Category: Northern Harrier
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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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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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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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DNCB Outing No. 2014-46 to Tsawwassen Ferry Jetty, & Brunswick Point from Deltaport Way
Photos by Roger Meyer (RM), Terry Carr (TC), Liz Stewart (LS), Jim Kneesch (JK) and Marion Shikaze (MS) (maybe Glen Bodie (GB) soon?) at DNCB Picasa site Sixteen eager birders bundled up for the chilly morning and set out to find birds along the Tsawwassen Ferry Jetty and the Delta Port end of the Brunswick Point
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DNCB Outing No. 2014-42 to Boundary Bay Dike at 104th Street
More photos by Terry (TC), Roger (RM) & Liz (LS) at DNCB Picasa site. Seven hardy birders braved the gusts of wind coming off the outgoing high tide at the foot of 104th Street in Delta to walk the Boundary Bay dyke to “the mansion”. At 8:00 am Roger, Terry, Hans, Bryan and Janet, and
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DNCB Outing No. 2014-39 to Ferry Port & Reifel
For one of the biggest trips, as far as attendance is concerned, we will have one of the shortest blogs due to master-blogger Tom’s absence, and I (Roger) will not list all the names due to a) my poor memory b) large numbers. Please refer to our incomplete group photo to see if you were
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DNCB Birds on the Bay Outing No. 2014-36 in Boundary Bay Regional Park
We had another gorgeous Wednesday morning as almost 30 folk (actually 26), including several Newbies, left Cammidge House (CH) at 9:00 a.m. on our quarterly Birds on the Bay (BOTB) outing in Boundary Bay Regional Park. Lots of hi-lites including a Wilson’s Snipe, some Warblers and Shorebirds with the climax a delectable array of goodies
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DNCB Outing No. 2014-31 to Brunswick Point
Photos by Jonathan, Terry, Glen, Liz, Marion & Ken on DNCB Picasa site More than 20 “almost birders” enjoyed another gorgeous Delta morning wandering along the dike path at Brunswick Point. The Shorebirds are arriving here in big numbers for their “feeding pit-stop” on their way south and we had a few other hi-lites including
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DNCB Outing No. 2014-28 to Pitt Lake
More photos at DNCB Picasa website Eight of us left Petra’s in two cars (Tom, Gerhard, Jane, Julian and Kay, Glen, Roger, Mike) to reunite on the road up to the lake when Roger grabbed a terrified Northern Flicker from under a mob of crows. He launched it into nearby dense shrubbery, in hopes it
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DNCB “Birds on the Bay” Outing No. 2014-23 in Boundary Bay Regional Park
Photos by Jonathan Mwenifumbo (JM), Jim Kneesch (JK), Greg Hart (GH), Marion Shikaze (MS), Ken Borrie (KB) will be added soon. About 34 (Wow!) casual birders enjoyed a gorgeous Wednesday morning wandering around Boundary Bay Regional Park (BBRP). This was the June version of our quarterly Birds on the Bay outings in BBRP. We saw
