Category: *SPECIAL BIRDS
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DNCB Outing No. 104 to Point Roberts
Casual Birding Outing # 104 On a beautiful Wednesday morning, August 11, Don & Rochelle joined us at Petra’s before seven participants (Rick & Marg, John & Kay, Lorna, Terry and me) left for Point Roberts USA where we birded Lily Point Park then Lighthouse Marine Park. We parked at the cemetery entrance at Lily…
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DNCB Outing No. 103 to Burnaby Lake
Casual Birding Outing #103 Seven participants (John & Kay, Rick & Marg, Lorna, Roger and me) spent a quite warm but comfortable and very enjoyable morning wandering around Burnaby Lake Regional Park. Don & Rochelle joined us at Petra’s but could not participate in this “away trip”. Roger (aka Benson Hemphill with the Renton Bird…
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DNCB Outing No. 98 to Pitt Polder
Casual Birding outing #98 Ten birders (John & Kay & Miyako, Rick & Marg, Lorna, Anne, Eleanor, Roger and me) spent a very enjoyable, comfortable and rain-less Wednesday morning at Grant Narrows Regional Park, aka Pitt Polder. This was an “away” outing as it took us a little more than an hour to get to…
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DNCB Outing No. 95 to Mud Bay Park plus
Casual Birding outing #95 Four Interpreters with Metro Vancouver Parks & Recreation (Vanessa, Jennifer, Michelle and Serena) joined Delta Nats (Hans, John & Kay, Anne, Lorna and me) this morning on an outing to Mud Bay Park which is part of, and located at, the southern most end of Boundary Bay Park along the dike. …
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DNCB Outing No. 94 Songbirds near the airport
Casual Birding outing #94 Eight participants (Roger, John & Kay, Lorna, Hans, Anne, Rochelle and me) enjoyed a fruitful outing to the old residential area that was expropriated when Boundary Bay Airport was expanded. This area off 72nd Street is, I believe, now owned by Delta Corp and is basically used by dog-walkers. I was…
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DNCB Outing No. 93 to Iona
Casual Birders outing #93 Seven participants (John & Kay, Gord & Roberta, Ron, Roger and me) spent a very pleasant and fruitful Sunday morning birding at Iona Sewage Ponds and the neighbouring GVRD Park. We parked by the Sewage Plant and entered the gate there. The first pond was loaded with neat stuff, all up-close-and-personal. …
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DNCB Outing No. 91 to Maplewood Flats
Casual birding outing #91 Ten participants (Roger, John & Kay, Don & Rochelle, Hans, Terry, Anne, Eleanor and me) spent a gorgeous morning wandering around Maplewood Flats in North Vancouver this morning. It was an hour’s drive to get there (a bit longer for us with our Librarian Navigator) in our two vehicle convoy, but…
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DNCB Outing No. 90B: Birds on the Bay
On a gorgeous Wednesday morning, 15 to 20 participants (some came and went during the walk) enjoyed a Spring “Birds on the Bay” stroll around Boundary Bay Regional Park in Tsawwassen. We started and finished at historic Cammidge House. On our walk around the pond at Centennial Beach, a lonely female Lesser Scaup was resting…
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DNCB Outing No. 90 to Colony Farm on a windy day
Casual Birding Outing #90 Twelve participants (They like to see their names in print – Hans, Lorna, Don & Rochelle back from umpteen Mediterranean cruises, Photog Terry back from Morocco, Annie K back from Salt Springs Island, Guru Anne back from Oz, Roger, John & Kay back from Mexico, Eleanor back from Trinidad and me…