Tag: Birdwatching
-
Delta Naturalists Outing to Centennial Beach, April 29, 2025
PHOTO: Killdeer Chicks by Christine Gaio…. Three Delta Nats met at Centennial Beach on a gorgeous morning – Christine, Lorna and Terry. There were no Eagles in the trees around the parking lot but we did see a few later on. In the pond, Northern Shovelers were swimming in circles to stir up food, along

-
Delta Naturalists Outing to Joe Brown Park, April 23, 2025
PHOTO: Ruby-crowned Kinglet by Glen Bodie…. On a sunny, but cool to start, Wednesday morning 9 DNCBers met at the 125 Ave entrance to Joe Brown Park: Colin and Stephanie, Warren and Lynne, Freddie (sans Claude), Richard, Margaretha, Anne and Glen. There were lots of species along the forest path, though most were hard to

-
Delta Naturalists Outing to Joe Brown Park, April 22, 2025
PHOTO: Bewick’s Wren by Christine Gaio…. Ten DNCBers met at Surrey’s Joe Brown Park – Lee, Terry Christine, Connie, Dottie, Dorothy, Naoko, Henry, Lorna and Grace. Colin joined us later. We had good views of a Yellow-rumped Warbler across the street. We were surprised at how many leaves had opened in the last few days

-
Delta Naturalists Outing to Brydon Lagoon & Hi-Knoll Park, April 16, 2025
PHOTO: Common Merganser by Glen Bodie…. 8 DNCBers met at the Brydon Lagoon parking on a sunny morning: Warren and Lynne, Claude and Freddie, Colin, Richard, Anne and Glen. The birds were entertaining us right from the start in the parking lot – Canada Geese, American Goldfinch, Song Sparrow, House Sparrow and Anna’s Hummingbird. We

-
Delta Naturalists Outing to Brunswick Point, April 5, 2025
PHOTO: Marsh Wren by Pat Smart…. 12 Delta Naturalists gathered at the Brunswick Point parking lot on what turned out to be a fine spring Saturday morning. They were Thea (group leader), Nadine, Nicki, Bruce, Janet, Estelle, Freddie, Doug, Liz, Alan, and Shannon. Pat later joined us on the dyke. We immediately set to work

-
Delta Naturalists Outing to Serpentine Fen & Colebrook Park, April 1, 2025
PHOTO: Double-crested Cormorant with Starry Flounder by Terry Carr….. Ten DNCBers met at the Serpentine Fen parking lot on a very nice morning – Bob, Christine, Lidia, Dottie, Lee, Pat, Gareth, Liz, Alan and Terry. The resident Kingfisher did not appear at the beginning or the end of our walk. There were White-crowned Sparrows and

-
Delta Nats Outing to Brunswick Point, March 26, 2025
Photo: Say’s Phoebe, by Glen Bodie There were only 3 signed-up for today’s outing – David, Noreen and Glen. So we made a plan to drop one car at the south end of 34th Street and car-pool up to the regular starting point on River Rd. Because there is now a permanent bridge across the

-
Delta Naturalists Outing to Brunswick Point, March 25, 2025
PHOTO: Yellow-rumped Warbler by Terry Carr Five Delta Nats met at the Brunswick Point parking lot in Ladner – Terry, Lidia, Grant, Dorothy and Pat. It was overcast to begin with but it soon cleared and became very warm. Scanning the river from the dyke above the parking lot, yielded a Great Blue Heron, a

-
Delta Naturalists Outing to Burnaby Lake, March 18, 2025
PHOTO: Wood Ducks by Pat Smart…. 9 DNCBers met at Piper Spit in Burnaby Lake Regional Park on a cold sunny morning – Roger, Lindly, Lidia, Pat, Lorna, Connie, Mike, Alan and Terry. There was the usual collection of ducks on and by the water – Mallards, Wood Ducks, Scaup, Green-winged Teal, Northern Pintail, Bufflehead


