Tag: Birdwatching
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Tsawwassen First Nation Dyke & Reifel, June 2, 2026
PHOTO: Variegated Meadowhawk by Bob Winston……… Nine Delta Nats met at the 41B Pond on Tsawwassen First Nation where we were immediately greeted by four Yellow-bellied Marmots. Marsh Wrens were singing and posing for photos. The male Marsh Wren builds multiple “dummy nests” within his territory to attract females. Once a female chooses one, she…
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Colony Farm, May 27, 2026
PHOTO: Lazuli Bunting by Bruce Taylor……. Nine Delta Nats set out to explore Colony Farms on a beautiful sunny morning. We immediately walked across the road to look for the Lazuli Bunting which luckily was seen in short order as it flitted around an area down a short path. After finding our main target we…
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Colony Farm, May 26, 2026
PHOTO: L azuli Bunting by Christine Gaio…. Seven DNCBers met at Colony Farm Regional Park in Coquitlam. The weather forecast said that the rain would stop before 8 AM – but it did not. It was steady rain to begin with but there were breaks later. We started along the path towards the works yard…
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Campbell Valley Regional Park, May 19, 2026
PHOTO: Squirrel & Steller’s Jay by Freddie Whiting…. 14 birders met at Campbell Valley Regional Park in Langley on a cloudy morning. Spring flowers were in bloom – Western Lily of the Valley, Bleeding Heart, Red Osier Dogwood, Pacific Ninebark, Thimbleberry and more. At the first bridge there was a Mallard with 6 ducklings. Along…
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Queen Elizabeth Park, May 12, 2026
PHOTO: Barred Owls by Christine Gaio……. Ten DNCBers met at Vancouver’s Queen Elizabeth Park on a sunny morning – Margaret, Tess, Lidia, Jim, Mei, Lorna, Christine, Chris, TK and Terry. Most of us found free parking outside the park. This is the highest point in Vancouver and it is an important stopover site for migrants.…
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Ladner Harbour Park, May 6, 2026
PHOTO: California Darner by Chris McVittie….. Four DNCB’ers met at the park for our 8am walk with Anne M leading. We were Anne, Susan, Richard and Chris. We were greeted with a fair amount of chirping as we walked through the soon to be renovated playground. The walk looked promising. It was cooler than Tuesday…
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Ladner Harbour Park & Tsawwassen First Nations Dyke, May 5, 2026
PHOTO: Yellow-bellied Marmots by Terry Carr………….. 11 birders met at Ladner Harbour Park – Mei, Connie, Dottie, Bob, Teresa, Lorna, Lidia, Claude, Freddie, Jim and Terry. It was cool to begin with, but soon warmed up. A Black-capped Chickadee and a female Red-winged Blackbird were on the feeders by the caretaker’s house, and a Flicker…
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Queen Elizabeth Park, May 2, 2026
19 birders joined Thea on a Saturday outing to Vancouver’s Queen Elizabeth Park. Photos are on flickr eBird checklist
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Joe Brown & Colebrook Parks, April 29, 2026
PHOTO: Juvenile Red-tailed Hawk by Bob Winston……….. Wednesday provided a fine warm morning for a bird walk at Surrey’s Joe Brown Park. The turnout was 24 eyeballs (12 birders) all of which were needed to spy out the scarce birds present. Birders were Alan, Bob, Colin, Dorothy, Dottie, Lidia, Lorna, Margaretha, Stephanie, Susan, Teresa and Terry. …
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Brydon Lagoon, Hi-Knoll Park & Beach Grove Park
PHOTO: Violet-Green Swallows by Christine Gaio…… 11 Delta Nats met at Brydon Lagoon on a dry Wednesday morning. The Tuesday outing had been cancelled because of a very wet weather forecast. The lagoon usually contains a nice collection of duck species – and there were Mallards, Wood Ducks, Scaup, Shovellers and Bufflehead – along with…
