Category: *Special Birds
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DNCB Outing No. 2013-29B Cruise in San Juan Islands
Six DNCBers (Tom, Sheila, Anne M, Pauline, Lorna, Al) met in Blaine to take the San Juan Island Cruise (see website/blog http://www.whales.com/). Terry Carr took the same tour earlier on July 13. The following Report by naturalist Victoria Souze is posted on the website of San Juan Cruises at http://blog.whales.com/2013/08/bird-watching-cruise-report-%E2%80%93-july-27-2013/ We left the harbor on
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DNCB Outing No. 2013-29 on the Gulf Island Ferries
Nineteen DNCBers met on the Salt Spring Ferry round 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday for our all-day Island Ferry “Birding” Outing. It was a glorious day and it was a wonderful Island Cruise, but we didn’t see a lot of different bird species. Some hi-lites included: Rhinoceros Auklets, Pigeon Guillemots, Bonaparte Gulls, spectacular scenery and scrumptious
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DNCB Outing No. 2013-26 to Lighthouse Park & Whytecliffe Park, West Vancouver
Photos by Terry, Roger, Marion, and David Thirteen lucky DNCBer’s enjoyed a glorious Wednesday morning at a new destination for us, Lighthouse Park in West Vancouver, and then to Whytecliffe Park and Horseshoe Bay for lunch. Hi-lites included: several Western Tanagers, Turkey Vulture, 500 year old trees, beautiful vistas and for gourmands, the most delicious
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DNCB Outing No. 2013-24 to Iona Regional Park
More photos by Terry, Jonathan, Marion, Roger & Ken will be added soon! Seventeen birders, including a couple of DNCB rookies, enjoyed another glorious Wednesday morning at Iona Regional Park and the adjacent Sewage Lagoons. Highlights included both Blue-winged and Cinnamon Teals, nesting Spotted Sandpipers, feeding young Yellow-headed Blackbirds and the usual inane conversation and
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DNCB Outing NO. 2013-23 Grant Narrows/Pitt Lake/Katzie Slough
The morning did not look promising as it was raining lightly in Tsawwassen as we met at Petra’s. Newcomer Glen, Sheila, Terry, Kay, (latecomer) Lorna, and myself (Roger) left for Pitt Meadows in two cars and picked up Mike in New West on the way. Just before reaching the lake we stopped to view a
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DNCB Birds on the Bay Outing Report No. 2013-22 to Boundary Bay Regional Park
Photos by Terry, Jonathan, Glen, Marion and Ken Click on any photo to see larger version. It was a gorgeous Wednesday morning as 21 participants left Cammidge House (CH) at 9:00 a.m. on the Delta Nats quarterly Birds on the Bay outing in Boundary Bay Regional Park. Species hi-lites were slim, but the Marsh Wrens
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DNCB Outing No. 2013-21 to the North Forty Park
Photos by Jonathan, Terry & Ken click on any photo to see larger version DNCB at North Forty monkey tree Fourteen (one more than our usual Lucky 13) DNCBers had a fun but overcast Wednesday morning at the North Forty Park behind Boundary Bay Airport. We were: Roger, PB Lorna, Mike, Kay, Bryan & Janet,
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DNCB Outing No. 2013-20 to Colony Farm Regional Park
Photos by Jonathan, Terry, Roger & Ken Click on any photo to see large version Lucky thirteen (again) DNCBers enjoyed a beautiful “short-sleeved” Wednesday morning walk and birding outing at Colony Farm Regional Park in Coquitlam. We were: Roger, Hans-Ulf, Terry, Kay, Ken & Anne, White Rock Al, Back-of-the-Bus Gus, Kirsten, Jonathan & Lorraine, Mike
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