Category: American Kestrel
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DNCB Outing No. 2022-10B to Brunswick Point, March 9, 2021
It was a cold, sunny morning for the Wednesday Brunswick Point outing. There were 16 of us – Lorna, Richard, Lidia, Brian, Louise, Gabriele, Margaretha, Glen, Janet, Marion, Warren, Lynne, Colin, Stephanie, Bryan and Terry. Just before the parking area there was an American Kestrel on a wire. By the time we got out of…
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DNCB Outing No. 2022-10A to Brunswick Point, March 8, 2022
It was a cloudy morning, threatening rain, but eight of the sign-ups showed up in a timely fashion at the parking spot at the end of Brunswick Point. Roger was forgiven for being late as he had awesome pictures of an American Kestrel that he had spotted on “Superman’s House” – the film set location…
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DNCB Outing No. 2021-49B to Point Roberts, USA, December 8, 2021
An exciting trip for most of us. It is nearly two years since we have ventured into Point Roberts. Ten Casual Birders took the plunge with the border crossing and rediscovered Point Roberts. The ten were Brian and Louise, Chris, Glen, Colin and Stephanie, Lori and Hasan, Thea and Rosemary. The border entry was fine.…
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DNCB Outing No. 2021-47B to Brunswick Point, November 24, 2021
I arrived punctually at 8am, and Noreen and David were parked a few minutes later. After deciding we must be the only birders today, we set off along the trail around Brunswick Point. Golden-crowned Sparrows were hopping around the soil piles on the farmland edge, and the first of many Song Sparrows made itself visible.…
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DNCB Outing No. 2019-42 to Brunswick Point
Nineteen DNCBers braved the windy and cool elements on what turned out to be a very pleasant and productive Tuesday morning outing along the dike trail at Brunswick Point. We saw lots of migrant waterfowl and shorebirds, and other good stuff; check out the photo evidence on our DNCB Flickr site. Some car-pooled from Petra’s…
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DNCB Outing No. 2019-40 to Pt. Roberts, USA
Twenty-five DNCBers enjoyed a beautiful Wednesday morning of birding at several locations in Pt. Roberts, USA. We saw lots of species, several neat and entertaining, at Lighthouse Marine Park, the Marina and Sea Bright Homes complex; check out the massive selection of photo evidence on our DNCB Flickr site. Three car loads left Petra’s at…
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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. 2018-44 to Whidbey Island, Port Townsend/Fort Casey/Deception Pass and Rosario Beach
Check out the photo evidence on our DNCB Flickr site. “Optimists”… with weather reports for clouds and showers and a 110 mile drive ahead (2 hours and 11 minutes ), undaunted, Delta Nats Mike, Terry, David and Noreen, Roger 2, and Roger 1 (myself) left Petra’s to meet Pat, Brian, and Colin at the Peace…
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DNCB Outing No. 2018-37 Birds on the Bay in Boundary Bay Regional Park
Twenty-five folk enjoyed another beautiful Wednesday morning wandering around Boundary Bay Regional Park (BBRP) on our quarterly Birds on the Bay (BOTB) outing. The tide was high, the weather was fine, the chatfest was illuminating, and we saw a few neat birds. Check out the brilliant photo evidence on our DNCB Flickr site. We met…