Delta Naturalists Society

Category: Chipping Sparrow

• Delta Naturalists Outing to Manning Park, July 8, 2025

  PHOTO: Cascade Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel by Terry Carr… Six Delta Nats met at the parking lot by Manning Park Resort – Carolyn, Bill, Lee, Margaret, Connie and Terry. Much of the parking area is now reserved by a bank of Tesla charging stations and a few other EV charging stations. The picnic area had the

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  July 8, 2025

  *DNCB, *EC Manning Park, Chipping Sparrow, Evening Grosbeak, Yellow-pine Chipmunk

  Birdwatching, Delta Naturalists Society, Nature outings

• Delta Naturalists Outing to Brydon Lagoon & Hi-Knoll Park, April 16, 2025

  PHOTO: Common Merganser by Glen Bodie…. 8 DNCBers met at the Brydon Lagoon parking on a sunny morning: Warren and Lynne, Claude and Freddie, Colin, Richard, Anne and Glen. The birds were entertaining us right from the start in the parking lot – Canada Geese, American Goldfinch, Song Sparrow, House Sparrow and Anna’s Hummingbird. We

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  April 16, 2025

  *DNCB, Chipping Sparrow, Orange-crowned Warbler, Pink Fawn Lily, Ring-necked Duck, Ruddy Duck, White Fawn Lily, Wood Duck, Yellow-rumped Warbler

  Birdwatching, Delta Naturalists Society, Nature outings

• Delta Naturalists Outing to Manning Park, July 9, 2024

  PHOTO: Paintbrush Trail by Terry Carr…. Eleven Delta Nats met at Manning Park Resort on the hottest day of the year. Some had wisely driven up the day before and spent the night there. On the way up some of us stopped near the park entrance to look for Pikas. These little rodents were scurrying

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  July 9, 2024

  *DNCB, *DNS, *EC Manning Park, Birds, Cascade Golden-Mantled Ground Squirrel, Cascade Lookout, Chipping Sparrow, Clark’s Nutcracker, Columbian Ground Squirrel, Lightning Lake, Pika, Spotted Sandpiper, Yellow-pine Chipmunk

  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

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• DNCB Outing No. 2023-29A to Victoria, July 18, 2023

  Five Delta Nats met in the Tsawwassen ferry terminal for the 7am ferry to Swartz Bay – Lidia, Margaret, Lee, Lorna and Terry. From the windows on the walkway to the passenger waiting room we saw several very cute gull chicks on the roof. From the ferry we could not see the Brown Pelicans that

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  July 18, 2023

  *DNCB, *Victoria, Bald Eagle, Beacon Hill Park, Bewick’s Wren, Brown Pelican, Chipping Sparrow, Cooper’s Hawk, Indian Peafowl, Olympic Gull, Pigeon Guillemot, Western Tanager

• 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. 2022-25B to Sturgeon Slough in Pitt Meadows, June 22, 2022

  On a morning with threatening skies, 13 DNCBers ventured forth in the wilds north of Pitt Meadows in search of 2 target birds: the Yellow-breasted Chat and the Lazuli Bunting – both seen before, and known to frequent Sturgeon Slough.  The 13 were Terry, Brian and Louise, Mike, Lorna, Gabriele, Lidia, Jonathan, Roger, Richard, Margaretha,

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  June 22, 2022

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Belted Kingfisher, Black-headed Grosbeak, Bullock’s Oriole, Cedar Waxwing, Chipping Sparrow, Cliff Swallow, Common Yellowthroat, Eastern Kingbird, Lazuli Bunting, Osprey, Sturgeon Slough, Turkey Vulture, Vaux’s Swift, Willow Flycatcher, Wood Duck, Yellow Warbler, Yellow-breasted Chat

• DNCB Outing No. 2022-17B to Queen Elizabeth Park, April 27, 2022

  11 Birders met at Queen Elizabeth Park on a chilly but sunny spring morning, eager to explore the season’s first offerings of warblers and other spring and summer visitors.  Glen, Brian, Louise, Gabriele, Marion, Rosemary, and yours truly met in the rose gardens, where White-crowned Sparrows, Golden-crowned Sparrows, and Dark-eyed Juncos stalked the lawns and flitted in

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  April 27, 2022

  *DNCB, American Kestrel, Bald Eagle, Barred Owl, Cackling Goose, Chipping Sparrow, Cooper’s Hawk, Greater White-fronted Goose, Hammond’s Flycatcher, Hermit Thrush, Hutton’s Vireo, Orange-crowned Warbler, Pacific Wren, Queen Elizabeth Park, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Townsend’s Solitaire, Varied Thrush, Wilson’s Warbler, Yellow-rumped Warbler

• DNCB Outing No. 2021-25B to Sturgeon Slough on June 23, 2021

  It was another gorgeous day, a little hazy, but mostly not too hot. A group of five on Wed met at 8:30ish. We watched Purple Martins actively building nests on and in old pylons, some in cavities in the post sides, and others in cavities on the tops of the posts. We forget sometimes that

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  June 23, 2021

  *DNCB, Black-headed Grosbeak, Bullock’s Oriole, Chipping Sparrow, Gray Catbird, Kings Links GC, Lazuli Bunting, Osprey, Purple Martin, Sturgeon Slough, Willow Flycatcher, Yellow Warbler, Yellow-breasted Chat

• DNCB – Sturgeon Slough June 4, 2021

  COVID response measures meant that we could have large group outings. The previous official DNCB Outing was on 10 March 2020 (2020-10 to Iona Regional Park). Here is a summary of some individual and small group outings since then (with Flickr photo links). Some people added photos to the group Flickr site. (Flickr) June 4, 2021

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  June 4, 2021

  *DNCB, Black-headed Grosbeak, Bullock’s Oriole, Cedar Waxwing, Chipping Sparrow, Eastern Kingbird, Gray Catbird, Lazuli Bunting, Sturgeon Slough, Swainson’s Thrush, Willow Flycatcher, Yellow Warbler, Yellow-breasted Chat

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