Delta Naturalists Society

Category: Great Horned Owl

• 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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  Delta Naturalists Society

  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. 2015-14 to Brydon Lagoon & Hi-Knoll Park

  Photos by Terry (TC), Glen (GB), Liz (LS), Marion (MS), Ken (KB), Roger (RM), Pascale & Alberto (P&A) at DNCB Picasa site At about 8:20 on that glorious Wednesday morning, twenty-one birding brigade members assembled in the Langley parking lot for an outing around Brydon Lagoon and through Hi-Knoll Park.  While waiting for the masses…

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  April 8, 2015

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Brydon Lagoon, Great Horned Owl, Hi-Knoll Park, Northern Harrier, Red-tailed Hawk

• DNCB Outing 2015-5 to Ferry Causeway & Reifel Bird Sanctuary

  Photos by Liz (LS), Terry (TC), Jim (JK), David M (DM), Tony (TM), and Roger (RM). Twenty-one DNCBers enjoyed a bountiful birding morning, 56 years after the “Day the Music Died”, at our “Mecca” Reifel Bird Sanctuary.  Hi-lites included rarities Harris’s and Swamp Sparrows, Northern Saw-whet and Great Horned Owls, three Wren species, and lots…

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  February 3, 2015

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Barred Owl, Black Oystercatcher, Black-crowned Night-Heron, Bonaparte’s Gull, Cooper’s Hawk, Eurasian Wigeon, Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch, Great Horned Owl, Harris’s Sparrow, Northern Harrier, Northern Saw-whet Owl, Pelagic Cormorant, Peregrine Falcon, Red-necked Grebe, Red-tailed Hawk, Reifel, Rough-legged Hawk, Sandhill Crane, Swamp Sparrow, Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway

• DNCB Outing No. 2014-18 to Barnston Island

  Photos by Terry Carr (TC), Glen Bodie (GB), Bill Denham (BD), Liz Stewart (LS), Greg Hall (GH), Jim Kneesch (JK), Marion Shikaze (MS), Ken Borrie (KB) See their photo albums at DNCB Flickr site. Twenty-one DNCBers enjoyed another gorgeous Wednesday morning wandering around a new destination, Barnston Island (BI) in Surrey.  Some hi-lites included good…

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  May 7, 2014

  Bald Eagle, Barnston Island, Great Horned Owl, Osprey, Red-tailed Hawk, Turkey Vulture

• 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 Outing No. 2014-5 to Reifel Bird Sanctuary

  Thirty plus DNCBer’s (WOW) congregated on this beautiful Monday morning for a very productive outing at Reifel Bird Sanctuary, our “DNCB Mecca”.  Hi-lites included: Great-horned and Saw-whet Owls, Rough-legged Hawk, Merlin and American Kestrel, Northern Shrike, Ring-necked Pheasant and lots of other species in gorgeous breeding plumage.  Check out photos on the DNCB Picasa link.…

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  February 3, 2014

  *DNCB, American Kestrel, Black Oystercatcher, Cooper’s Hawk, Great Horned Owl, Harbour Seal, Merlin, Northern Saw-whet Owl, Northern Shrike, Reifel, Ring-necked Pheasant, Rough-legged Hawk, Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway, Virginia Rail

• DNCB Outing 2013-25 to Minnekhada Regional Park

  Photos by Terry, Marion & Ken Click on any photo to see larger version Twelve casual birders (Roger, Terry, Ken, Mike, Lorna, Gerhard, Marion, Kirsten, David, John, Bryan, and Janet) joined forces in the pouring rain at Minnekhada Regional Park for an Outward Bound worthy DNCB outing.  Conspicuously absent was our leader Tom, who also…

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  June 26, 2013

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Barred Owl, Black-throated Gray Warbler, Brown Creeper, Cedar Waxwing, Great Horned Owl, Minnekhada Park, Pacific-slope Flycatcher, Red-breasted Sapsucker, Swainson’s Thrush, Western Tanager, Western Wood-Pewee, Willow Flycatcher, Wilson’s Warbler, Yellow Warbler

• DNCB Outing No. 2013-21 to the North Forty Park

  Photos by Jonathan, Terry & Ken click on any photo to see larger version DNCB at North Forty monkey tree Fourteen (one more than our usual Lucky 13) DNCBers had a fun but overcast Wednesday morning at the North Forty Park behind Boundary Bay Airport.  We were: Roger, PB Lorna, Mike, Kay, Bryan & Janet,…

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  May 29, 2013

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Great Horned Owl, North Forty/VWS, Red-tailed Hawk

• DNCB Outing No. 2013-19 to Ladner Parks

  Photos by Roger, Marion & Ken Click on any photo to see large version Fourteen DNCBers enjoyed another beautiful Wednesday morning in Delta on an outing to several Ladner parks, including Ladner Harbour, Brigantine and South Arm Marsh Parks.  We were: Ken & Anne, Marion and Roger (our 3 Photogs), PB Lorna, Mike, Kirsten, returnee…

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  May 15, 2013

  *DNCB, Barred Owl, Cooper’s Hawk, Great Horned Owl, Ladner Harbour Park, Ladner S.Arm Marsh

• DNCB Outing 2013-11: TFN and Reifel Bird Sanctuary

  Twelve DNCB’ers {Lorna, Mike, Hans, Gerhard, Marion, Paul, Sue, Quinn, Ken, Anne, Bryan, and me (Janet)} met at Petra’s for a morning of brilliantly sunny and thoroughly wind-chilly birding.  In honour of our missing leaders, no one presumed to sit in “the head chair” which was reverently overturned and decorated (see photos on our DNCB…

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  March 18, 2013

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Great Horned Owl, Peregrine Falcon, Reifel, TFN