We went on an open-to-the-public First Saturday morning birdwalk led by members of the Sussex Bird Club. We took two trails starting with the Boardwalk Trail. Birds we saw along this trail included bald eagle, osprey, belted kingfisher, semipalmated plover, lesser yellowlegs, greater yellowlegs, white-eyed …
We took several trails throughout the Nature Center. Most of these trails were wooded. A good place where we saw a variety of birds was at the Bird Blind. Some of the birds we identified were white-breasted nuthatch, downy woodpecker, northern cardinal, red-bellied woodpecker, chestnut-sided …
We birded along the north side of Gordon’s Pond Trail from the parking lot to just beyond Bench 5. Birds we identified included American goldfinch, blue grosbeak, osprey, Carolina chickadee, green heron, snowy egret, greater yellowlegs, clapper rail, downy woodpecker, short-billed dowitcher, tree swallow, royal …
We covered five areas of the refuge. We didn’t stay long at the Visitor’s Center but we identified house sparrow, purple martin, field sparrow, Our next stop was Raymond Pool. Birds that we identified here included American avocet (perhaps 75), great egret, marsh wren, short-billed …
We birded along the south end of Gordon’s Pond Trail from the parking lot to the observation deck. Some of the birds we identified were red-winged blackbird, snowy egret, great egret, green heron, black-necked stilt, short-billed dowitcher, indigo bunting, semipalmated plover, laughing gull, common yellowthroat, …
Our first stop was the Boardwalk Trail. Among the birds we identified here were blue grosbeak, indigo bunting, snowy egret, purple martin, greater yellowlegs, osprey, red-winged blackbird, turkey vulture, northern flicker, laughing gull, and common yellowthroat. The Dike Trail produced 28 species. Birds we saw …
We first went to The Point to the bayside below the parking lot. The tide was low and we saw several birds on the sandbars. Some of the birds we saw included brown pelicans (at least a dozen), American oystercatcher, osprey, great black-backed gull, laughing …
We went birding with other members of the Sussex Bird Club. During the short time at the Old Visitor’s Center we saw purple martin, American robin, and mourning dove. The Boardwalk trail was very productive as we picked up 32 species there. Some of the …
We went on an open-to-the-public Saturday morning bird walk led by members of the Sussex Bird Club. Three areas were covered today. We started in the parking lot by the old Visitor’s Center. We didn’t stay there long and only identified purple martin, orchard oriole, …
We started birding the beach below The Point parking lot. Birds seen here included least tern, osprey, American oystercatcher, semipalmated sandpiper, laughing gull, brown pelican (2), ruddy turnstone, laughing gull, and ring-billed gull. On the way out, we stopped briefly at the Seaside Nature Center …
