Delta Naturalists Society

Category: Merlin

• DNCB Outing No. 2023-38B to Centennial Beach, September 20, 2023

  10 of us gathered this morning at Boundary Bay Regional Park: park regulars David and Noreen, Colin, Chris, Lee, Lidia, Stephanie, Warren, Pat, and me (Anne). The weather was a little cool and grey, but with sunny spells between the clouds. We decided to go around the park “widdishins” – along the back trails northward…

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  September 20, 2023

  *DNCB, American Pipit, Belted Kingfisher, Boundary Bay, Caspian Tern, Centennial Beach, Great Horned Owl, Killdeer, Merlin, Northern Harrier, Orange-crowned Warbler, Townsend’s Solitaire, Western Sandpiper, Yellow-rumped Warbler

• DNCB Trip to Princeton, BC, May 13 to 17, 2023

  PHOTOS ARE ON Flickr DAY ONE – Manning Park, Swan Lake, and Separation and Martin Lakes DAY TWO – China Ridge Trail and Ferguson Pond DAY THREE – Chain, Link, and Osprey Lakes and Ferguson Pond DAY FOUR – Swan Lake, Separation Lakes POSTSCRIPT – DAY 5 – August Lake, Cormack Marsh and Manning Park…

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  May 13, 2023

  *DNCB, *Manning Park, 20 Minute Lake, American Kestrel, American Pipit, August Lake, Barrow’s Goldeneye, Beaver Lodge Wetlands, Black-billed Magpie, Blue-winged Teal, Bullock’s Oriole, Calliope Hummingbird, Canada Jay, Cassin’s Vireo, Chain Lake, China Ridge Trail, Chipping Sparrow, Cinnamon Teal, Clark’s Nutcracker, Cliff Swallow, Common Yellowthroat, Cooper’s Hawk, Cormack Marsh, Dusky Flycatcher, Evening Grosbeak, Ferguson Pond, Hairy Woodpecker, House Wren, Killdeer, Lark Sparrow, Lewis’s Woodpecker, Lincoln’s Sparrow, Link Lake, Marsh Wren, Martin Lake, Merlin, Mountain Bluebird, Mountain Chickadee, Mourning Dove, Nashville Warbler, Northern Rough-winged Swallow, Okanagan, Orange-crowned Warbler, Osprey, Osprey Lake, Pied-billed Grebe, Pileated Woodpecker, Princeton, Pygmy Nutcracker, Red Crossbill, Red-naped Sapsucker, Red-necked Phalarope, Red-tailed Hawk, Redhead, Ring-necked Duck, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Ruddy Duck, Ruffed Grouse, Sandhill Crane, Say’s Phoebe, Separation Lakes, Sora, Spotted Sandpiper, Swan Lake, Townsend’s Solitaire, Turkey Vulture, Vaux’s Swift, Vesper Sparrow, Virginia Rail, Warbling Vireo, Western Bluebird, Western Kingbird, Western Meadowlark, Western Tanager, Williamson’s Sapsucker, Wilson’s Phalarope, Wilson’s Warbler, Yellow-headed Blackbird, Yellow-rumped Warbler

• DNCB Outing No. 2023-19B to Joe Brown Park, May 10, 2023

  Glen got to Joe Brown a few minutes before our 8am scheduled arrival and turned on Merlin Sound ID. In a few minutes it had identified 15 birds while just standing there at the entrance to the trail. But most of them were never seen as we walked through the park perhaps because all the…

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  May 10, 2023

  Bald Eagle, Bewick’s Wren, Black-throated Gray Warbler, Brown Creeper, Common Yellowthroat, Cooper’s Hawk, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Joe Brown Park, Merlin, Orange-crowned Warbler, Pacific-slope Flycatcher, Purple Finch, Red Crossbill, Red-tailed Hawk, Swainson’s Thrush, Townsend’s Warbler, Warbling Vireo, Western Tanager, Wilson’s Warbler

• DNCB Outing No. 2023-04B to White Rock Pier & Blackie Spit, January 25, 2023

  It was a foggy start to the morning with a light mist all around us. I put my hand up to be leader the night before as we were leaderless. I’ve done this occasionally before and it seemed easy. The team normally takes over. On this occasion, there were a couple of challenges – keeping…

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  January 25, 2023

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Black Turnstone, Blackie Spit, Eared Grebe, Eurasian Wigeon, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Hooded Merganser, Horned Grebe, Long-tailed Duck, Marbled Godwit, Merlin, Pacific Loon, Pelagic Cormorant, Purple Finch, Red-breasted Merganser, Red-necked Grebe, Western Meadowlark, White Rock Pier

• DNCB Outing No. 2022-50B to Brunswick Point, December 14, 2022

  Five birders (Colin, Marion, Liz, Nick and Glen) were sure that the fog was going to burn off “real soon” so made the trek.  And we were right, most of the day was in full sun and it even warmed up.  The only disappointments were the hunter returning with a goose, the people with off-leash…

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  December 14, 2022

  *DNCB, American Pipit, Bald Eagle, Barrow’s Goldeneye, Bewick’s Wren, Black-bellied Plover, Brunswick Point, Cackling Goose, Common Raven, Killdeer, Least Sandpiper, Marsh Wren, Merlin, Northern Harrier, Red-breasted Merganser, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Short-eared Owl, Trumpeter Swan, Wilson’s Snipe

• DNCB Outing No. 2022-46B to White Rock & Blackie Spit, November 16, 2022

  The on-time group was awaiting David & Noreen, and wondering where they were at 08:15.  We were delayed by a flat battery and need for a jump start after leaving an overhead light on overnight.  How often do we have to repeat this error! Colin, Stephanie, Lee, Brian, Louise, and Warren were on the pier,…

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  November 16, 2022

  *DNCB, Black Turnstone, Black-bellied Plover, Blackie Spit, Dunlin, Eurasian Wigeon, Herring Gull, Horned Grebe, Killdeer, Marbled Godwit, Merlin, Purple Finch, Red-breasted Merganser, Snow Bunting, White Rock Pier

• DNCB Outing No. 2022-42A to Jericho Beach & Camosun Bog, October 18, 2022

  18 DNCBers met at Jericho Beach Park in Vancouver on a smoky, but very pleasant fall day – Margaret, Noreen, Kirsten, Liz, Lynne, Lidia, Brian, Chris, Lorna, Warren, David, Mike, Louise, Lorraine, Glen, Jonathan, Lori and Terry. The city was barely visible in the smoke. In the bay were several huge cargo ships, a swimmer,…

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  October 18, 2022

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Cackling Goose, Camosun Bog, Horned Grebe, Jericho Beach, Merlin, Pacific Wren, Pelagic Cormorant, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, White-throated Sparrow, Yellow-rumped Warbler

• 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. 2022-38B to Iona Beach Regional Park, September 21, 2022

  On a glorious could-be summer morning, five DNCB’ers meet in the parking lot of Iona Beach Regional Park: Thea, Rosemary, Chris, Louise, and Roger M. There were meant to be 7, however, and we found out that an accident shortly before the George Massey tunnel delayed Lynne and Warren by well over an hour! They…

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  September 21, 2022

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Coyote, Iona Beach Regional Park, Lincoln’s Sparrow, Merlin, Pied-billed Grebe, Ring-necked Duck, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Warbling Vireo, Yellow 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