After leaving Delaware Seashore State Park, we stopped at Silver Lake to primarily look at the wintering canvasbacks. They were all grouped together, not too far from the small parking spot. They appeared to number from 200-300 in this group. Most of them were sleeping. …
First, we stopped at Burton Island. As we knew in advance, the path to the island was blocked because hunters were actively shooting waterfowl. Nonetheless, we birded a little from the parking lot a saw a large flock of Canada geese in the distance, great …
We went to Cape Henlopen State Park this afternoon. First, we birded from the fishing pier and saw two adult bald eagles, one flying inland and one having a meal on the rock jetty by the lighthouse. Closer to us were ring-billed, great black-backed and …
For Part 2 of our afternoon birding outing, we took the short drive from Broadkill Beach to Prime Hook NWR where we birded near the Visitor’s Center and along Dike Trail. Behind the Visitor’s Center, the birds were busy near the feeders including northern cardinal, …
In Part 1 of our afternoon birding outing, we went to Broadkill Beach and birded the northern half of the beach. When we first parked our car, an adult bald eagle flew over us, so that was a good start. We saw two more bald …
This male hooded merganser occasionally visits our neighborhood pond. I caught him in good light this morning. MY PHOTO: hooded merganser
We went on a birding field trip with the Sussex Bird Club. There were 23 of us and we split up into three groups. We went to Fowler Beach which is part of Prime Hook NWR. Everyone was required to wear a mask and there …
The morning started out a cold 26° but it was sunny and there was no wind. We birded in two areas. First, we walked around the Seaside Nature Trail. The highlight was seeing a very rare Townsend’s Solitaire (rare in the eastern U.S.). It had …
After leaving the Indian River Inlet, we drove up Route 1 a bit and went to Silver Lake in Rehoboth Beach. We parked in the one small parking lot before the small bridge over the lake. We birded the edge of the lake from there, …
On a cloudy, 34° morning, we went to the Indian River Inlet. We saw many buffleheads, common eiders, long-tailed ducks, and sanderlings. Ring-billed and great black-backed gulls were also seen. Given the overcast, it was hard to get a lot of good photos but I …
