Category: Peregrine Falcon
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DNCB Outing No. 2021-43A to Boundary Bay Dyke at 104th on October 26, 2021
Eleven hardy souls gathered at 9 AM in the SE winds and hoped for the rain to hold off during our stroll along the dyke. Lidia had arrived earlier when there were still a few sandbars, but the low pressure combined with the SE wind had brought a “Storm Surge” high tide which had obliterated
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DNCB Outing No. 2021-41B to Ladner Harbour Park and Boundary Bay Dyke at 104th, October 13, 2021
A small contingent of 6 (Pat, Manli, Lidia, Gabriel, Noreen & David) started at the parking lot and walked the road to the start of the Shirley Trail checking the slough for Roger’s Pied-billed Grebe from Tuesday that had been there as we drove in. It was hidden, but Mallards, a Great Blue Heron, and
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DNCB Outing No. 2021-39A to Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway & Reifel on September 28, 2021
The Tuesday people were lucky with the weather. Despite a wet forecast, the rain stopped before 7am. It was windy and cold when 5 of us met on the Tsawwassen ferry causeway at 7:45. But the wind had died down and the sky was clearing when 14 met at the Reifel Bird Sanctuary at 9am.
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DNCB Outing No. 2021-37B to Boundary Bay Dyke at 104 St on September 15, 2021
The DNCB trip to 104th on Tuesday was unfortunately rained out and Terry decided to try again on the following Thursday. There was a wonderful number of species, but it was impossible trying to keep the binoculars, cameras, and telescopes dry. Having signed up for both days, I was excited at the prospect of having
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DNCB Outing No. 2021-37A to Boundary Bay Dyke at 104 St on September 14, 2021
Despite the wet forecast, 11 of the 15 registered Tuesday people met at the dyke at 11am.The rain was light and the tide was still out quite far. Close to shore there were a few Black-bellied Plovers, Western Sandpipers, Killdeer, Dowitchers, Great Blue Herons, American Pipits, and gulls. A few of the plovers were still
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DNCB Outing No. 2021-32B to Terra Nova on August 11, 2021
While four of us, Noreen and David, Lidia and Marion S. were waiting at the parking lot, we kept hearing a loud sharp “aoowww”! We soon spotted a Green Heron being harassed by a swallow as it sat in a bare-branched tree out in the marsh. The heron continued to call after the swallow left,
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DNCB Outing No. 2021-30B to Blackie Spit on July 28, 2021
A group of 7 met at 8:00 – they were David and Noreen, Warren and Lynn, Roger2, Mike B2, and Marion S. The spit area was very quiet except for the usual Ring-billed Gulls accompanied by a singular California Gull, Savannah sparrows,and a juvenile Brown-headed Cowbird, plus several harbour seals kept an eye on us
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DNCB Outing No. 2020-06 to Serpentine Fen and Surrey Lake
Nineteen DCNBers had an enjoyable and productive outing to four Surrey Parks on Tuesday. It was a dry day with high overcast. The stops included Serpentine Fen, Surrey Lake and two new stops recommended by Ken and Anne A. – Goldstone Park Elementary School and Cloverdale Youth Park. Debbi’s ebird lists for the four stops
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DNCB Outing No. 2020-05 to Brunswick Point
Ten DNCBers braved the elements on Tuesday for an outing to Brunswick Point in Ladner, where we saw 26 species. Check out the photos on our DNCB Flickr site. We left Tsawwassen at 7:30 in light rain. And it was still only rain when we returned to Tsawwassen. However for our 2 hours at Brunswick
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