First, I birded the bay area below The Point parking lot and identified osprey, barn swallow, and laughing gull. The tide was high and the area was virtually empy of birds. No shorebirds were seen along the shore in the protected area. I found more …
We birded along the south side of Gordon’s Pond Trail from the parking lot to the north side of the observation deck. We saw several bank swallows in a dead tree. Barn swallows were also flying around. Perching birds seen included Carolina chickadee, blue grosbeak, …
I birded today in my usual three areas—Visitor’s Center, Dike Trail, and Boardwalk Trail. Purple martins were active again at the martin apartments outside the Visitor’s Center. Among the 22 species seen along the Dike Trail were gray catbird, American goldfinch, semipalmated plover, semipalmated sandpiper, …
This female ruby-throated hummingbird was visiting one of our backyard hummingbird feeders. I focused on it using a tripod and a remote trigger to eliminate camera shake. MY PHOTOS: ruby-throated hummingbird x 3
It was a good day to see a lot of birds and I saw 35 species. Purple martins were very busy in their apartments near the Visitor’s Center. I identified 34 species just along Dike Trail including ruby-throated hummingbird; Carolina, marsh, and house wrens; and …
