Category: Yellow Warbler
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Sturgeon Slough & Pitt Lake, June 17, 2026
PHOTO: Common Yellowthroat by Colin Huggett……… Colin and Stephanie were joined by new member Dawne for an early Wednesday outing at Sturgeon Slough. Weather was coolish with intermittent clouds and a bit of a breeze, so good birding conditions. Following Terry’s suggestion we explored the east side of the dyke first and Dawne quickly spotted…
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Reifel Bird Sanctuary, June 7, 2026
PHOTO: Sandhill Crane by Freddie Whiting……. Photo by Thea Beckman 14 of us (including 7 non-members) met at the entrance to Reifel Bird Sanctuary at 9am sharp. We hadn’t left the entrance area when we saw a Rufous Hummingbird and a Sandhill Crane which got us off to an exciting start. We quickly added the…
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Campbell Valley Regional Park, May 19, 2026
PHOTO: Squirrel & Steller’s Jay by Freddie Whiting…. 14 birders met at Campbell Valley Regional Park in Langley on a cloudy morning. Spring flowers were in bloom – Western Lily of the Valley, Bleeding Heart, Red Osier Dogwood, Pacific Ninebark, Thimbleberry and more. At the first bridge there was a Mallard with 6 ducklings. Along…
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Ladner Harbour Park & Tsawwassen First Nations Dyke, May 5, 2026
PHOTO: Yellow-bellied Marmots by Terry Carr………….. 11 birders met at Ladner Harbour Park – Mei, Connie, Dottie, Bob, Teresa, Lorna, Lidia, Claude, Freddie, Jim and Terry. It was cool to begin with, but soon warmed up. A Black-capped Chickadee and a female Red-winged Blackbird were on the feeders by the caretaker’s house, and a Flicker…
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Terra Nova Rural Park, August 27, 2025
PHOTO: Bewick’s Wren by David Hoar…. Either morning traffic is getting worse or I’m slower off the mark as we arrived at Terra Nova almost 10 minutes late to find Brian and Louise ready to go. We headed south and at the bridge saw several Mallards and a distant Grebe, probably Pied-billed Grebe swimming in…
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Campbell Valley Regional Park, August 13, 2025
PHOTO: Brown Creeper by David Hoar….. About 8:10 Margaretha, Noreen and I headed east from the parking lot to the bridge and en route saw Song Sparrows and Dark-eyed Juncos. As we arrived at the bridge a Belted Kingfisher departed southwards and we later got a look at this noisy bird as we scanned for…
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Campbell Valley Regional Park, August 12, 2025
PHOTO: Black-headed Grosbeak by Terry Carr…. Twelve Delta Nats met at Campbell Valley Regional Park in Langley – Dottie, Terry, Lee, Bob, Mike, Freddie, Lidia, Dorothy, Christine, Bruce, Nicki and Connie. A Townsend’s Chipmunk entertained us at the parking lot before we started our usual clockwise route along the Little River Loop trail. There were…
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Alaksen National Wildlife Area, July 30, 2025
PHOTO: Yellow Warbler by Bruce Taylor…. 11 of us met at the parking lot at Alaksen at 8am. It was a gorgeous sunny morning. We scanned London Slough from the parking lot and saw some Cedar Waxwings, Mallards, Canada Geese and Wood Ducks. We started our walk at the native wildflower garden behind the staff…
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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 Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway & Reifel, June 4, 2025
PHOTO: Red-tailed Hawk by Christine Gaio…. Three of us met at the ferry causeway – Freddie, Lorna and Terry. The tide was fairly low and there were very few birds. Most of the waterbirds have headed to interior lakes for breeding. There was a solitary Black Oystercatcher and a very curious baby Yellow-bellied Marmot. The…
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