Category: Red-tailed Hawk
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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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Delta Naturalists Outing to Terra Nova, February 12, 2025
PHOTO: Red-winged Blackbird by Glen Bodie…. On a bright clear sunny crisp and crunchy day at Terra Nova eight DNCBers met: Richard, Colin and Stephanie, Warren and Lynne, Lou, Anne and Glen. There were also a few Nature Vancouver birders there trying to find each other amid the construction trucks fixing the road. Perhaps our…
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Terra Nova, February 11, 2025
PHOTO: Snow Geese by Chris McVittie….. 17 DNCBers met at Richmond’s Terra Nova Park on a very cold morning – Alan, Brian & Louise, Chris, Jim, Christine, Dorothy, Jean, Lidia, Susan, Grace, Henry & Naoko, Lee, Bob & Dottie, and Terry. Those of us coming from south of the Fraser were delayed by a dump…
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Point Roberts, January 22, 2025
PHOTO: Belted Kingfisher by Brian Avent……. A few birders met at Kiniski’s on a calm zero degree but sunny morning – Lindly, Brian and Louise, Margaretha and Glen. There were the usual Double-crested Cormorants on the pilings and a large flock of Canada Geese at the shoreline. We saw a number of divers in the…
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Point Roberts, January 21, 2025
PHOTO: Pigeon Guillemots by Terry Carr……. Twelve DNCBers met at Lighthouse Park in Point Roberts – Jim, Mike, Jacquie, Terry, Lidia, Christine, Paul, Dottie, Bob, Susan, and Connie. A few of us stopped first to check the shore at Kiniski’s. On the pilings were the usual Double-crested Cormorants. In the water were Canada Geese, Horned…
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