It was a cold afternoon today—only in the mid-30’s—but at least it was mostly sunny and dry. There were at least 100 Canada geese resting along the shore close to the main parking lot area. In the pond we also saw a great blue heron, …
It was an unusually mild mid-December day at Cape Henlopen State Park where it warmed up into the mid-60’s by late morning. We first birded the beach area at Herring Point. There were many surf scoters, gulls, and red-throated loons in the water. A few …
We finally had a sunny morning although it started out as a chilly 39 degrees. We went to Delaware Seashore State Park, both the Indian River South Inlet and Burton Island. At the inlet and beach, we saw lots of birds on the water including …
We went birding this chilly morning (37 degrees at the start) at the Fowler Beach section of Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge (NWR). Fowler Beach Road ends at two small parking lots by a narrow channel. We saw a small flock of snow geese there …
Although it was mostly cloudy, it was a nice morning for birding at Hibernia County Park in Coatesville, Chester County, PA. We parked in the boat launch parking lot on the south side of Chambers Lake, then hiked along the west side and part of …
I picked up a few nice birds in a short morning birding trip to the Indian River South Inlet at Delaware Seashore State Park, located south of Rehoboth Beach, DE. The inlet, jetty, and beach area attract a lot of ducks and seabirds. Birds seen …
This was our second day (see our first day’s activity here) in a row birding at Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) in Cambridge, MD. We joined up with fellow members of the Wildlife Special Interest Group of the Coastal Camera Club. They have outings like …
We went birding this afternoon at Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) in Cambridge, MD. It was our first time there. This is a great place for birding and photography. There is a lot of water and open spaces to see waterfowl and bald eagles. We …
This morning started out with a little fog but that cleared out by around 10:00 AM. We covered four areas of the refuge. The Raymond Pool observation tower gave us great views of the pool including Canada geese, American avocets, northern pintails, green-winged teal, northern …
We birded in two areas of the park. First we walked along Gordon’s Pond Trail (north side) and saw a merlin, yellow-rumped warbler, palm warbler, bufflehead, and an adult bald eagle. At Herring Point, we saw ring-billed, lesser black-backed, and great black-backed gulls. In the …
