Delta Naturalists Society

Category: Warbling Vireo

• Delta Naturalists Outing to Alaksen National Wildlife Area, July 30, 2025

  PHOTO: Yellow Warbler by Bruce Taylor…. 11 of us met at the parking lot at Alaksen at 8am. It was a gorgeous sunny morning. We scanned London Slough from the parking lot and saw some Cedar Waxwings, Mallards, Canada Geese and Wood Ducks. We started our walk at the native wildflower garden behind the staff

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  July 30, 2025

  *DNCB, Alaksen NWA, Bald Eagle, Barred Owl, Black-headed Grosbeak, Brown Creeper, Bullock’s Oriole, Cedar Waxwing, Merlin, Orange-crowned Warbler, Pied-billed Grebe, Purple Martin, Warbling Vireo, Western Flycatcher, Wood Duck, Yellow Warbler

• Delta Naturalists Outing to Cypress Provincial Park, July 1, 2025

  PHOTO: Townsend’s Warbler by Susan Gemeinhardt…. 10 DNCBers met at the High View Lookout on Cypress Mountain – Dorothy, Lidia, Susan, Lindly, Caude, Terry, Christine, Bruce, Nicki, Freddie. Traffic was very light in both directions on the Canada Day holiday. There was a great view down to the city. We often have nice bird sightings

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  July 1, 2025

  *DNCB, Band-tailed Pigeon, Cypress Mountain, First Lake, Hollyburn Lodge, Olive-sided Flycatcher, Orange-crowned Warbler, Red-breasted Sapsucker, Townsend’s Warbler, Vaux’s Swift, Warbling Vireo, White-winged Crossbill, Yew Lake Trail

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• Delta Naturalists Outing to Joe Brown Park, June 10, 2025

  PHOTO: Juvenile Barred Owl by Bob Winston….. A quartet of birders met at Joe Brown Park (Alan, Lee, Dottie and Bob) to see what June would provide at this hot spot.  The day was very nice, warm and a light breeze.  The Jim Arnold trail was getting overgrown thus hard to see the birds but

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  June 10, 2025

  Bald Eagle, Barred Owl, Bewick’s Wren, Black Swift, Black-headed Grosbeak, Cedar Waxwing, Common Yellowthroat, Hutton’s Vireo, Joe Brown Park, Warbling Vireo, Western Flycatcher, Willow Flycatcher

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• Delta Naturalists Outing to Blackie Spit, August 28, 2024

  PHOTO:Horned Lark by Glen Bodie….. A select group of 5 Casual Birders met at Blackie Spit this morning: Glen, Liz, Alan, Margaretha, and Anne. The sky was grey, and it looked like it might rain. Not letting that deter us, we headed off down the spit trail in search of birds. Some gulls drifted overhead

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  August 28, 2024

  *DNCB, *DNS, Belted Kingfisher, Blackie Spit, California Gull, Horned Lark, Lesser Yellowlegs, Purple Martin, Stilt Sandpiper, Warbling Vireo

• Delta Naturalists Birding Trip to 100 Mile House, June 23-27, 2024

  PHOTO: American Coots by Terry Carr…. REPORT BY THEA BECKMAN: Sunday, June 23 – Travel to 108 Golf Resort  Located in the central interior of British Columbia, the Cariboo is an intermontane region sandwiched between the Cariboo Mountains to the east and the Coast Mountains to the west with the Fraser River plateau in between.

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  June 27, 2024

  *100 Mile House, *DNCB, *DNS, *Williams Lake, 108 Golf Resort, 108 Mile Heritage Site, 150 Mile House, Alder Flycatcher, American Avocet, American Dipper, American Kestrel, American Redstart, Bald Eagle, Barrow’s Goldeneye, Belted Kingfisher, Black-billed Magpie, Blue-winged Teal, Bobolink, Bullock’s Oriole, Calliope Hummingbird, Canvasback, Cedar Waxwing, Centennial Park, Chipping Sparrow, Cinnamon Teal, Clay-coloured Sparrow, Cliff Swallow, Common Yellowthroat, Dusky Flycatcher, Eared Grebe, Eastern Kingbird, Elliot Lake, Evening Grosbeak, Gadwall, Graham Lake, Gray Catbird, Hermit Thrush, Horse Lake, Killdeer, Lazuli Bunting, Least Flycatcher, Lincoln’s Sparrow, Long-billed Curlew, Marsh Wren, Merlin, Mission Road, Mountain Bluebird, Mountain Chickadee, Northern Rough-winged Swallow, Northern Waterthrush, Olive-sided Flycatcher, Orange-crowned Warbler, Osprey, Pileated Woodpecker, Purple Finch, Red-naped Sapsucker, Red-necked Grebe, Red-tailed Hawk, Redhead, Ring-necked Duck, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Sandhill Crane, Say’s Phoebe, Scout Island Nature Centre, Scout Lake, Sepa Lake, Solitary Sandpiper, Sora, Spotted Sandpiper, Townsend’s Solitaire, Turkey Vulture, Veery, Vesper Sparrow, Virginia Rail, Walker Valley, Warbling Vireo, Watson Lake, Western Flycatcher, Western Kingbird, Western Meadowlark, Western Wood-Pewee, White Pelican, Williams Lake First Nation reserve, Willow Flycatcher, Wilson’s Snipe, Wood Duck, Yellow Warbler, Yellow-headed Blackbird, Yellow-rumped Warbler

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• Delta Naturalists Outing to Ladner Harbour Park, May 22, 2024

  PHOTO: Wilson’s Warbler (f) by David Hoar….. 14 keen Casual Birders met up at Ladner Harbour Park on a rather cool, grey morning, determined to see newly arrived migrant birds. Participants today were Roger, Noreen and David, Lynne and Warren, Stephanie and Colin, Glen, Lidia, Lindly, Margaretha, Douglas and Christine McG, and me (Anne). The

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  May 22, 2024

  *DNCB, *DNS, *Ladner/Tsawwassen, Bald Eagle, Black-headed Grosbeak, Great Horned Owl, Ladner Harbour Park, Marsh Wren, Orange-crowned Warbler, Pacific-slope Flycatcher, Warbling Vireo, Western Wood-Pewee, Wilson’s Warbler, Yellow Warbler, Yellow-rumped Warbler

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• Delta Naturalists Outing to Delta Nature Reserve, May 18, 2024

  PHOTO: Hairy Woodpecker (juvenile) by Grant Edwards….. Three Delta Nats (Nicki, Bruce and Grant) braved the not so nice weather.  After a half hour rain delay we were off on the adventure.  We were soon greeted by several singing Wilson’s Warblers, Yellow Warblers, Song Sparrows and Rufous Hummingbirds as the birds were equally relieved to

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  May 18, 2024

  *DNCB, *DNS, Burns Bog, Cedar Waxwing, Common Yellowthroat, Hairy Woodpecker, Orange-crowned Warbler, Pacific-slope Flycatcher, Purple Finch, Swainson’s Thrush, Warbling Vireo, Western Tanager, Wilson’s Warbler, Yellow Warbler

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• DNCB Outing No. 2023-28B to Joe Brown Park, July 12, 2023

  Fifteen went in and nine came out. The fifteen was a large crowd of cats that needed herding: Dottie and Bob, Chris, Jacquie, Jean, Johnny Mac, Lee, Lidia, Liz, Margaret, Mike, Nick, Roger, Stephanie and Glen. Six of those found other ways and times to leave Joe Brown and the nine didn’t see them as

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  July 12, 2023

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Barred Owl, Bewick’s Wren, Black-headed Grosbeak, Black-throated Gray Warbler, Brown Creeper, Cedar Waxwing, Joe Brown Park, Olive-sided Flycatcher, Pacific-slope Flycatcher, Purple Finch, Swainson’s Thrush, Warbling Vireo, Western Tanager, Western Wood-Pewee, Willow Flycatcher

• DNCB Outing No. 2023-24B to Colony Farm, June 14, 2023

  There were only supposed to be 3 of us there: Marion, Lindly and Glen. At 08:00 we called Lindly to check and she had thought it would be bad weather so decided last night not to come. We told her it was looking pretty good – overcast but dry enough – so she said she

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  June 14, 2023

  Band-tailed Pigeon, Black-headed Grosbeak, Cedar Waxwing, Colony Farm RP, Common Yellowthroat, Eastern Kingbird, Mule Deer, Ring-necked Pheasant, Swainson’s Thrush, Turkey Vulture, Warbling Vireo, Willow Flycatcher, Wood Duck, Yellow Warbler

• DNCB Outing No. 2023-22A to UBC Botanical Garden, May 30, 2023

  Ten birders spent a pleasant morning wandering through the UBC Botanical Garden – Jonathan, Terry, Don, Lidia, Dottie, Bob, Lee, Lorna, Deems and Lorraine. As Lee said, the variety of plants and trees more than made up for the lack of birds seen. In fact, they were likely responsible for the lack of birds seen.

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  May 30, 2023

  *DNCB, Black-headed Grosbeak, Pacific-slope Flycatcher, Purple Finch, Swainson’s Thrush, UBC Botanical Garden, Warbling Vireo, Western Tanager