Delta Naturalists Society

Category: Purple Finch

• 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

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  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 Outing No. 2016-30 to Burnaby Mountain and SFU

  Photos by Roger (RM), Brian (BA) & Terry (TC) Fourteen DNCBers (named at the end of this Report) enjoyed a gorgeous Wednesday morning on top of Burnaby Mountain, wandering the trails to Simon Fraser University (SFU).  Some neat sightings, including Western Tanagers, and spectacular views as you can see in our DNCB Picasa photos. We

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  July 27, 2016

  *DNCB, Burnaby Mountain, Pacific-slope Flycatcher, Purple Finch, SFU, Turkey Vulture, Western Tanager

• DNCB Outing No. 2015-25 to Campbell Valley Regional Park

  Photos by Ken (KB), Glen (GB), Marion (MS), Pascale & Alberto (P&A), Jim (JK), Liz (LS) & others at DNCB Picasa site Because the southeastern part of the park was visited last July, it had been decided to explore the northern section.  Thus at about 8:15 on another fantastic Wednesday morning, twenty one avian enthusiasts

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  June 24, 2015

  *DNCB, Brown Creeper, Campbell Valley RP, Cassin’s Vireo, Cedar Waxwing, Pacific-slope Flycatcher, Purple Finch, Swainson’s Thrush, Townsend’s Chipmunk, Virginia Rail, Western Wood-Pewee, Willow Flycatcher, Wilson’s Warbler, Yellow Warbler

• DNCB Outing No. 2013-18 to Campbell Valley Park

  Photos by Marian P & Marion S Click on any photo to see large version Eleven DNCBers showed up this morning at Campbell Valley Regional Park in Langley for a walk in this heritage setting of diverse natural beauty.  Mike, Kirsten, Gareth, Ken (without Anne) and our “Leader” White Rock Al were at the 16th

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  May 8, 2013

  *DNCB, Campbell Valley RP, Douglas Squirrel, Mourning Dove, Pacific-slope Flycatcher, Purple Finch, Western Tanager, Wilson’s Warbler, Yellow Warbler

• DNCB Outing No. 2013-13 to Maplewood Flats Conservation Area

  Lucky thirteen birders (Roger, Hans-Ulf, Lorna, Jane, Kay, Donna, Janet, Sheila, Jonathan & Lorraine, Mike, newbie Gus and me) enjoyed another gorgeous Easter Monday morning at Maplewood Flats Conservation Area in North Vancouver.  Hi-lites included: FOY Yellow-rumped Warbler, Evening Grosbeaks, Black Oystercatchers and delicious fish & chips at Michael Buble’s favourite restaurant, the Crab Shack. 

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  April 1, 2013

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Barrow’s Goldeneye, Black Oystercatcher, Cooper’s Hawk, Evening Grosbeak, Hooded Merganser, Maplewood Flats, Mew Gull, Pelagic Cormorant, Purple Finch, Yellow-rumped Warbler

• DNCB Outing No. 2012-30 to Campbell Valley Park

  Nineteen birders (our Gurus Al & Jude Grass, Ken B & Anne A and Christie, Bryan & Janet, Eric L, Jane Z, Gerhard L, Roger & Mike, returning scope bearer Ron D, White Rock/Surrey Nats Anne G and Al S, Photogs Marion S and Terry C, Alan P and me) enjoyed a glorious Wednesday morning

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  July 4, 2012

  *DNCB, Brown Creeper, Campbell Valley RP, Cedar Waxwing, Douglas Squirrel, Orange-crowned Warbler, Pacific-slope Flycatcher, Pileated Woodpecker, Purple Finch, Red-Eared Slider, Swainson’s Thrush, Western Wood-Pewee, Willow Flycatcher, Wilson’s Warbler, Yellow Warbler

• DNCB Outing No. 2012-24 to Grant Narrows Park

  Seven birders (Lorna, Kay, Marion S, rookie Jane K, Eric L, Anne M and me) got drenched on this morning’s “away” outing to beautiful Grant Narrows Regional Park (now operated by the Katzie Development Corp.) at Pitt Lake.  Hi-lites included: beaut looks at several Warbler species, including a MacGillivray’s Warbler, nesting Ospreys, and finally seeing

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  May 23, 2012

  *DNCB, Band-tailed Pigeon, Black Swift, Bullock’s Oriole, Caspian Tern, Cedar Waxwing, Cliff Swallow, Grant Narrows, Gray Catbird, Long-tailed Duck, MacGillivray’s Warbler, Mute Swan, Osprey, Pitt Lake, Pitt-Addington Marsh WMA, Purple Finch, Swainson’s Thrush, Vaux’s Swift, Western Wood-Pewee, Willow Flycatcher, Wilson’s Snipe, Wilson’s Warbler, Yellow Warbler, Yellow-rumped Warbler

• DNCB Outing No. 90 to Colony Farm on a windy day

  Casual Birding Outing #90 Twelve participants (They like to see their names in print – Hans, Lorna, Don & Rochelle back from umpteen Mediterranean cruises, Photog Terry back from Morocco, Annie K back from Salt Springs Island, Guru Anne back from Oz, Roger, John & Kay back from Mexico, Eleanor back from Trinidad and me

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  May 3, 2010

  *DNCB, American Kestrel, Bald Eagle, Blue-winged Teal, Chipping Sparrow, Cinnamon Teal, Colony Farm RP, Dunlin, Iona Beach Regional Park, Northern Harrier, Peregrine Falcon, Purple Finch, Purple Martin, Red-tailed Hawk, Ring-necked Pheasant, Western Sandpiper

• DNCB Outing No. 88 to Beach Grove & Boundary Bay dyke

  Casual Birding #88 Six birders (Hans-Ulf, Val, Lorna, Jim, rookie Annie and me) spent a pleasant morning at Beach Grove Park in Tsawwassen and a bit of time at the dike on Boundary Bay.  Our destination bird was the Great Horned Owl, and we were happily entertained by the parents and their two fuzzy young

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  April 19, 2010

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Beach Grove, Black-bellied Plover, Boundary Bay, Dunlin, Great Horned Owl, Long-billed Curlew, Mute Swan, Osprey, Purple Finch, Ring-necked Duck, Virginia Rail, Western Sandpiper, Wilson’s Snipe, Wilson’s Warbler, Yellow-rumped Warbler