Category: Bewick’s Wren
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Ladner Harbour Park, November 5, 2024
PHOTO: Downy Woodpecker by Terry Carr…… 17 DNCBers, including several new members, met at Ladner Harbour Park on a lovely November morning. From the parking lot we had good views of 3 Downy Woodpeckers on feeders in front of the caretaker’s house. After introductions we headed along Shirley’s Walk. With difficulty we finally focused on…
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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 Outing to Blackie Spit & Elgin Park, August 27, 2024
PHOTO: Greater Yellowlegs by Terry Carr….. Seven Delta Nats met at Blackie Spit on a lovely morning. The tide was out, so instead of going onto the spit, we started out on the usual trails. Barn and Tree Swallows and Purple Martins were doing aerial displays, and Canada Geese and Mallards flew over. We watched…
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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 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 Outing to Jackman Wetlands, June 19, 2024
PHOTO: Yellow Warbler by Glen Bodie…. It only takes 2 to make a DNCB group outing – Susan G and Glen. We met at Jackman Wetlands on perhaps the first real warm and sunny summer day this year to see what we could see. Even though there were only 2 pairs of eyeballs at work…
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Campbell Valley Regional Park, May 15, 2024
PHOTO: Honeysuckle by Warren Fenton….. On Wednesday, May 15, two DNCBers headed east through the morning truck parade on 16th Ave in South Surrey to the peace and quiet of Campbell Valley Regional Park. It turned out that Lynne and I (Warren) were the only participants this morning – but that was fine, it was a…
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Campbell Valley Regional Park & Fergus Biodiversity Preserve, May 14, 2024
PHOTO: Black-headed Grosbeak by Terry Carr…… Five Delta Nats met at Campbell Valley Regional Park in Langley – Lidia, Jacquie, Dottie, Terry and Christine. Beside the parking lot we followed the sound of two Wilson’s Warblers, but we could not find them. We did see Song Sparrows, Robins, Cowbirds and Towhees. An Eastern Grey Squirrel…
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Joe Brown & Colebrook Parks, May 7, 2024
PHOTO: Margined White Butterfly by Christine Gaio…… Six Delta Nats met at Joe Brown Park on Panorama Ridge in Surrey – Terry, Bill, Jacquie, Dottie, Christine, Lidia. This little known equestrian park is usually a good place to see spring migrants. But there was a COLD wind which, along with all the new leaves, seemed…
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Joe Brown Park, April 20, 2024
PHOTO: Varied Thrush by Grant Edwards….. Another fine spring day greeted the crew for the day as we embarked on an outing to Joe Brown Park in Surrey. I consider this park a bit of a hidden gem in the city, as it’s never that busy and you can usually have a respectable bird outing. …
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