Category: *Special Birds
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DNCB Outing No. 2013-34 to Blackie Spit
More Photos will be added SOON! Sixteen DNCBers enjoyed another glorious and productive Wednesday morning at Blackie Spit in South Surrey. The rain held off and it turned out to be warm, almost muggy. Hi-lites included: Long-billed Curlew, Marbled Godwit, Pigeon Guillemot, lots of newly-arrived migrating Shorebirds, beaut Warbler sightings, some almost-interesting newbies, and PB…
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DNCB Outing Report No. 2013-33 to Manning Provincial Park
Fifteen DNCBers enjoyed another glorious Wednesday morning on our annual “away” outing to Manning Provincial Park (MP). Hi-lites included: Townsend’s Warblers, hand-feeding Clark’s Nutcrackers, Whiskey Jacks and Ground Squirrels, beautiful Wildflowers, spectacular scenery and idyllic walks through old-growth forest, along winding streams and on mountain paths. Check out Tony’s, Marion’s, Terry’s and others photos on…
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DNCB Outing No. 2013-30 to Yew Lake/Cypress Bowl
Marian, Gerhard, Glen, Kay, John, Sheila and myself (Roger) departed Petra’s at 7:30 sharp heading for Cypress Bowl. Deciding to avoid the downtown rush hour traffic, I took the shortcut via the Second Narrows bridge (picking Mike up on the way) and arrived only 20 minutes and 18 seconds after Gerhard and Glen in their…
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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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