Category: Yellow-rumped Warbler
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Centennial Beach, September 25, 2024
Photo: Boundary Bay at Low Tide by Glen Bodie…. Only Glen and I decided to go on this morning’s rain-soaked walk. We experienced light but steady drizzle during the first part of the morning; by the time we were on our return route, it was a solid downpour. Despite the poor conditions, we set off…
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Centennial Beach, September 24, 2024
PHOTO: Brewer’s Blackbird by Terry Carr….. 12 Delta Nats met at Centennial Beach in Tsawwassen on a lovely fall morning. Around the parking lot were White-crowned Sparrows, Towhees, Starlings and Crows, but the Eagles have not yet returned. In the pond were Mallards and two Northern Shovelers. Large flocks of Canada Geese and Cackling Geese…
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Serpentine Fen, September 18, 2024
PHOTO: Belted Kingfisher with crab by Glen Bodie…. Wednesday dawned with a perfect September day, sunny and warm. A large group of 16 assembled at the Serpentine Fen entrance where King George goes over the river – Brian and Louise, Warren and Lynne, Colin and Stephanie, Jonathan and Lorraine, Liz (but Alan had to work),…
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Mount Baker, September 16, 2024
PHOTO: Picture Lake by Terry Carr…. Five Delta Nats made the annual trek to Mount Baker, Washington, on a gorgeous day without a cloud in the sky – Joe, Margaret, Dottie, Bob, Terry. This is not a particularly birdy destination, but the scenery is spectacular. There was no wait at the border in either direction.…
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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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Delta Naturalists Birding Trip to 100 Mile House, June 23-27, 2024
PHOTO: American Coots by Terry Carr…. REPORT BY THEA BECKMAN: Sunday, June 23 – Travel to 108 Golf Resort Located in the central interior of British Columbia, the Cariboo is an intermontane region sandwiched between the Cariboo Mountains to the east and the Coast Mountains to the west with the Fraser River plateau in between.…
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Sturgeon Slough, June 12, 2024
PHOTO: Yellow-breasted Chat by Terry Carr…. 13 indomitable Casual Birders gathered at Rannie Road in the Pitt Valley at 8:50am for our walk to Sturgeon Slough. It was cloudy, but the rain held off. Rannie Road intersects with Ladner Road just south of here, so our local-area Ladner family must have had relatives that built…
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Ladner Harbour Park, May 22, 2024
PHOTO: Wilson’s Warbler (f) by David Hoar….. 14 keen Casual Birders met up at Ladner Harbour Park on a rather cool, grey morning, determined to see newly arrived migrant birds. Participants today were Roger, Noreen and David, Lynne and Warren, Stephanie and Colin, Glen, Lidia, Lindly, Margaretha, Douglas and Christine McG, and me (Anne). The…
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Serpentine Fen, May 4, 2024
PHOTO: Cinnamon Teal by Grant Edwards….. Under cloudy but very acceptable spring weather, three Delta Nats met to do the big loop trail through Serpentine Fen. Present were Bruce, Susan G. and Grant. A few Yellow-rumped Warblers greeted us in the trees along the river. The descending whinny call of a Sora grabbed our attention,…
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Queen Elizabeth Park, April 30, 2024
PHOTO: Queen Elizabeth Park by Terry Carr….. Six Delta Nats braved rush hour traffic to meet at Queen Elizabeth Park hoping to see some spring migrants. The six were Bill, Lorna, Deems, Terry, Jacquie, Dottie. We headed for the warbler trees but we did not see any warblers there. We did see Juncos and a…
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