Category: Lesser Snow Goose
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Terra Nova Rural Park, October 21, 2026
Eleven birders battled the traffic to get to Terra Nova Park for our regular Wednesday outing – Glen, Colin and Stephanie, Lynne and Warren, Lorraine and Jonathan, Jocelyn, Pat, Teresa and Brian. Weather was perfect: sunny, cool, and no wind. Front and centre at the car park was a large flock of Snow Geese (est…
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Terra Nova Rural Park, October 20, 2026
Twelve birders met a Terra Nova Rural Park in Richmond on a cool sunny Tuesday morning – Terry, Dorothy, Dolores, Douglas, Christine M, Lorna, Lidia, Julie, Christine G, Susan, Dottie & Bob. There were Snow Geese at the edge of the river and Douglas spotted a coyote on the sand beyond them. On the ground…
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Reifel Bird Sanctuary, October 7, 2026
Ten DNCB birders made the foggy trip to Reifel for this week’s Wednesday outing. The gate didn’t open till 9 am so we all got a bit of lie-in after our usual 8 am starts. With our permanent daylight savings this winter we may (hopefully) get more of these later starts. Our route followed the…
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Brunswick Point, April 7, 2026
PHOTO: Ruby-crowned Kinglet by Christine Gaio……. Six Delta Nats met at the Brunswick Point parking lot on a sunny morning. There was a cold wind and the water in the river was rough. Double-crested Cormorants flew by, and there were Red-breasted Mergansers and Wigeon on the far side of the river. We heard and then…
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Terra Nova, February 25, 2026
PHOTO: Pied-billed Grebes by Colin Huggett….. Our group met up at Terra Nova Park on River Road in Richmond. We were Bruce, Nicki, Lindly, Brian, Louise, Colin, Stephanie, Anne, Jeff and new member Ron. Scanning the foreshore we saw hundreds of gulls and several species of waterfowl but once the group was together we crossed…
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Ladner Harbour Park, October 29, 2025
PHOTO: Ruby-crowned Kinglet by Glen Bodie…. Eleven of us gathered in the parking lot by the caretaker’s house where the feeders had plenty of seed and small birds were taking advantage of this. Glen was going to start with us on Shirley’s trail but not continue far and Margaretha joined us then keeping our total…
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Ladner Harbour Park, October 28, 2025
PHOTO…..Song Sparrow by Terry Carr….. 10 Delta Nats met at Ladner Harbour Park – Freddie, Bob, Connie, Lee, Dorothy, Lorna, Lindly, Dottie, Roger and Terry. Black-capped Chickadees and a pair of Downy Woodpeckers were feasting on the feeders by the caretakers house, and an Anna’s Hummingbird was at the hummingbird feeder. We headed along Shirley’s…
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Terra Nova, October 21, 2025
PHOTO: Varied Thrush by Susan Gemeihardt….. 9 Delta Nats met at Terra Nova Rural Park in Richmond – Jonathan, Lidia, Connie, Colin, Susan, Dorothy, Lorraine, Anne and Terry. Again those of us coming from south of the Fraser had terrible traffic to deal with. From the parking lot we saw 18 species. A noisy pair…
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Iona Beach Regional Park, October 15, 2025
PHOTO: Savannah Sparrow by Bruce Taylor…. 11 of us set out from the washroom area of Iona Beach Regional Park, on a cool crisp morning. We were Bruce, Nicki, Doug, Christine, Colin, Stephanie, Brian, Louise, Jeff, Susan and Richard. We first headed to the shore nearby but didn’t linger there because the tide was too…
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Iona Beach Regional Park, October 14, 2025
PHOTO: Great Blue Herons by Jonathan Mwenifumbo….. 8 Delta Nats met at Iona Beach Regional Park in Richmond on a gorgeous autumn morning – Terry, Dorothy, TK, Lidia, Lorraine, Connie, Lorna and Jonathan. Those of us coming from south of the Fraser had terrible traffic to deal with. A pair of Eagles were perched in…
