Delta Naturalists Society

Category: Great Horned Owl

• DNCB Outing No. 2012-31 to Minnekhada Regional Park

  A lucky Thirteen birders (Marion S, Marian P, Mike B, Gerhard L, Bryan & Janet, Ken & Anne, Jane Z, Alan B, Roger M, Kay G and me) spent a gorgeous Wednesday morning at Minnekhada Regional Park in Coquitlam.  Hi-lites included young families of Western Tanagers, Cedar Waxwings and Hooded Mergansers, a Black Bear with

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  July 11, 2012

  *DNCB, Great Horned Owl, Minnekhada Park

• DNCB Outing No. 2012-21 to the North Forty Park

  Nineteen insatiable birders showed up on a rainy Wednesday morning at Beach Grove Park and then the “North 40” (aka the war-time air base and Vancouver Wireless Station from 1941 to 1971 when it closed).  We were: Roger M, Mike B, Kay G, Eleanor C, Hamilton Lyle, Ken & Anne, Judy K and Sis, Bryan

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  May 2, 2012

  *DNCB, Beach Grove, Great Horned Owl, Merlin, North Forty/VWS

• DNCB Outing No. 2012-12 to Alaksen and Reifel

  Nine brave souls (Lorna, Hans-Ulf, Gerhard, Roger, Mike B, John MacF, Bryan & Janet and returnee Valerie) joined me on a cold, windy, rainy Monday morning to Alaksen Wildlife Management Area (WMA) and Reifel Bird Sanctuary.  Hi-lites were: Sawhet and Barred Owls, Red-throated Loons and Lorna’s tasty cakes.  See photos of the outing on our

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  March 5, 2012

  *DNCB, Alaksen NWA, Barn Owl, Barred Owl, Great Horned Owl, Northern Saw-whet Owl, Reifel, TFN

• DNCB Outing No. 2012-11 to Iona RP

  Sixteen participants enjoyed a gorgeous Monday morning at Iona Regional Park and the adjacent Sewage Lagoons.  They like their names in print: Gerhard, Mike B, Joyce M, Anne M, Kay, Japanese visitors Sachihiko (aka Satchmo) Isoe and his wife and daughter, Bev R and Dorothy, Bryan & Janet, Marian come-lately, Jonathan and Lorraine and me. 

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  February 27, 2012

  *DNCB, Barred Owl, Great Horned Owl, Iona Beach Regional Park

• DNCB Outing No. 2012-10 to Beach Grove Park

  On a miserable, wet and cold Friday morning, six “Weirdos” met at Beach Grove Park to search for the pair of regularly nesting Great Horned Owls.  This was meant to be a joint outing with the Langley and White Rock/Surrey Naturalists’ Clubs.  Anne G and Bob from Langley, and Al S from WRSN showed up,

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  February 24, 2012

  *DNCB, Barred Owl, BBRP, Beach Grove, Centennial Beach, Great Horned Owl

• DNCB Outing No. 2011-28 to Boundary Bay Park

  Nine birders (Roger & Mike, Alan & Marian, Ken & Anne, Anne M, Lorna and me) left Petra’s at 7:30 a.m. on Wednesday and just went down 12th Avenue to the parking lot at the entrance to Boundary Bay Regional Park.  Our morning walk through the Park was fairly quiet bird wise, but featured some

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  July 13, 2011

  *DNCB, BBRP, Beach Grove, Boundary Bay, Centennial Beach, Great Horned Owl

• Delta Nats “Birds on the Bay” Outing No. 2011-16 in Boundary Bay Regional Park

  About 20 participants (including several non-Deltans from West Van, Burnaby, etc) enjoyed a beautiful Wednesday morning of birding on Delta Nats Spring “Birds on the Bay” outing in Boundary Bay Regional Park (BBRP). Hi-lites of the 2 ½ hour walk were: lots of Shorebirds up-close-and-personal including Dunlin, Sanderlings, Short-billed Dowitchers, Greater Yellowlegs, Marbled Godwits and

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  April 20, 2011

  *DNS, BBRP, Beach Grove, Birds-on-the-Bay, Cammidge House, Centennial Beach, Great Horned Owl

• DNCB Outing #2011-01 to Reifel Bird Sanctuary

  Sixteen birders in a convoy of six vehicles spent a gorgeous, clear and sunny Monday morning (Jan. 3) travelling the farmers’ fields of Ladner, then Westham Island and then at Reifel Bird Sanctuary.  They like their names in print: Roger, Rochelle (without Don), Hans-Ulf, Lorna Terry, John (without Kay), newbie Ansa, Kathleen, Deborah, Bill &

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  January 3, 2011

  *DNCB, Barn Owl, Black-crowned Night-Heron, Brown Creeper, Cooper’s Hawk, Coyote, Dunlin, Great Horned Owl, Merlin, Northern Goshawk, Northern Harrier, Northern Hawk Owl, Northern Saw-whet Owl, Red-breasted Sapsucker, Red-tailed Hawk, Reifel, Ring-necked Duck, Ring-necked Pheasant, Short-eared Owl, TFN, Trumpeter Swan, TsaTsu Heronry, Westham Island

• DNCB Outing #123 to Reifel and Alaksen

  DNCB’s: I’m baaack! after 6 glorious weeks holidaying in Western Australia, with friends and relies.  Nine birders (Rick & Marg, Lorna, Roger, Terry, Anne, Hans-Ulf, Jimmy and me) enjoyed an almost sunny and raptor-filled Monday morning (Dec 13) at Reifel Bird Sanctuary and next door’s Alaksen Wildlife Refuge.  Our destination bird was the Yellow-breasted Chat

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  December 13, 2010

  *DNCB, *DNS, Alaksen NWA, Bald Eagle, Barred Owl, Black-crowned Night-Heron, Cammidge House, Cedar Waxwing, Cooper’s Hawk, Dunlin, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Great Horned Owl, Hooded Merganser, Lesser Snow Goose, Marsh Wren, Merlin, Northern Goshawk, Northern Harrier, Northern Hawk Owl, Northern Saw-whet Owl, Pacific Wren, Peregrine Falcon, Reifel, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Sandhill Crane, Trumpeter Swan, Westham Island, Wood Duck, Yellow-breasted Chat

• DNCB Outing No. 88 to Beach Grove & Boundary Bay dyke

  Casual Birding #88 Six birders (Hans-Ulf, Val, Lorna, Jim, rookie Annie and me) spent a pleasant morning at Beach Grove Park in Tsawwassen and a bit of time at the dike on Boundary Bay.  Our destination bird was the Great Horned Owl, and we were happily entertained by the parents and their two fuzzy young

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  April 19, 2010

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Beach Grove, Black-bellied Plover, Boundary Bay, Dunlin, Great Horned Owl, Long-billed Curlew, Mute Swan, Osprey, Purple Finch, Ring-necked Duck, Virginia Rail, Western Sandpiper, Wilson’s Snipe, Wilson’s Warbler, Yellow-rumped Warbler