Category: Lesser Yellowlegs
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Blackie Spit, September 23, 2026
PHOTO: Greater Yellowlegs by Colin Huggett…. A small group of birders – Colin, Glen and Stephanie – met up at the Blackie Spit parking lot at 8 am. It was a cold, overcast day with rain threatening but never arriving. Margaretha joined the group shortly after. The first area we went to was Blackie Spit.…

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Delta Naturalists Outing to Blackie Spit, September 22, 2026
PHOTO: Lesser Yellowlegs by Bob Winston…… On the last morning of summer, eight Delta naturalists met at Blackie Spit: Bob, Dottie, Teresa, Lorna, Jonathan, Lorraine, Pat and Julie. The tide was about as far out as it could go, the air still, the sky and water both shades of grey. Teresa sighted Caspian Terns flying…

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Delta Naturalists Outing to Blackie Spit, September 20, 2026
PHOTO: Yellow-rumped Warbler by David Hoar……. There were four signed up for the Sunday outing to Blackie Spit and as the tide was low, with many distant sandbars marked by Great Blue Herons, there were few shorebirds along the wrack line at the top of the beach. Jeff (Ladner), Heather (Coquitlam), and Noreen and I…

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Delta Naturalists Outing to Serpentine Fen, September 15, 2026
PHOTO: West Coast Lady Butterfly by Lee Wright….. The salmon were running on the Serpentine River as five Delta Nats gathered in the parking lot – Dottie, Bob, Lee, Teresa and Lorna. Fishermen were spaced up and down the banks and seals patrolled the centre, but only the seals seemed to be catching anything. For…

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Delta Naturalists Outing to Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway and Reifel, September 11, 2024
PHOTO: Red-necked Phalarope by Glen Bodie…. It was a very grey and damp morning, which is why only newbie Bryce, Chris and I showed up at the Tsawwassen jetty. The mudflats at the landward end were exposed and there were enormous flocks of duck there, but there is nowhere convenient to stop. We met at…

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Delta Naturalists Outing to Blackie Spit, August 28, 2024
PHOTO:Horned Lark by Glen Bodie….. A select group of 5 Casual Birders met at Blackie Spit this morning: Glen, Liz, Alan, Margaretha, and Anne. The sky was grey, and it looked like it might rain. Not letting that deter us, we headed off down the spit trail in search of birds. Some gulls drifted overhead…

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Delta Naturalists Outing to Blackie Spit & Elgin Park, August 27, 2024
PHOTO: Greater Yellowlegs by Terry Carr….. Seven Delta Nats met at Blackie Spit on a lovely morning. The tide was out, so instead of going onto the spit, we started out on the usual trails. Barn and Tree Swallows and Purple Martins were doing aerial displays, and Canada Geese and Mallards flew over. We watched…

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DNCB Outing No. 2023-36B to Blackie Spit, September 6, 2023
Eight Casual Birders met at Blackie Spit carpark: regulars, Brian and Louise, Johnnie Mac, Colin and Stephanie, Marion, me, and newbie Christine. The weather didn’t look too promising – grey with a threat of rain – but we set off along the spit looking for pipits and other interesting fall migrants. We blanked on the…
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DNCB Outing No. 2023-29B to Iona Beach Regional Park, July 26, 2023
Eight of us met at the Iona Beach parking: Glen, Lidia, Herb, Terry, Lee, Margaret, Mike, Roger. Terry had a quick scan of the beach but the tide was way out so we decided to wait for later to look out there. The main pond was quiet, a few Mallards and a Great Blue Heron,…
