Category: Yellow-rumped Warbler
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Alaksen National Wildlife Area, July 29, 2025
PHOTO: Barred Owl with rodent by Christine Gaio….. 15 DNCBers met at Alaksen National Wildlife Area when the gates opened at 8am – Grace, Christine, Henry, Naoko, Jonathan, Roger, Mike, Susan, Dorothy, Margaret, Connie, Lorna, Lorraine, Douglas and Terry. Alaksen NWA is located next to Reifel Bird Sanctuary and is the location of Environment and
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Queen Elizabeth Park, May 14, 2025
PHOTO: Olive-sided Flycatcher by Chris McVittie…. A small group of us, Chris, Thea, Susan and I, gathered this morning at the SW side of QE Park in rather cloudy, grey weather. Our mission was to spot migrant birds, specifically warblers and flycatchers. The park is a great place for migrant birds stopping over to feed
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Queen Elizabeth Park & Jericho Beach Park, May 13, 2025
PHOTO: Spotted Sandpiper by Terry Carr…. Five Delta Nats met at Vancouver’s Queen Elizabeth Park on a cool, cloudy morning – Mike, Terry, Alan, TK and Roger. We heard a woodpecker tapping, and then saw a Northern Flicker fly to another treetop. In another tree was a colourful male House Finch. We had hoped to
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Joe Brown Park, April 23, 2025
PHOTO: Ruby-crowned Kinglet by Glen Bodie…. On a sunny, but cool to start, Wednesday morning 9 DNCBers met at the 125 Ave entrance to Joe Brown Park: Colin and Stephanie, Warren and Lynne, Freddie (sans Claude), Richard, Margaretha, Anne and Glen. There were lots of species along the forest path, though most were hard to
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Joe Brown Park, April 22, 2025
PHOTO: Bewick’s Wren by Christine Gaio…. Ten DNCBers met at Surrey’s Joe Brown Park – Lee, Terry Christine, Connie, Dottie, Dorothy, Naoko, Henry, Lorna and Grace. Colin joined us later. We had good views of a Yellow-rumped Warbler across the street. We were surprised at how many leaves had opened in the last few days
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Brydon Lagoon & Hi-Knoll Park, April 16, 2025
PHOTO: Common Merganser by Glen Bodie…. 8 DNCBers met at the Brydon Lagoon parking on a sunny morning: Warren and Lynne, Claude and Freddie, Colin, Richard, Anne and Glen. The birds were entertaining us right from the start in the parking lot – Canada Geese, American Goldfinch, Song Sparrow, House Sparrow and Anna’s Hummingbird. We
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Brydon Lagoon & Hi-Knoll Park, April 15, 2025
PHOTO: Northern Shoveler & Ruddy Duck by Terry Carr…. Ten DNCBers met at Brydon Lagoon i Langley – Terry, Arthur, Cole, Alaina, Christine, Dottie, Connie, Bryce, Bob and Dorothy. We left Tsawwassen in sunshine but the sunshine did not arrive in Langley until the end of our outing. The cool, cloudy weather kept some of
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Brunswick Point, April 5, 2025
PHOTO: Marsh Wren by Pat Smart…. 12 Delta Naturalists gathered at the Brunswick Point parking lot on what turned out to be a fine spring Saturday morning. They were Thea (group leader), Nadine, Nicki, Bruce, Janet, Estelle, Freddie, Doug, Liz, Alan, and Shannon. Pat later joined us on the dyke. We immediately set to work
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Serpentine Fen, April 2, 2025
PHOTO: Fox Sparrow by Freddie Whiting…. 8 am this Wednesday saw five Delta Naturalists meet at the Serpentine Fen parking lot. Colin and Stephanie, Lynne and Warren, and Freddie (sorry, we forgot to take a group photo). Light rain and cool temperatures kept most people (and their dogs) at home and there was just one
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Brunswick Point, March 25, 2025
PHOTO: Yellow-rumped Warbler by Terry Carr Five Delta Nats met at the Brunswick Point parking lot in Ladner – Terry, Lidia, Grant, Dorothy and Pat. It was overcast to begin with but it soon cleared and became very warm. Scanning the river from the dyke above the parking lot, yielded a Great Blue Heron, a
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