Category: Terra Nova
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Terra Nova, October 21, 2025
PHOTO: Varied Thrush by Susan Gemeihardt….. 9 Delta Nats met at Terra Nova Rural Park in Richmond – Jonathan, Lidia, Connie, Colin, Susan, Dorothy, Lorraine, Anne and Terry. Again those of us coming from south of the Fraser had terrible traffic to deal with. From the parking lot we saw 18 species. A noisy pair
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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 Terra Nova Rural Park, August 26, 2025
PHOTO: Western Tanager by Susan Gemeinhardt… Ten Delta Nats met at Terra Nova Rural Park in Richmond – Terry, Lorna, Christine, Bob, Dorothy, Dottie, Lidia, Susan, Claude, Freddie. A pair of Double-crested Cormorants landed on the river and several Mallards and Gulls flew past. A Great Blue Heron landed beside the river. We walked through
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Terra Nova, February 12, 2025
PHOTO: Red-winged Blackbird by Glen Bodie…. On a bright clear sunny crisp and crunchy day at Terra Nova eight DNCBers met: Richard, Colin and Stephanie, Warren and Lynne, Lou, Anne and Glen. There were also a few Nature Vancouver birders there trying to find each other amid the construction trucks fixing the road. Perhaps our
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Terra Nova, February 11, 2025
PHOTO: Snow Geese by Chris McVittie….. 17 DNCBers met at Richmond’s Terra Nova Park on a very cold morning – Alan, Brian & Louise, Chris, Jim, Christine, Dorothy, Jean, Lidia, Susan, Grace, Henry & Naoko, Lee, Bob & Dottie, and Terry. Those of us coming from south of the Fraser were delayed by a dump
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Terra Nova & Garden City Lands, November 19, 2024
PHOTO: Glossy/White-faced Ibis by Christine Gaio….. Nine DNCBers met at Richmond’s Terra Nova Park on a very cold, but dry, morning. There was fresh snow on the north shore mountains. In the river were Wigeon, Gulls and Cormorants. A Heron and a Harrier flew over. We heard, but did not see, a Bald Eagle. It
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Terra Nova Park, August 21, 2024
PHOTO: Northern Harrier by Brian Avent…. 10 Delta Naturalists met at Richmond’s Terra Nova Park for a morning of eye, ear and binocular exercise. Shortly after we started we were serenaded by distant sirens and not so distant Coyotes, and quite a song they had. The Heron, Mallard and Pied-Billed Grebe in the pond were
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Terra Nova Regional Park on February 7, 2024
PHOTO: Snow Geese by Glen Bodie……. There’s nothing like some nice weather. No sooner had the forecast improved than our expected group of 5 die-hards swelled to 14: Angela, Moira, Christine, Jacquie, Lee, Warren and Lynne, Jonathan and Lorraine, Lindly, Louise, Deems, Stephanie and Glen. The weather cooperated with a sunny day, blue skies and moderate (winter)
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Terra Nova Regional Park on February 6, 2024
PHOTO: Short-eared Owl by Terry Carr………. Twelve Delta Naturalists met at Richmond’s Terra Nova Regional Park – Brian A., Dottie, Bob, Liz, Alan, John, Margaretha, Nick, Roger, Mike, Lorna and Terry. The usual pair of Bald Eagles were watching from the top of a Douglas Fir above the parking lot. In the river were Mallards, Green-winged Teal,
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DNCB Outing No. 2023-47B to Terra Nova Rural Park, November 22, 2023
After a real page-turner of a report from the Tuesday group, six Delta Nats—Thea, Rosemary, Richard, Glen, Louise, and Lidia—showed up at Terra Nova practically salivating at the prospect of a buffet of winter rarities, like Redpoll and Pine Grosbeak. The “partly sunny” part of the weather forecast was greatly embellished, and we found ourselves
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