Category: Swainson’s Thrush
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Cypress Provincial Park, July 2, 2024
PHOTO: Northern Flicker by Terry Carr…. Five Delta Nats met at the lookout on Cypress Mountain on a glorious summer morning. Terry, Lidia, Lorna, Margaret and Christine We did not find the usual collection of birds here but we did have Robins, Juncos, Crows, Ravens and brief views of a Swainson’s Thrush and a Warbling

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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 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 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 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 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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DNCB Outing No. 2023-29B to Iona Beach Regional Park, July 26, 2023
Eight of us met at the Iona Beach parking: Glen, Lidia, Herb, Terry, Lee, Margaret, Mike, Roger. Terry had a quick scan of the beach but the tide was way out so we decided to wait for later to look out there. The main pond was quiet, a few Mallards and a Great Blue Heron,
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DNCB Outing No. 2023-26B to Jackman Wetlands, June 28, 2023
Many of us missed the turn from 272 Ave on the first attempt, but all 11 of us got there: Brian and Louise, Colin and Stephanie, Warren and Lynne, David and Noreen, Lidia, Marion and Glen. The sun was already beating down, looking like a scorcher in Langley. There was interesting construction just north of
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DNCB Outing No. 2023-24B to Colony Farm, June 14, 2023
There were only supposed to be 3 of us there: Marion, Lindly and Glen. At 08:00 we called Lindly to check and she had thought it would be bad weather so decided last night not to come. We told her it was looking pretty good – overcast but dry enough – so she said she
