Delta Naturalists Society

Category: Purple Martin

• DNCB Outing No. 2018-34 to Maplewood Flats, North Vancouver

  Twenty DNCBers enjoyed a very pleasant Wednesday morning wandering the trails and mudflats of Maplewood Conservation Area in North Vancouver.  Check out some beaut photos on our DNCB Flickr site. Eleven of us left Tsawwassen (Petra’s) at 7:30 am, car-pooling nicely in 3 vehicles but each took a different route, through Vancouver to North Van. 

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  August 22, 2018

  *DNCB, Black-tailed Deer, Cedar Waxwing, Garter snake, Maplewood Flats, Olive-sided Flycatcher, Osprey, Pacific-slope Flycatcher, Purple Finch, Purple Martin, Red-breasted Merganser, Red-necked Grebe, Spotted Sandpiper, Western Wood-Pewee

• DNCB Outing No. 2018-31 to Blackie Spit Park

  Photos by David Hoar (DH), Brian Avent (BA), Terry Carr (TC), Glen Bodie (GB), Pat Smart (PS), Maureen Sinilaid (MS), Jack MacDonald (JMacD), Ken Borrie (KB) About 25 DNCBers spent a glorious Wednesday morning in Blackie Spit Park in South Surrey.  We had some neat sightings; check them out on our DNCB Flickr site. Ten

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  August 1, 2018

  *DNCB, Blackie Spit, Bonaparte’s Gull, California Gull, Cedar Waxwing, Cooper’s Hawk, Long-billed Curlew, Long-billed Dowitcher, Purple Martin

• DNCB Outing No. 2018-30 to Iona Regional Park

  Sixteen DNCBers enjoyed a brilliant, hot & muggy Wednesday morning at Iona Regional Park, a regular and always fruitful destination for us.  Check out the photo evidence on our DNCB Flickr site.  Also see Roger’s photos of breaching Orca’s taken at Pt. Roberts before coming to Petra’s at 7:30 am. Some car-pooled from Petra’s at

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  July 25, 2018

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Iona Beach Regional Park, Least Sandpiper, Mink, Peregrine Falcon, Purple Martin, Semi-palmated Sandpiper, Spotted Sandpiper, Western Sandpiper, Willow Flycatcher

• DNCB Outing No. 2018-29 to Reifel Bird Sanctuary

  See photos at our DNCB Flickr site Fifteen DNCBers enjoyed another beautiful Summer Wednesday morning in Delta on a local outing to Reifel Bird Sanctuary.  Check out the photo evidence on our DNCB Flickr site. We car-pooled from Petra’s at 7:30 am to our first stop at the pull-off on the causeway to the Tsawwassen

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  July 18, 2018

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Black Oystercatcher, Brandt’s Cormorant, Caspian Tern, Long-billed Dowitcher, Northern Harrier, Osprey, Pelagic Cormorant, Pigeon Guillemot, Purple Martin, Reifel, Sandhill Crane, Semi-palmated Sandpiper, Western Sandpiper

• DNCB Ferry Outing No. 2018-28 to Salt Spring Island

  Only the Magnificent Seven DNCBers took the Ferry outing to Salt Spring Island on another gorgeous Wednesday.  We had a few neat sightings, but mostly just enjoyed a beautiful, and almost free, day among the idyllic Gulf Islands.  Check out the photos on our DNCB Flickr site. We met on the 7:00 am ferry from

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  July 11, 2018

  *DNCB, Brandt’s Cormorant, Brown Creeper, Fulford Harbour, Ganges, Mink, Pelagic Cormorant, Pigeon Guillemot, Purple Martin, Salt Spring Island, Swainson’s Thrush, Turkey Vulture, Western Wood-Pewee

• DNCB Outing No. 2018-22 to Semiahmoo Fish & Game Club & Park

  Twenty-two DNCBers spent another gorgeous Wednesday morning around the Little Campbell River Hatchery at the Semiahmoo Fish & Game Club (SFGC) in Surrey.  We saw lots of neat species and you can see some amazing photo evidence on our Flickr site. We (10) car-pooled from Petra’s at 7:30 am, drove smoothly against traffic, and met

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  May 30, 2018

  *DNCB, Barn Owl, Barred Owl, Cedar Waxwing, Hutton’s Vireo, Pacific-slope Flycatcher, Purple Finch, Purple Martin, Red-breasted Sapsucker, Semiahmoo Fish & Game Club, Swainson’s Thrush, Western Wood-Pewee, Wilson’s Warbler, Yellow Warbler

• DNCB Outing No. 2017-36 Birds on the Bay in Boundary Bay Regional Park

  More photos at our DNCB Flickr site Around twenty participants enjoyed another glorious Wednesday morning on our quarterly Birds on the Bay outing in Boundary Bay Regional Park.  We reversed our route to accommodate the tide and had some neat sightings.  Check out some spectacular photo evidence on our Flickr site at: www.flickr.com/groups/dncb, then click

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  September 13, 2017

  *DNCB, BBRP, Birds-on-the-Bay, Caspian Tern, Cedar Waxwing, Centennial Beach, Least Sandpiper, Lincoln’s Sparrow, Northern Harrier, Orange-crowned Warbler, Purple Martin, Red-tailed Hawk, Western Sandpiper

• DNCB Outing No. 2017-34 to Iona Regional Park

  Photos below by Brian Avent (BA), Chris McVittie (CMcV), Glen Bodie (GB), Jack MacDonald (JMacD), Jim Kneesch (JK), Pat Smart (PS) More photos at our DNCB Flickr site More than 20 (I lost count) DNCBers enjoyed a so-so birding adventure at Iona Regional Park (IRP) last Wednesday morning.  We saw a few neat species, had

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  August 30, 2017

  *DNCB, Cedar Waxwing, Iona Beach Regional Park, Least Sandpiper, Mink, Northern Rough-winged Swallow, Pelagic Cormorant, Peregrine Falcon, Pied-billed Grebe, Purple Martin, Spotted Sandpiper, Vaux’s Swift

• DNCB Outing No. 2017-24 to Maplewood Flats

  More photos at our DNCB Flickr site Eighteen DNCBers spent a glorious Wednesday morning in Maplewood Flats Conservation Area in North Vancouver.  Check out the photo evidence on our Flickr site at: www.flickr.com/groups/dncb, then click the magnifying glass icon in the “Photo Pool” row, and add 2017-24 to “DNCB Photos” in the Search box at

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  June 23, 2017

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Band-tailed Pigeon, Black-throated Gray Warbler, Cedar Waxwing, Maplewood Flats, Osprey, Pacific-slope Flycatcher, Pelagic Cormorant, Purple Martin, Red-eyed Vireo, Swainson’s Thrush, Turkey Vulture, Warbling Vireo, Willow Flycatcher

• DNCB Outing No. 2016-34 to Iona Regional Park

  Ten DNCBers spent a very enjoyable, but frustrating Wednesday morning at Iona Regional Park and the adjacent sewage ponds.  We saw lots of neat species, but we had a frustrating time trying to identify the different warblers, sandpipers, flycatchers and even sparrows.  Check out Glen’s photos on our new DNCB Flickr website, and help with

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  August 24, 2016

  *DNCB, Alder Flycatcher, Iona Beach Regional Park, Merlin, Pectoral Sandpiper, Pied-billed Grebe, Purple Martin, Red-breasted Merganser, Spotted Sandpiper, Wandering Tattler