Delta Naturalists Society

Category: Black-bellied Plover

• DNCB Outing No. 2014-46 to Tsawwassen Ferry Jetty, & Brunswick Point from Deltaport Way

  Photos by Roger Meyer (RM), Terry Carr (TC), Liz Stewart (LS), Jim Kneesch (JK) and Marion Shikaze (MS) (maybe Glen Bodie (GB) soon?) at DNCB Picasa site Sixteen eager birders bundled up for the chilly morning and set out to find birds along the Tsawwassen Ferry Jetty and the Delta Port end of the Brunswick Point

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  November 19, 2014

  *DNCB, American Kestrel, Bald Eagle, Black Oystercatcher, Black Turnstone, Black-bellied Plover, Brunswick Point, Cooper’s Hawk, DeltaPort Causeway, Eurasian Wigeon, Harbour Seal, Harlequin Duck, Lincoln’s Sparrow, Merlin, Northern Harrier, Pelagic Cormorant, Peregrine Falcon, Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway

• DNCB Outing No. 2014-42 to Boundary Bay Dike at 104th Street

  More photos by Terry (TC), Roger (RM) & Liz (LS) at DNCB Picasa site. Seven hardy birders braved the gusts of wind coming off the outgoing high tide at the foot of 104th Street in Delta to walk the Boundary Bay dyke to “the mansion”. At 8:00 am Roger, Terry, Hans, Bryan and Janet, and

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  October 22, 2014

  *DNCB, 104 Street, Ash-throated Flycatcher, Bald Eagle, Black-bellied Plover, Boundary Bay, Delta Heritage AirPark, Merlin, Northern Harrier, Peregrine Falcon

• DNCB Outing No. 2014-38 to 104th St. on BBRP Trail

  Our outing to 104th St. on the BBRP dike trail was very abbreviated as it rained very heavily.  Surprisingly, we started with 12 folk, Ken B, WR Al & Pauline, newbies Liz Walker and her son, Mike B, Marylile & Rob, Otto and me.  The Wimps left after our target bird, the Ash-throated Flycatcher, refused

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  September 24, 2014

  *DNCB, 104 Street, American Pipit, BBRP, Black-bellied Plover, Cackling Goose, Centennial Beach, Greater White-fronted Goose, Long-billed Dowitcher

• DNCB Outing No. 2013-50 to Boundary Bay Dike Path, and the Barn Owl Box Installation at BBRP

  Photos by Glen Bodie (GB), Terry Carr (TC), Bill Denham (BD) & Ken Borrie (KB) Sixteen plus DNCBers enjoyed a very pleasant Monday morning in Boundary Bay Regional Park (BBRP) along the path between 64th and 72nd Streets.  Hi-lites included Snowy and Long-eared Owls, American Tree Sparrows and other neat stuff.  Check out the photos

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  December 16, 2013

  American Tree Sparrow, Barn Owl Box, BBRP, Black-bellied Plover, Centennial Beach, Eurasian Wigeon, Long-eared Owl, Red-tailed Hawk, Rough-legged Hawk, Snowy Owl

• DNCB Outing No. 2013-31 to Boundary Bay and Serpentine Fen

  Photos will be added to this Blog soon! Fifteen DNCBers enjoyed another glorious Wednesday morning in our corner of BC paradise.  We started at the dike on Boundary Bay at 104th Street looking for newly arrived Shorebirds and then wandered around Serpentine Fen (aka Serpentine Wildlife Management Area) for the rest of the morning.  Hi-lites

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  August 7, 2013

  *DNCB, 104 Street, Barn Owl, Black-bellied Plover, Boundary Bay, Cooper’s Hawk, Long-billed Dowitcher, Mink, Northern Harrier, Serpentine Fen, Spotted Sandpiper

• DNCB Outing No. 2011-51 Brunswick Point

  Considering how close it was to Christmas we had a good turnout on a chilly, damp morning.  Ken and Anne, Anne Murray, Mike, Alan, Kay, Donna, Tom and Roger met at Petra’s to decide on the morning’s venture.  Due to Tom having some lame excuse for having to leave early we decided to stay close

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  December 19, 2011

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Black-bellied Plover, Brunswick Point, Dunlin, Long-tailed Duck, Northern Harrier, Northern Shrike, Peregrine Falcon, Red-breasted Merganser, Red-tailed Hawk, Rough-legged Hawk, Short-eared Owl, Snowy Owl, TFN, Trumpeter Swan

• DNCB Outing 2011-43 to Reifel Bird Sanctuary

  An enthusiastic group consisting of Eleanor, Lorna, John, Peggy, Kay, Roger, Mike, Hans and Tom, met at Petra’s for a sunny day of birding.  Because of time constraints (Tom having to leave for Trinidad later in the day) we decided to focus on Reifel Island.  As usual, we got our wires crossed regarding the route

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  October 31, 2011

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Black-bellied Plover, Black-crowned Night-Heron, Brown Creeper, Peregrine Falcon, Pied-billed Grebe, Red-tailed Hawk, Reifel, Ring-necked Duck, Ring-necked Pheasant, Westham Island

• DNCB Outing No. 2011-17 to Alaksen NWA and Reifel Bird Sanctuary

  Twelve participants (see “To” list for names), including a visiting couple from Slovenia, enjoyed a pleasant sunny Wednesday morning of casual birding through south Ladner to Alaksen National Wildlife Area (NWA) and Reifel Bird Sanctuary.  Hi-lites were: four White-fronted Geese with a large flock (~1500 birds) of Lesser Snow Geese, flock (~100) of Black-bellied Plovers

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  April 27, 2011

  *DNCB, Alaksen NWA, Bald Eagle, Barn Owl, Black-bellied Plover, Black-crowned Night-Heron, Cliff Swallow, Greater White-fronted Goose, Harbour Seal, Mute Swan, Northern Harrier, Reifel, Sandhill Crane, TFN, Yellow-rumped Warbler

• 2010-20 DNCB Outing No. 89: Birthday walk at Brunswick Point

  Casual Birding outing #89 Hans, Lorna, Val and rookie Linda Halls joined me on Monday morning on an outing along the dike at Brunswick Point.  It was chilly, a bit overcast and the tide was out further than we would have liked.  Reports of 100,000+ shorebirds at Brunswick was our destination, and lots of them

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  April 26, 2010

  *DNCB, American Pipit, Bald Eagle, Black-bellied Plover, Brunswick Point, Dunlin, Mute Swan, Orange-crowned Warbler, Peregrine Falcon, Western Sandpiper, Yellow-rumped Warbler

• DNCB Outing No. 88 to Beach Grove & Boundary Bay dyke

  Casual Birding #88 Six birders (Hans-Ulf, Val, Lorna, Jim, rookie Annie and me) spent a pleasant morning at Beach Grove Park in Tsawwassen and a bit of time at the dike on Boundary Bay.  Our destination bird was the Great Horned Owl, and we were happily entertained by the parents and their two fuzzy young

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  April 19, 2010

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Beach Grove, Black-bellied Plover, Boundary Bay, Dunlin, Great Horned Owl, Long-billed Curlew, Mute Swan, Osprey, Purple Finch, Ring-necked Duck, Virginia Rail, Western Sandpiper, Wilson’s Snipe, Wilson’s Warbler, Yellow-rumped Warbler