Tag: Birdwatching
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Delta Naturalists Outing to the North 40, July 10, 2024
PHOTO: Cooper’s Hawk by Glen Bodie…. Some of those who skipped the trip to Manning Park on Tuesday came out to the North 40 park on Wednesday – Dottie, Bob and Glen. It was a sunny hot day, but the blast furnace of the last week had started to come back to normal BC temperatures.
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Manning Park, July 9, 2024
PHOTO: Paintbrush Trail by Terry Carr…. Eleven Delta Nats met at Manning Park Resort on the hottest day of the year. Some had wisely driven up the day before and spent the night there. On the way up some of us stopped near the park entrance to look for Pikas. These little rodents were scurrying
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Cypress Provincial Park, July 2, 2024
PHOTO: Northern Flicker by Terry Carr…. Five Delta Nats met at the lookout on Cypress Mountain on a glorious summer morning. Terry, Lidia, Lorna, Margaret and Christine We did not find the usual collection of birds here but we did have Robins, Juncos, Crows, Ravens and brief views of a Swainson’s Thrush and a Warbling
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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 Outing to Tsawwassen Ferry Causeway, June 25, 2025
One Delta Nat scoped the compensation lagoon & spit on a nice sunny balmy day to get closer views of the many Bonaparte’s Gulls in breeding plumage (only one with black head)!Several Whimbrel were foraging amongst the large roosting group of Great Blue Herons.Two Killdeer & three Black Oystercatchers also were present on this tiny land reserve.
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Jackman Wetlands, June 19, 2024
PHOTO: Yellow Warbler by Glen Bodie…. It only takes 2 to make a DNCB group outing – Susan G and Glen. We met at Jackman Wetlands on perhaps the first real warm and sunny summer day this year to see what we could see. Even though there were only 2 pairs of eyeballs at work
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Jackman Wetlands & Aldergrove Regional Park, June 18, 2024
PHOTO: Pied-billed Grebe by Christine Gaio…. Eleven Delta Nats met at Jackman Wetlands in Langley. Jackman Wetlands, a former landfill site, now has paths, ponds and an 18 hole disc golf course. Players use thick, heavy, Frisbee-like discs and aim for chain baskets as targets. Next door are large movie sets. As we started our
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Colony Farm, June 5, 2024
PHOTO: Fuzzy-Horned Bumble Bee on Dandelion by Terry Carr….. The Tuesday outing was cancelled because of rain so a combination of Tuesday and Wednesday birders made a group of 20 who met at what was formerly called Colony Farm Regional Park in Coquitlam. Those of us from south of the Fraser were delayed by an
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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 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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