Delta Naturalists Society

Category: Queen Elizabeth Park

• Delta Naturalists Outing to Queen Elizabeth Park, May 14, 2025

  PHOTO: Olive-sided Flycatcher by Chris McVittie…. A small group of us, Chris, Thea, Susan and I, gathered this morning at the SW side of QE Park in rather cloudy, grey weather. Our mission was to spot migrant birds, specifically warblers and flycatchers. The park is a great place for migrant birds stopping over to feed

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  May 14, 2025

  *DNCB, Barred Owl, Brown Creeper, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Hammond’s Flycatcher, Olive-sided Flycatcher, Orange-crowned Warbler, Purple Finch, Queen Elizabeth Park, Western Flycatcher, Western Wood-Pewee, Wilson’s Warbler, Yellow-rumped Warbler

  Birdwatching, Delta Naturalists Society, Nature outings

• Delta Naturalists Outing to Queen Elizabeth Park & Jericho Beach Park, May 13, 2025

  PHOTO: Spotted Sandpiper by Terry Carr…. Five Delta Nats met at Vancouver’s Queen Elizabeth Park on a cool, cloudy morning – Mike, Terry, Alan, TK and Roger. We heard a woodpecker tapping, and then saw a Northern Flicker fly to another treetop. In another tree was a colourful male House Finch. We had hoped to

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  May 13, 2025

  *DNCB, Barred Owl, Camosun Bog, Gadwall, Jericho Beach, Olive-sided Flycatcher, Queen Elizabeth Park, Spotted Sandpiper, Western Flycatcher, Yellow-rumped Warbler

  Birdwatching, Delta Naturalists Society, Nature outings

• Delta Naturalists Outing to Queen Elizabeth Park, May 1, 2024

  PHOTO: Hermit Thrush by David Hoar…… Anticipating a fine day of birding, 12 DNCBers arrived at the QE Pitch ‘n Putt for a 9am start: David and Noreen, Brian and Louise, Colin and Stephanie, Warren and Lynne, TK, Lidia, Marion, and Glen. It was overcast and “cool” – some had extra extra layers and David

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  May 1, 2024

  *DNCB, *DNS, Cooper’s Hawk, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Hermit Thrush, Orange-crowned Warbler, Queen Elizabeth Park, Townsend’s Warbler, Wilson’s Warbler

  Birds, Birdwatching, Delta Naturalists Society, Nature outings

• Delta Naturalists Outing to Queen Elizabeth Park, April 30, 2024

  PHOTO: Queen Elizabeth Park by Terry Carr….. Six Delta Nats braved rush hour traffic to meet at Queen Elizabeth Park hoping to see some spring migrants. The six were Bill, Lorna, Deems, Terry, Jacquie, Dottie. We headed for the warbler trees but we did not see any warblers there. We did see Juncos and a

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  April 30, 2024

  *DNCB, *DNS, Black-throated Gray Warbler, Gadwall, Hammond’s Flycatcher, Orange-crowned Warbler, Queen Elizabeth Park, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Varied Thrush, Yellow-rumped Warbler

  Birds, Birdwatching, Delta Naturalists Society, Nature outings

• DNCB Outing No. 2023-21C to Queen Elizabeth Park, May 27, 2023

  “Hutton’s Vireo, Purple Finch, Western Tanager, Swainson’s Thrush, Black-headed Grosbeak, Chipping Sparrow, Hammond’s Flycatcher…” said the latest eBird checklists from Queen Elizabeth Park. And so, 12 birders arrived at our usual meeting point at the Pitch n’ Putt, practically salivating at the prospect of great springtime birding… only to encounter that a most eerie quiet

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  May 27, 2023

  *DNCB, Pacific-slope Flycatcher, Queen Elizabeth Park

• DNCB Outing No. 2023-18A to Queen Elizabeth Park, May 2, 2023

  Eight birders met at Queen Elizabeth Park on a cool morning that soon warmed up. We parked below the tennis courts on 37th Avenue to avoid the 4 dollar an hour parking fee. It was relatively quiet birdwise. We did see Bushits, Yellow-rumped Warblers, Wilson’s Warblers, Orange-crowned Warblers, Black-capped Chickadees, Song Sparrows, Anna’s Hummingbirds, Dark-eyed

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  May 2, 2023

  *DNCB, Black-throated Gray Warbler, Orange-crowned Warbler, Pacific Wren, Queen Elizabeth Park, Wilson’s Warbler, Yellow-rumped Warbler

• DNCB Outing No. 2022-20C to Queen Elizabeth Park, May 19, 2022

  With the rain drumming down and the wind howling in the Douglas Firs outside my apartment, we made the call on Wednesday morning to cancel our bird trip, and thank goodness we did because today’s outing to Queen Elizabeth gardens was a smorgasbord of sunshine, warblers, and flycatchers! Gabriele, Margaretha, Marion, Glen, Kirsten, and I

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  May 19, 2022

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Dusky Flycatcher, Hammond’s Flycatcher, Hutton’s Vireo, Olive-sided Flycatcher, Orange-crowned Warbler, Queen Elizabeth Park, Warbling Vireo, Western Tanager, Western Wood-Pewee, Wilson’s Warbler, Yellow Warbler, Yellow-rumped Warbler

• DNCB Outing No. 2022-17B to Queen Elizabeth Park, April 27, 2022

  11 Birders met at Queen Elizabeth Park on a chilly but sunny spring morning, eager to explore the season’s first offerings of warblers and other spring and summer visitors.  Glen, Brian, Louise, Gabriele, Marion, Rosemary, and yours truly met in the rose gardens, where White-crowned Sparrows, Golden-crowned Sparrows, and Dark-eyed Juncos stalked the lawns and flitted in

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  April 27, 2022

  *DNCB, American Kestrel, Bald Eagle, Barred Owl, Cackling Goose, Chipping Sparrow, Cooper’s Hawk, Greater White-fronted Goose, Hammond’s Flycatcher, Hermit Thrush, Hutton’s Vireo, Orange-crowned Warbler, Pacific Wren, Queen Elizabeth Park, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Townsend’s Solitaire, Varied Thrush, Wilson’s Warbler, Yellow-rumped Warbler

• DNCB Outing No. 2022-17A to Queen Elizabeth Park, April 26, 2022

  Eleven DNCBers met at Queen Elizabeth Park in Vancouver – Kirsten, Jacquie, Lee, Dottie, Bob, Lidia, Mike, Lorna, Lori, Bryan D and Terry.  The previous evening forecast was for morning showers, so we were pleasantly surprised to have a dry but chilly morning.  Most of us took advantage of the free parking below the tennis

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  April 26, 2022

  *DNCB, Barred Owl, Hutton’s Vireo, Orange-crowned Warbler, Queen Elizabeth Park, Ruby-crowned Kinglet

• DNCB Outing No. 2019-15 to Queen Elizabeth Park, Vancouver

  About 26 folk spent Wednesday morning on a colourful DNCB outing in Queen Elizabeth Park in Vancouver.  Check out the beaut photo evidence of flora and birds on our DNCB Flickr site. Some left Petra’s at 7:30 am, others came directly to meet at the Pitch & Putt entrance at 8:15 am.  It was a

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  April 17, 2019

  *DNCB, Hutton’s Vireo, Queen Elizabeth Park, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Townsend’s Warbler, Varied Thrush, Yellow-rumped Warbler