Delta Naturalists Society

Category: Northern Harrier

• 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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  November 19, 2014

  *DNCB, American Kestrel, Bald Eagle, Black Oystercatcher, Black Turnstone, Black-bellied Plover, Brunswick Point, Cooper’s Hawk, DeltaPort Causeway, Eurasian Wigeon, Harbour Seal, Harlequin Duck, Lincoln’s Sparrow, Merlin, Northern Harrier, Pelagic Cormorant, Peregrine Falcon, Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway

• 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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  October 22, 2014

  *DNCB, 104 Street, Ash-throated Flycatcher, Bald Eagle, Black-bellied Plover, Boundary Bay, Delta Heritage AirPark, Merlin, Northern Harrier, Peregrine Falcon

• 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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  October 1, 2014

  Black Oystercatcher, Northern Harrier, Pelagic Cormorant, Peregrine Falcon, Red-tailed Hawk, Reifel, Sora, TFN, Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway

• 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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  September 10, 2014

  *DNCB, American Pipit, BBRP, Birds-on-the-Bay, Centennial Beach, Least Sandpiper, Northern Harrier, Semi-palmated Sandpiper, Wilson’s Snipe

• 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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  August 6, 2014

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Black Oystercatcher, Brunswick Point, Bullock’s Oriole, Harbour Seal, Harlequin Duck, Least Sandpiper, Mink, Northern Harrier, Red-necked Phalarope, Red-tailed Hawk, Semi-palmated Sandpiper, Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway

• 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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  July 16, 2014

  *DNCB, Bullock’s Oriole, Cliff Swallow, Eastern Kingbird, Gray Catbird, Northern Harrier, Osprey, Pitt Lake, Pitt-Addington Marsh WMA, Turkey Vulture

• 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

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  June 11, 2014

  Bald Eagle, Birds-on-the-Bay, Northern Harrier, Red-tailed Hawk

• DNCB Outing No. 2014-17 to Serpentine Fen and Kwomais Park

  Photos by Terry Carr (TC), Jim Kneesch (JK), Liz Stewart (LS), Ken Borrie (KB), Marion Shikaze (MS), Greg Hart (GH), Glen Bodie (GB) – click on any photo to see larger version – see DNCB Picasa site for more photos Eight people left Petra’s about 7:30 under Terry Carr’s leadership, and stopped first at Beach

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  April 30, 2014

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Barn Owl, Barred Owl, Cinnamon Teal, Great Horned Owl, Kwomais Point Park, Northern Harrier, Red-tailed Hawk, Serpentine Fen, Sora

• DNCB “Birds on the Bay” Outing No. 2014-10 in BBRP

  Photos by Terry Carr (TC), Jonathan Mwenifumbo (JM) & Marion Shikaze (MS) A huge group of about 35 nature lovers enjoyed a brilliant Wednesday morning walk in Boundary Bay Regional Park on Delta Nats quarterly Birds on the Bay event.  A few neat sightings, a lot of chat-bonding, and a finale of some scrumptious grub,

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  March 12, 2014

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, BBRP, Birds-on-the-Bay, Cammidge House, Centennial Beach, Cooper’s Hawk, Northern Harrier, Red-tailed Hawk

• DNCB Outing No. 2014-9 to Delta Heritage AirPark and North Forty Park

  Eleven hardy, or silly, DNCBers spent a miserable, rainy Monday morning walking the dike path at Delta Heritage AirPark (104th St.) and then in the North Forty “Dog” Park (near Boundary Bay Airport).  Check out the photo evidence when Roger posts them with this Report on our Blog soon. Seven of us (Roger with Mike,

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  March 3, 2014

  *DNCB, 104 Street, Bald Eagle, Barn Owl Box, Delta Heritage AirPark, North Forty/VWS, Northern Harrier, Red-tailed Hawk, Rough-legged Hawk