Delta Naturalists Society

Category: Barred Owl

• DNCB Outing No. 2017-43 to Tsawwassen Ferry Terminal and Reifel Bird Sanctuary

  More photos at our DNCB Flickr site Thirty (Wow! See names at end) folk enjoyed another brilliant Fall Tuesday morning in Delta on our DNCB outing to Roberts Bank (aka Salish Sea or Georgia Strait) at the Tsawwassen Ferry Terminal, then through the Ladner and Westham Island farmers’ fields to Reifel Bird Sanctuary.  Lots of

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  October 31, 2017

  *DNCB, Barn Owl, Barred Owl, Black Oystercatcher, Black Turnstone, Black-crowned Night-Heron, Brown Creeper, Dunlin, Eurasian Wigeon, Hooded Merganser, Hudsonian Whimbrel, Long-billed Dowitcher, Mute Swan, Northern Harrier, Northern Shrike, Pelagic Cormorant, Red-necked Grebe, Red-tailed Hawk, Reifel, Ring-necked Duck, Rough-legged Hawk, Trumpeter Swan, Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway

• DNCB Outing No. 2017-21 to Little Campbell Hatchery and A Rocha

  More photos by Glen Bodie (GB), Jack MacDonald (JMacD), Jim Kneesch (JK), Ken Borrie (KB), Pat Smart (PS), Terry Carr (TC) at our DNCB Flickr site At least 22 DNCBers enjoyed a fantastic outing on Wednesday in Surrey, visiting the Little Campbell River (LCR) Hatchery and adjacent Forest Trail, and then to A Rocha’s Canadian

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  May 31, 2017

  *DNCB, A-Rocha, American Kestrel, Bald Eagle, Barn Owl, Barred Owl, Black-throated Gray Warbler, Brookdale EC, Cliff Swallow, Little Campbell River Hatchery, Orange-crowned Warbler, Pacific-slope Flycatcher, Purple Finch, Semiahmoo Fish & Game Club, Swainson’s Thrush, Townsend’s Warbler, Warbling Vireo, Western Tanager, Western Wood-Pewee, Willow Flycatcher, Yellow Warbler

• DNCB Outing No. 2016-43 to Reifel Bird Sanctuary via Tsawwassen Ferry Jetty and TFN Lands

  See more photos at DNCB Flickr site With the day still in darkness 9 of us met at Petra’s and left in three cars for the ferry jetty.  Roger (myself… still without volunteers to do this blog), Gerhard and the other Roger, who still stubbornly refuses to change his name to Stuart, in one car,

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  October 25, 2016

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Barred Owl, Black Oystercatcher, Black-crowned Night-Heron, Brown Creeper, Dunlin, Eurasian Wigeon, Northern Harrier, Pelagic Cormorant, Peregrine Falcon, Red-breasted Merganser, Red-necked Grebe, Red-tailed Hawk, Reifel, Ring-necked Duck, Ring-necked Pheasant, Sandhill Crane, TFN, Trumpeter Swan, Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway

• DNCB Outing No. 2016-27 to Victoria

  Eight DNCBers (Marylile, Rob, Chris, Gerhard, Pat, Maureen, Lorna, Terry) met at Tsawwassen on the 8am ferry and enjoyed another gorgeous Wednesday in paradise, riding the ferry to Vancouver Island and double-decker bus to Victoria.  Mike met the bus and the group wandered through Beacon Hill Park and along the beach.  Check out photo evidence

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  July 6, 2016

  *Victoria, Barred Owl, Beacon Hill Park, Black Oystercatcher, Orca, Pigeon Guillemot, River Otter

• DNCB Outing No. 2016-17 to Brydon Lagoon & Hi-Knoll Park

  Twenty-two DNCBers (see names at end) enjoyed another gorgeous Wednesday morning wandering around Brydon Lagoon and Hi-Knoll Park on the Langley-Surrey border.  It was meant to be a Wildflower outing, however, with the earlier Spring weather in BC and our outing being a bit later than last year’s, the Fawn Lilies and Trilliums had finished

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  April 27, 2016

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Barred Owl, Cooper’s Hawk, Hi-Knoll Park, Least Sandpiper, Long-billed Dowitcher, Northern Rough-winged Swallow, Pileated Woodpecker, Red-tailed Hawk

• Delta’s Annual Fish Release & Nature Walk at Watershed Park

  On Sunday, April 17, your Delta Nats set up their “hands-on” Display at Watershed Park for the 14th annual Delta Corporation Fish Release.  It was a gorgeous day and hundreds of kids and adults enjoyed the event from 11:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. 

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  April 17, 2016

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Barred Owl, Fish Release, Swainson’s Thrush, Watershed Park

• DNCB Outing No. 2016-12 to UBC’s Botanical Garden

  Twenty-four DNCBers (named at end) enjoyed a gorgeous, uncharacteristically sunny, Tuesday morning wandering around UBC’s Botanical Garden.  The outing was organized and led by Debbi Hlady, a Delta Nat and an FOG (Friend of the Garden).  We saw lots of neat birds and plants, many of them pictured on our DNCB Picasa site. Ten of

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  March 22, 2016

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Barred Owl, Hutton’s Vireo, Pileated Woodpecker, UBC, UBC Botanical Garden, Yellow-rumped Warbler

• DNCB Outing No. 2015-51 to Alaksen and Reifel

  About 15 DNCBers participated in our Tuesday outing to Alaksen National Wildlife Area (NWA) and Reifel Bird Sanctuary.  We saw lots of neat stuff, up-close-and-personal, at our “DNCB Mecca” for birding.  Check out the photo evidence by Liz, Pat, Glen, Jack and Jim K on our DNCB Picasa site. Leaving Petra’s at 8:00 a.m., six

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  December 22, 2015

  Alaksen NWA, Bald Eagle, Barred Owl, Black-crowned Night-Heron, Great Horned Owl, Merlin, Red-tailed Hawk, Reifel, Rough-legged Hawk, Sandhill Crane, Westham Island

• 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. 2015-12 to Queen Elizabeth Park, Vancouver

  Photos by Marion (MS), Jim (JK), Liz (LS), Terry (TC), Glen (GB), David M (DM) and Pascale & Alberto (P&A) at Picasa website Twenty-two DNCBers enjoyed our last Tuesday morning of birding (Wednesdays next month) at Queen Elizabeth Park and the Bloedel Conservatory in Vancouver.  Hi-lites included a Barred Owl, beautiful Spring blossoms and early

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  March 24, 2015

  Barred Owl, Bloedel Conservatory, Queen Elizabeth Park