Delta Naturalists Society

Category: Turkey Vulture

• DNCB Outing No. 2014-28 to Pitt Lake

  More photos at DNCB Picasa website Eight of us left Petra’s in two cars (Tom, Gerhard, Jane, Julian and Kay, Glen, Roger, Mike) to reunite on the road up to the lake when Roger grabbed a terrified Northern Flicker from under a mob of crows.  He launched it into nearby dense shrubbery, in hopes it

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  July 16, 2014

  *DNCB, Bullock’s Oriole, Cliff Swallow, Eastern Kingbird, Gray Catbird, Northern Harrier, Osprey, Pitt Lake, Pitt-Addington Marsh WMA, Turkey Vulture

• DNCB Outing No. 2014-26 to Campbell Valley Park

  Watch for photos from DNCB Picasa to be added SOON We had at least 24 DNCBers on our outing this morning to Campbell Valley Regional Park (CVRP) in Langley.  It was another gorgeous day for a walk in a beautiful diverse nature setting.  Hi-lites included: several Flycatcher species, Pileated Woodpecker, colourful Grosbeaks and Hummers and

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  July 2, 2014

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Campbell Valley RP, Cedar Waxwing, Douglas Squirrel, Merlin, Orange-crowned Warbler, Pacific-slope Flycatcher, Pileated Woodpecker, Swainson’s Thrush, Turkey Vulture, Western Tanager, Western Wood-Pewee, Willow Flycatcher, Wilson’s Warbler, Yellow Warbler

• DNCB Outing No. 2014-18 to Barnston Island

  Photos by Terry Carr (TC), Glen Bodie (GB), Bill Denham (BD), Liz Stewart (LS), Greg Hall (GH), Jim Kneesch (JK), Marion Shikaze (MS), Ken Borrie (KB) See their photo albums at DNCB Flickr site. Twenty-one DNCBers enjoyed another gorgeous Wednesday morning wandering around a new destination, Barnston Island (BI) in Surrey.  Some hi-lites included good

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  May 7, 2014

  Bald Eagle, Barnston Island, Great Horned Owl, Osprey, Red-tailed Hawk, Turkey Vulture

• DNCB Outing No. 2013-38 to Derby Reach Regional Park

  Click on any photo to see larger versionPHOTOS by Tony, Terry, Marion & Ken Fifteen participants enjoyed another gorgeous, sunny and warm Wednesday morning of “almost-birding” at a new DNCB destination, Derby Reach Regional Park in Langley.  Not many birds seen, but some non-bird hi-lites were the walk through a beaut mixed forest and then

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  September 25, 2013

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Derby Reach, Edgewater Bar, Fort-to-Fort Trail, Houston Trail, Osprey, Turkey Vulture

• DNCB Outing No. 2013-30 to Yew Lake/Cypress Bowl

  Marian, Gerhard, Glen, Kay, John, Sheila and myself (Roger) departed Petra’s at 7:30 sharp heading for Cypress Bowl.  Deciding to avoid the downtown rush hour traffic, I took the shortcut via the Second Narrows bridge (picking Mike up on the way) and arrived only 20 minutes and 18 seconds after Gerhard and Glen in their

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  July 31, 2013

  *DNCB, Band-tailed Pigeon, Cypress Mountain, Gray Jay, Townsend’s Warbler, Turkey Vulture, Vaux’s Swift, Yellow Warbler, Yew Lake

• DNCB Outing No. 2013-26 to Lighthouse Park & Whytecliffe Park, West Vancouver

  Photos by Terry, Roger, Marion, and David Thirteen lucky DNCBer’s enjoyed a glorious Wednesday morning at a new destination for us, Lighthouse Park in West Vancouver, and then to Whytecliffe Park and Horseshoe Bay for lunch.  Hi-lites included: several Western Tanagers, Turkey Vulture, 500 year old trees, beautiful vistas and for gourmands, the most delicious

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  July 3, 2013

  *DNCB, Black Oystercatcher, Horseshoe Bay, Lighthouse Park, Turkey Vulture, Western Tanager, Whytecliffe Park

• DNCB Outing NO. 2013-23 Grant Narrows/Pitt Lake/Katzie Slough

  The morning did not look promising as it was raining lightly in Tsawwassen as we met at Petra’s.  Newcomer Glen,  Sheila, Terry, Kay, (latecomer) Lorna, and myself  (Roger) left for Pitt Meadows in two cars and picked up Mike in New West on the way.  Just before reaching the lake we stopped to view a

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  June 12, 2013

  *DNCB, Band-tailed Pigeon, Bullock’s Oriole, Cedar Waxwing, Cliff Swallow, Grant Narrows, Gray Catbird, Osprey, Pitt Lake, Pitt-Addington Marsh WMA, Swainson’s Thrush, Trumpeter Swan, Turkey Vulture, Vaux’s Swift, Willow Flycatcher, Yellow Warbler

• Richmond Raptor Festival

  Your Delta Nats had another awesome Display today (Sun. Aug. 26) at the Richmond Raptor Festival at Terra Nova Park.  We (Jennifer, Donna, Alan and me) set up our hands-on Display at 9:30 a.m. and there were people, including lots of kids, lined up all day to see, touch and colour our stuff; right through

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  August 26, 2012

  *DNS, Bald Eagle, Barred Owl, Cooper’s Hawk, Harris Hawk, Peregrine Falcon, Richmond Raptor Festival, Turkey Vulture

• DNCB Outing No. 2012-37 to Manning Park

  Fourteen DNCBer’s enjoyed a super “nature” Wednesday at Manning Provincial Park in the Cascade Mountains, located about 2 to 3 hours drive from Vancouver, between the coastal rain forest and the semi-arid Okanagan.  We were four car loads: 1. Comedic Leader Roger M with Mike, Kay and the affable and first-time-sleeping-in Lorna; 2. our Guru

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  August 22, 2012

  *DNCB, *EC Manning Park, Blue Grouse, Osprey, Turkey Vulture

• DNCB Outing No. 2012-35 to Maplewood Flats

  Lucky thirteen again (Jane Z, Marion S, Ken & Anne, Director of Operations Roger, Mike B, Lorna, Hans-Ulf, Kay G, Guru Anne, new photog Leona B, local expert and leader Derek K, and me) enjoyed a very interesting and comfortable Wednesday morning of birding at Maplewood Flats park in North Vancouver.  A few hi-lites of

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  August 8, 2012

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Cooper’s Hawk, Maplewood Flats, Turkey Vulture