I birded three areas of the park on this warm summer morning. The first stop was the along the bay shore below The Point parking lot. I saw ring-billed, laughing, and herring gulls there. Other birds included ospreys, two American oystercatchers, and northern mockingbirds. Along …
Our birding in the park began in the parking lot area at The Point. On the bayside, we saw, among other birds, osprey, brown thrasher, laughing gull, piping plover, American oystercatcher, black-bellied plover, and double-crested cormorant. There wasn’t much to see on the beach side …
We birded in two areas of the park. First, we went to the fishing pier and the tide was still low. We identified great black-backed, herring, and ring-billed gulls, an adult bald eagle on the WWII observation tower, horned grebe, dozens of brants, hooded merganser, …
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 …
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 …
We walked the two-mile loop around “The Point” at Cape Henlopen State Park. The tide was low which was a good time to go here. The full loop is only open from about October to the end of February due to the nesting of endangered …
It was an unusually mild mid-December day at Cape Henlopen State Park where it warmed up into the mid-60’s by late morning. We first birded the beach area at Herring Point. There were many surf scoters, gulls, and red-throated loons in the water. A few …
We birded in two areas of the park. First we walked along Gordon’s Pond Trail (north side) and saw a merlin, yellow-rumped warbler, palm warbler, bufflehead, and an adult bald eagle. At Herring Point, we saw ring-billed, lesser black-backed, and great black-backed gulls. In the …
This was Part 1 of our two birding trips today. We walked the two-mile loop around “The Point” at Cape Henlopen State Park. Three type of terns were spotted on our walk—Caspian, royal, and Forster’s. Many double-crested cormorants were seen, We also saw great blue …
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 …
