Delta Naturalists Society

Category: Red-tailed Hawk

• DNCB Outing No. 2018-43 to Reifel Island via Ferry and TFN Lands

  Check out the photo evidence on our DNCB Flickr site. Once again we began without our regular leader, Tom, who is basking in the Australian sun while we started the day shivering in the morning cold on the Tsawwassen Ferry Jetty.  Starting at Petra’s with Terry, Mikes 1 and 2, David and Noreen, PB Lorna,

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  October 23, 2018

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Black Oystercatcher, Black-crowned Night-Heron, Brown Creeper, Cedar Waxwing, Cooper’s Hawk, Hermit Thrush, Long-billed Dowitcher, Pelagic Cormorant, Red-necked Grebe, Red-tailed Hawk, Ring-necked Duck, Sandhill Crane, Trumpeter Swan, Wilson’s Snipe

• DNCB Outing No. 2018-41 to Point Roberts, WA

  Check out the photo evidence on our DNCB Flickr site. With a beautiful morning for an outing the eight birders at Petra’s (Mikes 1 and 2, Terry, David and Noreen, Lorna, Glen, and myself, Roger) left for the Point, pausing at Kiniski’s parking lot for a quick scan of the shore.  There was a bit

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  October 9, 2018

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, California Sea Lion, Cedar Waxwing, Harbour Porpoise, Harlequin Duck, Lighthouse Marine Park, Lily Point Park, Merlin, Pacific Loon, Point Roberts, Red-breasted Merganser, Red-tailed Hawk, Sanderling

• DNCB Outing No. 2018-38 to Iona Regional Park

  About 25 DNCBers enjoyed another beautiful, and productive, Wednesday morning at Iona Regional Park.  Check out the photo evidence on our DNCB Flickr site. Some left Petra’s at 7:30 am and met me and others at 8:15 am at the Iona parking lot.  Some hi-lites of the walk included: meeting some neat Toronto visitors and

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  September 19, 2018

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, California Gull, Caspian Tern, Iona Beach Regional Park, Lapland Longspur, Lincoln’s Sparrow, Long-billed Dowitcher, Northern Harrier, Pectoral Sandpiper, Peregrine Falcon, Purple Martin, Red-tailed Hawk, Sewage Lagoons, Spotted Sandpiper, Western Meadowlark, Western Wood-Pewee, Willow Flycatcher, Wilson’s Warbler, Yellow Warbler, Yellow-rumped Warbler

• DNCB Outing No. 2018-37 Birds on the Bay in Boundary Bay Regional Park

  Twenty-five folk enjoyed another beautiful Wednesday morning wandering around Boundary Bay Regional Park (BBRP) on our quarterly Birds on the Bay (BOTB) outing.  The tide was high, the weather was fine, the chatfest was illuminating, and we saw a few neat birds.  Check out the brilliant photo evidence on our DNCB Flickr site. We met

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  September 12, 2018

  *DNCB, American Kestrel, Bald Eagle, Birds-on-the-Bay, Boundary Bay, California Gull, Caspian Tern, Cedar Waxwing, Cooper’s Hawk, Franklin’s Gull, Northern Harrier, Red-tailed Hawk, Yellow Warbler

• DNCB Outing No. 2018-27 to Surrey Bend Regional Park

  See photos at our DNCB Flickr site. Twenty-seven DNCBers had a ball wandering around Surrey Bend Regional Park (SBRP) on another beautiful Wednesday morning in the lower mainland.  Check out the spectacular photos on our DNCB Flickr site. Nine of us left Petra’s at 7:30 am, car-pooling smoothly in 3 vehicles, and arrived to the

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  July 4, 2018

  *DNCB, Brown Creeper, Cedar Waxwing, Northern Harrier, Pacific-slope Flycatcher, Purple Finch, Red-eyed Vireo, Red-tailed Hawk, Surrey Bend, Swainson’s Thrush, Western Wood-Pewee, Willow Flycatcher, Wilson’s Warbler, Yellow Warbler

• DNCB Outing No. 2018-23 to Colony Farm Regional Park

  A big crowd (around 25, most listed below) joined me on another beautiful Wednesday morning at Colony Farm Regional Park (CFRP) in Coquitlam.  We saw lots of neat species, up-close-and-personal, and you can see the spectacular photo evidence on our DNCB Flickr site at: our DNCB Flickr site (just click on this). Ten of us

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  June 6, 2018

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Band-tailed Pigeon, Cedar Waxwing, Colony Farm RP, Eastern Kingbird, Green Heron, Hooded Merganser, Lazuli Bunting, Mourning Dove, Northern Rough-winged Swallow, Peregrine Falcon, Red-tailed Hawk, Warbling Vireo, Western Wood-Pewee, Willow Flycatcher, Yellow Warbler

• DNCB Outing No. 2018-11 Birds on the Bay in Boundary Bay Regional Park

  Other photos by Terry Carr (TC) and David Hoar (DH) at DNCB Flickr website. Twenty folk enjoyed another brilliant Wednesday morning on our quarterly Birds on the Bay outing in Boundary Bay Regional Park.  We saw some neat stuff, including tonnes of shorebirds and waterfowl.  Check out the photo evidence on our Flickr site at:

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  March 14, 2018

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, BBRP, Birds-on-the-Bay, Centennial Beach, Cooper’s Hawk, Dunlin, Mew Gull, Northern Harrier, Red-tailed Hawk, Sanderling

• DNCB Outing No. 2018-10 to Steveston Area

  Fifteen DNCBers spent a beautiful Tuesday morning in several park areas along the south Fraser River between No. 5 Road and ending at Garry Point Park in Steveston.  Check out the, as always, scintillating photo evidence on our Flickr site at: https://www.flickr.com/search/?group_id=3027315%40N23&text=2018-10&view_all=1. Eight of us car pooled in three vehicles from Petra’s at 7:30 am;

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  March 6, 2018

  *DNCB, Blue Jay, Brown Creeper, Cooper’s Hawk, Eurasian Wigeon, Finn’s Slough, Garry Point, Harbour Seal, Hooded Merganser, Northern Harrier, Pied-billed Grebe, Red-breasted Merganser, Red-tailed Hawk, Red-throated Loon, Steveston, Varied Thrush

• DNCB Outing No. 2018-06 to Iona Regional Park

  Tom is in Ontario – here is his abbreviated account of the Iona Outing More photos at our DNCB Flickr site Big group, 20 in total.  The participants on this morning’s outing were: Art, Glen, Jim K, Ladner Jack, Van City Lidia, Mike B, Mike 2B, Marion S, Jean G, Pat & Maureen, Jonathan, Angela

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  February 6, 2018

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Hooded Merganser, Iona Beach Regional Park, Northern Harrier, Northern Shrike, Red-tailed Hawk, Red-throated Loon, Ring-necked Duck, Sewage Lagoons, Trumpeter Swan, Western Meadowlark

• DNCB Outing No. 2018-05 to Point Roberts, USA

  Eighteen DNCBers finally enjoyed a sunny Tuesday outing at Lighthouse Marine Park, the Marina, Maple Beach, and Lily Point Park in Point Roberts.  Check out some brilliant photo evidence on our Flickr site at: https://www.flickr.com/search/?group_id=3027315%40N23&text=2018-05&view_all=1. A convoy of too many vehicles (for cheap gas) left Petra’s shortly after 7:30 am and passed through the Border

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  January 30, 2018

  *DNCB, Barrow’s Goldeneye, Black Oystercatcher, Black Scoter, Harbour Seal, Harlequin Duck, Lighthouse Marine Park, Lily Point Park, Maple Beach, Pelagic Cormorant, Pied-billed Grebe, Point Roberts, Red-breasted Merganser, Red-tailed Hawk, Red-throated Loon, Sanderling