Delta Naturalists Society

Category: Yellow Warbler

• 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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  June 27, 2024

  *100 Mile House, *DNCB, *DNS, *Williams Lake, 108 Golf Resort, 108 Mile Heritage Site, 150 Mile House, Alder Flycatcher, American Avocet, American Dipper, American Kestrel, American Redstart, Bald Eagle, Barrow’s Goldeneye, Belted Kingfisher, Black-billed Magpie, Blue-winged Teal, Bobolink, Bullock’s Oriole, Calliope Hummingbird, Canvasback, Cedar Waxwing, Centennial Park, Chipping Sparrow, Cinnamon Teal, Clay-coloured Sparrow, Cliff Swallow, Common Yellowthroat, Dusky Flycatcher, Eared Grebe, Eastern Kingbird, Elliot Lake, Evening Grosbeak, Gadwall, Graham Lake, Gray Catbird, Hermit Thrush, Horse Lake, Killdeer, Lazuli Bunting, Least Flycatcher, Lincoln’s Sparrow, Long-billed Curlew, Marsh Wren, Merlin, Mission Road, Mountain Bluebird, Mountain Chickadee, Northern Rough-winged Swallow, Northern Waterthrush, Olive-sided Flycatcher, Orange-crowned Warbler, Osprey, Pileated Woodpecker, Purple Finch, Red-naped Sapsucker, Red-necked Grebe, Red-tailed Hawk, Redhead, Ring-necked Duck, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Sandhill Crane, Say’s Phoebe, Scout Island Nature Centre, Scout Lake, Sepa Lake, Solitary Sandpiper, Sora, Spotted Sandpiper, Townsend’s Solitaire, Turkey Vulture, Veery, Vesper Sparrow, Virginia Rail, Walker Valley, Warbling Vireo, Watson Lake, Western Flycatcher, Western Kingbird, Western Meadowlark, Western Wood-Pewee, White Pelican, Williams Lake First Nation reserve, Willow Flycatcher, Wilson’s Snipe, Wood Duck, Yellow Warbler, Yellow-headed Blackbird, Yellow-rumped Warbler

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• Delta Naturalists Outing to Jackman Wetlands, June 19, 2024

  PHOTO: Yellow Warbler by Glen Bodie…. It only takes 2 to make a DNCB group outing – Susan G and Glen. We met at Jackman Wetlands on perhaps the first real warm and sunny summer day this year to see what we could see. Even though there were only 2 pairs of eyeballs at work

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  June 19, 2024

  *DNCB, *DNS, Bewick’s Wren, Black-headed Grosbeak, Brown Creeper, Cedar Waxwing, Common Yellowthroat, Jackman Wetlands, Killdeer, Pied-billed Grebe, Pileated Woodpecker, Swainson’s Thrush, Willow Flycatcher, Yellow Warbler

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• Delta Naturalists Outing to Jackman Wetlands & Aldergrove Regional Park, June 18, 2024

  PHOTO: Pied-billed Grebe by Christine Gaio…. Eleven Delta Nats met at Jackman Wetlands in Langley. Jackman Wetlands, a former landfill site, now has paths, ponds and an 18 hole disc golf course. Players use thick, heavy, Frisbee-like discs and aim for chain baskets as targets. Next door are large movie sets. As we started our

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  June 18, 2024

  *DNCB, Aldergrove Regional Park, Bald Eagle, Black-headed Grosbeak, Cedar Waxwing, Common Yellowthroat, Garter snake, Great Horned Owl, Jackman Wetlands, Pacific Chorus Frog, Pied-billed Grebe, Swainson’s Thrush, Willow Flycatcher, Yellow Warbler

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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 Society

  June 12, 2024

  *DNCB, *DNS, American Kestrel, Bald Eagle, Belted Kingfisher, Black-headed Grosbeak, Bullock’s Oriole, Cedar Waxwing, Common Yellowthroat, Eastern Kingbird, Lazuli Bunting, Osprey, Pitt Lake, Pitt-Addington Marsh WMA, Red-tailed Hawk, Sturgeon Slough, Swainson’s Thrush, Turkey Vulture, Vaux’s Swift, Willow Flycatcher, Yellow Warbler, Yellow-breasted Chat, Yellow-rumped Warbler

• Delta Naturalists Outing to Colony Farm, June 5, 2024

  PHOTO: Fuzzy-Horned Bumble Bee on Dandelion by Terry Carr….. The Tuesday outing was cancelled because of rain so a combination of Tuesday and Wednesday birders made a group of 20 who met at what was formerly called Colony Farm Regional Park in Coquitlam. Those of us from south of the Fraser were delayed by an

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  June 5, 2024

  *DNCB, *DNS, Birds, Cedar Waxwing, Colony Farm RP, Common Yellowthroat, Eastern Kingbird, Yellow Warbler

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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 Society

  May 22, 2024

  *DNCB, *DNS, *Ladner/Tsawwassen, Bald Eagle, Black-headed Grosbeak, Great Horned Owl, Ladner Harbour Park, Marsh Wren, Orange-crowned Warbler, Pacific-slope Flycatcher, Warbling Vireo, Western Wood-Pewee, Wilson’s Warbler, Yellow Warbler, Yellow-rumped Warbler

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• Delta Naturalists Outing to Delta Nature Reserve, May 18, 2024

  PHOTO: Hairy Woodpecker (juvenile) by Grant Edwards….. Three Delta Nats (Nicki, Bruce and Grant) braved the not so nice weather.  After a half hour rain delay we were off on the adventure.  We were soon greeted by several singing Wilson’s Warblers, Yellow Warblers, Song Sparrows and Rufous Hummingbirds as the birds were equally relieved to

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  May 18, 2024

  *DNCB, *DNS, Burns Bog, Cedar Waxwing, Common Yellowthroat, Hairy Woodpecker, Orange-crowned Warbler, Pacific-slope Flycatcher, Purple Finch, Swainson’s Thrush, Warbling Vireo, Western Tanager, Wilson’s Warbler, Yellow Warbler

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• Delta Naturalists Outing to Campbell Valley Regional Park, May 15, 2024

  PHOTO: Honeysuckle by Warren Fenton….. On Wednesday, May 15, two DNCBers headed east through the morning truck parade on 16th Ave in South Surrey to the peace and quiet of Campbell Valley Regional Park. It turned out that Lynne and I (Warren) were the only participants this morning – but that was fine, it was a

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  May 15, 2024

  *DNCB, *DNS, Bald Eagle, Bewick’s Wren, Black-headed Grosbeak, Campbell Valley RP, Cedar Waxwing, Douglas Squirrel, Lincoln’s Sparrow, Mourning Dove, Red-tailed Hawk, Townsend’s Chipmunk, Western Tanager, Wilson’s Warbler, Yellow Warbler

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• Delta Naturalists Outing to Campbell Valley Regional Park & Fergus Biodiversity Preserve, May 14, 2024

  PHOTO: Black-headed Grosbeak by Terry Carr…… Five Delta Nats met at Campbell Valley Regional Park in Langley – Lidia, Jacquie, Dottie, Terry and Christine. Beside the parking lot we followed the sound of two Wilson’s Warblers, but we could not find them. We did see Song Sparrows, Robins, Cowbirds and Towhees. An Eastern Grey Squirrel

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  May 14, 2024

  *DNCB, *DNS, American Bullfrog, Bald Eagle, Band-tailed Pigeon, Bewick’s Wren, Black-headed Grosbeak, Campbell Valley RP, Common Yellowthroat, Douglas Squirrel, Fergus Biodiversity Preserve, Garter snake, Northern Red-legged Frog, Red-breasted Sapsucker, Swainson’s Thrush, Trowbridge’s Shrew, Wilson’s Warbler, Yellow Warbler

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• DNCB Outing No. 2023-36B to Blackie Spit, September 6, 2023

  Eight Casual Birders met at Blackie Spit carpark: regulars, Brian and Louise, Johnnie Mac, Colin and Stephanie, Marion, me, and newbie Christine. The weather didn’t look too promising – grey with a threat of rain – but we set off along the spit looking for pipits and other interesting fall migrants. We blanked on the

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  September 6, 2023

  *DNCB, Blackie Spit, Caspian Tern, Common Yellowthroat, Cooper’s Hawk, Horned Lark, Lesser Yellowlegs, Northern Harrier, Orange-crowned Warbler, Short-billed Dowitcher, Yellow Warbler, Yellow-rumped Warbler