Category: Red-tailed Hawk
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Joe Brown & Colebrook Parks, April 29, 2026
PHOTO: Juvenile Red-tailed Hawk by Bob Winston……….. Wednesday provided a fine warm morning for a bird walk at Surrey’s Joe Brown Park. The turnout was 24 eyeballs (12 birders) all of which were needed to spy out the scarce birds present. Birders were Alan, Bob, Colin, Dorothy, Dottie, Lidia, Lorna, Margaretha, Stephanie, Susan, Teresa and Terry. …
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway & Tsawwassen First Nation Dyke, March 23, 2026
PHOTO: Dunlin & Hudsonian Whimbrels by Terry Carr….. Since the Tuesday forecast was very wet again, some of us decided to move the outing to Monday. It was a gorgeous day. Nine birders met at the Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway. A large flock of Dunlin was putting on a display – flying and landing. There were…
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Terra Nova, February 25, 2026
PHOTO: Pied-billed Grebes by Colin Huggett….. Our group met up at Terra Nova Park on River Road in Richmond. We were Bruce, Nicki, Lindly, Brian, Louise, Colin, Stephanie, Anne, Jeff and new member Ron. Scanning the foreshore we saw hundreds of gulls and several species of waterfowl but once the group was together we crossed…
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Terra Nova, February 24, 2026
PHOTO: Red-tailed Hawk by Chris McVittie…… Nine Delta Nats met at Terra Nova Rural Park in Richmond on a cold, clear morning – Terry, Chris, Teresa, Dottie, Connie, Jim, Bob, Dorothy and TK. There were lovely views across the river to the Vancouver Airport and the snow-capped North Shore Mountains. In the river were American…
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Delta Naturalists Outing to White Rock & Blackie Spit, February 3, 2026
PHOTO: Anna’s Hummingbird by Christine Gaio…… Thirteen birders met at White Rock Pier at the tail end of a gorgeous sunrise – Terry, Deems, Chris, Bob, Margaret, Lidia, Dorothy, Pat, Teresa, Lee, Dottie, Jacquie, Fen. There were great views of Mount Baker and of Blaine’s Semiahmoo Resort. There were fewer birds than usual near the…
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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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