Delta Naturalists Society

Category: Short-billed Gull

• DNCB Outing No. 2022-44B to Point Roberts, November 2, 2022

  It may have been toe-numbingly cold, but with unthreatening high clouds and thin sunlight, 17 Delta Naturalists arrived at Point Roberts’ Lighthouse Marine Park grateful for the conditions.  They were Thea (yours truly), Rosemary, Anne, Lidia, Jonathan, Lorraine, Nicki, Margaretha, Liz, Marion, Pat, Brian, Louise, Dave, Noreen, Lynne, and Warren. The windless day left the…

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  November 2, 2022

  *DNCB, American Kestrel, Bald Eagle, Belted Kingfisher, Bonaparte’s Gull, Common Murre, Cooper’s Hawk, Douglas Squirrel, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Harbour Porpoise, Harbour Seal, Harlequin Duck, Horned Grebe, Lighthouse Marine Park, Lily Point Park, Long-tailed Duck, Pacific Wren, Pigeon Guillemot, Point Roberts, Red-breasted Merganser, Red-tailed Hawk, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Short-billed Gull, Trumpeter Swan, Western Grebe, White-throated Sparrow

• DNCB Outing No. 2022-04B to Iona Beach Regional Park, January 26, 2022

  We had a misty, cool, but dry walk, with 12 participants: Angela, Brian and Louise, Colin and Stephanie, Lidia, Warren and Lynne, Margaret, Thea, and me, with Bryan joining us a bit later. The tide was high at 9am, and the bay was very quiet, bird-wise.  Thirty Great Blue Herons stood in a roost at…

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  January 26, 2022

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Belted Kingfisher, Cooper’s Hawk, Iona Beach Regional Park, Lesser Snow Goose, Long-billed Dowitcher, Northern Harrier, Red-breasted Merganser, Red-tailed Hawk, Ring-necked Duck, River Otter, Short-billed Gull