Tag: Delta Naturalists Society
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Brunswick Point, September 23, 2025
PHOTO: House Finch by Colin Huggett… 9 Delta Nats met at Brunswick Point on River Road in Ladner on a gorgeous fall morning – Roger, Margaretha, Jim, Lindly, Colin, Dottie, Mike, Bob, Terry. Jim and Mike left their cars at the 34th Ave entrance to the dyke – to ferry us all back to River
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Serpentine Fen , September 16, 2025
PHOTO: Cooper’s Hawk by Bob Winston…. The mist was just rising off the fields as six Delta Nats met at the Serpentine Fen – Dottie, Bob, Colin, Stephanie, Lee and Jeff. The Belted Kingfisher had returned – a female sitting on the wires overhead. The other notables returning were the salmon, both Chinook and Coho,
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Centennial Beach, September 9, 2025
PHOTO: Least Sandpiper by Bob Winston…. Thirteen Delta Nats met at Centennial Beach on a gray, still, and mild, early fall morning — Anne, Dottie, Bob, Lorna, Connie, Vicky, Roger, Jim, Lynne, Warren, Lindly, Freddie, and David. Only crows were active near the parking lot, although later we did see a small flock of Brewer’s
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Brydon Lagoon, September 2, 2025
PHOTO: Juvenile Pied-billed Grebe by Freddie Whiting …. Nine Delta Nats met at Brydon Lagoon in Langley – Freddie, Bob, Dottie, Christine, Mike, Connie, Lorna, Terry and Lee. The pond near the parking lot was surrounded by tall growth. We could not see the water but we heard the quacking of Mallards. There were Red-winged
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Terra Nova Rural Park, August 27, 2025
PHOTO: Bewick’s Wren by David Hoar…. Either morning traffic is getting worse or I’m slower off the mark as we arrived at Terra Nova almost 10 minutes late to find Brian and Louise ready to go. We headed south and at the bridge saw several Mallards and a distant Grebe, probably Pied-billed Grebe swimming in
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Terra Nova Rural Park, August 26, 2025
PHOTO: Western Tanager by Susan Gemeinhardt… Ten Delta Nats met at Terra Nova Rural Park in Richmond – Terry, Lorna, Christine, Bob, Dorothy, Dottie, Lidia, Susan, Claude, Freddie. A pair of Double-crested Cormorants landed on the river and several Mallards and Gulls flew past. A Great Blue Heron landed beside the river. We walked through
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Campbell Valley Regional Park, August 13, 2025
PHOTO: Brown Creeper by David Hoar….. About 8:10 Margaretha, Noreen and I headed east from the parking lot to the bridge and en route saw Song Sparrows and Dark-eyed Juncos. As we arrived at the bridge a Belted Kingfisher departed southwards and we later got a look at this noisy bird as we scanned for
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Campbell Valley Regional Park, August 12, 2025
PHOTO: Black-headed Grosbeak by Terry Carr…. Twelve Delta Nats met at Campbell Valley Regional Park in Langley – Dottie, Terry, Lee, Bob, Mike, Freddie, Lidia, Dorothy, Christine, Bruce, Nicki and Connie. A Townsend’s Chipmunk entertained us at the parking lot before we started our usual clockwise route along the Little River Loop trail. There were
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Deas Island Regional Park, August 6, 2025
PHOTO: Cedar Waxwing by David Hoar….. The forecast rain had soaked everything overnight and discouraged many so we morphed the usual birding outing into a walk with umbrellas. We started at the tower where one Black-capped Chickadee made a brief wet showing and a pair of Double-crested Cormorants did a fly by down river. An
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Delta Naturalists Outing to Deas Island Regional Park, August 5, 2025
PHOTO: Bushtit by Terry Carr…. Nine Delta Nats met at Deas Island Regional Park – Dorothy, Lee, Terry, Dottie, Bob, Mike, Connie, Margaret and Roger. At this time of year there were no ducks in the river or the slough. A Spotted Sandpiper flew in and bobbed its tail as it walked along the shore
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