Delta Naturalists Society

Category: Bewick’s Wren

• DNCB Outing No. 2022-13B to Deas Island Regional Park, March 30, 2022

  Deas is one of my regular monthly birding spots, so I was excited to see what seasonal changes had occurred since my last visit on March 6.  I arrived early at 7:45am and checked out the area near the rowing club.  A very loud Bewick’s Wren sang its way to the top of a bush,…

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  March 30, 2022

  *DNCB, Bewick’s Wren, Brown Creeper, Deas Island Regional Park, Marsh Wren, Purple Finch, Varied Thrush, Yellow-rumped Warbler

• DNCB Outing No. 2022-13A to Deas Island Regional Park, March 29, 2022

  The day threatened fog and mixed clouds, but by mid morning it was sunny and warm enough that people were unzipping layers. The group of 12, then 13, then 14 started from the Bat House (Burr Villa) and inspected the river from the observation deck around the tower. We failed to find the very purple…

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  March 29, 2022

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Bewick’s Wren, Brown Creeper, Deas Island Regional Park, Garter snake, Marsh Wren, Pacific Wren, Red-tailed Hawk, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Varied Thrush, Wood Duck, Yellow-rumped Warbler

• DNCB Outing No. 2022-03B to White Rock Pier & Elgin Heritage Park, January 19, 2022

  11 DNCBers met at White Rock Pier on a cool dry morning – Anne, Thea, Rosemary, Colin, Stephanie, Warren, Lynne, Roger, Rayme, Debbi and Terry. There were large numbers of Surf and White-winged Scoters close to the pier.  Also present were Mallards, Bufflehead, Common & Barrow’s Goldeneye, Scaup, Red-breasted Merganser, Long-tailed Ducks, Horned & Red-necked…

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  January 19, 2022

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Barrow’s Goldeneye, Bewick’s Wren, Black Turnstone, Elgin Heritage Park, Horned Grebe, Long-tailed Duck, Pelagic Cormorant, Purple Finch, Red-breasted Merganser, Red-necked Grebe, Red-tailed Hawk, Red-throated Loon, White Rock Pier

• DNCB Outing No. 2021-46B to White Rock & Blackie Spit, November 17, 2021

  Eleven of us met at the entrance to the WR Pier, and once we concurred that it was indeed 08:08, we headed out (some of us were a bit behind on our timing). There were lots of Surf & White-winged Scoters feeding close along the pilings, which provided very close viewing as they were regularly…

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  November 17, 2021

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Belted Kingfisher, Bewick’s Wren, Black Scoter, Black-bellied Plover, Blackie Spit, Cedar Waxwing, Cooper’s Hawk, Dunlin, Eurasian Wigeon, Horned Grebe, Long-billed Dowitcher, Long-tailed Duck, Marbled Godwit, Pelagic Cormorant, Purple Finch, Red-tailed Hawk, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Varied Thrush, Western Grebe, Western Meadowlark, White Rock Pier, Yellow-rumped Warbler

• DNCB Outing No. 2021-41B to Ladner Harbour Park and Boundary Bay Dyke at 104th, October 13, 2021

  A small contingent of 6 (Pat, Manli, Lidia, Gabriel, Noreen & David) started at the parking lot and walked the road to the start of the Shirley Trail checking the slough for Roger’s Pied-billed Grebe from Tuesday that had been there as we drove in.  It was hidden, but Mallards, a Great Blue Heron, and…

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  October 13, 2021

  *DNCB, 104 Street, Bald Eagle, Bewick’s Wren, Black-bellied Plover, Brown Creeper, Dunlin, Eurasian Wigeon, Hermit Thrush, Ladner Harbour Park, Least Sandpiper, Marbled Godwit, Marsh Wren, Pacific Golden Plover, Pacific Wren, Pectoral Sandpiper, Peregrine Falcon, Pied-billed Grebe, Red-tailed Hawk, Ruff, Sanderling, Virginia Rail, Western Sandpiper, Yellow-rumped Warbler

• DNCB Outing No. 2021-40B to Brunswick Point on October 6, 2021

  Despite a forecast of rain, our birding morning at Brunswick Point dawned fine. 14 participants turned up, more or less according to the sign-up list. Flocks of Snow Geese crowded the fields at the end of the road and more were seen in fields closer to the farm. After the walk, I contacted Sean Boyd,…

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  October 6, 2021

  *DNCB, Bewick’s Wren, Black-bellied Plover, Brunswick Point, Cackling Goose, Lesser Snow Goose, Lincoln’s Sparrow, Marsh Wren, Merlin, Pacific Wren, Purple Finch, Western Sandpiper, White Pelican

• DNCB Outing No. 2021-35B to Alaksen on September 1, 2021

  Noreen and I started at the Ferry Causeway about 07:45, and although we did not see the Brown Pelicans, we saw 12 species including the noisy Black Oystercatchers and Caspian Terns.  About 08:45 we headed to Alaksen to meet up with the rest. A group of 10 intrepid birders (**see below) gathered at the Alaksen…

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  September 1, 2021

  *DNCB, Alaksen NWA, Belted Kingfisher, Bewick’s Wren, Black Oystercatcher, Black-throated Gray Warbler, Caspian Tern, Cedar Waxwing, Common Yellowthroat, Hutton’s Vireo, Orange-crowned Warbler, Pectoral Sandpiper, Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway, Warbling Vireo, Yellow Warbler, Yellow-rumped Warbler

• DNCB Outing No. 2021-33B to Burnaby Lake on August 18, 2021

  Our small group arrived at the Piper Avenue entrance in 4 segments separated by track crossing closures that were the result of refuelling two track maintenance machines right at the crossing. We were all across the tracks by about 8:20, and the six of us (Warren & Lynne, Marion, Lidia Noreen & David) started our…

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  August 18, 2021

  *DNCB, Belted Kingfisher, Bewick’s Wren, Black-headed Grosbeak, Brown Creeper, Burnaby Lake, Cedar Waxwing, Common Yellowthroat, Douglas Squirrel, Green Heron, Long-billed Dowitcher, Mandarin Duck, Pied-billed Grebe, Purple Finch, Willow Flycatcher, Wood Duck, Yellow Warbler

• DNCB Outing No. 2021-32B to Terra Nova on August 11, 2021

  While four of us, Noreen and David, Lidia and Marion S. were waiting at the parking lot, we kept hearing a loud sharp “aoowww”! We soon spotted a Green Heron being harassed by a swallow as it sat in a bare-branched tree out in the marsh. The heron continued to call after the swallow left,…

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  August 11, 2021

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Bewick’s Wren, Brown Creeper, Caspian Tern, Cedar Waxwing, Common Yellowthroat, Green Heron, Hooded Merganser, Hutton’s Vireo, Olive-sided Flycatcher, Orange-crowned Warbler, Peregrine Falcon, Terra Nova, Warbling Vireo, Willow Flycatcher

• DNCB Outing No. 2021-31 to Surrey Bend Regional Park on August 3, 2021

  12 people signed up for our outing to Surrey Bend on Tuesday August 3 – and no one signed up for Wednesday. The 12 were Chris, Jim, Pat, Janet, Marion, Lidia, David, Noreen, Kirsten, Gabriele, Margaretha and Glen. We contemplated forming 2 groups of 6, but in the end we mixed it all up as…

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  August 3, 2021

  *DNCB, Belted Kingfisher, Bewick’s Wren, Black-headed Grosbeak, Cedar Waxwing, Mourning Dove, Pacific Wren, Purple Finch, Red-eyed Vireo, Surrey Bend, Swainson’s Thrush, Turkey Vulture, Western Wood-Pewee, Willow Flycatcher, Wilson’s Warbler, Yellow Warbler