Delta Naturalists Society

Category: Red-necked Grebe

• Delta Naturalists Outing to White Rock & Blackie Spit, February 4, 2026

  PHOTO: Long-billed Dowitchers & Great Blue Heron by Colin Huggett…….. Our group met at the White Rock Pier at 9am sharp. We were Freddie, Claude, Colin, Stephanie, Brian, Louise, Richard, Lindly, Bruce and Nicki. Margaretha joined us at Blackie Spit. Basking in the unseasonably warm morning, we scanned both sides of the pier to find…

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  February 4, 2026

  *DNCB, Belted Kingfisher, Black Oystercatcher, Black Turnstone, Blackie Spit, Harbour Seal, Long-billed Dowitcher, Pacific Loon, Red-necked Grebe, Western Grebe, White Rock Pier, Wilson’s Snipe

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• Delta Naturalists Outing to Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway & Reifel, December 2, 2025

  PHOTO: Hudsonian Whimbrels by Glen Bodie….. Six Delta Nats met at the Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway on a cool, cloudy morning. On the north side of the causeway were Common Loons, Wigeon and Green-winged Teal. We crossed carefully to the south side of the causeway where there was much more activity – Harlequins, Common Goldeneye, Mallards,…

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  December 2, 2025

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Belted Kingfisher, Black Oystercatcher, Black-crowned Night-Heron, Brant, Brown Creeper, Harlequin Duck, Hooded Merganser, Horned Grebe, Hudsonian Whimbrel, Long-billed Dowitcher, Northern Harrier, Raccoon, Red-breasted Merganser, Red-necked Grebe, Red-tailed Hawk, Reifel, Ring-necked Duck, River Otter, Sandhill Crane, Trumpeter Swan, Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway, Wood Duck

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• Delta Naturalists Outing to Blaine, November 27, 2024

  PHOTO: Snow Bunting by Chris McVittie……. Glen, Chris and Jim carpooled to Blaine on Wednesday morning. There was not a single car ahead of us in the Nexus lane. When we reached the first stop on Marine Drive in Blaine, the tide was way out, not the usual abundance of waterbirds. We quickly moved on…

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  November 27, 2024

  *DNCB, Ancient Murrelet, Barrow’s Goldeneye, Belted Kingfisher, Blaine Marine Park, Drayton Harbor, Dunlin, Harbour Seal, Harlequin Duck, Hooded Merganser, Long-tailed Duck, Pelagic Cormorant, Red-breasted Merganser, Red-necked Grebe, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Semiahmoo Spit, Snow Bunting

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• Delta Naturalists Outing to White Rock Pier & Elgin Park, November 13, 2024

  PHOTO: Surf Scoters by Glen Bodie…… The day threatened, driving many prospective birders back to their beds, but it turned out quite nice – windy but the sun did peek through out at the White Rock Pier. Glen was the only DNCBer there to see it. The Pier had the usual assortment – Mallards, Canada…

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  November 13, 2024

  Bald Eagle, Belted Kingfisher, Elgin Heritage Park, Eurasian Wigeon, Evening Grosbeak, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Harbour Seal, Killdeer, Pelagic Cormorant, Red-breasted Merganser, Red-necked Grebe, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Snow Bunting, White Rock Pier

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• Delta Naturalists Outing to White Rock, Elgin Park & Blackie Spit, November 12, 2024

  PHOTO: Evening Grosbeak by Grant Edwards….. 17 DNCBers met on the White Rock Pier on a cold, cloudy morning. Close to shore were Mallards, American Wigeon and Northern Pintail. Farther out were large flocks of Surf and White-winged Scoters. They were diving for clams and mussels which they swallow whole. Shells are crushed and digested…

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  November 12, 2024

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Belted Kingfisher, Black Scoter, Black-bellied Plover, Blackie Spit, Bonaparte’s Gull, Cooper’s Hawk, Dunlin, Elgin Heritage Park, Eurasian Wigeon, Evening Grosbeak, Horned Grebe, Marbled Godwit, Pelagic Cormorant, Pied-billed Grebe, Red-breasted Merganser, Red-necked Grebe, Red-throated Loon, Redhead, Western Sandpiper, White Rock Pier, Willet

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• Delta Naturalists Outing to Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway and Reifel, September 11, 2024

  PHOTO: Red-necked Phalarope by Glen Bodie…. It was a very grey and damp morning, which is why only newbie Bryce, Chris and I showed up at the Tsawwassen jetty. The mudflats at the landward end were exposed and there were enormous flocks of duck there, but there is nowhere convenient to stop. We met at…

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  September 11, 2024

  *DNCB, *DNS, Belted Kingfisher, Brown Creeper, Caspian Tern, Gadwall, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Horned Grebe, Killdeer, Lesser Yellowlegs, Long-billed Dowitcher, Northern Harrier, Orange-crowned Warbler, Pied-billed Grebe, Purple Martin, Red-necked Grebe, Red-necked Phalarope, Reifel, Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway, Virginia Rail, Western Sandpiper, Wood Duck, Yellow-rumped Warbler

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• 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

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• Delta Naturalists Birding Trip to 100 Mile House, June 23-27, 2024

  PHOTO: American Coots by Terry Carr…. REPORT BY THEA BECKMAN: Sunday, June 23 – Travel to 108 Golf Resort  Located in the central interior of British Columbia, the Cariboo is an intermontane region sandwiched between the Cariboo Mountains to the east and the Coast Mountains to the west with the Fraser River plateau in between.…

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  June 27, 2024

  *100 Mile House, *DNCB, *DNS, *Williams Lake, 108 Golf Resort, 108 Mile Heritage Site, 150 Mile House, Alder Flycatcher, American Avocet, American Dipper, American Kestrel, American Redstart, Bald Eagle, Barrow’s Goldeneye, Belted Kingfisher, Black-billed Magpie, Blue-winged Teal, Bobolink, Bullock’s Oriole, Calliope Hummingbird, Canvasback, Cedar Waxwing, Centennial Park, Chipping Sparrow, Cinnamon Teal, Clay-coloured Sparrow, Cliff Swallow, Common Yellowthroat, Dusky Flycatcher, Eared Grebe, Eastern Kingbird, Elliot Lake, Evening Grosbeak, Gadwall, Graham Lake, Gray Catbird, Hermit Thrush, Horse Lake, Killdeer, Lazuli Bunting, Least Flycatcher, Lincoln’s Sparrow, Long-billed Curlew, Marsh Wren, Merlin, Mission Road, Mountain Bluebird, Mountain Chickadee, Northern Rough-winged Swallow, Northern Waterthrush, Olive-sided Flycatcher, Orange-crowned Warbler, Osprey, Pileated Woodpecker, Purple Finch, Red-naped Sapsucker, Red-necked Grebe, Red-tailed Hawk, Redhead, Ring-necked Duck, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Sandhill Crane, Say’s Phoebe, Scout Island Nature Centre, Scout Lake, Sepa Lake, Solitary Sandpiper, Sora, Spotted Sandpiper, Townsend’s Solitaire, Turkey Vulture, Veery, Vesper Sparrow, Virginia Rail, Walker Valley, Warbling Vireo, Watson Lake, Western Flycatcher, Western Kingbird, Western Meadowlark, Western Wood-Pewee, White Pelican, Williams Lake First Nation reserve, Willow Flycatcher, Wilson’s Snipe, Wood Duck, Yellow Warbler, Yellow-headed Blackbird, Yellow-rumped Warbler

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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 Society

  January 16, 2024

  *DNCB, *DNS, Bald Eagle, Belted Kingfisher, Black Turnstone, California Sea Lion, Dunlin, Greater White-fronted Goose, Harlequin Duck, Horned Grebe, Killdeer, Lighthouse Marine Park, Pelagic Cormorant, Point Roberts, Red-breasted Merganser, Red-breasted Sapsucker, Red-necked Grebe, Sanderling, Seabright Farm, Varied Thrush, Wilson’s Snipe

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• DNCB Outing No. 2023-48B to Blaine, Washington, November 29, 2023

  Lindly and Glen were the only DNCBers enjoying the sunny calm cold day around Drayton Harbour. There was not a single car ahead of us at the border crossing on the way down or the way back. We waited a while at the first lookout location just in case someone else decided to join us,…

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  November 29, 2023

  *Blaine, *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Barrow’s Goldeneye, Belted Kingfisher, Black Oystercatcher, Blaine Marine Park, Harlequin Duck, Horned Grebe, Killdeer, Pelagic Cormorant, Red-breasted Merganser, Red-necked Grebe, Semiahmoo Spit