Delta Naturalists Society

Category: Western Wood-Pewee

• Delta Naturalists Outing to Aldergrove Regional Park, August 19, 2025

  PHOTO: Northern Flicker by Terry Carr….. 10 Delta Nats met at the 8th Avenue entrance to Aldergrove Regional Park in Langley – Terry, Lee, Lidia, Bob, Dorothy, Connie, Vicky, Christine, Lorna, Dottie. This huge 280 hectare Metro Vancouver Park used to be the site of man-made Aldergrove Lake which was a popular local swimming hole.

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  August 19, 2025

  *DNCB, Aldergrove Regional Park, Bewick’s Wren, Black-headed Grosbeak, Cedar Waxwing, Evening Grosbeak, Orange-crowned Warbler, Pileated Woodpecker, Purple Finch, Swainson’s Thrush, Townsend’s Vole, Western Wood-Pewee, Willow Flycatcher

• Delta Naturalists Outing to Campbell Valley Regional Park, August 13, 2025

  PHOTO: Brown Creeper by David Hoar….. About 8:10 Margaretha, Noreen and I headed east from the parking lot to the bridge and en route saw Song Sparrows and Dark-eyed Juncos.  As we arrived at the bridge a Belted Kingfisher departed southwards and we later got a look at this noisy bird as we scanned for

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  August 13, 2025

  *DNCB, American Bullfrog, Belted Kingfisher, Black-headed Grosbeak, Brown Creeper, Campbell Valley RP, Cedar Waxwing, Common Yellowthroat, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Pileated Woodpecker, Purple Finch, Red-tailed Hawk, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Swainson’s Thrush, Western Flycatcher, Western Wood-Pewee, Yellow Warbler

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• Delta Naturalists Outing to Colony Farm Regional Park, May 21, 2025

  PHOTO: Bullock’s Oriole by Terry Carr…. Seven Delta Nats met at Colony Farm Regional park in Coquitlam – Roger, Christine, Bob, Freddie, Claude, Dottie, Terry. Our quest for Lazuli Buntings started on the service road below the Labyrinth. Christine managed to photograph the female but the more colourful male did not appear. We did see

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  May 21, 2025

  *DNCB, Black-tailed Deer, Blue-winged Teal, Bullock’s Oriole, Cedar Waxwing, Colony Farm RP, Common Yellowthroat, Gadwall, Lazuli Bunting, Olive-sided Flycatcher, Swainson’s Thrush, Western Wood-Pewee, Wood Duck, Yellow Warbler

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• Delta Naturalists Outing to Queen Elizabeth Park, May 14, 2025

  PHOTO: Olive-sided Flycatcher by Chris McVittie…. A small group of us, Chris, Thea, Susan and I, gathered this morning at the SW side of QE Park in rather cloudy, grey weather. Our mission was to spot migrant birds, specifically warblers and flycatchers. The park is a great place for migrant birds stopping over to feed

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  May 14, 2025

  *DNCB, Barred Owl, Brown Creeper, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Hammond’s Flycatcher, Olive-sided Flycatcher, Orange-crowned Warbler, Purple Finch, Queen Elizabeth Park, Western Flycatcher, Western Wood-Pewee, Wilson’s Warbler, Yellow-rumped Warbler

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• Delta Naturalists Outing to Aldergrove Regional Park, August 14, 2024

  PHOTO: American Bittern by Terry Carr…. 7 Delta Nats met at the 8th Avenue entrance to Aldergrove Regional Park – Dottie, Bob, Jacquie, Richard, Alan, Mike and Terry. This huge 280 hectare Metro Vancouver Park used to be the site of man-made Aldergrove Lake which was a popular local swimming hole. Metro Vancouver had grandfathered

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  August 14, 2024

  *DNCB, *DNS, Aldergrove Regional Park, American Bittern, Belted Kingfisher, Cedar Waxwing, Common Yellowthroat, Hermit Thrush, Merlin, Swainson’s Thrush, Turkey Vulture, Western Flycatcher, Western Painted Turtle, Western Wood-Pewee, Willow Flycatcher

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• Delta Naturalists Outing to Surrey Bend Regional Park, July 31, 2024

  PHOTO: Swainson’s Thrush by Glen Bodie….. On a rather muggy overcast morning, the group of 7 met at Surrey Bend: Liz and Alan, Bill and Carolyn with son Dan, Susan G and Glen. If you haven’t been to Surrey Bend in a few years you’ll be surprised at how over-grown everything is, especially at this

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  July 31, 2024

  *DNCB, *DNS, Bald Eagle, Belted Kingfisher, Bewick’s Wren, Brown Creeper, Cedar Waxwing, Common Yellowthroat, Red-eyed Vireo, Surrey Bend, Swainson’s Thrush, Western Flycatcher, Western Wood-Pewee, Willow Flycatcher

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• Delta Naturalists Outing to Deas Island Regional Park, July 24, 2024

  PHOTO:Wood Ducks by Brian Avent……. On Wednesday morning at 8am a group of 10 started out at Deas Island. Well, a group of 8, and then 2 more came just a little bit late. We were Brian and Louise, Bill and Carolyn, Lee, Richard, David S, Doug B, Margaretha and Glen. We started near the

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  July 24, 2024

  *DNCB, *DNS, Bald Eagle, Bewick’s Wren, Black-headed Grosbeak, Brown Creeper, Common Yellowthroat, Deas Island Regional Park, Gadwall, Great Horned Owl, Hairy Woodpecker, Harbour Seal, Swainson’s Thrush, Western Flycatcher, Western Wood-Pewee, Wood Duck

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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 Ladner Harbour Park, May 22, 2024

  PHOTO: Wilson’s Warbler (f) by David Hoar….. 14 keen Casual Birders met up at Ladner Harbour Park on a rather cool, grey morning, determined to see newly arrived migrant birds. Participants today were Roger, Noreen and David, Lynne and Warren, Stephanie and Colin, Glen, Lidia, Lindly, Margaretha, Douglas and Christine McG, and me (Anne). The

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  May 22, 2024

  *DNCB, *DNS, *Ladner/Tsawwassen, Bald Eagle, Black-headed Grosbeak, Great Horned Owl, Ladner Harbour Park, Marsh Wren, Orange-crowned Warbler, Pacific-slope Flycatcher, Warbling Vireo, Western Wood-Pewee, Wilson’s Warbler, Yellow Warbler, Yellow-rumped Warbler

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• Delta Naturalists Outing to Joe Brown Park, May 8, 2024

  PHOTO: Common Yellowthroat by Brian Avent Nine of us gathered at the parking below the circle and headed into the park just after 08:00. We had not gone far when a Shaggy Parasol caught Glen’s attention and we stopped. This allowed Colin to catch up with Glen, Lorna, Richmond Brian, Louise, Warren, Lynne, Margaretha, Noreen

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  May 8, 2024

  *DNCB, *DNS, Bald Eagle, Black-throated Gray Warbler, Brown Creeper, Common Yellowthroat, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Joe Brown Park, Orange-crowned Warbler, Red-tailed Hawk, Varied Thrush, Western Wood-Pewee

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