Delta Naturalists Society

Category: Turkey Vulture

• 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 Society

  May 28, 2025

  *DNCB, Black-headed Grosbeak, Campbell Valley RP, Cedar Waxwing, Fergus Biodiversity Preserve, Red-breasted Sapsucker, Red-tailed Hawk, Turkey Vulture

  Birdwatching, Delta Naturalists Society, Nature outings

• Delta Naturalists Outing to Aldergrove Regional Park, August 14, 2024

  PHOTO: American Bittern by Terry Carr…. 7 Delta Nats met at the 8th Avenue entrance to Aldergrove Regional Park – Dottie, Bob, Jacquie, Richard, Alan, Mike and Terry. This huge 280 hectare Metro Vancouver Park used to be the site of man-made Aldergrove Lake which was a popular local swimming hole. Metro Vancouver had grandfathered

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  August 14, 2024

  *DNCB, *DNS, Aldergrove Regional Park, American Bittern, Belted Kingfisher, Cedar Waxwing, Common Yellowthroat, Hermit Thrush, Merlin, Swainson’s Thrush, Turkey Vulture, Western Flycatcher, Western Painted Turtle, Western Wood-Pewee, Willow Flycatcher

  Birds, Birdwatching, Delta Naturalists Society, Nature outings

• Delta Naturalists Birding Trip to 100 Mile House, June 23-27, 2024

  PHOTO: American Coots by Terry Carr…. REPORT BY THEA BECKMAN: Sunday, June 23 – Travel to 108 Golf Resort  Located in the central interior of British Columbia, the Cariboo is an intermontane region sandwiched between the Cariboo Mountains to the east and the Coast Mountains to the west with the Fraser River plateau in between.

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  June 27, 2024

  *100 Mile House, *DNCB, *DNS, *Williams Lake, 108 Golf Resort, 108 Mile Heritage Site, 150 Mile House, Alder Flycatcher, American Avocet, American Dipper, American Kestrel, American Redstart, Bald Eagle, Barrow’s Goldeneye, Belted Kingfisher, Black-billed Magpie, Blue-winged Teal, Bobolink, Bullock’s Oriole, Calliope Hummingbird, Canvasback, Cedar Waxwing, Centennial Park, Chipping Sparrow, Cinnamon Teal, Clay-coloured Sparrow, Cliff Swallow, Common Yellowthroat, Dusky Flycatcher, Eared Grebe, Eastern Kingbird, Elliot Lake, Evening Grosbeak, Gadwall, Graham Lake, Gray Catbird, Hermit Thrush, Horse Lake, Killdeer, Lazuli Bunting, Least Flycatcher, Lincoln’s Sparrow, Long-billed Curlew, Marsh Wren, Merlin, Mission Road, Mountain Bluebird, Mountain Chickadee, Northern Rough-winged Swallow, Northern Waterthrush, Olive-sided Flycatcher, Orange-crowned Warbler, Osprey, Pileated Woodpecker, Purple Finch, Red-naped Sapsucker, Red-necked Grebe, Red-tailed Hawk, Redhead, Ring-necked Duck, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Sandhill Crane, Say’s Phoebe, Scout Island Nature Centre, Scout Lake, Sepa Lake, Solitary Sandpiper, Sora, Spotted Sandpiper, Townsend’s Solitaire, Turkey Vulture, Veery, Vesper Sparrow, Virginia Rail, Walker Valley, Warbling Vireo, Watson Lake, Western Flycatcher, Western Kingbird, Western Meadowlark, Western Wood-Pewee, White Pelican, Williams Lake First Nation reserve, Willow Flycatcher, Wilson’s Snipe, Wood Duck, Yellow Warbler, Yellow-headed Blackbird, Yellow-rumped Warbler

  Birds, Birdwatching, Delta Naturalists Society, Nature outings

• Delta Naturalists Outing to Sturgeon Slough, June 12, 2024

  PHOTO: Yellow-breasted Chat by Terry Carr…. 13 indomitable Casual Birders gathered at Rannie Road in the Pitt Valley at 8:50am for our walk to Sturgeon Slough. It was cloudy, but the rain held off. Rannie Road intersects with Ladner Road just south of here, so our local-area Ladner family must have had relatives that built

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  June 12, 2024

  *DNCB, *DNS, American Kestrel, Bald Eagle, Belted Kingfisher, Black-headed Grosbeak, Bullock’s Oriole, Cedar Waxwing, Common Yellowthroat, Eastern Kingbird, Lazuli Bunting, Osprey, Pitt Lake, Pitt-Addington Marsh WMA, Red-tailed Hawk, Sturgeon Slough, Swainson’s Thrush, Turkey Vulture, Vaux’s Swift, Willow Flycatcher, Yellow Warbler, Yellow-breasted Chat, Yellow-rumped Warbler

• DNCB Outing No. 2023-35A to Sidney Spit, August 30, 2023

  Eight birders had a very enjoyable trip to Sidney Spit. The weather was perfect after the stormy weather of the previous day. Brian A, Lidia, Margaret, Lorna and Terry took the 7am Victoria ferry. From the windows on the walkway to the departure lounge we saw some cute gull chicks. At the Tsawwassen terminal were

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  August 30, 2023

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Belted Kingfisher, Black Oystercatcher, Black-tailed Deer, Bonaparte’s Gull, Brandt’s Cormorant, Brown Creeper, California Gull, California Sea Lion, Caspian Tern, Common Murre, Harbour Seal, Heermann’s Gull, Herring Gull, Killdeer, Least Sandpiper, Orca, Pelagic Cormorant, Pigeon Guillemot, Red-necked Grebe, Semipalmated Plover, Sidney Spit National Park, Turkey Vulture, Western Sandpiper

• DNCB Outing No. 2023-30C on Cruise in San Juan Islands, July 28, 2023

  On a day which couldn’t possibly be more perfect, 13 DNS members hopped across the border to Bellingham, Washington, to go on a bird-watching cruise into the Salish Sea. From left to right, they were: Margaret, Lorna, Lidia, Nadine, Thea (yours truly), Rosemary, Nicki, Bruce, Terry, and Pat. Nick, Syd, and Viviane (not pictured) joined

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  July 28, 2023

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Black Oystercatcher, Black Turnstone, California Gull, Common Murre, Common Raven, Harbour Seal, Heermann’s Gull, Pelagic Cormorant, Pigeon Guillemot, Red-necked Phalarope, Rhinoceros Auklet, San Juan Islands, Sea Otter, Tufted Puffin, Turkey Vulture, Western Gull

• DNCB Outing No. 2023-24B to Colony Farm, June 14, 2023

  There were only supposed to be 3 of us there: Marion, Lindly and Glen. At 08:00 we called Lindly to check and she had thought it would be bad weather so decided last night not to come. We told her it was looking pretty good – overcast but dry enough – so she said she

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  June 14, 2023

  Band-tailed Pigeon, Black-headed Grosbeak, Cedar Waxwing, Colony Farm RP, Common Yellowthroat, Eastern Kingbird, Mule Deer, Ring-necked Pheasant, Swainson’s Thrush, Turkey Vulture, Warbling Vireo, Willow Flycatcher, Wood Duck, Yellow Warbler

• DNCB Trip to Princeton, BC, May 13 to 17, 2023

  PHOTOS ARE ON Flickr DAY ONE – Manning Park, Swan Lake, and Separation and Martin Lakes DAY TWO – China Ridge Trail and Ferguson Pond DAY THREE – Chain, Link, and Osprey Lakes and Ferguson Pond DAY FOUR – Swan Lake, Separation Lakes POSTSCRIPT – DAY 5 – August Lake, Cormack Marsh and Manning Park

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  May 13, 2023

  *DNCB, *EC Manning Park, 20 Minute Lake, American Kestrel, American Pipit, August Lake, Barrow’s Goldeneye, Beaver Lodge Wetlands, Black-billed Magpie, Blue-winged Teal, Bullock’s Oriole, Calliope Hummingbird, Canada Jay, Cassin’s Vireo, Chain Lake, China Ridge Trail, Chipping Sparrow, Cinnamon Teal, Clark’s Nutcracker, Cliff Swallow, Common Yellowthroat, Cooper’s Hawk, Cormack Marsh, Dusky Flycatcher, Evening Grosbeak, Ferguson Pond, Hairy Woodpecker, House Wren, Killdeer, Lark Sparrow, Lewis’s Woodpecker, Lincoln’s Sparrow, Link Lake, Marsh Wren, Martin Lake, Merlin, Mountain Bluebird, Mountain Chickadee, Mourning Dove, Nashville Warbler, Northern Rough-winged Swallow, Okanagan, Orange-crowned Warbler, Osprey, Osprey Lake, Pied-billed Grebe, Pileated Woodpecker, Princeton, Pygmy Nutcracker, Red Crossbill, Red-naped Sapsucker, Red-necked Phalarope, Red-tailed Hawk, Redhead, Ring-necked Duck, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Ruddy Duck, Ruffed Grouse, Sandhill Crane, Say’s Phoebe, Separation Lake, Sora, Spotted Sandpiper, Swan Lake, Townsend’s Solitaire, Turkey Vulture, Vaux’s Swift, Vesper Sparrow, Virginia Rail, Warbling Vireo, Western Bluebird, Western Kingbird, Western Meadowlark, Western Tanager, Williamson’s Sapsucker, Wilson’s Phalarope, Wilson’s Warbler, Yellow-headed Blackbird, Yellow-rumped Warbler

• DNCB Outing No. 40B to Burnaby Lake, October 5, 2022

  Another aberrantly warm October morning dawned on Vancouver, enticing 13 birders to the ever-popular Burnaby Lake Regional Park: Brian, Louise, Gabriele, Margaretha, Glen, Jacquie, Kirsten, Lee, Margaret, Marion, Stephanie, and Thea and her guest, Catherine.  Here, a 12,000-year-old glacial lake sprawls across 770 acres of land that, together with the surrounding deciduous and fir forests,

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  October 5, 2022

  *DNCB, Brown Creeper, Burnaby Lake, Cooper’s Hawk, Garter snake, Hooded Merganser, Piper Spit, Purple Finch, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Tree Frog, Turkey Vulture, White-throated Sparrow, Wood Duck, Yellow-rumped Warbler

• DNCB Outing No. 2022-30A to Maplewood Flats, July 26, 2022

  Only 7 DNCBers braved the heat and the traffic to visit Maplewood Flats: David, Noreen, Lidia, Margaret, Kirsten, Richard and Glen. That somewhat minimized the chat fest and gave the birds the opportunity to come out and be seen. But it seems most of them were also avoiding the heat. Our walk started with some

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  July 26, 2022

  *DNCB, Cedar Waxwing, Maplewood Flats, Pacific-slope Flycatcher, Pelagic Cormorant, Purple Martin, Swainson’s Thrush, Turkey Vulture, Warbling Vireo, Willow Flycatcher, Yellow Warbler