Category: Terra Nova
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DNCB Outing No. 2015-46 to Terra Nova Park
Only six hardy souls braved the elements on Tuesday on our outing to Terra Nova Park in Richmond. We saw a few birds and other neat stuff (e.g. Perigeal Raft); check out Pascale’s i-phone photos on our DNCB Picasa site. It was pouring rain at Petra’s at 7:30 a.m. and only Mike B and visiting…
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DNCB Outing No. 2015-4 to Terra Nova Park in Richmond
Twenty-five DNCBers enjoyed a very mild (~14 degrees) and pleasantly dry Tuesday morning wandering around the rejuvenated Terra Nova Park (TNP) in Richmond. Lots of neat bird sightings including a rarely seen Common Teal. Check out the photo evidence on our DNCB Picasa site. We 25 were: Gurus Anne M and Mary T, photogs Terry,…
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DNS Display at Richmond Raptor Festival, Terra Nova Park
On Sunday, August 17, Delta Nats participated in the annual Richmond Raptor Festival. Similar to the previous Ladner Animal Expo and Starry Night events, we used Roger’s van to cart our Display material to Terra Nova Park. This event runs from 10:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. so we started setting up there around 9:30 a.m.…
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DNCB Outing No. 2014-4 to Terra Nova Park in Richmond
Sixteen DNCBers spent a foggy Monday morning at the newly-furbished Terra Nova Park in Richmond. The birding was quiet, but we did have a few moments of excitement. Eight of us (Mike with PB Lorna, Hans and Roger, and Anne M, Glen and Sheila with me) carpooled at 8:00 a.m. from Petra’s and made good…
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Delta Nats Display Events – Starry Night and Richmond Raptor Festival
Your Delta Naturalists’ Society was busy this past weekend participating with its hands-on, educational and entertaining Display at two events, Metro Vancouver Parks Starry Night at Deas Island Park on Saturday evening, August 17 and then again on Sunday, August 18 at the annual Richmond Raptor Festival at Terra Nova Park. There were hundreds of…
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DNCB Outing No. 2013-4 to Terra Nova Park in Richmond
Ten DNCBer’s (Lorna, Sheila, Marion, Bryan & Janet, Jonathan, Mike, Donna, me and Gerhard) started on our Monday morning outing to Terra Nova Park in Richmond. My “Bird of the Day” was a Townsend’s Solitaire, while Gerhard’s dessert following Lorna’s PB and Banana Sandwich was also a hit. Check out Marion and Jonathan’s photos on our…
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DNCB Outing No. 2012-25 to Richmond’s Terra Nova Park
We started with eight (Ken & Anne, Mike B, PB Lorna, Kay G, Peggy K, Terry C and me) and picked up newbie Mary “bugam” Bragg at Terry Nova Park in Richmond. It was raining while we visited the Caspian Tern Colony, but cleared and warmed up nicely for our walk in TN Park. Hi-lites…
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DNCB Outing #2011-03 to Terra Nova and Garry Point Parks
Thirteen birders spent a very pleasant Monday (Jan. 17) morning in Richmond at Terra Nova Park then at Garry Point Park in Steveston. We were: John & Kay, Rick & Marg, Bill & Mary, Ansa, Terry, Lorna, Anne, Roger, newbie Marian and me. Hi-lites included: many duck species in breeding plumage and up-close-and-personal including less…
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Delta Nats Casual Birding Outing #58, 5 Oct 2009
Jim, Photog Terry and I enjoyed a gorgeous morning of casual birding along the dyke and at Terra Nova Park in Richmond. On arrival we were aroused by the chatter of several Marsh Wrens in the bull rushes beside the parking lot. They posed nicely for us, as did several colourful Red-winged Blackbirds. We walked…
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