Category: Virginia Rail
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DNCB Outing No. 2015-37 to Boundary Bay and Reifel Bird Sanctuary
About 25 folk participated in various aspects of Wednesday’s “erratic” DNCB outing to Boundary Bay at 104th and 96th Streets, then Reifel Bird Sanctuary. This was the alternate destination as our Mt. Baker outing (poor weather) was postponed to next Wednesday, Sept. 23. There is some super photo evidence on our DNCB Picasa site. Seven…
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DNCB Outing No. 2015-25 to Campbell Valley Regional Park
Photos by Ken (KB), Glen (GB), Marion (MS), Pascale & Alberto (P&A), Jim (JK), Liz (LS) & others at DNCB Picasa site Because the southeastern part of the park was visited last July, it had been decided to explore the northern section. Thus at about 8:15 on another fantastic Wednesday morning, twenty one avian enthusiasts…
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DNCB Outing No. 2015-11 to Iona Regional Park
Photos by Glen (GB), Ken (KB) and Pascale & Alberto (P&A) Almost 30 (actually 28-see names at end) DNCBer’s toured Iona Regional Park and the adjacent Sewage Lagoons on another dry and comfortable Tuesday morning. Hi-lites included lots of Waterfowl species, a few Shorebirds, lots of idle chatter with Newbies, and a tasty lunch at…
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DNCB Outing 2015-2 to Iona Regional Park
Twenty-five (WOW!) DNCBers braved the very foggy conditions on Tuesday and had a decent, not super, morning of birding at Iona Regional Park. Hi-lites were few although the White-fronted Geese and a Northern Shrike carrying prey were neat. And lunch at the Flying beaver was a treat. Check out photos by Liz, Glen, Terry, Jim…
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DNCB Outing No. 2014-50 Birds on the Bay
See full set of photos by Terry Carr (TC), Liz Stewart (LS) & Glen Bodie (GB) on our DNCB Picasa site More pictures from the above photographers will be added to the Report below, soon! DNCBers: I’m Baaaaack! On a typical mild but overcast Winter Wednesday morning in Delta, about 20 DNCBers enjoyed our quarterly…
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DNCB Outing No. 2014-14 to Colony Farm Regional Park, Coquitlam
Photos by Bill (BD), Bryan (BK), Jim (JK), Jonathan (JM), Ken (KB), Marion (MS), Roger (RM) & Terry (TC) Twenty-two birders (wow) enjoyed another gorgeous and productive Wednesday morning at Colony Farm Regional Park in Coquitlam. Hi-lites included: both Sora and Virginia Rails, several Mountain Bluebirds and lots of other warblers and waterfowl in breeding…
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DNCB Outing No. 2014-5 to Reifel Bird Sanctuary
Thirty plus DNCBer’s (WOW) congregated on this beautiful Monday morning for a very productive outing at Reifel Bird Sanctuary, our “DNCB Mecca”. Hi-lites included: Great-horned and Saw-whet Owls, Rough-legged Hawk, Merlin and American Kestrel, Northern Shrike, Ring-necked Pheasant and lots of other species in gorgeous breeding plumage. Check out photos on the DNCB Picasa link.…
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DNCB Outing No. 2013-51 to Reifel Bird Sanctuary
Photos by Bryan King (BK), Glen Bodie (GB), Tony Mitra (TM), Terry Carr (TC) & … will be added soon At least sixteen DNCBers enjoyed a sunny, relatively mild morning of birding on the way to and at Reifel Bird Sanctuary. In addition to the expected beauties when we go to our Birders’ Mecca Reifel,…
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DNCB Outing No. 2013-14 to Iona Regional Park
Six DNCB weirdoes (PB Lorna, Kay, Bryan & Janet, Donna and me) spent Wednesday morning in the pouring rain at Iona Regional Park. Lots of hi-lites including: Ruddy Ducks, Virginia Rail (seen), Canvasbacks, colourful warblers and more. Check out Bryan’s photos on our DNCB Picasa site. I was hoping no one would show up at…
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DNCB Outing No. 2012-14 to Colony Farm
We had a large group (24) on a pleasant (not Ontario balmy) Monday morning on our “away trip” to Colony Farm Regional Park in Coquitlam. Hi-lites were: Virginia Rails, Northern Shrike, Yellow-rumped Warblers and lots of other neat stuff. Check out the photos of the outing on our DNCB Picasa site at http://picasaweb.google.com/dncbirding. Three car…
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