I covered two trails in the preserve. First I was on the Red Trail which goes to the bay. Birds identified along this trail included yellow-rumped warbler, palm warbler, Carolina chickadee, gray catbird, laughing gull, great blue heron, osprey, eastern towhee, double-crested cormorant, house finch, …
We covered four areas starting with Bayside Point. There wasn’t much there as we only identified downy woodpecker, Carolina wren, northern flicker, laughing gull, and gray catbird. The Life of the Marsh Trail was the most productive trail as we identified 23 species there. Some …
We walked around The Point today from the bay side around to the ocean side. The tide was high so we didn’t see as many wading birds as we normally would have. However, there was a pool and a flat, muddy area near The Point …
I went on a field trip with the Coastal Camera Club’s Wildlife Special Interest Group to the Delaware Botanic Gardens. The trip was mainly to see the pollinators, flowers, and whatever birds were around. The 15 species of birds I identified were red-bellied woodpecker, American …
We started from the East Launch area and walked eastward across the lake’s edge until we reached the trees in the corner of the park. We saw some northern parulas and ruby-crowned kinglets in the trees near the purple martin house. Other birds identified along …
We walked the north part of Gordon’s Pond Trail from the parking lot to just past Bench 5. Water levels were very high. We saw hundreds of tree swallows along both sides of the trail. Other birds seen included brown-headed nuthatch, snowy egret, great egret, …
We started along Beach Road in the afternoon. We saw along this road turkey vulture, great egret, snowy egret, great blue heron, double-crested cormorant, lesser yellowlegs, and laughing gull. We spent a little time near the area of the Tom’s Cove Visitor’s Center and found …
We birded along both trails. The first trail (South Trail) was the main, paved trail. Some of the birds we identified along this trail included Cooper’s hawk, northern cardinal, American robin, pine warbler, belted kingfisher, brown-headed nuthatch, white-eyed vireo, great blue heron, red-winged blackbird, gray …
We covered several areas within the refuge, starting along Beach Road. Birds we saw along the road included great egret, snowy egret, tricolored heron, peregrine falcon, osprey, royal tern, bald eagle, herring gull, laughing gull, willet, and tree swallow. Near the area of the Tom’s …
We spent the day throughout the refuge and covered seven areas. Near the Visitor’s Center, we identified northern cardinal, blue jay, northern flicker, and gray catbird. We picked up the most species (20) in Raymond Pool including American avocet (more than 100), lesser yellowlegs, northern …
