We birded in three areas of the refuge starting in the Visitor’s Center area. The feeders were filled and this area was very active with birds. Among the ones we saw were red-bellied woodpecker, northern cardinal, song sparrow, red-winged blackbird, American goldfinch, and white-throated sparrow. …
I went on a field trip with the Coastal Camera Club’s Wildlife Special Interest Group. After initially caravanning from the parking lot, we spread out and I spent most of the morning on my own. I covered seven areas altogether and accumulated 31 bird species. …
We first birded in the area around the Nature Center where a common redpoll was spotted the past few days, but we didn’t see it. Among the birds we identified were northern cardinal, brown-headed nuthatch, red-winged blackbird, and an adult bald eagle. Next, we went …
This male hooded merganser occasionally visits our neighborhood pond. Today he was swimming with two females. The mergansers had company today with several Canada geese. MY PHOTOS: hooded mergansers, Canada geese, Canada goose, hooded mergansers x 2
We ventured out to Delaware Seashore State Park on the cloudy and windy afternoon. First, we stopped at the Indian River Inlet. Although the tide was still fairly high, we identified several birds including long-tailed ducks, a killdeer, buffleheads, sanderlings, great and double-crested cormorants, and …
Today’s trip took us to Prime Hook NWR. It was a cold afternoon (34°) at the start and the clouds moved in quicker than we would have liked. Nonetheless, I was able to get a few decent pictures. We started from the Visitor’s Center but …
We went to Fowler Beach which is a part of Prime Hook NWR. Before we parked in the parking lot before the gate to Fowler Beach, we stopped on the way at a field near the corner of Thirteen Curves Road and Cods Road. There …
Our first stop was at the south side of the Indian River Inlet. It was a cold (33°) and windy morning when we got there but we hung out long enough to see some good birds including long-tailed ducks, dozens of buffleheads, common eiders, and …
It was a cold, cloudy, breezy afternoon as we walked along the north part of Gordon’s Pond Trail. It was difficult to take good pictures in the dim light but I managed to set some. In spite of the poor light, we were able to …
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. …
