Delta Naturalists Society

Category: Ruff

• DNCB Outing No. 2021-41B to Ladner Harbour Park and Boundary Bay Dyke at 104th, October 13, 2021

  A small contingent of 6 (Pat, Manli, Lidia, Gabriel, Noreen & David) started at the parking lot and walked the road to the start of the Shirley Trail checking the slough for Roger’s Pied-billed Grebe from Tuesday that had been there as we drove in.  It was hidden, but Mallards, a Great Blue Heron, and

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  October 13, 2021

  *DNCB, 104 Street, Bald Eagle, Bewick’s Wren, Black-bellied Plover, Brown Creeper, Dunlin, Eurasian Wigeon, Hermit Thrush, Ladner Harbour Park, Least Sandpiper, Marbled Godwit, Marsh Wren, Pacific Golden Plover, Pacific Wren, Pectoral Sandpiper, Peregrine Falcon, Pied-billed Grebe, Red-tailed Hawk, Ruff, Sanderling, Virginia Rail, Western Sandpiper, Yellow-rumped Warbler

• DNCB Outing No. 2018-52 Ladner Christmas Bird Count

  Some Delta Nats took part in the Ladner Christmas Bird Count on December 22.  The cold windy weather resulted in a lower than usual count in nearly all the count areas.  At least the rain held off. Counts are carried out within a 24-km diameter circle that stays the same from year to year.  The

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  December 31, 2018

  *DNCB, Red Crossbill, Ruff, Snow Bunting, Virginia Rail, Western Meadowlark

• DNCB Outing No. 2015-26 to Reifel Bird Sanctuary

  Sixteen patriotic DNCBers spent Canada Day morning, first on the dike at Boundary Bay, then at our Mecca, Reifel Bird Sanctuary.  It was another gorgeous Summer day in Delta with some interesting sightings.  Check out the photo evidence on our DNCB Picasa site. Only five men (Roger, Terry, Gerhard, Hans and me) were at Petra’s

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  July 1, 2015

  *DNCB, 96 Street, Blue-winged Teal, Cinnamon Teal, Eastern Kingbird, Reifel, Ruff, Sand Wasp, Sandhill Crane

• DNCB Outing No. 2015-20 to Burnaby Mountain & SFU

  photos by Liz (LS), Terry (TC), Glen (GB), Pascale & Alberto (P&A), Rick (RW), Roger (RM) at DNCB Picasa site Twenty-five DNCBers enjoyed a gorgeous, warm and sunny Wednesday morning on spectacular Burnaby Mountain, and then a visit with David Lanks and his Ruffs at his “chicken coop” laboratory at Simon Fraser University (SFU).  This

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  May 20, 2015

  *DNCB, Burnaby Mountain, Red-breasted Sapsucker, Ruff, SFU