Category: Red-breasted Merganser
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Point Roberts, April 3, 2024
PHOTO: Harlequin Ducks by Brian Avent…. A very select group of birders gathered today at Lighthouse Park, Point Roberts, WA – Brian & Louise, Lee, newbie David and me (Anne) who was recovering from an intensive birding trip in Central America. We started by looking for the Great Horned Owl seen by yesterday’s group and…
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Point Roberts, April 2, 2024
PHOTO: American Kestrels by Pat Smart….. 13 Delta Naturalists met at Lighthouse Marine Park in Point Roberts, USA. Close to shore were Common Loons and Horned Grebes – some still in colourful breeding plumage. These were joined by Harlequins, Scaup, Bufflehead, Common Goldeneye, Red-breasted Mergansers and Surf Scoters. Many Pelagic Cormorants with their white-rumped breeding…
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Brunswick Point, March 13, 2024: Snow Geese and a Meadowlark
PHOTO: Snow Geese by Terry Carr….. Fourteen Delta Nats met at Brunswick Point in Ladner on a gorgeous spring morning. Lori, Glen, Lidia, Liz, Jim, Brian, Alan, Jonathan W, Lisa, Chris P, TK, Margaretha, Richard (not in photo), Terry (not in photo) Early bird Richard had a close view of two Ring-necked Pheasants. There were…
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Birding Outing to Blaine with the Delta Naturalists on January 30, 2024
PHOTO: Surf Scoters by Terry Carr…… Six Delta Naturalists met at the lookout at Blaine Marine Park – Dottie, Bob, Jacquie, Lorna, Mike and Terry. There was no queue at the border so we were early The tide was very high and the birds were far away – mostly Scoters and Mallards. One female Red-breasted Merganser was…
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Delta Naturalists Outing to White Rock Pier on January 24, 2024
This morning was grey and wet. Participants started cancelling before I set off. Thanks to two huge traffic jams enroute from Tsawwassen and a circuitous route avoiding the second one, I was late arriving at White Rock. I pulled on extra layers of rain protection, trudged down the stairs to the pier, and began walking. A mixed flock…
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Delta Naturalists Outing to White Rock Pier, Elgin Heritage Park & Blackie Spit on January 23, 2024
PHOTO: Bald Eagle by Terry Carr…… Six Delta Nats met at White Rock Pier – Jacquie, Dottie, Bob, Christine, Lorna and Terry. The rain stopped just before we arrived, so we had a very pleasant walk along the pier. Close to the pier were a Red-breasted Merganser, a Northern Pintail, Bufflehead, Greater Scaup, and large groups of…
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Birding Outing to Point Roberts, USA with Delta Naturalists on January 16, 2024: Seabirds and a Sapsucker
PHOTO: Harlequin Ducks by Terry Carr……. It was a hardy group of birders who met at Point Roberts this morning. The temperature was hovering down in the minus numbers, the ground was frozen, and even the fairly gentle wind off the ocean was enough to give finger-numbing wind chill. Some of us called in at Kiniski’s beach,…
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Delta Naturalists Fieldtrip to Stanley Park: Sea Birds & Sea Lions, on Dec 20, 2023
PHOTO: Barrow’s Goldeneye by Terry Carr…….. The sun may have been firmly behind the clouds but the weather was truly fine—mild and not a breath of wind—for a Wednesday outing to Stanley Park. Eight Delta Nats Thea, Terry, Nicki, Christine, Colin, Stephanie, Pat, and Manli met on the seawall below the Second Beach pool, where a…
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DNCB Outing No. 2023-48A to Blaine, Washington, November 28, 2023
Eight Delta Nats met at Blaine Marine Park – Dottie, Bob, Lee, Pat, Lidia, Mike, Christine and Terry. After a foggy drive from Tsawwassen, we were surprised that the fog disappeared just before the border. The border wait was very short, and it was a gorgeous, clear – but cold – morning in Blaine. The…
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