Delta Naturalists Society

Tag: Birds

• Birding Outing to Point Roberts, USA with Delta Naturalists on January 16, 2024: Seabirds and a Sapsucker

  PHOTO: Harlequin Ducks by Terry Carr……. It was a hardy group of birders who met at Point Roberts this morning. The temperature was hovering down in the minus numbers, the ground was frozen, and even the fairly gentle wind off the ocean was enough to give finger-numbing wind chill. Some of us called in at Kiniski’s beach,

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  January 16, 2024

  *DNCB, *DNS, Bald Eagle, Belted Kingfisher, Black Turnstone, California Sea Lion, Dunlin, Greater White-fronted Goose, Harlequin Duck, Horned Grebe, Killdeer, Lighthouse Marine Park, Pelagic Cormorant, Point Roberts, Red-breasted Merganser, Red-breasted Sapsucker, Red-necked Grebe, Sanderling, Seabright Farm, Varied Thrush, Wilson’s Snipe

  Birds, Birdwatching, Delta Naturalists Society, Nature outings

• Nature Outing to Stanley Park with the Delta Naturalists, January 10, 2024: Ducks & Sea Lions

  PHOTO: California Sea Lions by Glen Bodie……. In spite of varying dire weather predictions, 6 brave birders met at Second Beach in Stanley Park – Terry, Lorna, Lidia, Brian, Stephanie and Glen. As usual, the weather forecast was flawed and we had a much warmer day than expected with no rain and even moments when the

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  January 10, 2024

  *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Barrow’s Goldeneye, Black Oystercatcher, California Sea Lion, Gadwall, Glaucous Gull, Harbour Seal, Hooded Merganser, Horned Grebe, Lost Lagoon, Ruddy Duck, Stanley Park, Wood Duck

  Birds, Birdwatching, Delta Naturalists Society, Nature outings, Stanley Park

• Delta Naturalists Fieldtrip to Stanley Park: Sea Birds & Sea Lions, on Dec 20, 2023

  PHOTO: Barrow’s Goldeneye by Terry Carr…….. The sun may have been firmly behind the clouds but the weather was truly fine—mild and not a breath of wind—for a Wednesday outing to Stanley Park. Eight Delta Nats Thea, Terry, Nicki, Christine, Colin, Stephanie, Pat, and Manli met on the seawall below the Second Beach pool, where a

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  December 20, 2023

  *DNS, *Vancouver, Bald Eagle, Barrow’s Goldeneye, Beaver Lake, Brown Creeper, California Sea Lion, Cooper’s Hawk, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Hooded Merganser, Horned Grebe, Lost Lagoon, Mew Gull, Pacific Wren, Pelagic Cormorant, Red-breasted Merganser, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Ruddy Duck, Second Beach, Short-billed Gull, Stanley Park, Wood Duck

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• Birdwatching on Boundary Bay Dyke at 64th Street with the Delta Naturalists (December 13, 2023)

  On this morning, the sun’s rays flowed copiously from beneath the sky’s heavy skirts of cloud, making the horizon blush burgundy. American Bald Eagle, European Starling, and a Northern Flicker adorned the large winter bare tree at the start of our walk at the southernmost end of 64th Street. Song Sparrow chirped shyly from the roadside foliage and

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  Delta Naturalists Society

  December 13, 2023

  *DNCB, 64 Street, American Kestrel, Belted Kingfisher, Bewick’s Wren, Black-bellied Plover, Boundary Bay, Cooper’s Hawk, Dunlin, Eurasian Wigeon, Gadwall, Hooded Merganser, Killdeer, Northern Harrier, Northern Shrike, Red-tailed Hawk, Yellow-rumped Warbler

  64th Street, Birds, Birdwatching, Boundary Bay Dyke, Delta Naturalists Society, Nature outings