Category: *Special Birds
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DNCB Outing 2019-39 to Iona Regional Park
THREE Reports this week!! From Anne Murray, Roger Meyer & Tom Bearss, just back from his golfing trip to Newfoundland. From Tom: Thirty (Wow!) DNCBers enjoyed another beautiful Wednesday morning of birding in Iona Regional Park. We saw lots of neat species including shorebirds, warblers (some being banded), raptors and newly-arrived migrant waterfowl; check out…
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DNCB Birds on the Bay Outing No. 2019-38 in Boundary Bay Regional Park
With Tom still whooping it up in Newfoundland, and Roger and Terry off gallivanting somewhere, I was designated to lead today’s quarterly Birds on the Bay walk in Boundary Bay Regional Park, meeting at 9.00 am. We had a great group, 23 in all, including several newbies, and gorgeous calm, sunny weather, though the sky…
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DNCB Outing 2019-37 to Mt. Baker, WA
Twelve DNCBers enjoyed a spectacular outing to Mt Baker in Washington. Besides the scenery and flowers, highlights were an American Dipper, 25 American Pipits, 2 Red-breasted Sapsuckers and a Mountain Goat with one horn (a unicorn?). We did not see any other animals but we heard Pikas. Check out the photo evidence at our DNCB…
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DNCB Outing No. 2019-35 to Boundary Bay Trail at 104th St.
Fourteen DNCBers braved the clouds then rain along the Boundary Bay Regional Park trail at 104th Street. Not a great morning for our photogs, but check out the photo evidence on our DNCB Flickr site. Some left Petra’s at 7:30 am, others joined the outing at the Delta Airpark entrance to the BBRP trail at…
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DNCB Outing No. 2019-34 to Maplewood Flats Conservation Area
Seventeen DNCBers enjoyed a warm, sunny Wednesday morning wandering the trails of Maplewood Flats Conservation Area in North Vancouver. We saw some neat species, met some neat folk, and had an enjoyable pub lunch. Check out the photo evidence on our DNCB Flickr site (more coming). Ten of us car-pooled nicely in two vehicles from…
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DNCB Outing No. 2019-33 to Burnaby Lake
On Wednesday morning, twenty-one DNCBers enjoyed a glorious and productive walk around Burnaby Lake Regional Park. Check out the beaut photos of the birds (some rare), animals, flowers and people on our DNCB Flickr site. Some left Petra’s at 7:30 am and, following Roger’s infamous, circuitous “short cut” through Burnaby, we all met at the…
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DNCB Outing No. 2019-32 to Blackie Spit and Elgin Heritage Park
See photos at our DNCB Flickr site Twenty-nine folk (yes 29) enjoyed another glorious Wednesday morning in South Surrey at Blackie Spit and Elgin Heritage Parks. Check out the beaut photo evidence of the birds, flora and participants on our DNCB Flickr site. Some from Petra’s, others from wherever in the lower mainland, we all…
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DNCB Outing No. 2019-31 to Iona Regional Park
Photos by Glen Bodie (GB), David Hoar (DH), Noreen Rudd (NR), Roger Meyer (RM), Terry Carr (TC), Sabine Decamp (SD) Seventeen DNCBers enjoyed another glorious Wednesday morning outing at Iona Regional Park. We saw some neat stuff, as attested by the many beaut photos, some even by Newbies, on our DNCB Flickr site. The people…
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DNCB Outing No. 2019-29 on Cruise in San Juan Islands
David Hoar filed the report below about our DNCB Bird Cruise on Friday, July 12 in the San Juan Islands with San Juan Cruises https://whales.com/other-cruises/bird-watching-cruise You can check out the photo evidence at: https://www.flickr.com/search/?group_id=3027315%40N23&view_all=1&text=2019-29 and Brian’s eBird list of 19 species recorded. As always, Terry Carr excelled with his organization and management of the 11…
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