Category: Long-billed Dowitcher
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DNCB Outing No. 2021-39A to Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway & Reifel on September 28, 2021
The Tuesday people were lucky with the weather. Despite a wet forecast, the rain stopped before 7am. It was windy and cold when 5 of us met on the Tsawwassen ferry causeway at 7:45. But the wind had died down and the sky was clearing when 14 met at the Reifel Bird Sanctuary at 9am.…
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DNCB Outing No. 2021-37A to Boundary Bay Dyke at 104 St on September 14, 2021
Despite the wet forecast, 11 of the 15 registered Tuesday people met at the dyke at 11am.The rain was light and the tide was still out quite far. Close to shore there were a few Black-bellied Plovers, Western Sandpipers, Killdeer, Dowitchers, Great Blue Herons, American Pipits, and gulls. A few of the plovers were still…
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DNCB Outing No. 2021-34B to Iona Regional Park on August 25, 2021
Eight of us met at the washrooms or beach area about 8 AM. David & Noreen were a few minutes late as they stopped to photograph a pair of Caspian Terns sitting on a log along the causeway to Iona. Chris, Jim, Kirsten, Roger 2, Mike B2 and Lidia were already at the beach and…
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DNCB Outing No. 2021-34A to Iona Regional Park on August 24, 2021
13 people met at 8am, and we walked to the beach. There was a group of shorebirds that we had trouble identifying. Photos showed them to be Baird’s Sandpipers. Caspian Terns were noisily fighting over a small fish. Birds seen on the walk to the gate to the inner ponds included American Goldfinches, Red-winged Blackbirds,…
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DNCB Outing No. 2021-33B to Burnaby Lake on August 18, 2021
Our small group arrived at the Piper Avenue entrance in 4 segments separated by track crossing closures that were the result of refuelling two track maintenance machines right at the crossing. We were all across the tracks by about 8:20, and the six of us (Warren & Lynne, Marion, Lidia Noreen & David) started our…
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DNCB Outing No. 2021-33A to Burnaby Lake on August 17, 2021
It was an overcast day, which frustrated some photographers, but it didn’t slow down the chat-fest among the 10 people on our walk in Burnaby Lake Park. The 10 were Jonathan and Lorraine, Brian and Louise, Roger M, Mike B, Lorna, Pat, Janet H and Glen. There were a lot of Wood Ducks, young and…
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DNCB Outing No. 2019-46 to Iona Regional Park
Twenty-eight (Wow!) DNCBers enjoyed another super Tuesday outing to Iona Regional Park and the adjacent sewage ponds. The weather was dry and comfortable and we had lots of neat sightings, including an uncommon-here American Tree Sparrow. Check out the spectacular photo evidence on our DNCB Flickr site. Several car-pooled from Petra’s at 7:30 am; an…
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DNCB Outing No. 2019-44 to Tsawwassen Ferry terminal & Reifel Bird Sanctuary
Twenty-one DNCBers finally enjoyed a sunny day in Delta and had a very productive outing, first to the Tsawwassen Ferry terminal, then our “Mecca” Reifel Bird Sanctuary. Check out the photo evidence of our bird, mushroom, plant and people sightings on our DNCB Flickr site. Some left Petra’s at 7:30 am and met others along…
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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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