Category: Long-billed Dowitcher
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Reifel Bird Sanctuary, October 4, 2025
PHOTO: Yellowlegs, Dowitchers, Shovelers by Brian Avent….. Fourteen Delta Naturalists gathered bright and early at the Reifel Bird Sanctuary on Saturday, October 4th, eager to see what autumn migration had in store. Among our party was a special guest from Salmon Arm, a former DNS member who had made the long trip down to revisit…
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway & Reifel, June 4, 2025
PHOTO: Red-tailed Hawk by Christine Gaio…. Three of us met at the ferry causeway – Freddie, Lorna and Terry. The tide was fairly low and there were very few birds. Most of the waterbirds have headed to interior lakes for breeding. There was a solitary Black Oystercatcher and a very curious baby Yellow-bellied Marmot. The…
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Burnaby Lake, March 18, 2025
PHOTO: Wood Ducks by Pat Smart…. 9 DNCBers met at Piper Spit in Burnaby Lake Regional Park on a cold sunny morning – Roger, Lindly, Lidia, Pat, Lorna, Connie, Mike, Alan and Terry. There was the usual collection of ducks on and by the water – Mallards, Wood Ducks, Scaup, Green-winged Teal, Northern Pintail, Bufflehead…
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Centennial Beach, December 11, 2024
PHOTO: Brant Geese by Glen Bodie….. The casual birders arrived at Centennial Beach to find an unexpectedly clear morning – Joni, Stephanie, Lidia, Nicki, Jez, Anne, Richard, Liz, Lee and Glen. We were greeted by a Merlin on top of the tallest tree, and 15 Bald Eagles (many of them juveniles of various ages) in…
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Centennial Beach, December 10, 2024
PHOTO: White-crowned x Golden-crowned Sparrow (hybrid) by Brian Avent…. Thirteen DNCBers met at Centennial Beach for a walk around this part of Boundary Bay Regional Park. Bob, Dottie, Dorothy, Margaretha, Jacquie, Connie, Vicky, Lorna, Roger, Brian, Debbie, Terry & Christine. There were several Bald Eagles in the trees around the parking lot – including one…
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway and Reifel, December 4, 2024
PHOTO: Hudsonian Whimbrel by Glen Bodie……. There were 3 DNCBers at the Ferry causeway in the heavy fog: Brian R, Lorna and Glen. We saw the sun start rising from the SE over Pt Roberts and, luckily, we saw a few birds in the high tide. The north side had a flock of Dunlin mumurating…
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Iona Beach Regional Park, October 16, 2024
PHOTO: Northern Shoveler & Green-winged Teal by Glen Bodie….. I got up Wednesday morning and checked the sign-up sheet, and it said I was the only one left on the list …. but I decided to go anyway since it looked like promising weather, and it meant I wouldn’t have to remember who was there…
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Iona Beach Regional Park, October 15, 2024
PHOTO: Shovelers & Pintails by Terry Carr…… 14 DNCBers met at Iona Beach Regional Park in Richmond. The tide was far out so we left the beach for later and started on our usual route between the ponds. The South Pond was unusually empty of ducks – but there was a Pied-billed Grebe and a…
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Burnaby Lake Regional Park, October 2, 2024
PHOTO: Long-billed Dowitchers by Glen Bodie…… A great day for birding at Burnaby Lake – cool and mostly sunny – mist on the lake at the start and shedding layers by the end. Even some messy traffic congestion wasn’t enough to make too many of us too late for a 9am start. We were 15…
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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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