Delta Naturalists Society

Category: Short-eared Owl

• DNCB/Birds on the Bay Outing No. 2013-10 to Boundary Bay Regional Park

  Seventeen folk (Don & Rochelle, Ken & Anne, Jonathan & Lorraine, Paul and home-schooled Quinn, Roger & Anne M, Mike & Lorna, Leona & Sheila, Jackie & Jennifer and me) enjoyed a very comfortable quarterly Birds on the Bay outing in Boundary Bay Regional Park (BBRP).  Hi-lites included: American Kestrel, Sanderlings, Common (Eurasian) Teal, Northern Shrike,

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  March 13, 2013

  *DNCB, *DNS, American Kestrel, Bald Eagle, BBRP, Birds-on-the-Bay, Boundary Bay, Centennial Beach, Eurasian Teal, Mountain Bluebird, Mourning Dove, Northern Harrier, Northern Shrike, Red-tailed Hawk, Short-eared Owl

• Report on DNCB Outing No. 2012-52 to BBRP and the Dike at 72nd & 64th Streets

  I’m baaaaack!!!  Nine DNCBer’s (Lorna, Gerhard, Paul and home-schooled daughter Quinn, Sheila, Kay, Ken, Roger and me) met at Petra’s last Wednesday, December 5 for my first DNCB outing since returning from 7+ weeks holidaying in Western Australia.  Hi-lites of our outing to Boundary Bay Regional Park (BBRP), then the dike at both 72nd and 64th Streets were:

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  December 5, 2012

  *DNCB, 12 Avenue, 64 Street, 72 Street, Bald Eagle, BBRP, Centennial Beach, Merlin, Peregrine Falcon, Rough-legged Hawk, Sharp-shinned Hawk, Short-eared Owl, Snowy Owl

• DNCB Outing No. 2012-51 72nd Street Boundary Bay

  As usual with a local outing, the group of  ten birding enthusiasts met at Petra’s to decide on the day’s destination.  If not for Sheila’s decision-making we would probably still be sitting there… “72nd it is” she says, and off we went.  The group of ten included Ken and Anne A, Jane, Kay, Terry, Mike, Sheila, Marion, the

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  November 28, 2012

  *DNCB, 64 Street, 72 Street, Bald Eagle, Boundary Bay, Cooper’s Hawk, Northern Harrier, Peregrine Falcon, Red-tailed Hawk, Rough-legged Hawk, Short-eared Owl

• DNCB Outing No. 2012-50 1. 72nd St. 2. Reifel Is via Ferry Terminal

  Due to extremely complicated circumstances, there are two parts to today’s outing (actually, just trying to avoid making myself look bad having initially cancelled the outing despite Lorna’s protestations… you were right Lorna, sorry!) Version 1 summary (Marion and Marti) Three stalwart birders, Lorna, Marion S. and Marti, left Petra’s around 9:20 a.m.  Roger and

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  November 21, 2012

  *DNCB, 72 Street, Bald Eagle, Northern Harrier, Peregrine Falcon, Red-tailed Hawk, Reifel, Rough-legged Hawk, Short-eared Owl

• DNCB Outing No. 2012-49 to 72 Street dyke & Reifel

  When nine regular DNCBs (Lorna, Marion S, Kay, Sheila, Mike B, Terry, Janet & Bryan, & Ken) met at Petra’s Café, designated leader Lorna’s first job was to assign Terry as trip leader and Ken as Blogmaster, thereby freeing herself for the important business of spotting birds.  Highlights from the dyke at the end of

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  November 14, 2012

  *DNCB, 72 Street, Bald Eagle, Long-eared Owl, Northern Harrier, Peregrine Falcon, Red-tailed Hawk, Reifel, Rough-legged Hawk, Short-eared Owl, Snowy Owl

• DNCB Outing No: 2012-48 From Beach Grove Lagoon to 104th Street

  With a beautiful sunny morning it was no surprise that  there was an 800% increase in members turning out over last week’s dismal performance.  Eight of us, Lorna, Mike, Marion, Brian and Janet, Gerhard, Terry, and Roger, left Petra’s for the foot of 12th Ave to survey  the lagoon.  Right away, in the parking lot,

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  November 7, 2012

  *DNCB, 104 Street, 12 Avenue, 72 Street, American Kestrel, Beach Grove, Boundary Bay, Cooper’s Hawk, Long-eared Owl, Northern Harrier, Peregrine Falcon, Red-tailed Hawk, Rough-legged Hawk, Short-eared Owl, Tropical Kingbird

• DNCB Outing No. 2012-1 to Tsawwassen Ferry and Delta Container Ports and Brunswick Point

  I’m baack!!! Happy New Year. Eleven birders (Roger, Hans-Ulf, Lorna, Terry, Ken & Anne, and four Newbies John McFarland, Julie, Bryan & Janet, and me) spent a mild Monday morning at the Tsawwassen Ferry Port, then the Deltaport Container Port, then Brunswick Point. We saw lots of neat stuff; some hi-lites being a Gyrfalcon, three

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  January 9, 2012

  *DNCB, DeltaPort Causeway, Short-eared Owl, Snowy Owl, TFN, Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway

• DNCB Outing No. 2011-51 Brunswick Point

  Considering how close it was to Christmas we had a good turnout on a chilly, damp morning.  Ken and Anne, Anne Murray, Mike, Alan, Kay, Donna, Tom and Roger met at Petra’s to decide on the morning’s venture.  Due to Tom having some lame excuse for having to leave early we decided to stay close

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  December 19, 2011

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Black-bellied Plover, Brunswick Point, Dunlin, Long-tailed Duck, Northern Harrier, Northern Shrike, Peregrine Falcon, Red-breasted Merganser, Red-tailed Hawk, Rough-legged Hawk, Short-eared Owl, Snowy Owl, TFN, Trumpeter Swan

• 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