Delta Naturalists Society

Category: Cooper’s Hawk

• DNCB Outing No. 2015-13 to Several Ladner Parks in Delta

  Photos by Terry (TC), Glen (GB), Marion (MS), David (DM), Alberto (P&A), Ken (KB) at DNCB Picasa site Another large, eclectic group of 28 DNCBers enjoyed a gorgeous April Fool’s Day outing in Delta at three/four Ladner Parks.  Hi-lites included, many nesting birds, early Warbler sightings, Kinglets everywhere, and a very pleasant lunch at the

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  April 1, 2015

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Cooper’s Hawk, Ladner Harbour Park, Ladner S.Arm Marsh, Mourning Dove, Red-tailed Hawk, Ring-necked Pheasant, White-throated Sparrow

• DNCB Outing 2015-7 to Blackie Spit & White Rock Pier

  Check out photos by Terry (TC), Glen (GB), Greg (GH), Marion (MS) & Ken (KB) on DNCB Picasa link         The as-always happy and enthusiastic DNCB birders met in the Blackie Spit parking lot for our weekly outing to view birds and “occasionally” exchange friendly banter.   Twenty of us assembled for the

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  February 17, 2015

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Black Turnstone, Blackie Spit, Cooper’s Hawk, Long-billed Curlew, Pelagic Cormorant, Red-breasted Merganser, Snow Bunting, White Rock Pier

• DNCB Outing 2015-5 to Ferry Causeway & Reifel Bird Sanctuary

  Photos by Liz (LS), Terry (TC), Jim (JK), David M (DM), Tony (TM), and Roger (RM). Twenty-one DNCBers enjoyed a bountiful birding morning, 56 years after the “Day the Music Died”, at our “Mecca” Reifel Bird Sanctuary.  Hi-lites included rarities Harris’s and Swamp Sparrows, Northern Saw-whet and Great Horned Owls, three Wren species, and lots

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  February 3, 2015

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Barred Owl, Black Oystercatcher, Black-crowned Night-Heron, Bonaparte’s Gull, Cooper’s Hawk, Eurasian Wigeon, Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch, Great Horned Owl, Harris’s Sparrow, Northern Harrier, Northern Saw-whet Owl, Pelagic Cormorant, Peregrine Falcon, Red-necked Grebe, Red-tailed Hawk, Reifel, Rough-legged Hawk, Sandhill Crane, Swamp Sparrow, Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway

• DNCB Outing No. 2015-4 to Terra Nova Park in Richmond

  Twenty-five DNCBers enjoyed a very mild (~14 degrees) and pleasantly dry Tuesday morning wandering around the rejuvenated Terra Nova Park (TNP) in Richmond.  Lots of neat bird sightings including a rarely seen Common Teal.  Check out the photo evidence on our DNCB Picasa site.  We 25 were: Gurus Anne M and Mary T, photogs Terry,

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  January 27, 2015

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Black-bellied Plover, Cooper’s Hawk, Coyote, Eurasian Teal, Eurasian Wigeon, Red-tailed Hawk, Terra Nova

• DNCB Outing No. 2014-48 to Maplewood Flats, North Vancouver

  See full set of photos by Terry Carr (TC) on our DNCB Picasa site Today, Wednesday December 3, our quaint group of casual birders enjoyed a gorgeous morning of birding, chatting, and walking around the Maplewood Conservation area.  We met at the parking lot around 9:15am, and the birds were already gorging themselves at the

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  December 3, 2014

  *DNCB, Cooper’s Hawk, Gyrfalcon, Maplewood Flats, New Brighton Park, Peregrine Falcon, River Otter

• 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 Report No. 2014-33 to Reifel

  Twenty-four DNCBers enjoyed another glorious Delta Wednesday morning at Reifel Bird Sanctuary. Hi-lites included: seeing our target bird Stilt Sandpipers and lots of inane chatter among an eclectic group of like-minded weirdoes.  Check out Ken’s, Tony’s and others’ photos (soon) on our DNCB Picasa site. Nine of us left Petra’s at 7:30 a.m. (Aussie Nance

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  August 20, 2014

  *DNCB, Cooper’s Hawk, Pelagic Cormorant, Reifel, Semi-palmated Sandpiper, Spotted Sandpiper, Stilt Sandpiper, TFN, Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway

• DNCB Outing No. 2014-32 on Galiano Island

  On Wednesday, seventeen “weathered” birders enjoyed a wet but mild ferry ride and strenuous but healthy walk around beautiful Galiano Island.  The idiosyncratic group included: our self-proclaimed Leader Roger with newbie ferry-afficionado Kristin, our chauffeur White Rock Al, photog & administrator Terry, the quiet ones Sheila & Hans, PB Lorna back in the fold, Point

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  August 13, 2014

  *DNCB, Bellhouse Park, Cooper’s Hawk, Galiano Island, Harbour Seal, Heermann’s Gull, Pelagic Cormorant, Pigeon Guillemot

• Delta Nats Barn Owl Box Report

  Our two Barn Owl Boxes in Boundary Bay and North 40 Parks were checked this March and neither was occupied.  However, there were positive signs. Photos, and videos, by Roger Meyer Click on any photo to see larger version Boundary Bay Barn Owl Box On Friday, March 14, I joined Metro Vancouver’s Lynden Mager and

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  March 27, 2014

  *DNS, Bald Eagle, Barn Owl Box, BBRP, Centennial Beach, Cooper’s Hawk, North Forty/VWS

• DNCB “Birds on the Bay” Outing No. 2014-10 in BBRP

  Photos by Terry Carr (TC), Jonathan Mwenifumbo (JM) & Marion Shikaze (MS) A huge group of about 35 nature lovers enjoyed a brilliant Wednesday morning walk in Boundary Bay Regional Park on Delta Nats quarterly Birds on the Bay event.  A few neat sightings, a lot of chat-bonding, and a finale of some scrumptious grub,

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  March 12, 2014

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, BBRP, Birds-on-the-Bay, Cammidge House, Centennial Beach, Cooper’s Hawk, Northern Harrier, Red-tailed Hawk