Delta Naturalists Society

Category: Red-tailed Hawk

• DNCB Outing No. 2022-45A to Ladner Harbour Park, November 8, 2022

  Six DNCBers met at Ladner Harbour Park on a cold sunny morning – Glen, Dirk, John, Bryan DeB, Lorna and Terry.  A light dusting of snow overnight covered the branches with snow.  This made for a very scenic walk. Bird feeders at the caretaker’s house had attracted Anna’s Hummingbirds, Black-capped Chickadees and Downy Woodpeckers.  The…

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  November 8, 2022

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Brown Creeper, Cooper’s Hawk, Ladner Harbour Park, Marsh Wren, Red-tailed Hawk, Ring-necked Duck, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Trumpeter Swan, Varied Thrush, Wood Duck

• DNCB Outing No. 2022-44B to Point Roberts, November 2, 2022

  It may have been toe-numbingly cold, but with unthreatening high clouds and thin sunlight, 17 Delta Naturalists arrived at Point Roberts’ Lighthouse Marine Park grateful for the conditions.  They were Thea (yours truly), Rosemary, Anne, Lidia, Jonathan, Lorraine, Nicki, Margaretha, Liz, Marion, Pat, Brian, Louise, Dave, Noreen, Lynne, and Warren. The windless day left the…

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  November 2, 2022

  *DNCB, American Kestrel, Bald Eagle, Belted Kingfisher, Bonaparte’s Gull, Common Murre, Cooper’s Hawk, Douglas Squirrel, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Harbour Porpoise, Harbour Seal, Harlequin Duck, Horned Grebe, Lighthouse Marine Park, Lily Point Park, Long-tailed Duck, Pacific Wren, Pigeon Guillemot, Point Roberts, Red-breasted Merganser, Red-tailed Hawk, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Short-billed Gull, Trumpeter Swan, Western Grebe, White-throated Sparrow

• DNCB Outing No. 2022-44A to Point Roberts, Washington, November 1, 2022

  Eight DNCBers met at Lighthouse Park in Point Roberts – Dottie, Bob, Roger 2, Dirk, Glen, Lorna, Bryan and Terry. Bryan had ridden his (electric) bike from Ladner. Dave, a birder from Hamilton, was there and joined us. We had expected rain, but it was a glorious sunny but cool morning. On the pylons were…

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  November 1, 2022

  *DNCB, American Kestrel, Bald Eagle, Belted Kingfisher, Bewick’s Wren, Black Turnstone, Coyote, Harbour Porpoise, Harlequin Duck, Horned Grebe, Killdeer, Lighthouse Marine Park, Lily Point Park, Northern Harrier, Pelagic Cormorant, Pied-billed Grebe, Point Roberts, Red-breasted Merganser, Red-tailed Hawk

• DNCB Outing No. 2022-41B to Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway, Reifel & Ladner, October 12, 2022

  Thea asked me to write this report this week and she also said that she wouldn’t be at the Ferry Causeway.  I showed up at the causeway just before 8.  It was a beautiful morning with the unjust rising, the tide in and a very calm sea.  It was also very lonely.  There was one…

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  October 12, 2022

  *DNCB, American Avocet, Bald Eagle, California Scrub-Jay, Cooper’s Hawk, Harlequin Duck, Hooded Merganser, Horned Grebe, Ladner Harbour Park, Long-billed Dowitcher, Merlin, Northern Harrier, Pelagic Cormorant, Peregrine Falcon, Pied-billed Grebe, Red-tailed Hawk, Reifel, Sanderling, Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway, Virginia Rail, Wood Duck

• DNCB Outing No. 2022-36A to North 40, September 6, 2022

  First things first … nobody died.  It was an adventuresome day for 5 birders exploring the less frequently used trails at North 40. As I recall, it all started when Lorna said, “What’s down this trail?”  Roger seemed to think there were adventures to be had, and Dottie, Bob and Glen just went along with…

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  September 6, 2022

  Bewick’s Wren, Cedar Waxwing, Common Yellowthroat, North Forty/VWS, Red-tailed Hawk

• DNCB Outing No. 2022-35B to Brunswick Point, August 31, 2022

  On yet another scorching day in Vancouver, a party of 9 intrepid birders met at Brunswick Point on the westernmost lobe of land on the southern shore of the Fraser River. They were Thea, Rosemary, Gabriele, Marion, Noreen, David, Angela, Christine, and Douglas. Here, a long, easy, flat trail traces the curve of the coastline,…

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  August 31, 2022

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Belted Kingfisher, Brunswick Point, California Gull, Caspian Tern, Least Sandpiper, Marsh Wren, Peregrine Falcon, Red-tailed Hawk, Western Sandpiper, White Pelican

• DNCB Outing No. 2022-34B to Alaksen National Wildlife Area, August 24, 2022

  Fourteen enthusiastic birders gathered as the gates opened and headed west down the cedar-lined road looking for owls. Although we had no luck, sometime after we passed, a Barred Owl did pose for some photographers in the farthest west trees, something we learned at the end of our walk. Thea also found a fairly ancient…

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  August 24, 2022

  *DNCB, Alaksen NWA, Bald Eagle, Belted Kingfisher, Bewick’s Wren, Cedar Waxwing, Hooded Merganser, Red-tailed Hawk, Western Wood-Pewee, Wood Duck

• DNCB Outing No. 2022-34A to Alaksen National Wildlife Area, August 23, 2022

  Thirteen DNCBers plus Anne Murray’s grandson, Matthew, met at Alaksen National Wildlife Area on Westham Island. We had to wait until the gate opened at 9am. The thirteen were Anne, John, Jacquie, Lee, Dottie, Bob, Lorna, Mike, Rogers 1&2, Jonathan, Lorraine and Terry. Matthew kept us on our toes with questions and comments. There were…

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  August 23, 2022

  *DNCB, Alaksen NWA, Bald Eagle, Belted Kingfisher, Black-throated Gray Warbler, Cedar Waxwing, Red-tailed Hawk, Sandhill Crane, Wood Duck

• DNCB Outing No. 2022-29A to Joe Brown Park, July 19, 2022

  An excellent outing to Joe Brown Park. The biggest challenge was parking – we took over all the space along the side of 125A Street right to the bottom of the hill. There were 16 of us with almost no carpooling – Ken and Anne were back! and Jean too! plus Angela, Ontario Brian, Gabriele,…

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  July 19, 2022

  *DNCB, Barred Owl, Bewick’s Wren, Black-headed Grosbeak, Black-throated Gray Warbler, Brown Creeper, Cedar Waxwing, Common Yellowthroat, Hairy Woodpecker, Joe Brown Park, Pacific Wren, Pacific-slope Flycatcher, Red-tailed Hawk, Swainson’s Thrush, Western Tanager, Willow Flycatcher

• DNCB Okanagan Field Trip, June 12-16, 2022

  The following report was compiled by Thea Beckman as a personal account of the DNCB’s field trip to the Okanagan. As such, a personal perspective is used in the story-telling and the determination of birding highlights, list-keeping, and identification criteria. Should you have any questions, contact Thea directly at thea.beckman@gmail.com DAY 1—Manning Park Resort & Beaver…

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  June 16, 2022

  *DNCB, *EC Manning Park, Bald Eagle, Beaver Lodge Wetlands, Bighorn sheep, Black-billed Magpie, Black-headed Grosbeak, Bobolink, Bullock’s Oriole, California Quail, Calliope Hummingbird, Cedar Waxwing, Cinnamon Teal, Clark’s Nutcracker, Cliff Swallow, Columbian Ground Squirrel, Common Nighthawk, Common Raven, Common Yellowthroat, Cooper’s Hawk, Eastern Kingbird, Gadwall, Ginty’s Pond, Golden Eagle, Gray Catbird, Great Horned Owl, Haynes Point Provincial Park, House Wren, Killdeer, Kobau Regional Park, Lazuli Bunting, Lewis’s Woodpecker, MacGillivray’s Warbler, Mahoney Lake, Marsh Wren, Merlin, Mourning Dove, Northern Harrier, Northern Rough-winged Swallow, Okanagan, Okanagan River, Okanagan Wastewater Treatment Plant, Olive-sided Flycatcher, Osoyoos, Osoyoos Desert Centre, Osprey, Oxbow Trail at Road 22, Pied-billed Grebe, Red Crossbill, Red-breasted Sapsucker, Red-necked Grebe, Red-tailed Hawk, Redhead, Ruffed Grouse, Say’s Phoebe, Sora, Spotted Sandpiper, Townsend’s Warbler, Trumpeter Swan, Turkey Vulture, Twenty-minute Lake, Vaux’s Swift, Veery, Virginia Rail, Warbling Vireo, Western Kingbird, Western Tanager, Western Wood-Pewee, White Lake IBA, White-throated Swift, Willow Flycatcher, Yellow Warbler, Yellow-breasted Chat, Yellow-headed Blackbird, Yellow-rumped Warbler