Category: Virginia Rail
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Iona Beach Regional Park, March 4, 2026
PHOTO: Red-winged Blackbird by Freddie Whiting…… 11 Delta Nats met at Iona Beach Regional park in Richmond – Freddie, Connie, Bee, Lee, Anne, Colin, Brian, Louise, Lindly, Stephanie and Terry. At the parking lot we were met by our first Tree Swallows of the year. Here we were also entertained by noisy Red-winged Blackbirds displaying…
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Terra Nova, February 25, 2026
PHOTO: Pied-billed Grebes by Colin Huggett….. Our group met up at Terra Nova Park on River Road in Richmond. We were Bruce, Nicki, Lindly, Brian, Louise, Colin, Stephanie, Anne, Jeff and new member Ron. Scanning the foreshore we saw hundreds of gulls and several species of waterfowl but once the group was together we crossed…
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Tsawwassen First Nation Dyke, January 21, 2026
PHOTO: Snow Bunting by Susan Gemeinhardt….. I arrived a few minutes late for our 9 am start and had to manoeuvre to find a parking spot. It was a very misty morning, but the rest of our birding group was ready and waiting: Noreen, Dave, Colin, Stephanie, Susan, Pat, Brian, Freddie, Douglas, Christine McG and…
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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 Ladner Harbour Park, October 29, 2025
PHOTO: Ruby-crowned Kinglet by Glen Bodie…. Eleven of us gathered in the parking lot by the caretaker’s house where the feeders had plenty of seed and small birds were taking advantage of this. Glen was going to start with us on Shirley’s trail but not continue far and Margaretha joined us then keeping our total…
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway & Reifel, October 8, 2025
PHOTO: Black-capped Chickadee by Susan Gemeinhardt… Although Wednesday started out cloudy, by the end of the morning it was sunny and quite pleasant. Noreen and I started our morning at the Causeway and were pleased to have virtually no wind and a near high tide so the birds were easy to spot. A Belted Kingfisher…
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Reifel Bird Sanctuary, October 4, 2025
PHOTO: Yellowlegs, Dowitchers, Shovelers by Brian Avent….. Fourteen Delta Naturalists gathered bright and early at the Reifel Bird Sanctuary on Saturday, October 4th, eager to see what autumn migration had in store. Among our party was a special guest from Salmon Arm, a former DNS member who had made the long trip down to revisit…
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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 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 and Reifel, December 4, 2024
PHOTO: Hudsonian Whimbrel by Glen Bodie……. There were 3 DNCBers at the Ferry causeway in the heavy fog: Brian R, Lorna and Glen. We saw the sun start rising from the SE over Pt Roberts and, luckily, we saw a few birds in the high tide. The north side had a flock of Dunlin mumurating…
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