Category: Purple Finch
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Serpentine Fen, January 15, 2025
PHOTO: Red-tailed Hawk by Chris McVittie…… The fog was lifting as 7 DNCBers gathered at the Serpentine Fen at 09:00 – Richard, TK, Nick, Chris, Jim, Margaretha and Glen. The sun all morning warmed us much more than the predicted 2C would have suggested. Richard arrived early and had seen the resident Kingfisher fly off,…
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Serpentine Fen, January 14, 2025
PHOTO:Common Merganser by Grant Edwards……. 13 DNCBers met at Surrey’s Serpentine Fen on a lovely morning. There was no sign of the usual Kingfisher at the bridge by the parking lot. In the trees across the bridge were House Finches and Eurasian Collared-Doves. A Flicker and another flock of birds landed high up in those…
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Reifel Bird Sanctuary, January 12, 2025
PHOTO: Northern Shovelers by Brian Avent…. Nineteen Delta Naturalists showed up for our first weekend outing of the year, which rewarded our decision to pry ourselves from our beds on a rainy Sunday morning with a total of 47 species—including two owls—and sunshine for most of our meander around the sanctuary! As usual, we began…
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Centennial Beach, December 11, 2024
PHOTO: Brant Geese by Glen Bodie….. The casual birders arrived at Centennial Beach to find an unexpectedly clear morning – Joni, Stephanie, Lidia, Nicki, Jez, Anne, Richard, Liz, Lee and Glen. We were greeted by a Merlin on top of the tallest tree, and 15 Bald Eagles (many of them juveniles of various ages) in…
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Terra Nova & Garden City Lands, November 19, 2024
PHOTO: Glossy/White-faced Ibis by Christine Gaio….. Nine DNCBers met at Richmond’s Terra Nova Park on a very cold, but dry, morning. There was fresh snow on the north shore mountains. In the river were Wigeon, Gulls and Cormorants. A Heron and a Harrier flew over. We heard, but did not see, a Bald Eagle. It…
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Brunswick Point, October 9, 2024
PHOTO: Palm Warbler by David Hoar……. In the gap between the rains a group of 9 DNCBers met at Brunswick Point. We were: Liz, Margaretha, David, Christine, Noreen, Colin, Alexandra, Stephanie and Glen. We immediately felt over-whelmed by the flock of X thousand Snow Geese in the field across the road. All morning some of…
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Burnaby Lake Regional Park, October 2, 2024
PHOTO: Long-billed Dowitchers by Glen Bodie…… A great day for birding at Burnaby Lake – cool and mostly sunny – mist on the lake at the start and shedding layers by the end. Even some messy traffic congestion wasn’t enough to make too many of us too late for a 9am start. We were 15…
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Centennial Beach, September 24, 2024
PHOTO: Brewer’s Blackbird by Terry Carr….. 12 Delta Nats met at Centennial Beach in Tsawwassen on a lovely fall morning. Around the parking lot were White-crowned Sparrows, Towhees, Starlings and Crows, but the Eagles have not yet returned. In the pond were Mallards and two Northern Shovelers. Large flocks of Canada Geese and Cackling Geese…
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Serpentine Fen, September 18, 2024
PHOTO: Belted Kingfisher with crab by Glen Bodie…. Wednesday dawned with a perfect September day, sunny and warm. A large group of 16 assembled at the Serpentine Fen entrance where King George goes over the river – Brian and Louise, Warren and Lynne, Colin and Stephanie, Jonathan and Lorraine, Liz (but Alan had to work),…
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Campbell Valley Regional Park, August 7, 2024
PHOTO: Spotted Towhee (adult & juvenile) by Glen Bodie…. After a few late-the-night-before additions there were 5 birders at CampbellValley: Bill and Carolyn, Richard, Doug and Glen. We almost had the place toourselves. It was a little cool in the shade, but otherwise a hot day with noclouds. We started along the trail over the…
