Category: Purple Finch
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DNCB Outing No. 2022-31A to Campbell Valley Regional Park, August 2, 2022
18 DNCBers had a very pleasant walk at Campbell Valley Regional Park in Langley. Deems, Jacquie, Warren, Heather, Lorna, Margaret, Lee, Gabriele, John, Roger, Mike, Lidia, David, Noreen, Glen, Dottie, Bob (photo by Terry) The cooler temperature was much appreciated. The birds were fairly few and far between, but there were some interesting bugs and…
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DNCB Outng No. 2022-28B to Blackie Spit, July 13, 2022
Seven Delta Nats Casual birders (Thea, Rosemary, Margaret, Gabriele, Liz, Richard, and Chris) met on a beautiful day for a leisurely walk at Blackie Spit. The tide was very low with mud flats making up most of our vista. While we were waiting for the group, a flock of Ring-billed Gulls dozed on the beach,…
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DNCB Outing No. 2022-22A to Campbell Valley Regional Park, May 31, 2022
Ten DNCBers met at Campbell Valley Regional Park in Surrey on a very pleasant morning – Roger 1, John, Lidia, Jacquie, Lee, Dottie, Bob, Lorna, Mike B1 and Terry. The lush vegetation included many flowers and berries. David’s plant brochures and iNaturalist helped identify them. Lee pointed out some interesting slime moulds. At the Listening…
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DNCB Outing No. 2022-21B to UBC Botanical Garden, May 26, 2022
Eight birders met at the Viewpoint on Old Marine Drive below the UBC Botanical Garden – Debbi, Lorna, Janet, Susan, Lee, Jacquie with her Italian visitor Fio from Genova, and Terry. On the river below and flying above, were Canada Geese, Gulls, noisy Caspian Terns, Eagles, Cormorants, Swallows, Crows and a Raven. In the foliage…
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DNCB Outing No. 2022-21A to UBC Botanical Garden, May 25, 2022
It was rumors of Jaegers and Ospreys that lured 7 birders through peak morning traffic to the UBC look-out on Old Marine Drive. And while such rare treasures were never found, the sheer abundance of passerine species seen and heard more than compensated. The birders present were Margaret, Margaretha, Gabriele, Glen, Stephanie, yours truly, and…
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DNCB Outing No. 2022-13B to Deas Island Regional Park, March 30, 2022
Deas is one of my regular monthly birding spots, so I was excited to see what seasonal changes had occurred since my last visit on March 6. I arrived early at 7:45am and checked out the area near the rowing club. A very loud Bewick’s Wren sang its way to the top of a bush,…
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DNCB Outing No. 2022-12B to Centennial Beach, Boundary Bay Regional Park, March 23, 2022
It was a dry start for the group of 9 that gathered in the Centennial Beach parking lot. Brian & Louise, Noreen & David, Ontario Brian R, Margaret G and daughter Calipso, Margaretha, and Rayme. Warren joined us a bit later. With Bald Eagles overhead calling, we headed to the pond, where we found the…
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DNCB Outing No. 2022-11B to Terra Nova Regional Park, March 16, 2022
A lucky dozen turned up at Terra Nova in sunshine and with blue skies just before 08:00. These included Roger 2, Mike B2, Lidia, Gabriele, Margaretha, Marion, Terry, Jim K, Glen, Richard H., Noreen and I. Bryan DeB joined up with us later along Westminster Highway near the community gardens. We started off into the…
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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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