Category: Red-breasted Merganser
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Serpentine Fen, April 2, 2025
PHOTO: Fox Sparrow by Freddie Whiting…. 8 am this Wednesday saw five Delta Naturalists meet at the Serpentine Fen parking lot. Colin and Stephanie, Lynne and Warren, and Freddie (sorry, we forgot to take a group photo). Light rain and cool temperatures kept most people (and their dogs) at home and there was just one…

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Delta Naturalists Outing to Brunswick Point, March 25, 2025
PHOTO: Yellow-rumped Warbler by Terry Carr Five Delta Nats met at the Brunswick Point parking lot in Ladner – Terry, Lidia, Grant, Dorothy and Pat. It was overcast to begin with but it soon cleared and became very warm. Scanning the river from the dyke above the parking lot, yielded a Great Blue Heron, a…

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Delta Naturalists Outing to Deas Island Regional Park, March 12, 2025
PHOTO: 13 Bald Eagles by Glen Bodie…. After checking with each other on Tuesday evening to make sure we were all reading the same weather forecast, Anne, Colin, Stephanie and Glen met at Deas Island. There were Bufflehead, Scaup and Mallards in front of the Rowing Club and we could hear Varied Thrush from deep…

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Delta Naturalists Outing to Deas Island Regional Park, March 11, 2025
PHOTO: Common Goldeneye by Terry Carr……. Four DNCBers met at Deas Island Regional Park – Christine, Lorna, Dorothy and Terry. There was light rain – but it tapered off as we followed our usual route. On the river were Red-breasted Mergansers and Double-crested Cormorants. Robins and two Canada Geese were feeding on the shore. In…

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Delta Naturalists Outing to Iona Beach Regional Park, February 26, 2025
PHOTO: Greater White-fronted Geese by Brian Avent….. On one of the first nice sunny Wednesday mornings in a long time, 13 birders met at the Iona Beach Regional Park parking lot: Al and Liz, Brian and Louise, Pat, Lorna, Anne, Grace, Henry, Naoko, Dorothy, Terry and Glen. The Red-winged Blackbirds were everywhere as usual, and…

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Delta Naturalists Outing to Terra Nova, February 12, 2025
PHOTO: Red-winged Blackbird by Glen Bodie…. On a bright clear sunny crisp and crunchy day at Terra Nova eight DNCBers met: Richard, Colin and Stephanie, Warren and Lynne, Lou, Anne and Glen. There were also a few Nature Vancouver birders there trying to find each other amid the construction trucks fixing the road. Perhaps our…

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Delta Naturalists Outing to Blaine, January 5, 2025
PHOTO: Dunlin by Terry Carr….. NOTE: Tuesday outing to Blaine was cancelled Brrrrrr. I think that was the coldest day of birding since I joined the Delta Nats. At least it was dry or we might well have cancelled. We met just across the tracks on the Blaine Harbour road – Terry, Christine, Colin and…

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Delta Naturalists Outing to White Rock Pier & Blackie Spit, January 29, 2025
PHOTO: Surf Scoters by Glen Bodie….. On the Lunar New Year, 9 DNCBers arrived at the White Rock Pier at (or soonafter) 9AM: Douglas and Christine, Colin and Stephanie, Susan, Lindly,Lou, Richard and Glen. The deck of the pier was hoary with frost (and alittle slippery) but the sunshine soon melted that away. The water…

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Delta Naturalists Outing to White Rock Pier & Blackie Spit, January 28, 2025
PHOTO: Marbled Godwits by Chris McVittie…. 13 Delta Nats met at White Rock Pier – Jim, Lidia, Jacquie, Bob, Colin, Christine, Anne, Alan, Dottie, Chris, Connie, Dorothy, Terry – on a cool, clear morning. Close to the pier were Surf and White-winged Scoters, Bufflehead, Red-breasted Mergansers, Common Goldeneye, Scaup and Common Loons. Flocks of Dunlin…

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Delta Naturalists Outing to Point Roberts, January 22, 2025
PHOTO: Belted Kingfisher by Brian Avent……. A few birders met at Kiniski’s on a calm zero degree but sunny morning – Lindly, Brian and Louise, Margaretha and Glen. There were the usual Double-crested Cormorants on the pilings and a large flock of Canada Geese at the shoreline. We saw a number of divers in the…

