Category: Bald Eagle
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Serpentine Fen, January 15, 2025
PHOTO: Red-tailed Hawk by Chris McVittie…… The fog was lifting as 7 DNCBers gathered at the Serpentine Fen at 09:00 – Richard, TK, Nick, Chris, Jim, Margaretha and Glen. The sun all morning warmed us much more than the predicted 2C would have suggested. Richard arrived early and had seen the resident Kingfisher fly off,
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Serpentine Fen, January 14, 2025
PHOTO:Common Merganser by Grant Edwards……. 13 DNCBers met at Surrey’s Serpentine Fen on a lovely morning. There was no sign of the usual Kingfisher at the bridge by the parking lot. In the trees across the bridge were House Finches and Eurasian Collared-Doves. A Flicker and another flock of birds landed high up in those
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Reifel Bird Sanctuary, January 12, 2025
PHOTO: Northern Shovelers by Brian Avent…. Nineteen Delta Naturalists showed up for our first weekend outing of the year, which rewarded our decision to pry ourselves from our beds on a rainy Sunday morning with a total of 47 species—including two owls—and sunshine for most of our meander around the sanctuary! As usual, we began
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Stanley Park, January 7, 2025
PHOTO: Surf Scoter with Clam by Terry Carr…… 5 DNCBers met at Second Beach in Stanley Park – Lou, Lidia, Mike, Terry and Roger. After we passed through the George Massey tunnel, we had a very quick trip the rest of the way. The fog was lifting as we arrived. There was a noisy murder
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Centennial Beach, December 11, 2024
PHOTO: Brant Geese by Glen Bodie….. The casual birders arrived at Centennial Beach to find an unexpectedly clear morning – Joni, Stephanie, Lidia, Nicki, Jez, Anne, Richard, Liz, Lee and Glen. We were greeted by a Merlin on top of the tallest tree, and 15 Bald Eagles (many of them juveniles of various ages) in
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway & Reifel, December 3, 2024
PHOTO: Short-eared Owl by Jim Kneesch….. Today’s outing started with three brave birders at Tsawwassen Ferry Jetty where the weather was crisp but fog free. Chris, Jim and Grant enjoyed a spectacle of over 4000 Dunlin dancing across the sky. After surveying the expected ducks (Mallards, Northern Pintails and Green-winged Teal) we wondered where the
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Terra Nova & Garden City Lands, November 19, 2024
PHOTO: Glossy/White-faced Ibis by Christine Gaio….. Nine DNCBers met at Richmond’s Terra Nova Park on a very cold, but dry, morning. There was fresh snow on the north shore mountains. In the river were Wigeon, Gulls and Cormorants. A Heron and a Harrier flew over. We heard, but did not see, a Bald Eagle. It
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Delta Naturalists Outing to White Rock Pier & Elgin Park, November 13, 2024
PHOTO: Surf Scoters by Glen Bodie…… The day threatened, driving many prospective birders back to their beds, but it turned out quite nice – windy but the sun did peek through out at the White Rock Pier. Glen was the only DNCBer there to see it. The Pier had the usual assortment – Mallards, Canada
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Delta Naturalists Outing to White Rock, Elgin Park & Blackie Spit, November 12, 2024
PHOTO: Evening Grosbeak by Grant Edwards….. 17 DNCBers met on the White Rock Pier on a cold, cloudy morning. Close to shore were Mallards, American Wigeon and Northern Pintail. Farther out were large flocks of Surf and White-winged Scoters. They were diving for clams and mussels which they swallow whole. Shells are crushed and digested
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Ladner Harbour Park, November 6, 2024
PHOTO: Double-crested Cormorants by Glen Bodie…………. Our group of 11 gathered promptly at 9 am in Ladner Harbour Park: Nicki, Warren and Lynne, Susan, Brian and Louise, Richard, Lee, newbie Louis, me, and just-in-time Glen. Nicki volunteered to eBird our sightings, which was a great help. The weather was calm and autumnal, and birds flitted
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