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 …
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 covered three areas of the park this morning. First, we went to The Point area below the parking lot. The tide was low and there were hundreds of laughing gulls on the mudflats. Some of the other birds we saw there were semipalmated sandpiper, …
I went on a birdwalk this morning with the Sussex Bird Club. We walked the south side of Gordon’s Pond Trail from the parking lot to just beyond Bench 4. Birds we identified included an osprey and a great horned owl nesting on separate platforms. …
We birded in two areas of the park. The first area was along the north side of Gordon’s Pond Trail. The highlight bird was an American bittern seen on the inland side of the trail near a wooden platform that jutted out into the water. …
After our visit to Roosevelt Inlet, we went to Cape Henlopen State Park. First, we went to The Point area down from the parking lot. The tide was high and we were only able to identify great black-backed gull and double-crested cormorant. Our next stop …
We walked along the south side of Gordon’s Pond Trail to a point beyond the observation deck near the next bench. The following birds were identified along our walk: song sparrow, great blue heron, American black duck, turkey vulture, white-breasted nuthatch, brown-headed nuthatch, Carolina chickadee, …
We went to three areas of the park. We started at The Point on the bay side and stayed there. Birds we saw there included yellow-rumped warbler, bufflehead, red-breasted merganser, surf scoter, common loon, and lesser black-backed gull. We walked to the beach side of …
We birded in three areas of the park. Our first stop was the bay shore below The Point parking lot. The tide was low but no birds were feeding in the shallow areas. We saw several birds in the water and flying around including great …
We birded in three areas of the park. Most of our time was spend along the Gordon’s Pond Trail (north side). The highlight was seeing two tricolored herons on the top of a cedar tree. Other birds we identified included yellow-rumped warbler, ruby-crowned kinglet, golden-crowned …
