Delta Naturalists Society

Category: Osprey

• DNCB Outing No. 2017-24 to Maplewood Flats

  More photos at our DNCB Flickr site Eighteen DNCBers spent a glorious Wednesday morning in Maplewood Flats Conservation Area in North Vancouver.  Check out the photo evidence on our Flickr site at: www.flickr.com/groups/dncb, then click the magnifying glass icon in the “Photo Pool” row, and add 2017-24 to “DNCB Photos” in the Search box at

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  June 23, 2017

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Band-tailed Pigeon, Black-throated Gray Warbler, Cedar Waxwing, Maplewood Flats, Osprey, Pacific-slope Flycatcher, Pelagic Cormorant, Purple Martin, Red-eyed Vireo, Swainson’s Thrush, Turkey Vulture, Warbling Vireo, Willow Flycatcher

• DNCB Outing No. 2017-22 to Pitt Lake

  Photos by Brian Avent (BA), Chris McVittie (CMcV), Glen Bodie (GB), Maureen Sinilaid, Pat Smart (PS) & Marty Allen (MA) More photos at our DNCB Flickr site Thirteen DNCBers enjoyed a beautiful morning walking the circuit at the spectacular Pitt Polder-Addington Marsh Park at Grant Narrows (aka Pitt Lake).  We have visited this Park annually

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  June 7, 2017

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Band-tailed Pigeon, Blue-winged Teal, Bullock’s Oriole, Cedar Waxwing, Cliff Swallow, Eastern Kingbird, Gray Catbird, Osprey, Pitt Lake, Pitt-Addington Marsh WMA, Red-eyed Vireo, Swainson’s Thrush, Warbling Vireo, Western Tanager, Willow Flycatcher, Wilson’s Snipe, Yellow Warbler

• DNCB Outing No. 2017-20 to Burnaby Lake

  More photos by Chris McVittie (CMcV), Jack MacDonald (JMacD), Jim Kneesch (JK), Maureen Sinilaid (MS), Pat Smart (PS), Glen Bodie (GB), Terry Carr (TC), Roger Meyer (RM) & Ken Borrie (KB) at our DNCB Flickr site More photos of this Outing are on our Flickr website at: www.flickr.com/groups/dncb, then click the magnifying glass icon in

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  May 24, 2017

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Brown Creeper, Burnaby Lake, Douglas Squirrel, Northern Rough-winged Swallow, Orange-crowned Warbler, Osprey, Pied-billed Grebe, Pileated Woodpecker, Shrew Mole, Swainson’s Thrush, Willow Flycatcher, Wilson’s Warbler, Yellow-rumped Warbler

• DNCB Outing No. 2016-38 to Blackie Spit & Rene Savenye Park

  Over 20 DNCBers (see list below) enjoyed a gorgeous morning at Blackie Spit and Rene Savenye Park with many up-close-and-personal sightings of some neat species.  Check out photo evidence on our DNCB Flickr site. Sightings included: Black Turnstone, Common Loons, Red-necked and Horned Grebes, Green Heron, Long-billed Curlew, three Marbled Godwits, Black-bellied Plovers, Greater Yellowlegs

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  September 21, 2016

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Black Oystercatcher, Black-bellied Plover, Cooper’s Hawk, Green Heron, Harbour Seal, Long-billed Curlew, Long-billed Dowitcher, Marbled Godwit, Northern Harrier, Osprey, Peregrine Falcon, Purple Finch, Red-necked Grebe, Red-tailed Hawk, Yellow-rumped Warbler

• DNCB Outing No. 2016-31 to Cheam Lake

  Photos by Roger (RM), Brian (BA), Chris (CM), Terry (TC) from DNCB Flickr site Twenty-two folk met at Cheam Lake Wetlands Regional Park (CLRP) to spend a glorious Wednesday morning walk, and we saw a few birds too.  Check out the photo evidence on our DNCB Flickr site. Eight of us left Petra’s at 7:45

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  August 3, 2016

  *DNCB, Cedar Waxwing, Cheam Lake Regional Park, Cooper’s Hawk, Crayfish, Green Heron, MacGillivray’s Warbler, Osprey, Pacific Sideband Snail, Red-breasted Sapsucker, Red-eyed Vireo, Turkey Vulture, Western Tanager, Western Wood-Pewee, Willow Flycatcher

• DNCB Outing Report No. 2016-25 to Maplewood Flats

  Nineteen DNCBers (names at end of this report) enjoyed a beautiful weekly Wednesday walk on the renovated trails of Maplewood Flats Conservation Area in North Vancouver.  We were accompanied and led by renowned Maplewood’s expert, Derek Killby, a Director of the WBT Wild Bird Trust of BC.  Pictorial evidence of the outing, including some beautiful

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  June 22, 2016

  *DNCB, Band-tailed Pigeon, Maplewood Flats, Osprey, Pacific-slope Flycatcher, Red-eyed Vireo, Warbling Vireo, Western Wood-Pewee, Willow Flycatcher, Wilson’s Warbler, Yellow Warbler

• DNCB Outing No. 2016-24 to Pitt Lake

  About 22 (I lost count; guesstimate participant list at end) DNCBers enjoyed some beautiful vistas and interesting sightings on our Wednesday morning walk in the Pitt-Addington Marsh Wildlife Management Area.  Check out lots of photos on our DNCB Picasa site. Eight of us left Petra’s at 7:30 a.m., car-pooling nicely in two vehicles, and made

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  June 15, 2016

  *DNCB, Band-tailed Pigeon, Black Swift, Black Turnstone, Bullock’s Oriole, Cliff Swallow, Eastern Kingbird, Evening Grosbeak, Northern Rough-winged Swallow, Osprey, Pied-billed Grebe, Pitt Lake, Pitt-Addington Marsh WMA, Spotted Sandpiper, Turkey Vulture, Vaux’s Swift, Western Wood-Pewee, Willow Flycatcher, Wilson’s Snipe, Wilson’s Warbler, Yellow Warbler

• DNCB Outing No. 2016-22 to Surrey Bend Regional Park

  At about 8:30 on another great Wednesday morning, twenty two DNC Birding Brigaders began assembling in the parking lot of Surrey Bend Regional Park, a new destination – although some in the group had explored a gravel access track, now called the Pacific Trail, two years ago after an outing to neighbouring Barnston Island.  The park,

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  June 1, 2016

  Bald Eagle, Northern Harrier, Olive-sided Flycatcher, Osprey, Spotted Sandpiper, Swainson’s Thrush, Western Wood-Pewee, Wilson’s Warbler, Yellow Warbler

• DNCB Outing No. 2016-14 to Iona Regional Park

  Twenty-eight DNCBers plus 10 Richmond Seniors (see participant list at end) enjoyed a beautiful Wednesday morning of birding in Iona Regional Park and the adjacent sewage lagoons.  Check out the many beaut photos by Terry, Roger, Liz, Pascale & Alberto, Brian, Marion S, Richard H, Glen B and Pat on our DNCB Picasa site. Nine

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  April 6, 2016

  *DNCB, Beaver, Cinnamon Teal, Iona Beach Regional Park, Long-billed Dowitcher, Northern Rough-winged Swallow, Osprey, Pied-billed Grebe, River Otter, Ruddy Duck

• DNCB Outing No. 2015- 39 to Elgin Park and Blackie Spit

  Starting at about 8:00 on another great Wednesday morning, twenty seven enthusiastic members of the Flighty Flock assembled at the Historic Stewart Farm for an outing through Elgin Park and later around Blackie Spit.  The land along the Nicomekl River was pre-empted by John Hardy in the 1880s and then settled by John Stewart who

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  September 30, 2015

  *DNCB, American Kestrel, American Pipit, Blackie Spit, Cooper’s Hawk, Elgin Heritage Park, Harbour Seal, Long-billed Curlew, Osprey, Pileated Woodpecker, Red-necked Grebe