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DNCB Outings
Changing to TUESDAYS in October.
WED Dec 11 Birds on the Bay, Centennial Beach. Meet at Cambridge House at 9 am
TUE Dec 17 Surrey Lake. Leave Petra’s at 7:30am; meet at Surrey Lake Park (7500 152nd St – east side of 152nd St, just north of 72nd Ave) at 8. Second location to be determined.
SAT Dec 21 Ladner Christmas Bird Count. Meet at Petra’s at 7:45am.
TUE Jan 7 White Rock & Blackie Spit; leave Petra’s at 7:30am; meet at White Rock Pier at 8. Free parking until 10.
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Category Archives: Northern Shrike
DNCB Outing No. 2019-46 to Iona Regional Park
Twenty-eight (Wow!) DNCBers enjoyed another super Tuesday outing to Iona Regional Park and the adjacent sewage ponds. The weather was dry and comfortable and we had lots of neat sightings, including an uncommon-here American Tree Sparrow. Check out the spectacular … Continue reading
DNCB Outing No. 2019-11 to Iona Regional Park
Twenty-eight DNCBers enjoyed a record warm (24˚C) Tuesday morning at Iona Regional Park. There were tonnes of birds around on this gorgeous walk, many in beautiful breeding plumage; check out some spectacular photos on our DNCB Flickr site. Hi-lite, less … Continue reading
DNCB Outing No. 2019-08 to Tsawwassen Ferry Jetty, TFN and Reifel Bird Sanctuary
With a weather report of a strong wind from Squamish producing a minus 13 degree wind chill, I was amazed to find Petra’s DNCB table crowded with 10 dedicated birders. It was mind-numbing just to picture us on the unprotected … Continue reading
Posted in *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Black Oystercatcher, Black-crowned Night-Heron, Cooper's Hawk, Dunlin, Harlequin Duck, Hooded Merganser, Lincoln’s Sparrow, Mute Swan, Northern Harrier, Northern Saw-whet Owl, Northern Shrike, Purple Finch, Red-tailed Hawk, Reifel, Ring-necked Duck, Rough-legged Hawk, Sandhill Crane, Trumpeter Swan, Tsawwassen Ferry Port
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DNCB Outing No. 2018-47 to BC Ferries Causeway/TFN Lands/Reifel Bird Sanctuary
Check out the photo evidence on our DNCB Flickr site. With a beautiful morning to look forward to, the Petra’s group departed for the Tsawwassen Ferry Jetty, where we met those who had gone directly there. Parking at the pull-out … Continue reading
Posted in *DNCB, Bald Eagle, Black Oystercatcher, Black Turnstone, Black-crowned Night-Heron, Harlequin Duck, Long-billed Dowitcher, Mute Swan, Northern Harrier, Northern Shrike, Peregrine Falcon, Pied-billed Grebe, Red-tailed Hawk, Reifel, Ring-necked Duck, Sandhill Crane, TFN, Trumpeter Swan, Tsawwassen Ferry Port
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DNCB Outing No. 2018-46 to Boundary Bay at 104 St
Check out the photo evidence on our DNCB Flickr site. Just after dawn on a chilly morning, 19 Delta Nat’s birders arrived at Boundary Bay and 104 St. All of us had found our warm mitts and taken extra jackets so we … Continue reading
Posted in *DNCB, 104 Street, Bald Eagle, Black-bellied Plover, Blue Goose, Boundary Bay, Dunlin, Eurasian Wigeon, Long-eared Owl, Merlin, Northern Harrier, Northern Shrike, Palm Warbler, Peregrine Falcon, Pied-billed Grebe, Ring-necked Pheasant, Rough-legged Hawk, Swamp Sparrow, Western Meadowlark, Wilson's Snipe, Wilson’s Warbler, Yellow-rumped Warbler
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DNCB Outing No. 2018-06 to Iona Regional Park
Tom is in Ontario – here is his abbreviated account of the Iona Outing More photos at our DNCB Flickr site Big group, 20 in total. The participants on this morning’s outing were: Art, Glen, Jim K, Ladner Jack, Van … Continue reading