Category: Western Sandpiper
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DNCB Outing No. 2022-37A to Boundary Bay Dyke & Centennial Beach, September 13, 2022
Twelve DNCBers met at 7am on Boundary Bay Dyke at 104th. Street – Roger, Dottie, Bob, Jacquie, Deems, John, Margaret, Jonathan, Lorraine, Bryan, Lorna and Terry. The early start was so that we would be there an hour before high tide to watch the shorebirds move in on the rising tide. Unfortunately the high tide
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DNCB Outing No. 2022-35B to Brunswick Point, August 31, 2022
On yet another scorching day in Vancouver, a party of 9 intrepid birders met at Brunswick Point on the westernmost lobe of land on the southern shore of the Fraser River. They were Thea, Rosemary, Gabriele, Marion, Noreen, David, Angela, Christine, and Douglas. Here, a long, easy, flat trail traces the curve of the coastline,
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DNCB Outing No. 2022-35A to Brunswick Point, August 30, 2022
We started today’s walk at 7:30 am because the dyke at Brunswick Point is hot and shade-less. With shorebird season in full swing, we also wanted to catch the high tide at the far end of the dyke. In our usual DNCB well-organized fashion, my sign-up list did not seem to exactly match the participants
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DNCB Outing No. 2022-28A to Blackie Spit, July 12, 2022
Twelve DNCDers met at Blackie Spit on warm, sunny morning – Roger, Mike, Lorna, Glen, Lidia, Ontario Brian, Bryan D, John, Lindly, Dottie, Bob and Terry. The tide was very low so the shorebirds were far away. On the distant sandbars we saw Black-bellied Plovers and Western Sandpipers. A single Yellowlegs did come close to
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DNCB Outing No. 2022-26B to Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway and Reifel Bird Sanctuary, June 29, 2022
Tsawwassen Causeway A cool and overcast yet rainless day is perfect for birding, and the proof was in the shorebirds we saw tucked away into the grassy mudflats next to Tsawwassen Causeway. Only six birders braved an early morning wake-up call to get here (Thea, Rosemary, Brian, Louis, Chris, and Margaretha) and we were rewarded
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DNCB Outing No. 2022-16A to Boundary Bay Dyke from 64th St to 72nd St on April 19, 2022
Thirteen DNCBers walked Boundary Bay Dyke from 64th St to 72nd St – Jacquie, Lee, Anne, Glen, Dottie, Bob, Margaret, Lindly, Bryan, John, Colin, Stephanie and Terry. Although the forecast was for rain, we were pleasantly surprised to wake up to sunshine in Tsawwassen. But there was a bitterly cold wind which kept many of
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DNCB Outing No. 2021-43A to Boundary Bay Dyke at 104th on October 26, 2021
Eleven hardy souls gathered at 9 AM in the SE winds and hoped for the rain to hold off during our stroll along the dyke. Lidia had arrived earlier when there were still a few sandbars, but the low pressure combined with the SE wind had brought a “Storm Surge” high tide which had obliterated
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DNCB Outing No. 2021-41B to Ladner Harbour Park and Boundary Bay Dyke at 104th, October 13, 2021
A small contingent of 6 (Pat, Manli, Lidia, Gabriel, Noreen & David) started at the parking lot and walked the road to the start of the Shirley Trail checking the slough for Roger’s Pied-billed Grebe from Tuesday that had been there as we drove in. It was hidden, but Mallards, a Great Blue Heron, and
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DNCB Outing No. 2021-40B to Brunswick Point on October 6, 2021
Despite a forecast of rain, our birding morning at Brunswick Point dawned fine. 14 participants turned up, more or less according to the sign-up list. Flocks of Snow Geese crowded the fields at the end of the road and more were seen in fields closer to the farm. After the walk, I contacted Sean Boyd,
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DNCB Outing No. 2021-38A to White Rock Pier & Blackie Spit on September 21, 2021
The group of 13**(see below) gathered at the pier just before a BNSF loaded coal train heading forRoberts Bank closed the crossing. Rose and Roger were seconds late, and we waited forthe train to clear before they joined us and we headed out. A “GULP of CORMORANTS” (check it out! could be a flock, but
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