Prime Hook NWR was the first part of our trip today. We only identified killdeer, Canada goose, and turkey vulture at the Visitor’s Center. Dike Trail was better. Along this trail, some of the birds we saw included greater yellowlegs, bald eagle (immature), Carolina wren, …
The second part of our trip today brought us to Silver Lake. There were many canvasbacks on the lake. A person on ebird reported 355 of them earlier in the day. We saw an immature red-tailed hawk perched high on top of a pine tree …
For the first part of our trip today, we birded at Burton Island. There were about 13 black-crowned night herons in the field and trees on the south side of the dirt parking lot. They were a mixture of adults and immatures. Other birds seen …
We went to the Hawk Watch platform first and then took the trail to the beach. The birds we identified were northern gannet, yellow-rumped warbler, lesser and greater black-backed gulls, ring-billed gull, a small flock of sanderlings, two horned grebes, red-throated loon, double-crested cormorant, dark-eyed …
We walked the two-mile loop around The Point this afternoon, two days before the entire loop closes for the season. The tide was low and we saw the following birds: herring gull, ring-billed gull, turkey vulture, double-crested cormorant, surf scoter, bald eagle, sanderlings (flocks), great …
We birded in five areas of the refuge this afternoon. We identified only three birds at the Visitor’s Center—turkey vulture, song sparrow, and American crow. The Dike Trail was moderately productive where some of the birds we identified included mallard, pileated woodpecker, northern pintail, green-winged …
In the field by the entrance parking lot, we saw eastern bluebirds, several of which were landing on top of the bluebird boxes. Other birds seen here included yellow-rumped warbler, chipping sparrow, and Carolina chickadee. Next, we went to Sassafras Landing but it was very …
We birded in three areas of the refuge. We started out at the Visitor’s Center and walked along the entrance road to Foord’s Landing Road. Some of the birds that were identified along this segment of our walk were snow geese (flock heading north), northern …
We birded in the Wolfe Neck area of Cape Henlopen State Park. We saw several flocks of snow geese flying overhead. Other birds seen included mallard, an adult bald eagle, northern shoveler, lesser scaup, bufflehead, ring-billed gull, pileated woodpecker, northern cardinal, gadwall, great blue heron, …
It was a quiet afternoon in Cape Henlopen State Park and we only saw nine species. First, we birded the Fishing Pier and saw these birds: surf scoter, bufflehead, double-crested cormorant, ring-billed gull, and herring gull. Next we went to The Point but only birded …
