I went on a trip today with the Sussex Bird Club to Delaware Seashore State Park. The first area was the Indian River Inlet. It was windy and the water was very choppy. Some of the birds we saw were royal tern, sanderling, herring gull, …
For the first time since last winter, I birded the two miles around The Point. It was a mostly cloudy day with some sun at times and even an early ten-minute rain delay forcing me to get back into my car. There were several flocks …
First, I birded the area around the Nature Center and over the bridge by the road. At 2:00 PM, I went on a one-hour pontoon boat ride with the Coastal Camera Club’s Wildlife Special Interest Group. We only saw double-crested cormorants, great blue herons, Canada …
The second of the two-part trip with the Sussex Bird Club took us up the road a short distance from the James Farm Nature Preserve to Quillens Point. The weather was bright and sunny and we got good looks at Indian River Bay and the …
This was the first of a two-part trip I took with the Sussex Bird Club. We took several trails throughout the James Farm Nature Preserve including the one to Indian River Bay. Unfortunately, we didn’t see much on the bay because most of it was …
This is the second day in a row we birded here. We started on Wildlife Drive with our first stop on the Leeds Eco-Trail. Birds identified along this trail included immature little blue heron, great egret, blue jay, turkey vulture and American goldfinch. . We …
We birded here for the first time in three years. We started on Wildlife Drive with our first stop on the Leeds Eco-Trail. Birds identified along this trail included immature little blue heron, tree swallow, belted kingfisher, great egret, and great blue heron. We identified …
This was our first trip to the Avalon Nature Preserve. We walked along several trails this morning by the pond, in the woods, and in the meadow so we saw a nice mix of birds. We saw three warblers: black-and-white, northern parula, and pine. We …
We birded in three areas of the refuge. We spent little time near the visitor’s center and only saw blue jay and red-bellied woodpecker. Many good birds were seen of the observation platform. These birds included an immature bald eagle, an immature red-tailed hawk, eastern …
We explored four areas of the refuge today starting with the visitor’s center. The purple martin houses were taken down. Birds we identified here included American crow, mourning dove, and American robin. The Dike Trail was very productive with 32 species identified. Some of the …
