Delta Naturalists Society

Category: American Kestrel

• DNCB Outing No. 2017-42 to Deception Pass & Whidbey Island WA

  More photos at our DNCB Flickr site Terry and Roger organized a gem of an outing on Tuesday to Deception Pass and Whidbey Island in Washington State.  We had 21 participants under gorgeous sunshine spending an awesome day of birding and sight-seeing in this idyllic area of the San Juan Islands.  Check out the many…

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  October 24, 2017

  *DNCB, American Kestrel, Ancient Murrelet, Bald Eagle, Bonaparte’s Gull, Common Murre, Cooper’s Hawk, Coupeville, Cranberry Lake, Crockett Lake, Deception Pass, Gray Whale, Harbour Porpoise, Harlequin Duck, Heermann’s Gull, Marbled Murrelet, Mew Gull, Pacific Loon, Pelagic Cormorant, Pigeon Guillemot, Red-necked Grebe, Rhinoceros Auklet, Ring-necked Duck, Short-eared Owl, Trumpeter Swan, Whidbey Island

• DNCB Outing No. 2017-21 to Little Campbell Hatchery and A Rocha

  More photos by Glen Bodie (GB), Jack MacDonald (JMacD), Jim Kneesch (JK), Ken Borrie (KB), Pat Smart (PS), Terry Carr (TC) at our DNCB Flickr site At least 22 DNCBers enjoyed a fantastic outing on Wednesday in Surrey, visiting the Little Campbell River (LCR) Hatchery and adjacent Forest Trail, and then to A Rocha’s Canadian…

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  May 31, 2017

  *DNCB, A-Rocha, American Kestrel, Bald Eagle, Barn Owl, Barred Owl, Black-throated Gray Warbler, Brookdale EC, Cliff Swallow, Little Campbell River Hatchery, Orange-crowned Warbler, Pacific-slope Flycatcher, Purple Finch, Semiahmoo Fish & Game Club, Swainson’s Thrush, Townsend’s Warbler, Warbling Vireo, Western Tanager, Western Wood-Pewee, Willow Flycatcher, Yellow Warbler

• DNCB Outing No. 2016-46 to Terra Nova, Richmond

  Photos posted at our DNCB Flickr site It started out with light rain so it was surprising to find 10 members huddled over their coffee in Petra’s this morning.  Leaving at 7:30, even using the HOV lane, the trip took a good 45 minutes to reach Terra Nova with the traffic  on the 99 backed…

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  November 15, 2016

  *DNCB, American Kestrel, Bald Eagle, Barn Owl, Coyote, Eurasian Wigeon, Northern Harrier, Northern Shrike, Pied-billed Grebe, Red-tailed Hawk

• DNCB Outing No. 2015- 39 to Elgin Park and Blackie Spit

  Starting at about 8:00 on another great Wednesday morning, twenty seven enthusiastic members of the Flighty Flock assembled at the Historic Stewart Farm for an outing through Elgin Park and later around Blackie Spit.  The land along the Nicomekl River was pre-empted by John Hardy in the 1880s and then settled by John Stewart who…

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  September 30, 2015

  *DNCB, American Kestrel, American Pipit, Blackie Spit, Cooper’s Hawk, Elgin Heritage Park, Harbour Seal, Long-billed Curlew, Osprey, Pileated Woodpecker, Red-necked Grebe

• DNCB Outing No. 2014-46 to Tsawwassen Ferry Jetty, & Brunswick Point from Deltaport Way

  Photos by Roger Meyer (RM), Terry Carr (TC), Liz Stewart (LS), Jim Kneesch (JK) and Marion Shikaze (MS) (maybe Glen Bodie (GB) soon?) at DNCB Picasa site Sixteen eager birders bundled up for the chilly morning and set out to find birds along the Tsawwassen Ferry Jetty and the Delta Port end of the Brunswick Point…

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  November 19, 2014

  *DNCB, American Kestrel, Bald Eagle, Black Oystercatcher, Black Turnstone, Black-bellied Plover, Brunswick Point, Cooper’s Hawk, DeltaPort Causeway, Eurasian Wigeon, Harbour Seal, Harlequin Duck, Lincoln’s Sparrow, Merlin, Northern Harrier, Pelagic Cormorant, Peregrine Falcon, Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway

• DNCB Outing No. 2014-14 to Colony Farm Regional Park, Coquitlam

  Photos by Bill (BD), Bryan (BK), Jim (JK), Jonathan (JM), Ken (KB), Marion (MS), Roger (RM) & Terry (TC) Twenty-two birders (wow) enjoyed another gorgeous and productive Wednesday morning at Colony Farm Regional Park in Coquitlam. Hi-lites included: both Sora and Virginia Rails, several Mountain Bluebirds and lots of other warblers and waterfowl in breeding…

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  April 9, 2014

  *DNCB, American Kestrel, Colony Farm RP, Mountain Bluebird, Mourning Dove, Red-tailed Hawk, Sora, Virginia Rail

• DNCB Outing No. 2014-5 to Reifel Bird Sanctuary

  Thirty plus DNCBer’s (WOW) congregated on this beautiful Monday morning for a very productive outing at Reifel Bird Sanctuary, our “DNCB Mecca”.  Hi-lites included: Great-horned and Saw-whet Owls, Rough-legged Hawk, Merlin and American Kestrel, Northern Shrike, Ring-necked Pheasant and lots of other species in gorgeous breeding plumage.  Check out photos on the DNCB Picasa link.…

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  February 3, 2014

  *DNCB, American Kestrel, Black Oystercatcher, Cooper’s Hawk, Great Horned Owl, Harbour Seal, Merlin, Northern Saw-whet Owl, Northern Shrike, Reifel, Ring-necked Pheasant, Rough-legged Hawk, Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway, Virginia Rail

• DNCB/Birds on the Bay Outing No. 2013-10 to Boundary Bay Regional Park

  Seventeen folk (Don & Rochelle, Ken & Anne, Jonathan & Lorraine, Paul and home-schooled Quinn, Roger & Anne M, Mike & Lorna, Leona & Sheila, Jackie & Jennifer and me) enjoyed a very comfortable quarterly Birds on the Bay outing in Boundary Bay Regional Park (BBRP).  Hi-lites included: American Kestrel, Sanderlings, Common (Eurasian) Teal, Northern Shrike,…

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  March 13, 2013

  *DNCB, *DNS, American Kestrel, Bald Eagle, BBRP, Birds-on-the-Bay, Boundary Bay, Centennial Beach, Eurasian Teal, Mountain Bluebird, Mourning Dove, Northern Harrier, Northern Shrike, Red-tailed Hawk, Short-eared Owl

• DNCB Outing No: 2012-48 From Beach Grove Lagoon to 104th Street

  With a beautiful sunny morning it was no surprise that  there was an 800% increase in members turning out over last week’s dismal performance.  Eight of us, Lorna, Mike, Marion, Brian and Janet, Gerhard, Terry, and Roger, left Petra’s for the foot of 12th Ave to survey  the lagoon.  Right away, in the parking lot,…

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  November 7, 2012

  *DNCB, 104 Street, 12 Avenue, 72 Street, American Kestrel, Beach Grove Park, Boundary Bay, Cooper’s Hawk, Long-eared Owl, Northern Harrier, Peregrine Falcon, Red-tailed Hawk, Rough-legged Hawk, Short-eared Owl, Tropical Kingbird

• DNCB Outing #112 to UBC Farm & Camosun Bog

  Eleven participants (Roger, Lorna, scope bearers Ron & John, Kay, wet camera-less photog Rick & Marg, newbie Lorraine N, Hans, our humble guide Bev and me) enjoyed a wet morning wandering around the diverse habitats of the University of British Columbia’s (UBC) Farm.  Monday morning traffic from Tsawwassen to UBC was horrendous, so we arrived…

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  October 4, 2010

  *DNCB, American Kestrel, Bald Eagle, Camosun Bog, Pileated Woodpecker, Red-tailed Hawk, UBC Farm