Category: Red-tailed Hawk
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Jackman Wetlands & Aldergrove Regional Park, January 14, 2026
PHOTO: Hooded Merganser by Pat Smart….. At 9am on January 14, 7 of us met at Jackman Wetlands in Aldergrove. We were Bruce, Nicki, Lindly, Anne, Colin, Susan and Stephanie. We ran into Pat late in the walk, heading in the opposite direction. Barely out of the parking lot we heard the “tsee, tsee, tsee”
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Jackman Wetlands & Aldergrove Regional Park, January 13, 2026
PHOTO: Bewick’s Wren by Terry Carr…. Nine Delta Nats met at Jackman Wetlands in Langley – Bob, Terry, Teresa, Connie, Christine, Freddie, Margaret, Claude and Dottie. Debbi arrived for her walk as we were leaving. Around the parking lot were Crows, Starlings and White-crowned Sparrows. A small raptor on a distant branch was probably a
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway & Reifel, December 2, 2025
PHOTO: Hudsonian Whimbrels by Glen Bodie….. Six Delta Nats met at the Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway on a cool, cloudy morning. On the north side of the causeway were Common Loons, Wigeon and Green-winged Teal. We crossed carefully to the south side of the causeway where there was much more activity – Harlequins, Common Goldeneye, Mallards,
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Ladner Harbour Park, October 29, 2025
PHOTO: Ruby-crowned Kinglet by Glen Bodie…. Eleven of us gathered in the parking lot by the caretaker’s house where the feeders had plenty of seed and small birds were taking advantage of this. Glen was going to start with us on Shirley’s trail but not continue far and Margaretha joined us then keeping our total
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Iona Beach Regional Park, October 14, 2025
PHOTO: Great Blue Herons by Jonathan Mwenifumbo….. 8 Delta Nats met at Iona Beach Regional Park in Richmond on a gorgeous autumn morning – Terry, Dorothy, TK, Lidia, Lorraine, Connie, Lorna and Jonathan. Those of us coming from south of the Fraser had terrible traffic to deal with. A pair of Eagles were perched in
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Blackie Spit, September 30, 2025
PHOTO: Steller’s Jay with Acorn, by Susan Gemeinhardt…. Five Delta Naturalists met (casually, of course) in the Blackie Spit parking lot on a beautiful morning: Bob, Dottie, Connie, Colin and Susan. Given that there had been heavy rain the day before and more was predicted in the evening, we felt lucky to feel the sun
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Campbell Valley Regional Park, August 13, 2025
PHOTO: Brown Creeper by David Hoar….. About 8:10 Margaretha, Noreen and I headed east from the parking lot to the bridge and en route saw Song Sparrows and Dark-eyed Juncos. As we arrived at the bridge a Belted Kingfisher departed southwards and we later got a look at this noisy bird as we scanned for
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway & Reifel, June 4, 2025
PHOTO: Red-tailed Hawk by Christine Gaio…. Three of us met at the ferry causeway – Freddie, Lorna and Terry. The tide was fairly low and there were very few birds. Most of the waterbirds have headed to interior lakes for breeding. There was a solitary Black Oystercatcher and a very curious baby Yellow-bellied Marmot. The
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Campbell Valley Regional Park, May 28, 2025
PHOTO: Black-headed Grosbeak by Terry Carr…. Ten Delta Nats met at Campbell Valley Regional Park in Langley – Margaret, Richard, Terry, Connie, Lynne, Warren, Freddie, Dorothy, Margaretha, Claude. The birds seemed to be few and far between on our shady forest walk. Merlin teased us with songs of birds that we could not see. We
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway & Reifel, March 5, 2025
PHOTO: Great Blue Heron Colony by Terry Carr… Pat, Dorothy and Terry met on the Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway in bright sunshine. The tide was high and there were only a few of each duck species close to shore – Mallards, Bufflehead, American Wigeon, Common and Barrow’s Goldeneye, Scaup and Surf Scoters – no large flocks.
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