Delta Naturalists Society

Category: Northern Harrier

• DNCB Outing 2015-35 to Barnston Island

  See more photos at DNCB Picasa website Eleven weather-hardy Birding Brigaders assembled on that rainy Wednesday morning at the ferry dock in North Surrey for only the second tour of Barnston Island.  The island, named in 1827 for Hudson Bay Company clerk George Barnston, is just over 1,500 acres of farmland and has about 150

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  September 2, 2015

  *DNCB, Barnston Island, Cooper’s Hawk, Northern Harrier, Osprey, Turkey Vulture

• DNCB Outing No. 2015-19 to Colony Farm

  photos by Liz (LS), Terry (TC), Glen (GB), Pascale & Alberto (P&A), Rick (RW) at DNCB Picasa site Twenty-four DNCBers enjoyed another beautiful Wednesday morning wandering around Colony Farm in Coquitlam.  Hi-lites were: Lazuli Buntings, families of Pied-billed Grebes and Hooded Mergansers, and a tasty lunch at the Gillnetter Restaurant in PoCo. Eight of us

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  May 13, 2015

  *DNCB, Cinnamon Teal, Colony Farm RP, Cooper’s Hawk, Hooded Merganser, Lazuli Bunting, Mourning Dove, Muskrat, Northern Harrier, Northern Rough-winged Swallow, Pied-billed Grebe, Red-tailed Hawk

• DNCB Outing No. 2015-18 Serpentine Fen and Kwomais Point Park

  photos by Liz (LS), Terry (TC), Glen (GB), Marion (MS), Pascale & Alberto (P&A) at DNCB Picasa site At little after 8:00 on another sunny Wednesday morning, nineteen DNCBirders began flocking together in the parking lot of Serpentine Fen. The area, which covers almost 240 acres (97 ha) of the lower flood plain of the

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  May 6, 2015

  *DNCB, Barred Owl, Cinnamon Teal, Kwomais Point Park, Muskrat, Northern Harrier, Red Crossbill, Serpentine Fen, Sora, Yellow-rumped Warbler

• DNCB Outing No. 2015-16 Brunswick Point from Delta Port Way

  Brunswick Pointers (RM) See more photos at DNCB Picasa website A somewhat cryptic Report from Tom’s sick bed Twenty five participants spent a gorgeous day at Brunswick Point at the peak season for migrating shorebirds.  We followed the convoluted directions to a parking area under Deltaport Way railway bridge. Kathy Ellwood brought our DNS Scope

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  April 22, 2015

  *DNCB, Black-bellied Plover, Brunswick Point, Chipping Sparrow, Dunlin, Eurasian Wigeon, Northern Harrier, Orange-crowned Warbler, Peregrine Falcon, White-fronted Goose

• DNCB Outing No. 2015-14 to Brydon Lagoon & Hi-Knoll Park

  Photos by Terry (TC), Glen (GB), Liz (LS), Marion (MS), Ken (KB), Roger (RM), Pascale & Alberto (P&A) at DNCB Picasa site At about 8:20 on that glorious Wednesday morning, twenty-one birding brigade members assembled in the Langley parking lot for an outing around Brydon Lagoon and through Hi-Knoll Park.  While waiting for the masses

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  April 8, 2015

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Brydon Lagoon, Great Horned Owl, Hi-Knoll Park, Northern Harrier, Red-tailed Hawk

• DNCB Outing No. 2015-10 “Birds on the Bay” Event in Boundary Bay Regional Park

  Photos by Terry (TC), Glen (GB), Liz (LS), Ken (KB) and Pascale & Alberto (P&A) on DNCB Picasa site About 30 “casual” birders (see names at end) spent a very enjoyable 2 1/2 hour ramble around Boundary Bay Regional Park (BBRP) on an overcast but dry and comfortable Wednesday morning.  This was our Delta Nats

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  March 11, 2015

  Bald Eagle, BBRP, Birds-on-the-Bay, Centennial Beach, Eurasian Wigeon, Northern Harrier, Northern Shrike

• DNCB Outing 2015-5 to Ferry Causeway & Reifel Bird Sanctuary

  Photos by Liz (LS), Terry (TC), Jim (JK), David M (DM), Tony (TM), and Roger (RM). Twenty-one DNCBers enjoyed a bountiful birding morning, 56 years after the “Day the Music Died”, at our “Mecca” Reifel Bird Sanctuary.  Hi-lites included rarities Harris’s and Swamp Sparrows, Northern Saw-whet and Great Horned Owls, three Wren species, and lots

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  February 3, 2015

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Barred Owl, Black Oystercatcher, Black-crowned Night-Heron, Bonaparte’s Gull, Cooper’s Hawk, Eurasian Wigeon, Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch, Great Horned Owl, Harris’s Sparrow, Northern Harrier, Northern Saw-whet Owl, Pelagic Cormorant, Peregrine Falcon, Red-necked Grebe, Red-tailed Hawk, Reifel, Rough-legged Hawk, Sandhill Crane, Swamp Sparrow, Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway

• DNCB Report No. 2015-3 to Point Roberts, WA

  Twenty-four DNCBers enjoyed another glorious sunny Tuesday morning wandering around a number of Parks in Point Roberts, USA.  Hi-lites included seeing lots of neat species, some in breeding plumage, plus 3 Grebe species, 3 Scoter species, 3 Cormorant species, and a delicious lunch in the Caffe Capanna.  Check out Jim’s, Liz’s and other’s photos on

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  January 20, 2015

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Black Oystercatcher, Black Scoter, Black Turnstone, Brandt’s Cormorant, Common Murre, Harbour Porpoise, Harlequin Duck, Lighthouse Marine Park, Lily Point Park, Long-tailed Duck, Northern Harrier, Pelagic Cormorant, Pigeon Guillemot, Red-breasted Merganser, Red-necked Grebe, Red-tailed Hawk

• DNCB Outing 2015-2 to Iona Regional Park

  Twenty-five (WOW!) DNCBers braved the very foggy conditions on Tuesday and had a decent, not super, morning of birding at Iona Regional Park. Hi-lites were few although the White-fronted Geese and a Northern Shrike carrying prey were neat.  And lunch at the Flying beaver was a treat.  Check out photos by Liz, Glen, Terry, Jim

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  January 13, 2015

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Iona Beach Regional Park, Northern Harrier, Northern Shrike, Red-tailed Hawk, Virginia Rail, White-fronted Goose

• DNCB Outing No. 2014-51 around Boundary Bay at 72nd St.

  Fifteen DNCBers enjoyed a glorious, sunny, Monday morning walking the Boundary Bay Regional Park dike path at 72nd Street.  Lots of hi-lites including: Townsend’s Solitaire, Golden Eagle, Yellow-rumped Warblers, Sparrows including Lincoln’s and a sun tan.  There are some beaut photos (by Liz, Marion, Terry, Jim) on our DNCB Picasa site.  DNCBers love their names

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  December 29, 2014

  *DNCB, 72 Street, Bald Eagle, Boundary Bay, Eurasian Wigeon, Golden Eagle, Lincoln’s Sparrow, Northern Harrier, Red-tailed Hawk, Townsend’s Solitaire, Western Meadowlark