Delta Naturalists Society

Category: Bald Eagle

• DNCB Outing No. 2018-30 to Iona Regional Park

  Sixteen DNCBers enjoyed a brilliant, hot & muggy Wednesday morning at Iona Regional Park, a regular and always fruitful destination for us.  Check out the photo evidence on our DNCB Flickr site.  Also see Roger’s photos of breaching Orca’s taken at Pt. Roberts before coming to Petra’s at 7:30 am. Some car-pooled from Petra’s at…

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  July 25, 2018

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Iona Beach Regional Park, Least Sandpiper, Mink, Peregrine Falcon, Purple Martin, Semi-palmated Sandpiper, Spotted Sandpiper, Western Sandpiper, Willow Flycatcher

• DNCB Outing No. 2018-29 to Reifel Bird Sanctuary

  See photos at our DNCB Flickr site Fifteen DNCBers enjoyed another beautiful Summer Wednesday morning in Delta on a local outing to Reifel Bird Sanctuary.  Check out the photo evidence on our DNCB Flickr site. We car-pooled from Petra’s at 7:30 am to our first stop at the pull-off on the causeway to the Tsawwassen…

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  July 18, 2018

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Black Oystercatcher, Brandt’s Cormorant, Caspian Tern, Long-billed Dowitcher, Northern Harrier, Osprey, Pelagic Cormorant, Pigeon Guillemot, Purple Martin, Reifel, Sandhill Crane, Semi-palmated Sandpiper, Western Sandpiper

• DNCB Outing No. 2018-25 to Pitt Lake

  Check out the photo evidence on our DNCB Flickr site With a very hot day predicted six members met at Petra’s (Mike and Hannah, his cousin’s daughter from Wales, Terry, Angela, Lauris, Noreen and David, and reluctant blogger Roger) and headed out in two cars and, almost without incident, arrived at the Pitt Lake parking…

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  June 20, 2018

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Band-tailed Pigeon, Bullock’s Oriole, Cedar Waxwing, Cliff Swallow, Eastern Kingbird, Gray Catbird, Osprey, Pitt Lake, Pitt-Addington Marsh WMA, Swainson’s Thrush, Turkey Vulture, Warbling Vireo, Willow Flycatcher, Yellow Warbler

• DNCB Outing No. 2018-23 to Colony Farm Regional Park

  A big crowd (around 25, most listed below) joined me on another beautiful Wednesday morning at Colony Farm Regional Park (CFRP) in Coquitlam.  We saw lots of neat species, up-close-and-personal, and you can see the spectacular photo evidence on our DNCB Flickr site at: our DNCB Flickr site (just click on this). Ten of us…

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  June 6, 2018

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Band-tailed Pigeon, Cedar Waxwing, Colony Farm RP, Eastern Kingbird, Green Heron, Hooded Merganser, Lazuli Bunting, Mourning Dove, Northern Rough-winged Swallow, Peregrine Falcon, Red-tailed Hawk, Warbling Vireo, Western Wood-Pewee, Willow Flycatcher, Yellow Warbler

• DNCB Outing No. 2018-20 to Pt. Roberts, USA

  Nineteen DNCBers enjoyed another gorgeous Wednesday morning birding at some new and old spots in Point Roberts, USA.  Check out the photo evidence of the place, the people, and some amazing birds and flowers on our Flickr site. We (9) gathered at Petra’s, car-pooling prudently (3 vehicles) at 7:30 am and very smoothly across the…

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  May 16, 2018

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Black Scoter, Black Turnstone, Brandt’s Cormorant, California Quail, California Sea Lion, Common Murre, Harbour Seal, Harlequin Duck, Lighthouse Marine Park, Northern Harrier, Orange-crowned Warbler, Pacific Loon, Pelagic Cormorant, Pigeon Guillemot, Point Roberts, Rhinoceros Auklet, Sanderling, Steller Sea Lion

• DNCB Outing No. 2018-17 to Ladner Parks

  Photos at our DNCB Flickr site On a gorgeous, hot (record high near 25 degrees) Wednesday morning, eighteen DNCBers visited Beach Grove Park, then several parks in Ladner.  Check out the photo evidence on our Flickr site at: DNCB Flickr site. On leaving Petra’s at 7:30 am before going to Ladner, eight of us decided…

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  April 25, 2018

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Beach Grove Park, Brown Creeper, Great Horned Owl, Hermit Thrush, Ladner Harbour Park, Ladner S.Arm Marsh, Orange-crowned Warbler, Ring-necked Duck, Townsend’s Warbler, Wilson’s Snipe, Wilson’s Warbler, Yellow-rumped Warbler

• DNCB Outing No. 2018-14 to UBC Botanical Garden & Pacific Spirit Park

  Seventeen DNCBers had a glorious morning in UBC’s Botanical Garden, then a short walk in Peter Ward’s “Aussie” section of Pacific Spirit Regional Park, then visiting the Winter home in Vancouver of the rare (here) “deformed” Summer Tanager.  Check out the photo evidence of the birds, flora and people on our outing at: https://www.flickr.com/search/?group_id=3027315%40N23&text=2018-14&view_all=1. Seven…

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  April 4, 2018

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Barred Owl, Brown Creeper, Cooper’s Hawk, Greenheart TreeWalk, Pacific Spirit Park, Purple Finch, Summer Tanager, UBC, UBC Botanical Garden

• DNCB Outing No. 2018-11 Birds on the Bay in Boundary Bay Regional Park

  Other photos by Terry Carr (TC) and David Hoar (DH) at DNCB Flickr website. Twenty folk enjoyed another brilliant Wednesday morning on our quarterly Birds on the Bay outing in Boundary Bay Regional Park.  We saw some neat stuff, including tonnes of shorebirds and waterfowl.  Check out the photo evidence on our Flickr site at:…

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  March 14, 2018

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, BBRP, Birds-on-the-Bay, Centennial Beach, Cooper’s Hawk, Dunlin, Mew Gull, Northern Harrier, Red-tailed Hawk, Sanderling

• DNCB Outing No. 2018-09 to Reifel Bird Sanctuary, via Ferry terminal & TFN

  Photos on this page by Brian Avent (BA), Pat Smart (PS) and Terry Carr (TC) More photos by these photographers at our DNCB Flickr site Spring is in the Air.  Fifteen DNCBers enjoyed a brisk but colourful Tuesday morning outing to the Tsawwassen Ferry jetty, through TFN and Ladner fields, and then wandering around our…

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  February 27, 2018

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Black Oystercatcher, Black Scoter, Black Turnstone, Black-crowned Night-Heron, Cedar Waxwing, Common Redpoll, Cooper’s Hawk, Eurasian Wigeon, Hooded Merganser, Northern Harrier, Pelagic Cormorant, Red-breasted Merganser, Reifel, Ring-necked Duck, Sandhill Crane, TFN, Trumpeter Swan, Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway

• DNCB Outing No. 2018-08 to Victoria

  Only 6 DNCBers spent a cool Tuesday on the ferry and wandering the seawall and parks of Victoria.  Check out Terry’s beautiful photo evidence on our Flickr site at: https://www.flickr.com/search/?group_id=3027315%40N23&text=2018-08&view_all=1. Five of us (Terry, SLB Syd & Viviane, Mike B1 and me; we met Van City Lidia in Victoria) met in the dark on the…

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  February 20, 2018

  *DNCB, *Victoria, Bald Eagle, Black Oystercatcher, Bonaparte’s Gull, Fisherman’s Wharf, Harlequin Duck, Hooded Merganser, Mew Gull, Ogden Point, Pelagic Cormorant, Pigeon Guillemot, Red-breasted Merganser, Red-necked Grebe