Delta Naturalists Society

Category: Purple Finch

• Delta Naturalists Outing to Brydon Lagoon & Hi-Knoll Park, April 16, 2024

  PHOTO: Common Yellowthroat by Christine Gaio…. Fourteen Delta Naturalists met at Brydon Lagoon on a lovely spring morning. There were no ducks on the pond by the parking lot, but there were Red-winged Blackbirds and House Sparrows. However, Brydon Lagoon was full of water birds – Mallards, Wood Ducks, Northern Shovelers, Lesser Scaup, Ring-necked Ducks,

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  April 16, 2024

  *DNCB, *DNS, Bewick’s Wren, Brydon Lagoon, Common Yellowthroat, Hi-Knoll Park, Northern Rough-winged Swallow, Pacific Wren, Pink Fawn Lily, Purple Finch, Red-tailed Hawk, Western Trillium, White Fawn Lily, Wilson’s Snipe, Yellow-rumped Warbler

  Birds, Birdwatching, Delta Naturalists Society, Nature outings

• Delta Naturalists Outing to Brydon Lagoon & Hi-Knoll Park, April 13, 2024

  PHOTO: Belted Kingfishers by Grant Edwards…. It was another lovely spring day on the west coast as seven Delta Nats assembled in the parking lot of Brydon Lagoon in Langley.  Our group included Roger, Colin and his two sons Cole and Arthur, Nicki, Bruce and myself.  It was great to see a young family join

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  April 13, 2024

  *DNCB, *DNS, Belted Kingfisher, Bewick’s Wren, Brydon Lagoon, Common Yellowthroat, Cooper’s Hawk, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Hi-Knoll Park, Orange-crowned Warbler, Pacific Wren, Purple Finch, Ring-necked Duck, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Wood Duck, Yellow-rumped Warbler

  Birds, Birdwatching, Delta Naturalists Society, Nature outings

• DNCB Outing No. 2023-47A to Terra Nova Rural Park, November 21, 2023

  Six Delta Nats met at Terra Nova Rural Park in Richmond on a cool sunny morning – Dottie, Bob, Jacquie, Liz, Alan and Terry. On the edge of the river were Mallards, American Wigeon, Green-winged Teal and a Great Blue Heron. A Double-crested Cormorant and 2 Trumpeter Swans flew by. In the ditch were Mallards

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  November 22, 2023

  *DNCB, Barred Owl, Cedar Waxwing, Cooper’s Hawk, Gadwall, Great Horned Owl, Pied-billed Grebe, Purple Finch, Red-tailed Hawk, River Otter, Terra Nova, Trumpeter Swan, Varied Thrush

• DNCB Outing No. 2023-28B to Joe Brown Park, July 12, 2023

  Fifteen went in and nine came out. The fifteen was a large crowd of cats that needed herding: Dottie and Bob, Chris, Jacquie, Jean, Johnny Mac, Lee, Lidia, Liz, Margaret, Mike, Nick, Roger, Stephanie and Glen. Six of those found other ways and times to leave Joe Brown and the nine didn’t see them as

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  July 12, 2023

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Barred Owl, Bewick’s Wren, Black-headed Grosbeak, Black-throated Gray Warbler, Brown Creeper, Cedar Waxwing, Joe Brown Park, Olive-sided Flycatcher, Pacific-slope Flycatcher, Purple Finch, Swainson’s Thrush, Warbling Vireo, Western Tanager, Western Wood-Pewee, Willow Flycatcher

• DNCB Outing No. 2023-26B to Jackman Wetlands, June 28, 2023

  Many of us missed the turn from 272 Ave on the first attempt, but all 11 of us got there: Brian and Louise, Colin and Stephanie, Warren and Lynne, David and Noreen, Lidia, Marion and Glen. The sun was already beating down, looking like a scorcher in Langley. There was interesting construction just north of

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  June 28, 2023

  *DNCB, Bewick’s Wren, Black-headed Grosbeak, Cedar Waxwing, Common Yellowthroat, Jackman Wetlands, Killdeer, Northern Rough-winged Swallow, Pied-billed Grebe, Purple Finch, Swainson’s Thrush, Willow Flycatcher

• DNCB Outing No. 2023-22A to UBC Botanical Garden, May 30, 2023

  Ten birders spent a pleasant morning wandering through the UBC Botanical Garden – Jonathan, Terry, Don, Lidia, Dottie, Bob, Lee, Lorna, Deems and Lorraine. As Lee said, the variety of plants and trees more than made up for the lack of birds seen. In fact, they were likely responsible for the lack of birds seen.

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  May 30, 2023

  *DNCB, Black-headed Grosbeak, Pacific-slope Flycatcher, Purple Finch, Swainson’s Thrush, UBC Botanical Garden, Warbling Vireo, Western Tanager

• DNCB Outing No. 2023-19B to Joe Brown Park, May 10, 2023

  Glen got to Joe Brown a few minutes before our 8am scheduled arrival and turned on Merlin Sound ID. In a few minutes it had identified 15 birds while just standing there at the entrance to the trail. But most of them were never seen as we walked through the park perhaps because all the

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  May 10, 2023

  Bald Eagle, Bewick’s Wren, Black-throated Gray Warbler, Brown Creeper, Common Yellowthroat, Cooper’s Hawk, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Joe Brown Park, Merlin, Orange-crowned Warbler, Pacific-slope Flycatcher, Purple Finch, Red Crossbill, Red-tailed Hawk, Swainson’s Thrush, Townsend’s Warbler, Warbling Vireo, Western Tanager, Wilson’s Warbler

• DNCB Outing No. 2023-15A to North 40 Park Reserve, April 11, 2023

  Three painfully optimistic birders, Bob, Dottie and Lee, left White Rock in the pouring rain, arriving at the North 40 Park Reserve just in time for the rain to end.  It was cloudy, chill and damp, and absent any other birders we could find. Croaks sounded from the water-filled ditches, likely bullfrogs, but a rabbit

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  April 11, 2023

  Bald Eagle, North Forty/VWS, Purple Finch, Yellow-rumped Warbler

• DNCB Outing No. 2023-11B to DeBoville Slough, March 15, 2023

  It was a small group today – Warren and Lynne, Colin and Stephanie, Richard, Lidia and Glen – which I am sure accounts for the small number of birds we saw. You can see the eBird list in the link below with only 20 species. Some of us had trouble finding the trailhead with an

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  March 15, 2023

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Belted Kingfisher, Cooper’s Hawk, Purple Finch, Red-tailed Hawk

• DNCB Outing No. 2023-10A to Burnaby Lake, March 7, 2023

  Twelve birders met at Burnaby Lake – Jacquie, Margaret, Bob, Dottie, Deems, Grant, Lorna, Lidia, Herb, Terry, Mike and Roger. Although we passed through showers on the drive, there was no rain in the park. In fact the sun came out as we walked the trails. Near the Nature House were Black-capped Chickadees, Song Sparrows,

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  March 7, 2023

  *DNCB, Belted Kingfisher, Burnaby Lake, Douglas Squirrel, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Hooded Merganser, Pacific Wren, Purple Finch, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Varied Thrush, Wood Duck