Delta Naturalists Society

Category: Rhinoceros Auklet

• DNCB Outing No. 2018-18 to Whidbey Island, USA

  Sixteen DNCBers really enjoyed our “away” outing to Deception Pass and Whidbey Island USA last Wednesday.  It was a gorgeous day and we saw lots of neat stuff.  Check out the photo evidence at: https://www.flickr.com/search/?group_id=3027315%40N23&text=2018-18&view_all=1. Some left Petra’s at 7:00 am and we met at the Peace Arch Park parking lot at 7:30 am.  Marion

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  May 2, 2018

  *DNCB, Bonaparte’s Gull, Brandt’s Cormorant, Brown Creeper, California Quail, Chipping Sparrow, Common Murre, Coupeville, Deception Pass, Harbour Porpoise, Harbour Seal, Harlequin Duck, Northern Rough-winged Swallow, Orange-crowned Warbler, Osprey, Pelagic Cormorant, Pigeon Guillemot, Pileated Woodpecker, Port Townsend, Red-breasted Merganser, Red-necked Grebe, Red-throated Loon, Rhinoceros Auklet, Townsend’s Chipmunk, Whidbey Island, Yellow Warbler

• DNCB Outing No. 2017-42 to Deception Pass & Whidbey Island WA

  More photos at our DNCB Flickr site Terry and Roger organized a gem of an outing on Tuesday to Deception Pass and Whidbey Island in Washington State.  We had 21 participants under gorgeous sunshine spending an awesome day of birding and sight-seeing in this idyllic area of the San Juan Islands.  Check out the many

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  October 24, 2017

  *DNCB, American Kestrel, Ancient Murrelet, Bald Eagle, Bonaparte’s Gull, Common Murre, Cooper’s Hawk, Coupeville, Cranberry Lake, Crockett Lake, Deception Pass, Gray Whale, Harbour Porpoise, Harlequin Duck, Heermann’s Gull, Marbled Murrelet, Mew Gull, Pacific Loon, Pelagic Cormorant, Pigeon Guillemot, Red-necked Grebe, Rhinoceros Auklet, Ring-necked Duck, Short-eared Owl, Trumpeter Swan, Whidbey Island

• DNCB Outing No. 2015-8 to Point Roberts, USA

  Photos by Terry Carr (TC), Glen Bodie (GB), Tony Mitra (TM) & Marion Shikaze (MS) More than 20 birders (actually 23, duly named at report end) joined our DNCB group on a beautiful February Tuesday morning at a number of Parks in Pt. Roberts, USA.  We had tonnes of neat species, many up-close-and-personal.  Check out

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  February 24, 2015

  *DNCB, *Special Birds, Black Oystercatcher, Black Turnstone, Brandt’s Cormorant, Common Murre, Harbour Porpoise, Harbour Seal, Harlequin Duck, Pelagic Cormorant, Pigeon Guillemot, Red-breasted Merganser, Red-tailed Hawk, Rhinoceros Auklet, Western Meadowlark

• DNCB Outing No. 2014-27 on Cruise in San Juan Islands

  On Wednesday, July 9, 30 folk enjoyed a joint Langley, WRSN, Delta Naturalists’ Club outing on the Salish Sea boat, cruising among the San Juan Islands.  We all met at the Bellingham port for the 9:00 a.m. departure, then spent the next 8 hours at sea, returning at 5:oo p.m. It was a gorgeous sunny

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  July 9, 2014

  *DNCB, Brandt’s Cormorant, Common Murre, Heermann’s Gull, Pelagic Cormorant, Pigeon Guillemot, Rhinoceros Auklet, San Juan Islands, Tufted Puffin

• DNCB Outing No. 2014-12 to Victoria

  Photos by Terry (TC), Roger (RM), Jonathan (JM), Rick (RW), Marion (MS), Jim (JK) & Ken (KB) Twenty-seven (wow!) smiling birders enjoyed a glorious Monday on the ferry, double-decker bus and walk around Victoria harbour and parks.  Read this report on our DNCB Blog and enjoy the super photos on the DNCB Picasa link.  (Names

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  March 24, 2014

  *DNCB, *Victoria, Beacon Hill Park, Black Oystercatcher, Fisherman’s Wharf, Harbour Seal, Harlequin Duck, Holland Point Park, Laurel Point, Long-tailed Duck, Ogden Point, Pacific white-sided dolphin, Pigeon Guillemot, Rhinoceros Auklet, Steller Sea Lion

• DNCB Outing No. 2013-37: Lighthouse Marine Park & Lily Point Park, in Point Roberts, Washington

  Most of the photos of Birds are by Terry Carr, with a few “people” shots by Ken Borrie Click on any photo to see larger version On Wednesday September 18, thirteen Delta Naturalists traveled to Point Roberts to hopefully, do some serious birding.  Eleven of us, Terry, Kirsten, Anne, Tom, Sheila, Jean, Marypat, Marion, Bill,

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  September 18, 2013

  *DNCB, Black Turnstone, Bonaparte’s Gull, Common Murre, Harbour Porpoise, Harbour Seal, Harlequin Duck, Lighthouse Marine Park, Lily Point Park, Merlin, Peregrine Falcon, Pigeon Guillemot, Rhinoceros Auklet, Steller Sea Lion

• DNCB Outing No. 2013-29B Cruise in San Juan Islands

  Six DNCBers (Tom, Sheila, Anne M, Pauline, Lorna, Al) met in Blaine to take the San Juan Island Cruise (see website/blog http://www.whales.com/).  Terry Carr took the same tour earlier on July 13. The following Report by naturalist Victoria Souze is posted on the website of San Juan Cruises at http://blog.whales.com/2013/08/bird-watching-cruise-report-%E2%80%93-july-27-2013/ We left the harbor on

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  July 27, 2013

  California Sea Lion, Common Murre, Harbour Porpoise, Harbour Seal, Heermann’s Gull, Herring Gull, Minke Whale, Orca, Osprey, Pigeon Guillemot, Rhinoceros Auklet, River Otter, Tufted Puffin

• DNCB Outing No. 2013-29 on the Gulf Island Ferries

  Nineteen DNCBers met on the Salt Spring Ferry round 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday for our all-day Island Ferry “Birding” Outing.  It was a glorious day and it was a wonderful Island Cruise, but we didn’t see a lot of different bird species.  Some hi-lites included: Rhinoceros Auklets, Pigeon Guillemots, Bonaparte Gulls, spectacular scenery and scrumptious

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  July 24, 2013

  *DNCB, Black Turnstone, Bonaparte’s Gull, Galiano Island, Harbour Porpoise, Harbour Seal, Harlequin Duck, Hudsonian Whimbrel, Mayne Island, Mink, Pender Island, Pigeon Guillemot, Rhinoceros Auklet, Salt Spring Island