I went on a field trip with the Sussex Bird Club to Cape Henlopen State Park. First, we walked around the 2.6-mile-long Walking Dunes Trail. Some of the birds we identified along this trail included red-winged blackbird, downy woodpecker, brown-headed nuthatch, Cooper’s hawk, northern harrier, …
We went to the southern end of Gordon’s Pond Trail and walked from the parking lot to just beyond the one-mile marker. Birds we identified along this trail included yellow-rumped warbler, great blue heron, golden-crowned kinglet, ruby-crowned kinglet, white ibis (a few imms.), black-bellied plover, …
We started birding from the parking lot, continued over the causeway, and looped around the island trail. Some of the birds we identified included white ibis (flock of 2), northern harrier, northern flicker, yellow-rumped warbler (many), osprey (6 were in three adjacent tees), gray catbird, …
Some of the birds we identified at the Visitor’s Center were northern flicker, downy woodpecker, blue jay, and American robin. Birds identified along the Boardwalk Trail included brown thrasher, eastern phoebe, great blue heron, red-winged blackbird, gray catbird, Carolina wren, Canada goose, and northern cardinal. …
We walked the loop around The Point which had just reopened after the bird nesting season was over. We started on the bayside below The Point parking lot and went clockwise around to the beachside. The following birds were seen: osprey, herring gull, blue jay, …
We went through four areas of the refuge today. Birds near the Visitor’s Center included Carolina wren, belted kingfisher, Carolina chickadee, and American robin. We picked up 19 birds along the Dike Trail including eastern bluebird, red-bellied woodpecker, great egret, American black duck (flock of …
I walked along parts of the Green, Orange, Red, and Purple Trails from the parking lot to the beach to the road. Some of the birds I identified were turkey vulture, royal tern, great egret, laughing gull, green heron, double-crested cormorant, brown pelican (flock of …
At the Visitor’s Center, we only identified gray catbird, Carolina wren, northern cardinal, and Canada goose. The Dike Trail was much more active with 31 species counted there. Some of the birds we identified along this trail included green heron, great blue heron, laughing gull, …
We started from the Visitor’s Center area but didn’t see very much there. Mourning dove, osprey, and blue jay were a few of the birds we saw. We identified 26 species along the Dike Trail. Some of these birds included Caspian tern, Forster’s tern, willet, …
I went to three areas of the refuge. The area by the Visitor’s Center was quiet. I identified a few of the remaining purple martins, Carolina wren, field sparrow, mourning dove, American goldfinch, and American crow. Birding picked up along the Dike Trail where I …
