Delta Naturalists Society

Category: Lincoln’s Sparrow

• 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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  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. 2022-38B to Iona Beach Regional Park, September 21, 2022

  On a glorious could-be summer morning, five DNCB’ers meet in the parking lot of Iona Beach Regional Park: Thea, Rosemary, Chris, Louise, and Roger M. There were meant to be 7, however, and we found out that an accident shortly before the George Massey tunnel delayed Lynne and Warren by well over an hour! They

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  September 21, 2022

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Coyote, Iona Beach Regional Park, Lincoln’s Sparrow, Merlin, Pied-billed Grebe, Ring-necked Duck, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Warbling Vireo, Yellow Warbler

• DNCB Outing No. 2022-38A to Iona Beach Regional Park, September 20, 2022

  Six DNCBers met at Iona Beach Regional Park in Richmond – Kirsten, Anne, David, John, Lorna and Terry. The tunnel traffic was fairly good, but north of the tunnel the traffic was very slow. And then there was construction on Ferguson Road. A Cooper’s Hawk made a brief appearance by the parking lot. The tide

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  September 20, 2022

  *DNCB, Cooper’s Hawk, Iona Beach Regional Park, Lincoln’s Sparrow, Merlin, Northern Harrier, Orange-crowned Warbler, Pied-billed Grebe, Ring-necked Duck, Yellow-rumped Warbler

• DNCB Outing No. 2022-37B to Boundary Bay Dyke from 104th to 96th, September 14, 2022

  With a rising tide and a 12 foot High for 09:12 at Crescent Beach, the group gathered before 8 AM to catch the shorebirds moving inshore.  There were lots of Western Sandpipers closer in and Black-bellied Plovers a bit farther out with some Sanderling along the tide edge.  Without a scope the identification of the

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  September 14, 2022

  *DNCB, 104 Street, 96 Street, American Kestrel, American Pipit, Black Turnstone, Boundary Bay, Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Caspian Tern, Common Yellowthroat, Lincoln’s Sparrow, Merlin, Northern Harrier, Orange-crowned Warbler, Pectoral Sandpiper, Red Knot, Yellow Warbler

• Ladner Christmas Bird Count, December 19, 2021

  Some Delta Nats took part in the annual Christmas Bird Count. This is a short report on Area I – Tsawwassen south of 56th Street. At the Beach Grove Golf Course ponds, Chris, Jim and I had Mallards, American Wigeon, Northern Shoveler, Gadwall, Hooded Merganser, Bufflehead, Ring-necked Ducks, and a Kingfisher. Feeders at one house

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  December 19, 2021

  *Ladner/Tsawwassen, Barn Owl, Belted Kingfisher, Black Scoter, Cackling Goose, CBC Ladner, Common Redpoll, Cooper’s Hawk, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Great Horned Owl, Hooded Merganser, Lincoln’s Sparrow, Northern Shrike, Orange-crowned Warbler, Peregrine Falcon, Red-tailed Hawk, Ring-necked Duck, Sanderling, Sharp-shinned Hawk, Short-eared Owl, Virginia Rail, Wilson’s Snipe

• DNCB Outing No. 2021-50B to Terra Nova, December 15, 2021

  Photo by Terry – Thea, Lynne, Warren, Lori, Hasan, Colin, Louise, Jacquie, Lee, Stephanie, Brian Twelve DNCBers met at 8am on a very cold but dry morning. An Eagle was vocalizing at the top of a tree, and Northern Harriers cruised by. In the river were American Wigeon, Green-winged Teal, Mallards and Cormorants. We walked

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  December 15, 2021

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Common Redpoll, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Lesser Snow Goose, Lincoln’s Sparrow, Northern Harrier, Purple Finch, Rough-legged Hawk, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Terra Nova

• DNCB Outing No. 2021-42 to Iona Beach Regional Park on October 19, 2021

  We had a beautiful morning for our DNCB trip to Iona.  Even before I got out of my car, I was enjoying the sight of a Cooper’s Hawk sitting just a few metres away.  Snow Geese were calling overhead and gathering on the shore as the tide went out and there were many Ring-billed and

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  October 19, 2021

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Caspian Tern, Common Yellowthroat, Cooper’s Hawk, Iona Beach Regional Park, Lincoln’s Sparrow, Orange-crowned Warbler, Pied-billed Grebe, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Yellow-rumped Warbler

• DNCB Outing No. 2021-40B to Brunswick Point on October 6, 2021

  Despite a forecast of rain, our birding morning at Brunswick Point dawned fine. 14 participants turned up, more or less according to the sign-up list. Flocks of Snow Geese crowded the fields at the end of the road and more were seen in fields closer to the farm. After the walk, I contacted Sean Boyd,

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  October 6, 2021

  *DNCB, Bewick’s Wren, Black-bellied Plover, Brunswick Point, Cackling Goose, Lesser Snow Goose, Lincoln’s Sparrow, Marsh Wren, Merlin, Pacific Wren, Purple Finch, Western Sandpiper, White Pelican

• DNCB Outing No. 2021-39B to Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway & Reifel on September 29, 2021

  As usual, the birding day I chose turned out to be the rainiest day in the week. More than half of the signed up group of 14 decided to stay home and most of us were late. Only Noreen and David made it to the Tsawwassen jetty to peer at birds through the early morning

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  September 29, 2021

  *DNCB, Barn Owl, Belted Kingfisher, Brown Creeper, Cooper’s Hawk, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Lincoln’s Sparrow, Long-billed Dowitcher, Northern Harrier, Purple Finch, Reifel, River Otter, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Ruddy Duck, Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway, Yellow-rumped Warbler

• DNCB Outing No. 2019-47 on Boundary Bay Dyke Trail at 104th St.

  Eighteen DNCBers braved a rainy Tuesday morning walking the Boundary Bay dyke trail from 104th almost to 88th and back.  We saw thousands of shorebirds, waterfowl and other species; check out the photo evidence on our DNCB Flickr site (more coming). Some left Petra’s at 7:30 am and we all met at 8:00 am at

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  November 12, 2019

  *DNCB, 104 Street, Bald Eagle, Black-bellied Plover, Boundary Bay, Delta Heritage AirPark, Dunlin, Lincoln’s Sparrow, Northern Harrier, Peregrine Falcon, Sanderling