Category: Cooper’s Hawk
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Serpentine Fen , September 16, 2025
PHOTO: Cooper’s Hawk by Bob Winston…. The mist was just rising off the fields as six Delta Nats met at the Serpentine Fen – Dottie, Bob, Colin, Stephanie, Lee and Jeff. The Belted Kingfisher had returned – a female sitting on the wires overhead. The other notables returning were the salmon, both Chinook and Coho,
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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 Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway and Reifel, December 4, 2024
PHOTO: Hudsonian Whimbrel by Glen Bodie……. There were 3 DNCBers at the Ferry causeway in the heavy fog: Brian R, Lorna and Glen. We saw the sun start rising from the SE over Pt Roberts and, luckily, we saw a few birds in the high tide. The north side had a flock of Dunlin mumurating
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Blaine, November 26, 2024
PHOTO: Curlew, Oystercatchers, Whimbrels & Godwits by Bob Winston….. Seven DNCBers met at Blaine Marina – Christine, Lidia, Dottie, Bob, Jacquie, Connie and Terry. Vicky M met us at Semiahmoo Spit bringing our number to 8. There was no wait at the border crossing. It was a cold but dry morning. Our first stop was
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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 5, 2024
PHOTO: Downy Woodpecker by Terry Carr…… 17 DNCBers, including several new members, met at Ladner Harbour Park on a lovely November morning. From the parking lot we had good views of 3 Downy Woodpeckers on feeders in front of the caretaker’s house. After introductions we headed along Shirley’s Walk. With difficulty we finally focused on
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Point Roberts, October 29, 2024
PHOTO: American Kestrels by Christine Gaio….. Ten DNCBers stopped at Kiniski’s where the pilings had the usual large gathering of Double-crested and Pelagic Cormorants. There were more Cormorants on the water and flying by. Also on the water were Horned Grebes, Surf Scoters, Red-breasted Mergansers, Common Loons and a Pacific Loon with its thinner beak
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Brunswick Point, October 9, 2024
PHOTO: Palm Warbler by David Hoar……. In the gap between the rains a group of 9 DNCBers met at Brunswick Point. We were: Liz, Margaretha, David, Christine, Noreen, Colin, Alexandra, Stephanie and Glen. We immediately felt over-whelmed by the flock of X thousand Snow Geese in the field across the road. All morning some of
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Burnaby Lake Regional Park, October 2, 2024
PHOTO: Long-billed Dowitchers by Glen Bodie…… A great day for birding at Burnaby Lake – cool and mostly sunny – mist on the lake at the start and shedding layers by the end. Even some messy traffic congestion wasn’t enough to make too many of us too late for a 9am start. We were 15
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Centennial Beach, September 25, 2024
Photo: Boundary Bay at Low Tide by Glen Bodie…. Only Glen and I decided to go on this morning’s rain-soaked walk. We experienced light but steady drizzle during the first part of the morning; by the time we were on our return route, it was a solid downpour. Despite the poor conditions, we set off
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