Delta Naturalists Society

Category: Trumpeter Swan

• DNCB Outing No. 2022-45A to Ladner Harbour Park, November 8, 2022

  Six DNCBers met at Ladner Harbour Park on a cold sunny morning – Glen, Dirk, John, Bryan DeB, Lorna and Terry.  A light dusting of snow overnight covered the branches with snow.  This made for a very scenic walk. Bird feeders at the caretaker’s house had attracted Anna’s Hummingbirds, Black-capped Chickadees and Downy Woodpeckers.  The

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  November 8, 2022

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Brown Creeper, Cooper’s Hawk, Ladner Harbour Park, Marsh Wren, Red-tailed Hawk, Ring-necked Duck, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Trumpeter Swan, Varied Thrush, Wood Duck

• DNCB Outing No. 2022-44B to Point Roberts, November 2, 2022

  It may have been toe-numbingly cold, but with unthreatening high clouds and thin sunlight, 17 Delta Naturalists arrived at Point Roberts’ Lighthouse Marine Park grateful for the conditions.  They were Thea (yours truly), Rosemary, Anne, Lidia, Jonathan, Lorraine, Nicki, Margaretha, Liz, Marion, Pat, Brian, Louise, Dave, Noreen, Lynne, and Warren. The windless day left the

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  November 2, 2022

  *DNCB, American Kestrel, Bald Eagle, Belted Kingfisher, Bonaparte’s Gull, Common Murre, Cooper’s Hawk, Douglas Squirrel, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Harbour Porpoise, Harbour Seal, Harlequin Duck, Horned Grebe, Lighthouse Marine Park, Lily Point Park, Long-tailed Duck, Pacific Wren, Pigeon Guillemot, Point Roberts, Red-breasted Merganser, Red-tailed Hawk, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Short-billed Gull, Trumpeter Swan, Western Grebe, White-throated Sparrow

• DNCB Okanagan Field Trip, June 12-16, 2022

  The following report was compiled by Thea Beckman as a personal account of the DNCB’s field trip to the Okanagan. As such, a personal perspective is used in the story-telling and the determination of birding highlights, list-keeping, and identification criteria. Should you have any questions, contact Thea directly at thea.beckman@gmail.com DAY 1—Manning Park Resort & Beaver

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  June 16, 2022

  *DNCB, *EC Manning Park, Bald Eagle, Beaver Lodge Wetlands, Bighorn sheep, Black-billed Magpie, Black-headed Grosbeak, Bobolink, Bullock’s Oriole, California Quail, Calliope Hummingbird, Cedar Waxwing, Cinnamon Teal, Clark’s Nutcracker, Cliff Swallow, Columbian Ground Squirrel, Common Nighthawk, Common Raven, Common Yellowthroat, Cooper’s Hawk, Eastern Kingbird, Gadwall, Ginty’s Pond, Golden Eagle, Gray Catbird, Great Horned Owl, Haynes Point Provincial Park, House Wren, Killdeer, Kobau Regional Park, Lazuli Bunting, Lewis’s Woodpecker, MacGillivray’s Warbler, Mahoney Lake, Marsh Wren, Merlin, Mourning Dove, Northern Harrier, Northern Rough-winged Swallow, Okanagan, Okanagan River, Okanagan Wastewater Treatment Plant, Olive-sided Flycatcher, Osoyoos, Osoyoos Desert Centre, Osprey, Oxbow Trail at Road 22, Pied-billed Grebe, Red Crossbill, Red-breasted Sapsucker, Red-necked Grebe, Red-tailed Hawk, Redhead, Ruffed Grouse, Say’s Phoebe, Sora, Spotted Sandpiper, Townsend’s Warbler, Trumpeter Swan, Turkey Vulture, Twenty-minute Lake, Vaux’s Swift, Veery, Virginia Rail, Warbling Vireo, Western Kingbird, Western Tanager, Western Wood-Pewee, White Lake IBA, White-throated Swift, Willow Flycatcher, Yellow Warbler, Yellow-breasted Chat, Yellow-headed Blackbird, Yellow-rumped Warbler

• DNCB Outing No. 2022-11A to Terra Nova Regional Park, March 15, 2022

  It had been “a dark and stormy night”, but the rain stopped by 8:00 AM when 11 enthusiastic birders gathered at the west parking lot of Terra Nova Park.  This was the first outing since Daylight Saving Time, and there was a lot of grumbling about how it was really 7:00 AM.  Participants were Roger,

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  March 15, 2022

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Northern Harrier, Red-breasted Merganser, Red-tailed Hawk, Terra Nova, Trumpeter Swan, Varied Thrush, Yellow-rumped Warbler

• DNCB Outing No. 2022-10B to Brunswick Point, March 9, 2021

  It was a cold, sunny morning for the Wednesday Brunswick Point outing.  There were 16 of us – Lorna, Richard, Lidia, Brian, Louise, Gabriele, Margaretha, Glen, Janet, Marion, Warren, Lynne, Colin, Stephanie, Bryan and Terry. Just before the parking area there was an American Kestrel on a wire.  By the time we got out of

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  March 9, 2022

  *DNCB, American Kestrel, Bald Eagle, Brunswick Point, Dunlin, Hooded Merganser, Northern Harrier, Northern Shrike, Red-breasted Merganser, Ring-necked Pheasant, Rough-legged Hawk, Trumpeter Swan

• DNCB Outing No. 2022-10A to Brunswick Point, March 8, 2022

  It was a cloudy morning, threatening rain, but eight of the sign-ups showed up in a timely fashion at the parking spot at the end of Brunswick Point.  Roger was forgiven for being late as he had awesome pictures of an American Kestrel that he had spotted on “Superman’s House” – the film set location

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  March 8, 2022

  *DNCB, American Kestrel, Bald Eagle, Black-bellied Plover, Brunswick Point, Great Horned Owl, Northern Harrier, Ring-necked Pheasant, Trumpeter Swan

• DNCB Outing No. 2022-05B to Tsawwassen Ferry Jetty & Reifel Bird Sanctuary, February 2, 2022

  It was -3 degrees C with snow forecast, but a handful of the group assembled at 8am at the ferry jetty. The sky was overcast, the tide very high, and very few birds were on the water. The most interesting observation was the large group of Black Oystercatchers that had roosted on the gravel spit.

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  February 2, 2022

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Black Oystercatcher, Black-crowned Night-Heron, Cackling Goose, Cooper’s Hawk, Dunlin, Hooded Merganser, Merlin, Mute Swan, Northern Harrier, Red-breasted Merganser, Reifel, Ring-necked Duck, Rough-legged Hawk, Trumpeter Swan, Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway, Wood Duck

• DNCB Outing No. 2022-05A to Tsawwassen Ferry Jetty & Reifel Bird Sanctuary, February 1, 2022

  Seven DNCBers met on the Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway at 8am – David, Noreen, Chris, Jim, Joe, Pat, Terry. The tide was high, and there was a very cold wind. There were fewer birds than usual – Black Oystercatchers, Surf Scoters, Common Goldeneye, Mallards, American Wigeon, Bufflehead, Double-crested and Pelagic Cormorants, Brant and a Common Loon.

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  February 1, 2022

  *DNCB, Black Oystercatcher, Black-crowned Night-Heron, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Great Horned Owl, Hooded Merganser, Northern Harrier, Pelagic Cormorant, Red-tailed Hawk, Reifel, Ring-necked Duck, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Sandhill Crane, Trumpeter Swan, Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway, Wood Duck

• DNCB Outing No. 2022-04A to Iona Beach Regional Park, January 25, 2022

  Thirteen DNCBers met at Iona Beach Regional Park in Richmond on a cool, foggy morning: Richard, Kirsten, Jacquie, Lee, Bob, Dottie, Glen, Chris, Jim, Peter, Joe, Lori Y, Terry.  There were sieges of herons, but no ducks, in the pond by the parking lot.  A single Red-winged Blackbird was giving his song on the edge

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  January 25, 2022

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Dunlin, Iona Beach Regional Park, Lesser Snow Goose, Long-billed Dowitcher, Northern Harrier, Northern Shrike, Pied-billed Grebe, Purple Finch, Red-tailed Hawk, Ring-necked Duck, Trumpeter Swan

• DNCB Outing No. 2021-47B to Brunswick Point, November 24, 2021

  I arrived punctually at 8am, and Noreen and David were parked a few minutes later. After deciding we must be the only birders today, we set off along the trail around Brunswick Point. Golden-crowned Sparrows were hopping around the soil piles on the farmland edge, and the first of many Song Sparrows made itself visible.

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  November 24, 2021

  *DNCB, American Kestrel, Bald Eagle, Brown Creeper, Brunswick Point, Cooper’s Hawk, Dunlin, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Marsh Wren, Northern Harrier, Northern Shrike, Rough-legged Hawk, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Trumpeter Swan, Virginia Rail, Western Meadowlark