This was a windy morning in the park. I walked to the bay beach below The Point parking lot facing Lewes and followed that with a walk down the Salt Marsh Trail. There were surf scoters in the bay and Caspian terns flying overhead. The …
I went on an outing with the Coastal Camera Club’s Wildlife Photography Special Interest Group to Newport Farms near Berlin, MD. This was a private tour that was specially arraged through the Sussex Bird Club. We birded among several bird habitats including woods, fields, and …
We birded in three main areas of the park. Birds in the parking lot area we identified included Carolina wren, Carolina chickadee, and fish and American crows. Along the Seahawk Trail, we identified common yellowthroat, pine warbler, Carolina chickadee, eastern bluebird, chipping sparrow, and downy …
We covered four areas of the refuge from the morning until early afternoon. Around the Visitor’s Center were Carolina chickadee, turkey vulture, and blue jay. The Dike Trail was excellent and we identified 39 species there including cedar waxwing, osprey, pileated woodpecker, American avocet, great …
This afternoon’s trip covered the Boardwalk Trail, Raymond Pool, Shearness Pool and Marsh, and Bear Swamp Pool. We found great and snowy egrets, prairie warbler, dunlin, red-breasted nuthatch, and two bald eagles (one adult and one immature) along the Boardwalk Trail. Among the birds we …
Chincoteague NWR has always been one of our favorite birding spots, having gone there since 1982. We spent the day there today and covered several areas. Along Beach Road we saw great, snowy, and cattle egrets. The cattle egrets were riding on the backs of …
I birded the bay area below The Point parking lot first and identified royal, Caspian, and common terns, brown pelicans, and ospreys. Along the Seaside Nature Trail I found brown pelicans, laughing and great black-backed gulls, great egrets, and double-crested cormorants. It was a slow …
We birded in the area around the Visitor’s Center, Dike Trail, and Boardwalk Trail. We identified 25 species along Dike Trail including cedar waxwing, blue-gray gnatcatcher, blue grosbeak, ruby-throated hummingbird, great egrets, three green herons, barn swallows, black vultures, and ospreys. Along the Boardwalk Trail, …
Today’s trip took us around the usual spots in the refuge—Raymond Pool, Shearness Pool and marsh, Bear Swamp Pool, Bear Swamp Observation Trail, and Raymond Pool Observation Trail. The Boardwalk Trail was closed due to flooding but we identified glossy ibises, greater yellowlegs, red-eyed vireo, …
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 …
