at 7:45. But the wind had died down and the sky was clearing when 14 met at the Reifel Bird Sanctuary at 9am.

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  September 28, 2021

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Belted Kingfisher, Black Oystercatcher, Cedar Waxwing, Dunlin, Hooded Merganser, Horned Grebe, Long-billed Dowitcher, Marsh Wren, Merlin, Mute Swan, Peregrine Falcon, Pied-billed Grebe, Red-tailed Hawk, Reifel, Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway, Virginia Rail, Wood Duck, Yellow-rumped Warbler

• DNCB Outing No. 2021-33B to Burnaby Lake on August 18, 2021

  Our small group arrived at the Piper Avenue entrance in 4 segments separated by track crossing closures that were the result of refuelling two track maintenance machines right at the crossing. We were all across the tracks by about 8:20, and the six of us (Warren & Lynne, Marion, Lidia Noreen & David) started our

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  August 18, 2021

  *DNCB, Belted Kingfisher, Bewick’s Wren, Black-headed Grosbeak, Brown Creeper, Burnaby Lake, Cedar Waxwing, Common Yellowthroat, Douglas Squirrel, Green Heron, Long-billed Dowitcher, Mandarin Duck, Pied-billed Grebe, Purple Finch, Willow Flycatcher, Wood Duck, Yellow Warbler