Delta Naturalists Society

Category: Willet

• Delta Naturalists Outing to White Rock, Elgin Park & Blackie Spit, November 12, 2024

  PHOTO: Evening Grosbeak by Grant Edwards….. 17 DNCBers met on the White Rock Pier on a cold, cloudy morning. Close to shore were Mallards, American Wigeon and Northern Pintail. Farther out were large flocks of Surf and White-winged Scoters. They were diving for clams and mussels which they swallow whole. Shells are crushed and digested

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  November 12, 2024

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Belted Kingfisher, Black Scoter, Black-bellied Plover, Blackie Spit, Bonaparte’s Gull, Cooper’s Hawk, Dunlin, Elgin Heritage Park, Eurasian Wigeon, Evening Grosbeak, Horned Grebe, Marbled Godwit, Pelagic Cormorant, Pied-billed Grebe, Red-breasted Merganser, Red-necked Grebe, Red-throated Loon, Redhead, Western Sandpiper, White Rock Pier, Willet

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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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  Delta Naturalists Society

  June 29, 2022

  Bald Eagle, Black Oystercatcher, Black-headed Grosbeak, Brandt’s Cormorant, Bullock’s Oriole, Caspian Tern, Cedar Waxwing, Common Yellowthroat, Gadwall, Hudsonian Whimbrel, Least Sandpiper, Marsh Wren, Mink, Pelagic Cormorant, Purple Martin, Reifel, Semi-palmated Sandpiper, Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway, Western Sandpiper, Willet, Willow Flycatcher, Wilson’s Phalarope, Wood Duck, Yellow Warbler

• DNCB Outing No. 2018-33 to Boundary Bay at 104th St.

  About 20 DNCBers enjoyed another beautiful Wednesday morning in Delta, walking along the Boundary Bay Regional Park (BBRP) trail from 104th St. to the Mansion.  Check out the photo evidence on our Flickr site at: DNCB Flickr site. Some left Petra’s at 7:30 am, and we all met at the Boundary Bay Heritage Airpark at

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  August 15, 2018

  *DNCB, 104 Street, American Golden-Plover, Baird’s Sandpiper, Bald Eagle, Black-bellied Plover, Boundary Bay, Cedar Waxwing, Delta Heritage AirPark, Least Sandpiper, Long-billed Dowitcher, MacGillivray’s Warbler, Merlin, Northern Harrier, Sanderling, Semipalmated Plover, Western Sandpiper, Willet, Yellow Warbler

• DNCB Outing No. 2014-43 to Blackie Spit & White Rock Pier

  DNCB at Blackie Spit (minus Mike) photo by Roger, click to see large version More photos by Glen Bodie (GB), Bryan King (BK), Liz Stewart (LS), Roger Meyer (RM), Terry Carr (TC) & Ken Borrie (KB) at DNCB Picasa. At about 8:30, eighteen enthusiastic bird aficionados assembled at Blackie Spit Park, which is named after

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  October 29, 2014

  *DNCB, Blackie Spit, Eurasian Wigeon, Harlequin Duck, Long-billed Curlew, Marbled Godwit, White Rock Pier, Willet