Category: Yellow Warbler
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DNCB Outing No. 2021-25B to Sturgeon Slough on June 23, 2021
It was another gorgeous day, a little hazy, but mostly not too hot. A group of five on Wed met at 8:30ish. We watched Purple Martins actively building nests on and in old pylons, some in cavities in the post sides, and others in cavities on the tops of the posts. We forget sometimes that…
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DNCB Outing No. 2021-25A to Sturgeon Slough on June 22, 2021
6 of us met at 8:30 am on a bright sunny morning for a new walk in the Pitt Meadows area, with hopes of seeing the Yellow-breasted Chat that has been hanging out here for awhile. I had arrived a bit earlier so that I could check out Catbird corner a few kilometres up the…
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DNCB Outing No. 2021-24A to Iona Regional Park on June 15, 2021
Only five of us showed up at 8am on a cool, slightly wet morning at Iona Regional Park: Pat, Angela, Janet, Glen, and me. We were rewarded soon enough, as our four-hour leisurely walk around the beach, ponds, and shrub-lined trails, turned out to be mostly sunny. 30 bird species were recorded, a relatively low…
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DNCB Outing No. 2021-23B to Colony Farm Regional Park on June 9, 2021
10 of us gathered at Colony Farm at 7:30 am on a cloudy but dry morning. We were locals Jonathan and Lorraine, Warren and Lynne, Stephanie and Colin, Brian and Louise, Janet, and me. I had arrived 45 minutes earlier to check out the field to the west which had singing Willow Flycatchers, a Ring-necked…
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DNCB – Sturgeon Slough June 4, 2021
COVID response measures meant that we could have large group outings. The previous official DNCB Outing was on 10 March 2020 (2020-10 to Iona Regional Park). Here is a summary of some individual and small group outings since then (with Flickr photo links). Some people added photos to the group Flickr site. (Flickr) June 4, 2021…
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DNCB Outing 2019-39 to Iona Regional Park
THREE Reports this week!! From Anne Murray, Roger Meyer & Tom Bearss, just back from his golfing trip to Newfoundland. From Tom: Thirty (Wow!) DNCBers enjoyed another beautiful Wednesday morning of birding in Iona Regional Park. We saw lots of neat species including shorebirds, warblers (some being banded), raptors and newly-arrived migrant waterfowl; check out…
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DNCB Outing No. 2019-34 to Maplewood Flats Conservation Area
Seventeen DNCBers enjoyed a warm, sunny Wednesday morning wandering the trails of Maplewood Flats Conservation Area in North Vancouver. We saw some neat species, met some neat folk, and had an enjoyable pub lunch. Check out the photo evidence on our DNCB Flickr site (more coming). Ten of us car-pooled nicely in two vehicles from…
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DNCB Outing No. 2019-31 to Iona Regional Park
Photos by Glen Bodie (GB), David Hoar (DH), Noreen Rudd (NR), Roger Meyer (RM), Terry Carr (TC), Sabine Decamp (SD) Seventeen DNCBers enjoyed another glorious Wednesday morning outing at Iona Regional Park. We saw some neat stuff, as attested by the many beaut photos, some even by Newbies, on our DNCB Flickr site. The people…
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DNCB Outing No. 2019-25 to Pitt Lake Wildlife Management Area
Twenty-three DNCBers enjoyed a long but fruitful day at the Pitt-Addington Marsh Wildlife Management Area in Coquitlam on Wednesday. A very long walk, some interesting sightings in a magnificent setting, and a delicious lunch; check out the photo evidence on our Flickr site at DNCB Flickr site. Eleven of us left Petra’s in three vehicles…
