Delta Naturalists Society

Category: Dunlin

• DNCB Outing No. 2015-50 to Blaine & Semiahmoo, USA

  Fifteen DNCBers enjoyed a productive and fairly comfortable outing this morning (Tuesday) to Blaine Marine Park, and around Drayton Harbour to Semiahmoo Park, Marina and Resort. Check out the photo evidence at our DNCB Picasa site. Only Terry, Mike, Glen and I met at Petra’s at 8:00 a.m. and we drove fluidly (against Rush Hour…

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  December 15, 2015

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Black Oystercatcher, Black Turnstone, Blaine Marine Park, Drayton Harbor, Dunlin, Harbour Seal, Long-tailed Duck, Mew Gull, Pelagic Cormorant, Red-breasted Merganser, Red-necked Grebe, Ruddy Duck, Semiahmoo Spit

• DNCB Outing No. 2015-37 to Boundary Bay and Reifel Bird Sanctuary

  About 25 folk participated in various aspects of Wednesday’s “erratic” DNCB outing to Boundary Bay at 104th and 96th Streets, then Reifel Bird Sanctuary.  This was the alternate destination as our Mt. Baker outing (poor weather) was postponed to next Wednesday, Sept. 23.  There is some super photo evidence on our DNCB Picasa site. Seven…

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  September 16, 2015

  104 Street, 96 Street, American Golden-Plover, American Pipit, Bald Eagle, Bank Swallow, Boundary Bay, Caspian Tern, Dunlin, House Wren, Least Sandpiper, Lincoln’s Sparrow, Merlin, Northern Harrier, Orange-crowned Warbler, Red-tailed Hawk, Redhead, Reifel, Sandhill Crane, Sora, Virginia Rail, Yellow-rumped Warbler

• DNCB Outing No. 2015-16 Brunswick Point from Delta Port Way

  Brunswick Pointers (RM) See more photos at DNCB Picasa website A somewhat cryptic Report from Tom’s sick bed Twenty five participants spent a gorgeous day at Brunswick Point at the peak season for migrating shorebirds.  We followed the convoluted directions to a parking area under Deltaport Way railway bridge. Kathy Ellwood brought our DNS Scope…

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  April 22, 2015

  *DNCB, Black-bellied Plover, Brunswick Point, Chipping Sparrow, Dunlin, Eurasian Wigeon, Northern Harrier, Orange-crowned Warbler, Peregrine Falcon, White-fronted Goose

• 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 No. 2011-18 to Brunswick Point

  On a sunny, but chilly, Wednesday morning a small turnout at Petra’s including Mike, Hans, Marg, Rick, Roger and Deborah (taking a day off work to be with us) met to decide on the days birding adventure.  Tom, however, had left instructions that we were to go to Brunswick Point where, he said, curlews were…

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  May 4, 2011

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Brunswick Point, Dunlin, Northern Harrier, Sandhill Crane, Western Sandpiper, Yellow Warbler, Yellow-rumped Warbler

• DNCB Outing #2011-03 to Terra Nova and Garry Point Parks

  Thirteen birders spent a very pleasant Monday (Jan. 17) morning in Richmond at Terra Nova Park then at Garry Point Park in Steveston.  We were: John & Kay, Rick & Marg, Bill & Mary, Ansa, Terry, Lorna, Anne, Roger, newbie Marian and me.  Hi-lites included: many duck species in breeding plumage and up-close-and-personal including less…

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  January 17, 2011

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Coyote, Dunlin, Eurasian Wigeon, Garry Point, Hooded Merganser, Mew Gull, Northern Harrier, Pied-billed Grebe, Pileated Woodpecker, Red-breasted Merganser, Red-tailed Hawk, Ring-necked Duck, Sandhill Crane, Terra Nova, Thayer’s Gull, Trumpeter Swan

• Birds on the Bay Outing #2011-02A in Boundary Bay Park

  At 9:00 a.m. this morning (Wed. Jan. 12), Rochelle and I were alone at Cammidge House.  An unusual heavy, for Delta, snowfall hit the Lower B.C. Mainland last night and this freaks out the locals.  At writing this, it’s now 7:00 p.m. and the snow is nearly all melted away.  However, Delta Nats first 2011…

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  January 12, 2011

  *DNS, Bald Eagle, BBRP, Birds-on-the-Bay, Cammidge House, Centennial Beach, Dunlin, Eurasian Wigeon, Mew Gull, Northern Harrier, Red-tailed Hawk, Sanderling

• DNCB Outing #2011-02 to Iona

  Seventeen birders (we’re becoming very popular) enjoyed a very pleasant, clear and cool (+5 degrees C) Monday (Jan. 10) morning at Iona Regional Park and the adjacent Sewage Lagoons.  We were: John & Kay, Rick & Marg, Bill M, Terry C, Anne M, Bev R, Annie K, Lorna, Hans-Ulf, Roger, Kathleen W, Ansa, newbie Kitty…

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  January 10, 2011

  *DNCB, American Bittern, Bald Eagle, Barrow’s Goldeneye, Canvasback, Cooper’s Hawk, Dunlin, Iona Beach Regional Park, Northern Shrike, Red-breasted Merganser, Ring-necked Duck, Rough-legged Hawk, Trumpeter Swan, Western Meadowlark, Yellow-headed Blackbird

• DNCB Outing #2011-01 to Reifel Bird Sanctuary

  Sixteen birders in a convoy of six vehicles spent a gorgeous, clear and sunny Monday morning (Jan. 3) travelling the farmers’ fields of Ladner, then Westham Island and then at Reifel Bird Sanctuary.  They like their names in print: Roger, Rochelle (without Don), Hans-Ulf, Lorna Terry, John (without Kay), newbie Ansa, Kathleen, Deborah, Bill &…

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  January 3, 2011

  *DNCB, Barn Owl, Black-crowned Night-Heron, Brown Creeper, Cooper’s Hawk, Coyote, Dunlin, Great Horned Owl, Merlin, Northern Goshawk, Northern Harrier, Northern Hawk Owl, Northern Saw-whet Owl, Red-breasted Sapsucker, Red-tailed Hawk, Reifel, Ring-necked Duck, Ring-necked Pheasant, Short-eared Owl, TFN, Trumpeter Swan, TsaTsu Heronry, Westham Island

• DNCB Outing #124 to Point Roberts

  Nine birders (Anne, Terry, Rick & Marg, Lorna, Bill & Mary M, Hans-Ulf and me) braved the cold this morning on an outing to Point Roberts, USA. Don & Rochelle showed up at Petra’s to wish us all a Merry Christmas.  First stop was Lighthouse Park where a flock (50+) of Sanderling was feeding along…

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  December 20, 2010

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Black Scoter, Black Turnstone, Brandt’s Cormorant, Dunlin, Eared Grebe, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Harlequin Duck, Horned Grebe, Lighthouse Marine Park, Lily Point Park, Long-tailed Duck, Mew Gull, Northern Shrike, Pelagic Cormorant, Point Roberts, Red-necked Grebe, Sanderling