Delta Naturalists Society

Category: *Special Birds

• DNCB Outing No. 2013-51 to Reifel Bird Sanctuary

  Photos by Bryan King (BK), Glen Bodie (GB), Tony Mitra (TM), Terry Carr (TC) & … will be added soon At least sixteen DNCBers enjoyed a sunny, relatively mild morning of birding on the way to and at Reifel Bird Sanctuary.  In addition to the expected beauties when we go to our Birders’ Mecca Reifel,

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  December 23, 2013

  American Bittern, Bald Eagle, Canoe Pass, Harbour Seal, Northern Harrier, Reifel, Rough-legged Hawk, TFN, Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway, Virginia Rail, Western Meadowlark

• DNCB Outing No. 2013-50 to Boundary Bay Dike Path, and the Barn Owl Box Installation at BBRP

  Photos by Glen Bodie (GB), Terry Carr (TC), Bill Denham (BD) & Ken Borrie (KB) Sixteen plus DNCBers enjoyed a very pleasant Monday morning in Boundary Bay Regional Park (BBRP) along the path between 64th and 72nd Streets.  Hi-lites included Snowy and Long-eared Owls, American Tree Sparrows and other neat stuff.  Check out the photos

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  December 16, 2013

  American Tree Sparrow, Barn Owl Box, BBRP, Black-bellied Plover, Centennial Beach, Eurasian Wigeon, Long-eared Owl, Red-tailed Hawk, Rough-legged Hawk, Snowy Owl

• DNCB “Birds on the Bay” outing No. 2013-49 in Boundary Bay Regional Park

  Click on photo to enlarge photos by Terry Carr (TC), Glen Bodie (GB) & Roger Meyer (RM) Over 20 folk participated in one way or another in our quarterly Birds on the Bay (BOTB) outing in Boundary Bay Regional Park (BBRP) on Wednesday, December 11.  The weather was cool and clear, the Bay unusually covered

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  December 11, 2013

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, BBRP, Birds-on-the-Bay, Cammidge House, Centennial Beach, Cooper’s Hawk, Lincoln’s Sparrow, Northern Harrier, Red-tailed Hawk, Wilson’s Snipe

• DNCB Outing No. 2013-47 to Serpentine Fen

  Photos by Terry Carr, Glen Bodie and Bryan King Fifteen DNCBers enjoyed another glorious Monday morning of birding at Serpentine Wildlife Management Area.  Check out photos on our DNCB Picasa link. Only four (Glen, Terry, Mary-Pat and Sheila) met at and left from Petra’s at 7:30 a.m.  Car-pooling nicely, they met the others who were

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  November 25, 2013

  *DNCB, American Tree Sparrow, Bald Eagle, Northern Harrier, Red-tailed Hawk, Rough-legged Hawk, Serpentine Fen

• DNCB Outing No. 2013-46 to Tsawwassen Ferry Jetty and Container Port

  Photos by Glen, Terry, & Roger Click on any photo to see large version Fourteen DNCBers braved the overcast and occasionally rainy Monday morning on a “local” outing to the Tsawwassen Ferry Jetty then around the Bay to the Container Port.  Winter migrants are certainly arriving in full force as we saw thousands of birds

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  November 18, 2013

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Black Oystercatcher, DeltaPort Causeway, Harbour Seal, Northern Harrier, Red-tailed Hawk, Rough-legged Hawk, Snow Bunting, Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway

• DNCB Outing No. 2013-45 to Stanley Park

  Photos by Glen & Tony Click on any photo to see larger version Appropriately, eleven DNCBers participated in a memorable, dry and almost sunny, Monday morning outing on November 11 to Stanley Park.  Lots of interesting stuff seen; you can see the photo evidence on our DNCB Picasa link at https://picasaweb.google.com/DNCBirding. Seven of us (Glen,

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  November 11, 2013

  Bald Eagle, Beaver Lake, Cooper’s Hawk, Douglas Squirrel, Harlequin Duck, Lost Lagoon, Pelagic Cormorant, River Otter, Second Beach, Stanley Park

• DNCB Outing No. 2013-44 to Point Roberts USA

  Photos by Roger, Terry, Jonathan, Tony, Glen, Marion & Ken Twenty DNCBers enjoyed a brilliant Monday morning of sort of “pelagic” birding at several locations in Point Roberts, USA.  Lots of DNCB Photogs took some super shots so I urge you to check them out on our Picasa site at: http://picasaweb.google.com/dncbirding. Sixteen (Roger, Mike, PB

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  November 4, 2013

  *DNCB, Black Oystercatcher, Black Turnstone, Common Murre, Harbour Porpoise, Harlequin Duck, Lighthouse Marine Park, Lily Point Park, Pigeon Guillemot, Steller Sea Lion

• DNCB Outing No. 2013-43 to White Rock and Blackie Spit

  Seventeen DNCBers (Roger, Mike, PB Lorna, Hans, Sheila, returnee Dave M, “lost” Marian, Marion & Marti, Anne A w/o golfer Ken, Donna, Gareth, South Slurry Al & Pauline, local Leona, “mechanically-disinclined” Jean and me) enjoyed a gorgeous, sunny and mild Monday morning at White Rock beach and pier, then Blackie Spit Park.  Hi-lites included: the

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  October 28, 2013

  American Pipit, Blackie Spit, Long-billed Curlew, Long-billed Dowitcher, Marbled Godwit, Northern Shrike, White Rock Pier

• DNCB Outing Report No. 2013-42 to Queen Elizabeth Park and VanDusen Garden

  Photos by Jonathan, Terry, Roger & Ken – click on any photo to see larger version Twenty-five (or more?) participants enjoyed a foggy but beautiful Monday morning outing to Vancouver’s Queen Elizabeth Park and VanDusen Botanical Garden, a new destination for me.  We did not see a lot of birds but the flowers and gardens

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  October 21, 2013

  Barred Owl, Queen Elizabeth Park, VanDusen Botanical Garden

• DNCB Outing No. 2013-41 to Boundary Bay Dike at 104th Street

  Photos by Roger, Tony & Jonathan Seventeen DNCBers enjoyed a gorgeous Thanksgiving Monday morning walking the dike path around Boundary Bay from 104th Street to the Mansion and back.  Hi-lites included American Pipits, Pectoral Sandpipers, both Kinglets, and thousands of ducks.  Check out Roger’s, Tony’s and Jonathan’s photos (soon) on our Blog at https://picasaweb.google.com/DNCBirding. Three

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  October 14, 2013

  *DNCB, 104 Street, American Pipit, Bald Eagle, Northern Harrier, Pectoral Sandpiper