Delta Naturalists Society

Category: Marbled Murrelet

• Delta Naturalists Outing to Point Roberts, September 4, 2024

  PHOTO:Cooper’s Hawk by Freddie Whiting…. Eleven Delta Naturalist Casual Birders spent a pleasant sunny morning birding coastal locations at Point Roberts. A few of us – Roger, newbies Claude and Freddie, and Anne – stopped by Kiniski’s first. This stretch of beach presaged the morning’s overall bird abundance – fairly few birds scattered over a

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  September 4, 2024

  *DNCB, *DNS, Belted Kingfisher, Bewick’s Wren, California Gull, Caspian Tern, Common Murre, Cooper’s Hawk, Harlequin Duck, Horned Grebe, Kiniski’s, Marbled Murrelet, Pelagic Cormorant, Point Roberts, Red-necked Grebe, Red-tailed Hawk

  Birds, Birdwatching, Delta Naturalists Society, Nature outings

• DNCB Outing No. 2023-03B to Point Roberts, January 18, 2023

  It was a damp and blustery morning for our birding trip to Point Roberts. Being Casual Birders, we gathered at the beach near Kiniski’s instead of the advertised spot. There was a vigorous wind and high waves, but the early morning rain had eased off. We managed to distinguish Buffleheads, Surf Scoters, Red-breasted Merganser and

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  January 18, 2023

  *DNCB, American Kestrel, Bald Eagle, Black Turnstone, Brandt’s Cormorant, Harlequin Duck, Horned Grebe, Kiniski’s, Lighthouse Marine Park, Long-tailed Duck, Marbled Murrelet, Pelagic Cormorant, Pied-billed Grebe, Point Roberts, Red-breasted Merganser, Red-necked Grebe, Red-tailed Hawk, Red-throated Loon, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Ruddy Duck, Sanderling, Seabright Farm

• DNCB Outing No. 2019-40 to Pt. Roberts, USA

  Twenty-five DNCBers enjoyed a beautiful Wednesday morning of birding at several locations in Pt. Roberts, USA.  We saw lots of species, several neat and entertaining, at Lighthouse Marine Park, the Marina and Sea Bright Homes complex; check out the massive selection of photo evidence on our DNCB Flickr site. Three car loads left Petra’s at

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  September 25, 2019

  *DNCB, American Kestrel, Black Oystercatcher, Black Scoter, Black Turnstone, Brandt’s Cormorant, Caspian Tern, Cedar Waxwing, Harbour Porpoise, Harlequin Duck, Marbled Murrelet, Pacific Loon, Parasitic Jaeger, Pelagic Cormorant, Pigeon Guillemot, Point Roberts, Red-breasted Merganser, Red-necked Grebe, River Otter, Western Grebe, Yellow-rumped Warbler

• DNCB Outing No. 2019-36 to Sidney Spit National Park

  Twenty plus DNCBers enjoyed a spectacular outing to, from and on Sidney Island, the Gulf Islands National Park. We had some superb sightings, including rare species, on a gorgeous Wednesday in BC.  Check out the pictorial evidence on our DNCB Flickr site. Fifteen DNCBers met on the 7:00 am “Free” ferry to Swartz Bay.  The

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  August 28, 2019

  *DNCB, Bar-tailed Godwit, Black Oystercatcher, Black-bellied Plover, Brandt’s Cormorant, Brown Creeper, California Gull, Common Murre, Cooper’s Hawk, Harbour Porpoise, Heermann’s Gull, Marbled Murrelet, Merlin, Mew Gull, Parasitic Jaeger, Pelagic Cormorant, Pigeon Guillemot, Pileated Woodpecker, Red-breasted Sapsucker, Rhinoceros Auklet, Sidney Spit National Park, Western Sandpiper, Willow Flycatcher, Yellow-rumped Warbler

• DNCB Outing No. 2019-29 on Cruise in San Juan Islands

  David Hoar filed the report below about our DNCB Bird Cruise on Friday, July 12 in the San Juan Islands with San Juan Cruises https://whales.com/other-cruises/bird-watching-cruise You can check out the photo evidence at: https://www.flickr.com/search/?group_id=3027315%40N23&view_all=1&text=2019-29 and Brian’s eBird list of 19 species recorded. As always, Terry Carr excelled with his organization and management of the 11

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  July 16, 2019

  *DNCB, Common Murre, Heermann’s Gull, Marbled Murrelet, Osprey, Peregrine Falcon, Pigeon Guillemot, Rhinoceros Auklet, San Juan Islands, Tufted Puffin

• DNCB Outing No. 2018-44 to Whidbey Island, Port Townsend/Fort Casey/Deception Pass and Rosario Beach

  Check out the photo evidence on our DNCB Flickr site. “Optimists”… with weather reports for clouds and showers and a 110 mile drive ahead (2 hours and 11 minutes ), undaunted, Delta Nats Mike, Terry, David and Noreen, Roger 2, and Roger 1 (myself) left Petra’s to meet Pat, Brian, and Colin at the Peace

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  October 30, 2018

  *DNCB, American Kestrel, Black Oystercatcher, Bonaparte’s Gull, Brandt’s Cormorant, Deception Pass, Harlequin Duck, Heermann’s Gull, Marbled Murrelet, Pigeon Guillemot, Port Townsend, Red-necked Grebe, Red-throated Loon, Surfbird, Whidbey Island

• DNCB Outing No. 2018-35 to Sidney Spit National Park

  Fourteen DNCBers enjoyed a fantastic, well-organized, all-day outing to an exciting new destination, Sidney Spit, a Gulf Islands National Park off Vancouver Island.  We saw lots of neat birds too; check out the photo evidence on our DNCB Flickr site. We met on the 7:00 am ferry from Tsawwassen to Swartz Bay, and yes, Free

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  August 29, 2018

  *DNCB, Baird’s Sandpiper, Black Oystercatcher, California Gull, Common Murre, Harbour Porpoise, Least Sandpiper, Marbled Murrelet, Mew Gull, Pelagic Cormorant, Pigeon Guillemot, Purple Martin, Rhinoceros Auklet, Sanderling, Semipalmated Plover, Sidney Spit National Park, Turkey Vulture, Western Sandpiper, Yellow Warbler, Yellow-rumped 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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  Delta Naturalists Society

  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