Delta Naturalists Society

Category: Cooper’s Hawk

• DNCB Outing No. 2022-44B to Point Roberts, November 2, 2022

  It may have been toe-numbingly cold, but with unthreatening high clouds and thin sunlight, 17 Delta Naturalists arrived at Point Roberts’ Lighthouse Marine Park grateful for the conditions.  They were Thea (yours truly), Rosemary, Anne, Lidia, Jonathan, Lorraine, Nicki, Margaretha, Liz, Marion, Pat, Brian, Louise, Dave, Noreen, Lynne, and Warren. The windless day left the

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  November 2, 2022

  *DNCB, American Kestrel, Bald Eagle, Belted Kingfisher, Bonaparte’s Gull, Common Murre, Cooper’s Hawk, Douglas Squirrel, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Harbour Porpoise, Harbour Seal, Harlequin Duck, Horned Grebe, Lighthouse Marine Park, Lily Point Park, Long-tailed Duck, Pacific Wren, Pigeon Guillemot, Point Roberts, Red-breasted Merganser, Red-tailed Hawk, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Short-billed Gull, Trumpeter Swan, Western Grebe, White-throated Sparrow

• DNCB Outing No. 2022-41B to Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway, Reifel & Ladner, October 12, 2022

  Thea asked me to write this report this week and she also said that she wouldn’t be at the Ferry Causeway.  I showed up at the causeway just before 8.  It was a beautiful morning with the unjust rising, the tide in and a very calm sea.  It was also very lonely.  There was one

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  October 12, 2022

  *DNCB, American Avocet, Bald Eagle, California Scrub-Jay, Cooper’s Hawk, Harlequin Duck, Hooded Merganser, Horned Grebe, Ladner Harbour Park, Long-billed Dowitcher, Merlin, Northern Harrier, Pelagic Cormorant, Peregrine Falcon, Pied-billed Grebe, Red-tailed Hawk, Reifel, Sanderling, Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway, Virginia Rail, Wood Duck

• DNCB Outing No. 40B to Burnaby Lake, October 5, 2022

  Another aberrantly warm October morning dawned on Vancouver, enticing 13 birders to the ever-popular Burnaby Lake Regional Park: Brian, Louise, Gabriele, Margaretha, Glen, Jacquie, Kirsten, Lee, Margaret, Marion, Stephanie, and Thea and her guest, Catherine.  Here, a 12,000-year-old glacial lake sprawls across 770 acres of land that, together with the surrounding deciduous and fir forests,

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  October 5, 2022

  *DNCB, Brown Creeper, Burnaby Lake, Cooper’s Hawk, Garter snake, Hooded Merganser, Piper Spit, Purple Finch, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Tree Frog, Turkey Vulture, White-throated Sparrow, Wood Duck, Yellow-rumped Warbler

• DNCB Outing No. 2022-38A to Iona Beach Regional Park, September 20, 2022

  Six DNCBers met at Iona Beach Regional Park in Richmond – Kirsten, Anne, David, John, Lorna and Terry. The tunnel traffic was fairly good, but north of the tunnel the traffic was very slow. And then there was construction on Ferguson Road. A Cooper’s Hawk made a brief appearance by the parking lot. The tide

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  September 20, 2022

  *DNCB, Cooper’s Hawk, Iona Beach Regional Park, Lincoln’s Sparrow, Merlin, Northern Harrier, Orange-crowned Warbler, Pied-billed Grebe, Ring-necked Duck, Yellow-rumped Warbler

• DNCB Outing No. 2022-36B to Mt. Baker, Washington, September 7, 2022

  On Wednesday, Sept 7, 14 DNS members ventured across the border to our turbulent southern neighbour, risking surprise COVID tests, grumpy border guards, and distended bladders to scour the Washington wilderness for birds.  By the end of the day—after circumventing lakes, tramping through forests, and skirting precipitous mountain slopes—we had accumulated a record-breaking number of

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  September 7, 2022

  *DNCB, American Dipper, Artist Point, Austin Pass, Cooper’s Hawk, Mt. Baker, Picture Lake, Vaux’s Swift, Yellow-rumped Warbler

• DNCB Outing No. 2022-33A to Terra Nova Regional Park, August 16, 2022

  Seventeen members had signed up for our walk this morning, and all but a few showed up. Being a little vague, I never got the exact number (14?). We had just got ourselves together in the carpark beside the river when a young Cooper’s Hawk made a dashing appearance, accompanied by some raucous crows. They

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  August 16, 2022

  *DNCB, Cedar Waxwing, Common Yellowthroat, Cooper’s Hawk, Terra Nova, Willow Flycatcher

• DNCB Okanagan Field Trip, June 12-16, 2022

  The following report was compiled by Thea Beckman as a personal account of the DNCB’s field trip to the Okanagan. As such, a personal perspective is used in the story-telling and the determination of birding highlights, list-keeping, and identification criteria. Should you have any questions, contact Thea directly at thea.beckman@gmail.com DAY 1—Manning Park Resort & Beaver

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  June 16, 2022

  *DNCB, *EC Manning Park, Bald Eagle, Beaver Lodge Wetlands, Bighorn sheep, Black-billed Magpie, Black-headed Grosbeak, Bobolink, Bullock’s Oriole, California Quail, Calliope Hummingbird, Cedar Waxwing, Cinnamon Teal, Clark’s Nutcracker, Cliff Swallow, Columbian Ground Squirrel, Common Nighthawk, Common Raven, Common Yellowthroat, Cooper’s Hawk, Eastern Kingbird, Gadwall, Ginty’s Pond, Golden Eagle, Gray Catbird, Great Horned Owl, Haynes Point Provincial Park, House Wren, Killdeer, Kobau Regional Park, Lazuli Bunting, Lewis’s Woodpecker, MacGillivray’s Warbler, Mahoney Lake, Marsh Wren, Merlin, Mourning Dove, Northern Harrier, Northern Rough-winged Swallow, Okanagan, Okanagan River, Okanagan Wastewater Treatment Plant, Olive-sided Flycatcher, Osoyoos, Osoyoos Desert Centre, Osprey, Oxbow Trail at Road 22, Pied-billed Grebe, Red Crossbill, Red-breasted Sapsucker, Red-necked Grebe, Red-tailed Hawk, Redhead, Ruffed Grouse, Say’s Phoebe, Sora, Spotted Sandpiper, Townsend’s Warbler, Trumpeter Swan, Turkey Vulture, Twenty-minute Lake, Vaux’s Swift, Veery, Virginia Rail, Warbling Vireo, Western Kingbird, Western Tanager, Western Wood-Pewee, White Lake IBA, White-throated Swift, Willow Flycatcher, Yellow Warbler, Yellow-breasted Chat, Yellow-headed Blackbird, Yellow-rumped Warbler

• DNCB Outing No. 2022-22B to Campbell Valley Regional Park, June 1, 2022

  On what has felt like the warmest day of the year, at a positively sweltering 21°C, an impressive 16 DNCB members met in the northern parking lot of the Campbell Valley Regional Park: Brian, Louise, Colin, Stephanie, Margaretha, Gabriele, Marion, Jim, Glen, Chris, Warren, Lynne, Nicki, Rayme, Rosemary, and yours truly, The Keeper Of The

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  June 1, 2022

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Black-headed Grosbeak, Campbell Valley RP, Cedar Waxwing, Common Yellowthroat, Cooper’s Hawk, Douglas Squirrel, Orange-crowned Warbler, Pacific-slope Flycatcher, Swainson’s Thrush, Turkey Vulture, Warbling Vireo, Willow Flycatcher, Wilson’s Warbler, Yellow Warbler

• DNCB Outing No. 2022-18B to Joe Brown Park, May 4, 2022

  The seasonal weather continued its epic sulk over much of the Fraser River Delta as nine birders arrived at the lushly-forested Joe Brown Park in Surrey.  They were Marion, Gabriele, Rosemary (mother dearest), Margaretha, Mike—who had brought along Sean (a birding enthusiast) who had only just arrived from the UK—and, finally, Colin and Stephanie, who

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  May 4, 2022

  *DNCB, Barred Owl, Black-throated Gray Warbler, Brown Creeper, Cooper’s Hawk, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Hairy Woodpecker, Joe Brown Park, Orange-crowned Warbler, Pacific Wren, Pacific-slope Flycatcher, Pileated Woodpecker, Purple Finch, Varied Thrush, Western Tanager, Wilson’s Warbler, Yellow-rumped Warbler

• DNCB Outing No. 2022-17B to Queen Elizabeth Park, April 27, 2022

  11 Birders met at Queen Elizabeth Park on a chilly but sunny spring morning, eager to explore the season’s first offerings of warblers and other spring and summer visitors.  Glen, Brian, Louise, Gabriele, Marion, Rosemary, and yours truly met in the rose gardens, where White-crowned Sparrows, Golden-crowned Sparrows, and Dark-eyed Juncos stalked the lawns and flitted in

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  April 27, 2022

  *DNCB, American Kestrel, Bald Eagle, Barred Owl, Cackling Goose, Chipping Sparrow, Cooper’s Hawk, Greater White-fronted Goose, Hammond’s Flycatcher, Hermit Thrush, Hutton’s Vireo, Orange-crowned Warbler, Pacific Wren, Queen Elizabeth Park, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Townsend’s Solitaire, Varied Thrush, Wilson’s Warbler, Yellow-rumped Warbler