Category: Pitt-Addington Marsh WMA
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Sturgeon Slough & Pitt Lake, June 17, 2026
PHOTO: Common Yellowthroat by Colin Huggett……… Colin and Stephanie were joined by new member Dawne for an early Wednesday outing at Sturgeon Slough. Weather was coolish with intermittent clouds and a bit of a breeze, so good birding conditions. Following Terry’s suggestion we explored the east side of the dyke first and Dawne quickly spotted…
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Sturgeon Slough & Pitt Lake, June 16, 2026
PHOTO: Bald Eagle & Bullock’s Oriole by Terry Carr……. Seven DNCBers met at Sturgeon Slough in Pitt Meadows – Terry, Mei, Margaret, Lorna, Lindly, Dottie, Bob. The telephone poles were covered with Starlings. A bird on the top of a distant tree on the east side of the road turned out to be a Lazuli…
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Sturgeon Slough, Pitt Meadows, June 18, 2025
A very early start to avoid rush hour and an impending rain storm resulted in a very pleasant and successful bird outing for one DNS member! Despite the looming rain clouds many birds were singing and showing up on my two hour walk along Katzie Marsh trail and the drive past Catbird Slough where I stopped…
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Sturgeon Slough, Pitt Meadows, June 17, 2025
PHOTO: Lazuli Bunting by Christine Giao…. 13 DNCBers met at Sturgeon Slough in Pitt Meadows – Margaret, Lee, Bryce, Christine, Connie, Carolyn, Bill, Lidia, Mike, Freddie, Claude, Roger & Terry. The east side of the road was very birdy – Cedar Waxwings, Willow Flycatcher, Hairy Woodpecker, Tree Swallows and a gorgeous Lazuli Bunting that Christine…
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Sturgeon Slough, June 12, 2024
PHOTO: Yellow-breasted Chat by Terry Carr…. 13 indomitable Casual Birders gathered at Rannie Road in the Pitt Valley at 8:50am for our walk to Sturgeon Slough. It was cloudy, but the rain held off. Rannie Road intersects with Ladner Road just south of here, so our local-area Ladner family must have had relatives that built…
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DNCB Outing No. 2018-25 to Pitt Lake
Check out the photo evidence on our DNCB Flickr site With a very hot day predicted six members met at Petra’s (Mike and Hannah, his cousin’s daughter from Wales, Terry, Angela, Lauris, Noreen and David, and reluctant blogger Roger) and headed out in two cars and, almost without incident, arrived at the Pitt Lake parking…
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DNCB Outing No. 2017-22 to Pitt Lake
Photos by Brian Avent (BA), Chris McVittie (CMcV), Glen Bodie (GB), Maureen Sinilaid, Pat Smart (PS) & Marty Allen (MA) More photos at our DNCB Flickr site Thirteen DNCBers enjoyed a beautiful morning walking the circuit at the spectacular Pitt Polder-Addington Marsh Park at Grant Narrows (aka Pitt Lake). We have visited this Park annually…
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DNCB Outing No. 2016-24 to Pitt Lake
About 22 (I lost count; guesstimate participant list at end) DNCBers enjoyed some beautiful vistas and interesting sightings on our Wednesday morning walk in the Pitt-Addington Marsh Wildlife Management Area. Check out lots of photos on our DNCB Picasa site. Eight of us left Petra’s at 7:30 a.m., car-pooling nicely in two vehicles, and made…
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DNCB Outing No. 2015-24 to Pitt-Addington Marsh Wildlife Management Area
Photos by Roger (RM), Terry (TC), Glen (GB), Jonathan (JM), Pascale & Alberto (P&A), Eric (EL) & Liz (LS) at DNCB Picasa site Twenty-three DNCBers enjoyed another glorious and very warm Wednesday morning on an “away” outing to Pitt-Addington Marsh Wildlife Management Area, aka Pitt Lake, Pitt Polder, Grant Narrows, north of Coquitlam. Lots of…
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DNCB Outing No. 2014-28 to Pitt Lake
More photos at DNCB Picasa website Eight of us left Petra’s in two cars (Tom, Gerhard, Jane, Julian and Kay, Glen, Roger, Mike) to reunite on the road up to the lake when Roger grabbed a terrified Northern Flicker from under a mob of crows. He launched it into nearby dense shrubbery, in hopes it…
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