Delta Naturalists Society

Category: Ring-necked Duck

• Delta Naturalists Outing to Brydon Lagoon & Hi-Knoll Park, April 15, 2025

  PHOTO: Northern Shoveler & Ruddy Duck by Terry Carr…. Ten DNCBers met at Brydon Lagoon i Langley – Terry, Arthur, Cole, Alaina, Christine, Dottie, Connie, Bryce, Bob and Dorothy. We left Tsawwassen in sunshine but the sunshine did not arrive in Langley until the end of our outing. The cool, cloudy weather kept some of

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  April 15, 2025

  *DNCB, Barred Owl, Brydon Lagoon, Hi-Knoll Park, Orange-crowned Warbler, Pink Fawn Lily, Ring-necked Duck, Ruddy Duck, Western Trillium, White Fawn Lily, Yellow-rumped Warbler

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• Delta Naturalists Outing to Burnaby Lake, March 18, 2025

  PHOTO: Wood Ducks by Pat Smart…. 9 DNCBers met at Piper Spit in Burnaby Lake Regional Park on a cold sunny morning – Roger, Lindly, Lidia, Pat, Lorna, Connie, Mike, Alan and Terry. There was the usual collection of ducks on and by the water – Mallards, Wood Ducks, Scaup, Green-winged Teal, Northern Pintail, Bufflehead

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  March 18, 2025

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Brown Creeper, Burnaby Lake, Long-billed Dowitcher, Pacific Wren, Ring-necked Duck, Wilson’s Snipe, Wood Duck

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• Delta Naturalists Outing to Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway & Reifel, March 5, 2025

  PHOTO: Great Blue Heron Colony by Terry Carr… Pat, Dorothy and Terry met on the Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway in bright sunshine. The tide was high and there were only a few of each duck species close to shore – Mallards, Bufflehead, American Wigeon, Common and Barrow’s Goldeneye, Scaup and Surf Scoters – no large flocks.

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  March 5, 2025

  *DNCB, American Bittern, Bald Eagle, Barrow’s Goldeneye, Brown Creeper, Gadwall, Hooded Merganser, Killdeer, Marsh Wren, Northern Harrier, Pied-billed Grebe, Red-tailed Hawk, Reifel, Ring-necked Duck, Sandhill Crane, Trumpeter Swan, TsaTsu Heronry, Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway, Virginia Rail, Wood Duck

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• Delta Naturalists Outing to Centennial Beach, February 19, 2025

  PHOTO: Northern Shoveler by Glen Bodie…. Only Glen and I showed up at Boundary Bay Regional Park for birding this morning, but we amassed a satisfying total of 26 bird species. The weather was cool and cloudy but stayed rain-free for the whole walk. We started as usual at the main car park where flocks

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  February 19, 2025

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Dunlin, Northern Harrier, Ring-necked Duck, Sanderling

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• Delta Naturalists Outing to Centennial Beach, February 18, 2025

  PHOTO: Brant Geese by Terry Carr…. 14 DNCBers met at Centennial Beach in Tsawwassen – Dorothy, Lorna, Alan, Liz, Christine, Susan, Jim, Pat, Dottie, Bob, Jacquie, Lee, Mike & Terry. The trees around the parking lot were full of Bald Eagles and Crows. On the field was a huge flock of American Wigeon, one Eurasian

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  February 18, 2025

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Dunlin, Northern Harrier, Ring-necked Duck, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Sanderling

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• Delta Naturalists Outing to Reifel Bird Sanctuary, January 12, 2025

  PHOTO: Northern Shovelers by Brian Avent…. Nineteen Delta Naturalists showed up for our first weekend outing of the year, which rewarded our decision to pry ourselves from our beds on a rainy Sunday morning with a total of 47 species—including two owls—and sunshine for most of our meander around the sanctuary! As usual, we began

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  January 12, 2025

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Black-crowned Night-Heron, Cooper’s Hawk, Gadwall, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Great Horned Owl, Hooded Merganser, Northern Harrier, Northern Saw-whet Owl, Pied-billed Grebe, Purple Finch, Ring-necked Duck, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Ruddy Duck, Sandhill Crane, Trumpeter Swan, Wood Duck

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• Delta Naturalists Outing to Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway & Reifel, December 3, 2024

  PHOTO: Short-eared Owl by Jim Kneesch….. Today’s outing started with three brave birders at Tsawwassen Ferry Jetty where the weather was crisp but fog free.  Chris, Jim and Grant enjoyed a spectacle of over 4000 Dunlin dancing across the sky.  After surveying the expected ducks (Mallards, Northern Pintails and Green-winged Teal) we wondered where the

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  December 3, 2024

  Bald Eagle, Belted Kingfisher, Black Oystercatcher, Black-crowned Night-Heron, Dunlin, Hooded Merganser, Hudsonian Whimbrel, Lesser Snow Goose, Northern Harrier, Pied-billed Grebe, Red-breasted Merganser, Reifel, Ring-necked Duck, Sandhill Crane, Short-eared Owl, Trumpeter Swan, Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway, Virginia Rail

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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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• Delta Naturalists Outing to Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway & Reifel Bird Sanctuary, April 23, 2024

  PHOTO: Wilson’s Warbler by Terry Carr….. Six Delta Nats met on the Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway – Lori Y & Joe, Lidia, Susan, Lorna, Terry. The water was very calm but the ducks were far from shore – White-winged Scoters, Surf Scoters, Common Goldeneye, Green-winged Teal, Bufflehead, Mallards, Red-breasted Mergansers and Scaup. Bald Eagles were eating

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  April 23, 2024

  *DNCB, *DNS, Bald Eagle, Black Oystercatcher, Black Turnstone, Common Yellowthroat, Gadwall, Hooded Merganser, Horned Grebe, Long-billed Dowitcher, Marsh Wren, Northern Harrier, Purple Martin, Red-breasted Merganser, Reifel, Ring-necked Duck, River Otter, Sandhill Crane, Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway, Wilson’s Warbler, Wood Duck, Yellow-rumped Warbler

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• Delta Naturalists Outing to Brydon Lagoon & Hi-Knoll Park, April 17, 2024

  PHOTO: Common Merganser (f) by Glen Bodie….. Eight birders met at Brydon Lagoon on Wednesday morning, confused by the weather. It was cool, some may even say cold, and pretty sure it was going to warm up but when? We ranged from Tshirts or shorts to gloves, toques and 4 layers. We were David and

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  April 17, 2024

  *DNCB, *DNS, Bewick’s Wren, Common Yellowthroat, Cooper’s Hawk, Gadwall, Hairy Woodpecker, Orange-crowned Warbler, Pacific Wren, Pink Fawn Lily, Ring-necked Duck, Ruddy Duck, Western Trillium, White Fawn Lily, Wood Duck, Yellow-rumped Warbler

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