Category: Trumpeter Swan
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Serpentine Fen, January 27, 2026
PHOTO: White-throated Sparrow by Christine Gaio….. 11 Delta Nats met at Surrey’s Serpentine Fen on what was forecast to be the last dry day for a while – Susan, Teresa, Margaret, Christine, Dottie, Fen, Bob, Pat, Claude, Freddie and Terry. The resident Kingfisher did not put in an appearance at the bridge at the beginning
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Jackman Wetlands & Aldergrove Regional Park, January 14, 2026
PHOTO: Hooded Merganser by Pat Smart….. At 9am on January 14, 7 of us met at Jackman Wetlands in Aldergrove. We were Bruce, Nicki, Lindly, Anne, Colin, Susan and Stephanie. We ran into Pat late in the walk, heading in the opposite direction. Barely out of the parking lot we heard the “tsee, tsee, tsee”
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Boundary Bay Dyke at 64th, December 31, 2025
PHOTO: Ruby-crowned Kinglet by Chris McVittie….. After driving through a bit of fog while making our way to the foot of 64th St, we stepped onto the dyke with clear views of the bay and surrounding areas. Our group was Bruce, Nicki, Chris, Pat, Susan, Doug and Christine. After snapping a few photos of the
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Brunswick Point, December 17, 2025
PHOTO: Spotted Towhee by Susan Gemeinhardt… Nine Delta Nats met at the Brunswick Point parking lot on River Road in Ladner – Richard, Stephanie, Colin, Susan, Teresa, Connie, Margaret, Dorothy and Terry. Despite the forecast of showers it was a glorious clear, cold fall day. Although we complain about the new parking lot being so
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway & Reifel, December 2, 2025
PHOTO: Hudsonian Whimbrels by Glen Bodie….. Six Delta Nats met at the Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway on a cool, cloudy morning. On the north side of the causeway were Common Loons, Wigeon and Green-winged Teal. We crossed carefully to the south side of the causeway where there was much more activity – Harlequins, Common Goldeneye, Mallards,
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Boundary Bay Dyke at 104th St, November 26, 2025
PHOTO: Spotted Towhee & House Finch by Susan Gemeinhardt…. Four of us gathered at the foot of 104th Street this morning at 9 am: Lindly, Pat, Susan and me. The weather was cool and overcast but we were lucky to have no rain all morning. The tide was high, right up to the dyke, and
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway & Reifel, March 5, 2025
PHOTO: Great Blue Heron Colony by Terry Carr… Pat, Dorothy and Terry met on the Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway in bright sunshine. The tide was high and there were only a few of each duck species close to shore – Mallards, Bufflehead, American Wigeon, Common and Barrow’s Goldeneye, Scaup and Surf Scoters – no large flocks.
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway & Reifel, March 4, 2025
PHOTO: Dunlin Murmuration by Glen Bodie…. It seemed a not-too-promising day from the weather forecast, and a few birders fell off the sign-up sheet, but still, Nicki, Bruce, Anne and Glen met at the Ferry causeway pullout, and later met up with Lori at Reifel. The rain held off until we were on our way
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Iona Beach Regional Park, February 26, 2025
PHOTO: Greater White-fronted Geese by Brian Avent….. On one of the first nice sunny Wednesday mornings in a long time, 13 birders met at the Iona Beach Regional Park parking lot: Al and Liz, Brian and Louise, Pat, Lorna, Anne, Grace, Henry, Naoko, Dorothy, Terry and Glen. The Red-winged Blackbirds were everywhere as usual, and
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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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