Category: Ring-necked Duck
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DNCB Outing No. 2019-08 to Tsawwassen Ferry Jetty, TFN and Reifel Bird Sanctuary
With a weather report of a strong wind from Squamish producing a minus 13 degree wind chill, I was amazed to find Petra’s DNCB table crowded with 10 dedicated birders. It was mind-numbing just to picture us on the unprotected ferry jetty trying to hold our binoculars steady! However, when we reached it we found…
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DNCB Outing No. 2019-03 to Iona Regional Park
Fifteen DNCBers enjoyed a typically wet Tuesday morning, with some brilliant sightings at Iona Regional Park in Richmond. You too can enjoy some of our Photogs beaut shots on our DNCB Flickr site. Leaving Petra’s at 7:30 am, with the generally overcast and wet conditions during rush hour, the drive through the tunnel to the…
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DNCB Outing 2018-51 to Tsawwassen Ferry Port and Reifel Bird Sanctuary
Fourteen brave souls endured a surprisingly dry and very birdy Tuesday morning along the Tsawwassen Ferry causeway and then at our “Mecca”, Reifel Bird Sanctuary. Check out/click on the photo evidence of some rare and gorgeous sightings on our DNCB Flickr site. Because of the rainy forecast, on Monday we changed Tuesday’s outing destination from…
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DNCB Outing No. 2018-47 to BC Ferries Causeway/TFN Lands/Reifel Bird Sanctuary
Check out the photo evidence on our DNCB Flickr site. With a beautiful morning to look forward to, the Petra’s group departed for the Tsawwassen Ferry Jetty, where we met those who had gone directly there. Parking at the pull-out near the terminal, we scanned the compensation lagoon and tried to identify the large number…
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DNCB Outing No. 2018-45 to Iona Regional Park
Check out the photo evidence on our DNCB Flickr site. With a much brighter start to the morning now that we’re off of daylight saving time, I sat alone at Petra’s wondering if I had turned the clock the wrong way. 7:20 am and the late risers arrived, but by the leaving time there were…
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DNCB 2018-45A birding trip around Fraser delta with Pender Islanders
November 5, 2018 Pender Island birdwatchers Bob Vergette, Julie Johnston, Roz Kempe and son Nick joined Chris, Glen, Jack and I for a full day of birdwatching in the delta on Monday November 5. The group had intended to meet on the previous Thursday but forecasts for heavy rain postponed the trip and meant a…
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DNCB Outing No. 2018-43 to Reifel Island via Ferry and TFN Lands
Check out the photo evidence on our DNCB Flickr site. Once again we began without our regular leader, Tom, who is basking in the Australian sun while we started the day shivering in the morning cold on the Tsawwassen Ferry Jetty. Starting at Petra’s with Terry, Mikes 1 and 2, David and Noreen, PB Lorna,…
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DNCB Outing No. 2018-19 to Tennant Lake Park and Whatcom Museum, Bellingham, USA
Sixteen DNCBers enjoyed a clear, rainy, then clear again Wednesday morning at Tennant Lake Park in Ferndale, and then at the Whatcom Museum (new Audubon exhibit) in Bellingham. There are some beaut photos of our sightings at the park and museum, and of the participants, on our Flickr site at: https://www.flickr.com/search/?group_id=3027315%40N23&text=2018-19&view_all=1. Several left Petra’s at…
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DNCB Outing No. 2018-17 to Ladner Parks
Photos at our DNCB Flickr site On a gorgeous, hot (record high near 25 degrees) Wednesday morning, eighteen DNCBers visited Beach Grove Park, then several parks in Ladner. Check out the photo evidence on our Flickr site at: DNCB Flickr site. On leaving Petra’s at 7:30 am before going to Ladner, eight of us decided…
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DNCB Outing No 2018-15 to Brydon Lagoon and Hi-Knoll Park
Eighteen DNCBers, including several Langley Field Naturalists, enjoyed an overcast but comfy and dry Wednesday morning wandering around Brydon Lagoon and Hi-Knoll Park in Langley. We had lots of neat sightings of birds and wildflowers and people as evidenced in our Flickr photos at: https://www.flickr.com/search/?group_id=3027315%40N23&text=2018-15&view_all=1. As is customary, eight of us car-pooled from Petra’s at…
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