Delta Naturalists Society

Category: Cooper’s Hawk

• DNCB Outing No. 2012-38 to Tsawwasen Ferry Port & Reifel Sanctuary

  On another beautiful Wednesday morning in LotusLand, thirteen DNCBer’s (Ken & Anne, Jonathan & Lorraine, Bryan & Janet, Hans, Jackie, Jane, Mike, newbies Marguerite and Sheila, and me) enjoyed birding utopia again at the Tsawwassen Ferry Port, then on to Reifel Bird Sanctuary.  Hi-lites were: a Great-horned Owl (GHO), 5 Stilt Sandpipers and lots of

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  August 29, 2012

  *DNCB, Cooper’s Hawk, Great Horned Owl, Northern Harrier, Reifel, TFN, Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway

• Richmond Raptor Festival

  Your Delta Nats had another awesome Display today (Sun. Aug. 26) at the Richmond Raptor Festival at Terra Nova Park.  We (Jennifer, Donna, Alan and me) set up our hands-on Display at 9:30 a.m. and there were people, including lots of kids, lined up all day to see, touch and colour our stuff; right through

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  August 26, 2012

  *DNS, Bald Eagle, Barred Owl, Cooper’s Hawk, Harris Hawk, Peregrine Falcon, Richmond Raptor Festival, Turkey Vulture

• DNCB Outing No. 2012-35 to Maplewood Flats

  Lucky thirteen again (Jane Z, Marion S, Ken & Anne, Director of Operations Roger, Mike B, Lorna, Hans-Ulf, Kay G, Guru Anne, new photog Leona B, local expert and leader Derek K, and me) enjoyed a very interesting and comfortable Wednesday morning of birding at Maplewood Flats park in North Vancouver.  A few hi-lites of

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  August 8, 2012

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Cooper’s Hawk, Maplewood Flats, Turkey Vulture

• DNCB Outing 2011-36 to Alaksen and Reifel

  Eight birders (Terry, Hans-Ulf, Lorna, Marion, Gord, Alan, Mike and me) met at Alaksen National Wildlife Area (NWA) to begin a gorgeous Wednesday morning of birding on Westham Island.  Hi-lites were: Willow Flycatcher, Yellow-rumped Warbler and a Merlin munching on a Barn Swallow, plus lots of Shorebirds at Reifel.  Check out Terry’s action-packed photos on

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  September 7, 2011

  *DNCB, Alaksen NWA, Cooper’s Hawk, Merlin, Peregrine Falcon, Red-tailed Hawk, Reifel, Westham Island

• DNCB Outing No. 2011-33 to Boundary Bay Dike

  Nine participants (Roger & Mike, Rick & Marg, Hans & Gerhard, Alan & Lorna and me) enjoyed a gorgeous Wednesday morning along the Boundary Bay dike path between 104th and 88th Streets.  Hi-lites were a Western Tanager, Peregrine Falcons, a “white-winged” Crow, lots of “distant” Shorebirds, and the Plum and Blackberry Lunch at the North

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  August 17, 2011

  104 Street, 72 Street, 88 Street, Boundary Bay, Cooper’s Hawk, North Forty/VWS, Northern Harrier, Peregrine Falcon, Western Tanager

• DNCB Outing No. 2011-26 to Brunswick Point & the North Forty

  Seven weirdos weathered a windy Wednesday (Roger & Rose, Mike & Lorna, Hans Ulf, Sleepy Alan and me) at Brunswick Point, and then a more enjoyable and successful late stint at the North Forty.  Hi-lites were an American Bittern, nesting Cooper’s Hawks, Bullock’s Oriole and Lively Lorna’s Butter Tarts.  See photos of our outings on

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  June 29, 2011

  *DNCB, American Bittern, Bald Eagle, Brunswick Point, Bullock’s Oriole, Cooper’s Hawk, Lazuli Bunting, North Forty/VWS, Northern Harrier, Red-tailed Hawk

• 2011-25A North Forty Report

  Son Scott and I visited the North Forty Park behind Boundary Bay Airport today (Sunday, June 26) for a couple of hours in mid afternoon (3:00 to 5:00 p.m.).  It was hot, sunny and a beaut outing: we got all our Destination Birds (LB, BO and Candy), up-close-and-personal.  It is so nice to go with

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  June 26, 2011

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Bullock’s Oriole, Cooper’s Hawk, Lazuli Bunting, North Forty/VWS, Northern Harrier, Red-tailed Hawk

• DNCB Outing #2011-02 to Iona

  Seventeen birders (we’re becoming very popular) enjoyed a very pleasant, clear and cool (+5 degrees C) Monday (Jan. 10) morning at Iona Regional Park and the adjacent Sewage Lagoons.  We were: John & Kay, Rick & Marg, Bill M, Terry C, Anne M, Bev R, Annie K, Lorna, Hans-Ulf, Roger, Kathleen W, Ansa, newbie Kitty

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  January 10, 2011

  *DNCB, American Bittern, Bald Eagle, Barrow’s Goldeneye, Canvasback, Cooper’s Hawk, Dunlin, Iona Beach Regional Park, Northern Shrike, Red-breasted Merganser, Ring-necked Duck, Rough-legged Hawk, Trumpeter Swan, Western Meadowlark, Yellow-headed Blackbird

• DNCB Outing #2011-01 to Reifel Bird Sanctuary

  Sixteen birders in a convoy of six vehicles spent a gorgeous, clear and sunny Monday morning (Jan. 3) travelling the farmers’ fields of Ladner, then Westham Island and then at Reifel Bird Sanctuary.  They like their names in print: Roger, Rochelle (without Don), Hans-Ulf, Lorna Terry, John (without Kay), newbie Ansa, Kathleen, Deborah, Bill &

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  January 3, 2011

  *DNCB, Barn Owl, Black-crowned Night-Heron, Brown Creeper, Cooper’s Hawk, Coyote, Dunlin, Great Horned Owl, Merlin, Northern Goshawk, Northern Harrier, Northern Hawk Owl, Northern Saw-whet Owl, Red-breasted Sapsucker, Red-tailed Hawk, Reifel, Ring-necked Duck, Ring-necked Pheasant, Short-eared Owl, TFN, Trumpeter Swan, TsaTsu Heronry, Westham Island

• DNCB Outing #123 to Reifel and Alaksen

  DNCB’s: I’m baaack! after 6 glorious weeks holidaying in Western Australia, with friends and relies.  Nine birders (Rick & Marg, Lorna, Roger, Terry, Anne, Hans-Ulf, Jimmy and me) enjoyed an almost sunny and raptor-filled Monday morning (Dec 13) at Reifel Bird Sanctuary and next door’s Alaksen Wildlife Refuge.  Our destination bird was the Yellow-breasted Chat

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  December 13, 2010

  *DNCB, *DNS, Alaksen NWA, Bald Eagle, Barred Owl, Black-crowned Night-Heron, Cammidge House, Cedar Waxwing, Cooper’s Hawk, Dunlin, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Great Horned Owl, Hooded Merganser, Lesser Snow Goose, Marsh Wren, Merlin, Northern Goshawk, Northern Harrier, Northern Hawk Owl, Northern Saw-whet Owl, Pacific Wren, Peregrine Falcon, Reifel, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Sandhill Crane, Trumpeter Swan, Westham Island, Wood Duck, Yellow-breasted Chat