Delta Naturalists Society

Category: Merlin

• DNCB Outing No. 2011-38 to Blackie Spit, 104th Street and the North Forty

  Eleven birders (Lorna, Mike, Eleanor, Gerhard, Roger, Terry, Alan, Lorraine & Jonathan and Sam) joined me at Blackie Spit in South Surrey then on the dike between 104th and 88th Streets and then finishing the morning at the North Forty Park behind Boundary Bay Airport.  It was a fine sunny morning, tide coming in, and

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  September 19, 2011

  *DNCB, 104 Street, 96 Street, Blackie Spit, Long-billed Curlew, Marbled Godwit, Merlin, North Forty/VWS, Scrub Jay

• 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. 2011-35 to Iona

  Iona Morning Birders (click on photo to see enlarged version) Ten birders (Anne, Roger, Mike, Lorna, Rick & Marg, WRSN Leona, “sick” Deborah, Alan and me) enjoyed another beautiful BC morning (Wed. August 31) wandering around the beach and ponds at Iona Regional Park and the next-door Sewage Plant Ponds.  Hi-lites were several Shorebird species

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  August 31, 2011

  *DNCB, Iona Beach Regional Park, Merlin

• DNCB Outing No. 2011-34 to Cypress Mountain

  Six jovial birders (Hans-Ulf, Roger, Mike, Lorna, newbie Peggy and me) spent a glorious Wednesday morning on an “away outing” at Yew Lake on Cypress Mountain.  Hi-lites were a Merlin, feeding the Whiskey Jacks, Evening Grosbeaks, beautiful flowers and a stunning view from the new Bowen Lookout.  Roger took some photos which I hope he

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  August 24, 2011

  *DNCB, Cypress Mountain, Merlin, Vaux’s Swift

• 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

• Brunswick Point – Outing #113

  Eight of us (Rick & Marg, scope-bearer Ron, Lorna, Gord, Sam, son Scott and me) enjoyed a gorgeous Thanksgiving (Canadian) Day morning at Brunswick Point.  Our destination bird was the Tropical Kingbird (TKB) which was seen around there since first spotted at Reifel last Tuesday.  Since we had some “newbie Cas Birders”, we drove through

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  October 11, 2010

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Brunswick Point, Merlin, Northern Harrier, Peregrine Falcon, Red-tailed Hawk, TFN

• DNCB Outing #59 to Boundary Bay

  We had 10 participants this morning on our DNCB outing along the dike, first at 72nd Street, then at 104th Street.  It was a bit overcast, but mild and the tide was fairly high and receding.  We drove the back roads by the farmers’ fields and the fast developing South Fraser Perimeter Road (SFPM) construction.  Lots of

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  October 19, 2009

  *DNCB, 104 Street, 72 Street, Bald Eagle, Black-bellied Plover, Dunlin, Merlin, Northern Harrier, Northern Shrike, Yellow-rumped Warbler