Delta Naturalists Society

Category: Lincoln’s Sparrow

• DNCB Outing 2019-39 to Iona Regional Park

  THREE Reports this week!!  From Anne Murray, Roger Meyer & Tom Bearss, just back from his golfing trip to Newfoundland. From Tom:  Thirty (Wow!) DNCBers enjoyed another beautiful Wednesday morning of birding in Iona Regional Park.  We saw lots of neat species including shorebirds, warblers (some being banded), raptors and newly-arrived migrant waterfowl; check out

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  September 18, 2019

  *DNCB, Caspian Tern, Hermit Thrush, Hooded Merganser, Iona Beach Regional Park, Lincoln’s Sparrow, Long-billed Dowitcher, Merlin, Orange-crowned Warbler, Pectoral Sandpiper, Peregrine Falcon, River Otter, Western Sandpiper, Yellow Warbler, Yellow-rumped Warbler

• DNCB Outing No. 2019-18 to Tsawwassen Ferry Terminal and Reifel Bird Sanctuary

  Sixteen DNCBers enjoyed a “local” outing on Wednesday to the Tsawwassen Ferry  terminal, then the ponds on TFN land, then Reifel Bird Sanctuary.  We had over 50 species seen (see Anne’s eBird list below); check out the photo evidence on our DNCB Flickr site. It was another gorgeous Delta morning when most left Petra’s at

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  May 8, 2019

  *DNCB, Beach Grove, Black Oystercatcher, Great Horned Owl, Least Sandpiper, Lincoln’s Sparrow, Long-billed Dowitcher, Northern Harrier, Purple Martin, Red-tailed Hawk, Reifel, Sandhill Crane, Sharp-shinned Hawk, Spotted Sandpiper, TFN, Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway, White-fronted Goose, Wilson’s Warbler, Yellow-rumped Warbler

• DNCB Outing No. 2019-17 to UBC Botanical Gardens

  Twenty-three DNCBers enjoyed another gorgeous Wednesday morning at UBC’s Botanical Gardens in Vancouver.  Check out the spectacular photos of the flowers, blossoms, people, and birds on our DNCB Flickr site.  Photogs are Terry, Chris, Jim and newbie Kathryn, with hopefully other participants posting their photos. Some left Petra’s at 7:30 am, drove smoothly to UBC,

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  May 1, 2019

  *DNCB, Barred Owl, Black-throated Gray Warbler, Chipping Sparrow, Cooper’s Hawk, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Hutton’s Vireo, Lincoln’s Sparrow, Orange-crowned Warbler, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Townsend’s Warbler, UBC, UBC Botanical Garden, Wilson’s Warbler, Yellow-rumped Warbler

• DNCB Outing No. 2019-08 to Tsawwassen Ferry Jetty, TFN and Reifel Bird Sanctuary

  With a weather report of a strong wind from Squamish producing a minus 13 degree wind chill, I was amazed to find Petra’s DNCB table crowded with 10 dedicated birders.  It was mind-numbing just to picture us on the unprotected ferry jetty trying to hold our binoculars steady!  However, when we reached it we found

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  February 27, 2019

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Black Oystercatcher, Black-crowned Night-Heron, Cooper’s Hawk, Dunlin, Harlequin Duck, Hooded Merganser, Lincoln’s Sparrow, Mute Swan, Northern Harrier, Northern Saw-whet Owl, Northern Shrike, Purple Finch, Red-tailed Hawk, Reifel, Ring-necked Duck, Rough-legged Hawk, Sandhill Crane, Trumpeter Swan, Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway

• DNCB Outing No. 2018-38 to Iona Regional Park

  About 25 DNCBers enjoyed another beautiful, and productive, Wednesday morning at Iona Regional Park.  Check out the photo evidence on our DNCB Flickr site. Some left Petra’s at 7:30 am and met me and others at 8:15 am at the Iona parking lot.  Some hi-lites of the walk included: meeting some neat Toronto visitors and

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  September 19, 2018

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, California Gull, Caspian Tern, Iona Beach Regional Park, Lapland Longspur, Lincoln’s Sparrow, Long-billed Dowitcher, Northern Harrier, Pectoral Sandpiper, Peregrine Falcon, Purple Martin, Red-tailed Hawk, Sewage Lagoons, Spotted Sandpiper, Western Meadowlark, Western Wood-Pewee, Willow Flycatcher, Wilson’s Warbler, Yellow Warbler, Yellow-rumped Warbler

• DNCB Outing No. 2017-36 Birds on the Bay in Boundary Bay Regional Park

  More photos at our DNCB Flickr site Around twenty participants enjoyed another glorious Wednesday morning on our quarterly Birds on the Bay outing in Boundary Bay Regional Park.  We reversed our route to accommodate the tide and had some neat sightings.  Check out some spectacular photo evidence on our Flickr site at: www.flickr.com/groups/dncb, then click

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  September 13, 2017

  *DNCB, BBRP, Birds-on-the-Bay, Caspian Tern, Cedar Waxwing, Centennial Beach, Least Sandpiper, Lincoln’s Sparrow, Northern Harrier, Orange-crowned Warbler, Purple Martin, Red-tailed Hawk, Western Sandpiper

• DNCB Outing No. 2017-15 to Ladner Parks

  Photos by Terry Carr (TC), Glen Bodie (GB), Brian Avent (BA), Chris McVittie (CMcV), David Hoar (DH) & Roger Meyer (RM). More photos at our DNCB Flickr site Thirteen DNCBers enjoyed a surprisingly almost-rainfree and birdy Wednesday morning wandering through a few parks in Ladner.  Enjoy the close-up-and-personal photos on our Flickr website at: www.flickr.com/groups/dncb,

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  April 19, 2017

  *DNCB, Brown Creeper, Dunlin, Ladner Harbour Park, Ladner S.Arm Marsh, Lincoln’s Sparrow, Orange-crowned Warbler, Wilson’s Snipe, Wilson’s Warbler, Yellow Warbler

• DNCB Outing No. 2017-11 to Brunswick Point

  It was another wet and rainy Tuesday morning with only six DNCBers braving the “normal” BC elements at Brunswick Point… We estimated 60,000 shorebirds (wish we could ID the different species) were feeding at Roberts Bank this morning, along with the thousands of ducks, mostly Green-winged Teal, Northern Pintail, American Wigeon and Mallards. About 20…

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  March 21, 2017

  Bald Eagle, Black-bellied Plover, Brunswick Point, Dunlin, Lincoln’s Sparrow, Long-eared Owl, Mountain Bluebird, Mute Swan, Northern Harrier, Red-breasted Merganser, Ring-necked Pheasant, Trumpeter Swan

• DNCB Outing No. 2017-01 to Tsawwassen Ferry Port & Brunswick Point

  more photos at our DNCB Flickr site Part 1:  Sightings with Tom (by Tom Bearss) Ferry Terminal:  Scaup (probably Greater), one Brant, rafts of thousands of ducks, mostly Mallard, Northern Pintail and American Wigeon (at least one Eurasian), Bufflehead, both Common and Barrow’s Goldeneye, both Double-crested and Pelagic Cormorants, Green-winged Teal, a swarm of over

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  January 3, 2017

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Barrow’s Goldeneye, Black Scoter, Black-bellied Plover, Brunswick Point, Cooper’s Hawk, Dunlin, Eurasian Wigeon, Lincoln’s Sparrow, Long-billed Dowitcher, Mute Swan, Northern Harrier, Northern Shrike, Pelagic Cormorant, Peregrine Falcon, Red-breasted Merganser, Ring-necked Pheasant, River Otter, Short-eared Owl, Trumpeter Swan, Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway, Western Meadowlark, Western Sandpiper

• DNCB Outing No. 2016-40 to Queen Elizabeth Park

  Fourteen DNCBers spent an overcast but dry and comfortable Tuesday morning wandering around the gorgeous flower beds of Queen Elizabeth Park in downtown Vancouver.  There seemed to be a “fallout” of Warblers in the trees so we had lots of neat sightings; check out the photo evidence on our DNCB Flickr site and Roger’s Flickr

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  October 4, 2016

  *DNCB, Cooper’s Hawk, Hermit Thrush, Lincoln’s Sparrow, Northern Harrier, Orange-crowned Warbler, Queen Elizabeth Park, Yellow-rumped Warbler