Tag: Delta Naturalists Society
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Terra Nova Rural Park, October 20, 2026
Twelve birders met a Terra Nova Rural Park in Richmond on a cool sunny Tuesday morning – Terry, Dorothy, Dolores, Douglas, Christine M, Lorna, Lidia, Julie, Christine G, Susan, Dottie & Bob. There were Snow Geese at the edge of the river and Douglas spotted a coyote on the sand beyond them. On the ground…
Hermit Thrush by Terry Carr -
Delta Naturalists Outing to Boundary Bay Dyke at 104th Street
Just six birders answered the 9 o’clock roll call at Delta Air Park on 104th Avenue – Glen, Teresa, Colin and Stephanie, Lorraine and Jonathan. The threat of rain no doubt kept some at home, but that’s all it was – just a threat. The rain had stopped by the time we arrived and the…
House Finch by Jonathan Mwenifumbo -
Delta Naturalists Outing to Boundary Bay Dyke at 104th Street
Ten Delta Nats met at the Boundary Bay Dyke at 104th Street by the Delta Heritage Airpark – Terry, Jim, Lee, Julie, Dottie, Christine, Chris, Lorna, Lori, Bob. We walked along the dyke toward 96th Street. The tide was high and the bay was densely packed with thouands of ducks – mainly Pintail, Wigeon and…
Northern Harrier eating a duck by Terry Carr -
Delta Naturalists Outing to Reifel Bird Sanctuary, October 7, 2026
Ten DNCB birders made the foggy trip to Reifel for this week’s Wednesday outing. The gate didn’t open till 9 am so we all got a bit of lie-in after our usual 8 am starts. With our permanent daylight savings this winter we may (hopefully) get more of these later starts. Our route followed the…
Northern Shoveler by David Hoar -
Delta Naturalists Outing to Reifel Bird Sanctuary, October 6, 2026
12 Delta Nats met at Reifel Bird Sanctuary on a misty morning – Lorraine, Jeff, Lorna, Dorothy, Jocelyn, Pat, Lee, Rose, Christine, Roger, Jonathan and Terry. Debbi joined us later. Anna’s Hummingbirds were taking turns at the feeders on the side of the building. Northern Shovelers were doing their tight circle swimming behaviour to stir…
Long-billed Dowitchers, Shoveler & Greater Yellowlegs by Terry Carr -
Delta Naturalists Outing to Boundary Bay Dyke at 64th, September 30, 2026
PHOTO: Yellow-rumped Warbler by Glen Bodie……. Thirteen birders met at Boundary Bay Dyke at 8:00 am for our regularly scheduled Wednesday outing. Regulars Chris, Colin, Stephanie, Glen, Jim, Jonathan, Lorraine, Lorna, Pat, Yvon, and Susan and were joined by two guests from Vancouver, Evelyn and Christine. Turnout was good as the Tuesday outing had been…
Yellow-rumped Warbler by Glen Bodie -
Delta Naturalists Outing to Blackie Spit, September 23, 2026
PHOTO: Greater Yellowlegs by Colin Huggett…. A small group of birders – Colin, Glen and Stephanie – met up at the Blackie Spit parking lot at 8 am. It was a cold, overcast day with rain threatening but never arriving. Margaretha joined the group shortly after. The first area we went to was Blackie Spit.…
Greater Yellowlegs by Colin Huggett -
Delta Naturalists Outing to Blackie Spit, September 22, 2026
PHOTO: Lesser Yellowlegs by Bob Winston…… On the last morning of summer, eight Delta naturalists met at Blackie Spit: Bob, Dottie, Teresa, Lorna, Jonathan, Lorraine, Pat and Julie. The tide was about as far out as it could go, the air still, the sky and water both shades of grey. Teresa sighted Caspian Terns flying…
Lesser Yellowlegs by Bob Winston -
Delta Naturalists Outing to Blackie Spit, September 20, 2026
PHOTO: Yellow-rumped Warbler by David Hoar……. There were four signed up for the Sunday outing to Blackie Spit and as the tide was low, with many distant sandbars marked by Great Blue Herons, there were few shorebirds along the wrack line at the top of the beach. Jeff (Ladner), Heather (Coquitlam), and Noreen and I…
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Serpentine Fen, September 16, 2026
PHOTO: Juvenile Spotted Sandpiper by Chris McVittie………. We had five people signed up – Chris, Colin, Stephanie, Lynne and Warren. We hung around at 8am in case anyone else came. Lindly and Margaretha joined us during these five minutes. Two thirds of our way through our walk Debbie also joined us. A good group of…
Juvenile Spotted Sandpiper by Chris McVittie