Category: Northern Harrier
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DNCB Outing No. 2022-50A to Brunswick Point & Boundary Bay Dyke at 72 St, December 13, 2022
Ten DNCBers met at Brunswick Point on a cool, calm morning – Grant, Lee, John, Jim, Roger, Mike, Bryan D, Margareta, Lori and Terry. In the fields at the side of the road were Dunlin, Black-bellied Plovers, Mallards, White-crowned and Golden-crowned Sparrows. Lee saw a Tree Sparrow, but it disappeared before the rest of us
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DNCB Outing No. 2022-49C to Boundary Bay Dyke at 72nd, December 8, 2022
Thursday December 8, a tiny contingent of six Delta Naturalists (Dirk, Syd, Margaretha, Liz W, Roger, and myself) went to 72nd dyke to look for the Mountain Bluebird as reported on Metro Vancouver’s Rare Bird Alert Monday Dec. 5. We were fortunate to see a bright vibrant blue male feeding close to the dyke 200 metres east of
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DNCB Outing No. 2022-48A to Boundary Bay Dyke, November 29, 2022
Seven DNCBers met at 104th Street at 8am on a very cold morning – Marion, John, Lidia, Colin, Stephanie, Lorna and Terry. We were here to watch the rising tide bring shorebids close to shore. Large flocks of gulls, ducks and shorebirds were still a long way out. A Northern Harrier flew by, and several
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DNCB Outing No. 2022-45C to Port Townsend, Washington, November 10, 2022
On Thursday November 10, Thea, Rosemary, Jonathan, Lorraine, Terry, Bryan, Janet, Estelle, and Lorna plunged south in the predawn gloom on a day trip to Port Townsend in the United States. Lidia overnighted in Coupeville and met us at the Keystone Ferry Terminal, so there were 10 of us in total. The day dawned overcast
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DNCB Outing No. 2022-44A to Point Roberts, Washington, November 1, 2022
Eight DNCBers met at Lighthouse Park in Point Roberts – Dottie, Bob, Roger 2, Dirk, Glen, Lorna, Bryan and Terry. Bryan had ridden his (electric) bike from Ladner. Dave, a birder from Hamilton, was there and joined us. We had expected rain, but it was a glorious sunny but cool morning. On the pylons were
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DNCB Outing No. 2022-43A to Centennial Beach, Boundary Bay Regional Park, October 25, 2022
Five DNCBers met at Centennial Beach ahead of the forecasted rain – Roger, Mike, Dirk, John and Terry. Dottie and Bob were there too, but we did not see them until later. Margaretha joined us briefly at the end. We started at the pond, which usually has a variety of ducks – but only Mallards
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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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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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DNCB Outing No. 2022-37B to Boundary Bay Dyke from 104th to 96th, September 14, 2022
With a rising tide and a 12 foot High for 09:12 at Crescent Beach, the group gathered before 8 AM to catch the shorebirds moving inshore. There were lots of Western Sandpipers closer in and Black-bellied Plovers a bit farther out with some Sanderling along the tide edge. Without a scope the identification of the
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DNCB Outing No. 2022-37A to Boundary Bay Dyke & Centennial Beach, September 13, 2022
Twelve DNCBers met at 7am on Boundary Bay Dyke at 104th. Street – Roger, Dottie, Bob, Jacquie, Deems, John, Margaret, Jonathan, Lorraine, Bryan, Lorna and Terry. The early start was so that we would be there an hour before high tide to watch the shorebirds move in on the rising tide. Unfortunately the high tide
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