Across Delta, patches of resting grasslands are helping restore farmland, and support important wildlife, from the first breeding birds at dawn to the colony of bats foraging for insects late at night, these fields are busy throughout the entire…
Each winter, farmland across Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley plays an important double role: growing cover crops to protect and nourish the soil, and serving as an important habitat for thousands of migratory waterfowl. Our field technicians take on…
The Sounds of Delta Farmland Little Brown Bat Savannah Sparrow Hoary Bat Barn Swallow Pacific Tree Frog Bald Eagle Snow Goose Coyote
Delta Farmland and Wildlife Trust (DFWT) is excited to conclude our first summer of pollinator monitoring within farmland in Delta.
We explore which bat species are present within Delta farmland. Bats are an important species at risk and may benefit from the habitat provided by farmland ecosystems
Songbirds, or passerines, are a diverse group of small birds that use song to attract mates & defend breeding territories.
Waterfowl are migratory water birds. During the summer, they breed from the interior of the province all the way to the high arctic.
Wading birds & cranes can both be found on farmland in Delta. They appear similar in body type but are actually from different families.
‘Shorebirds’ is used to describe plovers & sandpipers. Both are highly migratory birds that generally use marshes, estuaries, & sea shores as feeding habitat.
Small mammals are critical to the conservation of raptors and wading birds. Shrews, mice, and especially Townsend’s vole are prey for these predatory birds.