Category: Merlin
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DNCB Outing No. 2021-40B to Brunswick Point on October 6, 2021
Despite a forecast of rain, our birding morning at Brunswick Point dawned fine. 14 participants turned up, more or less according to the sign-up list. Flocks of Snow Geese crowded the fields at the end of the road and more were seen in fields closer to the farm. After the walk, I contacted Sean Boyd,…
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DNCB Outing No. 2021-40A to Brunswick Point on October 5, 2021
It started off as a wet morning but soon cleared up as the walk progressed. It was a very dull morning with a high blustery wind. Photography wasn’t easy. Nine people signed up for the Tuesday morning walk, and all showed up in spite of the bad forecast. The nine were: Mike B1, Lorna, Mike…
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DNCB Outing No. 2021-39A to Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway & Reifel on September 28, 2021
The Tuesday people were lucky with the weather. Despite a wet forecast, the rain stopped before 7am. It was windy and cold when 5 of us met on the Tsawwassen ferry causeway at 7:45. But the wind had died down and the sky was clearing when 14 met at the Reifel Bird Sanctuary at 9am.…
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DNCB Outing No. 2021-37A to Boundary Bay Dyke at 104 St on September 14, 2021
Despite the wet forecast, 11 of the 15 registered Tuesday people met at the dyke at 11am.The rain was light and the tide was still out quite far. Close to shore there were a few Black-bellied Plovers, Western Sandpipers, Killdeer, Dowitchers, Great Blue Herons, American Pipits, and gulls. A few of the plovers were still…
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DNCB Outing No. 2021-34B to Iona Regional Park on August 25, 2021
Eight of us met at the washrooms or beach area about 8 AM. David & Noreen were a few minutes late as they stopped to photograph a pair of Caspian Terns sitting on a log along the causeway to Iona. Chris, Jim, Kirsten, Roger 2, Mike B2 and Lidia were already at the beach and…
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DNCB Outing No. 2021-30B to Blackie Spit on July 28, 2021
A group of 7 met at 8:00 – they were David and Noreen, Warren and Lynn, Roger2, Mike B2, and Marion S. The spit area was very quiet except for the usual Ring-billed Gulls accompanied by a singular California Gull, Savannah sparrows,and a juvenile Brown-headed Cowbird, plus several harbour seals kept an eye on us…
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DNCB Outing No. 2021-27A to Cypress Provincial Park on July 6, 2021
Seven people went to Cypress on Tuesday – Roger M, Glen, Lidia, Brian, Louise, Kirsten, and Terry. It was a very pleasant outing and not too hot. There were lots of flowers, some interesting birds and some dragonflies. Another group is there today, so there will be another report and more photos later. Our first…
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DNCB Outing No. 2020-02 to Alaksen & Reifel Bird Sanctuary
Ten hardy DNCBers braved the cold (-8C) on a “changed” outing to Alaksen National Wildlife Area (NWA) and our “Mecca” Reifel Bird Sanctuary. We saw many neat species, 50 total according to David’s eBird list (see below), and our photogs got lots of beaut shots you can enjoy by clicking on our DNCB Flickr site.…
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DNCB Outing No. 2019-44 to Tsawwassen Ferry terminal & Reifel Bird Sanctuary
Twenty-one DNCBers finally enjoyed a sunny day in Delta and had a very productive outing, first to the Tsawwassen Ferry terminal, then our “Mecca” Reifel Bird Sanctuary. Check out the photo evidence of our bird, mushroom, plant and people sightings on our DNCB Flickr site. Some left Petra’s at 7:30 am and met others along…