We started out from the Visitor’s Center. Plenty of purple martins were in and around their apartments as usual. Other birds identified here included orchard oriole, barn swallow, red-winged blackbird, and mourning dove. Next, we moved on to the Dike Trail where we identified 32 …
On a nice, sunny late afternoon, I spent a little time on my deck watching eastern bluebirds and American goldfinches. The bluebirds were perching on our shepherd’s crooks, then would swoop down to the ground and pick up insects. The goldfinches spent most of their …
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 covered four trails in the refuge today. Our first stop was around the Visitor’s Center. Some of the birds we saw here included purple martin, northern flicker, blue grosbeak, common yellowthroat, and brown-headed cowbird. The Photographer’s Blind Trail was closed due to nesting vultures. …
We went on a trip with the Sussex Bird Club to the DuPont Nature Center. There were about two dozen members attending. We first climbed up the deck at the Nature Center with several members of the club to scope out red knots, in particular. …
I first climbed up the deck at the Nature Center where I scoped out the birds along the shore of the Mispillion River. There were laughing gulls and dunlins by the hundreds and also numerous ruddy turnstones. I was able to pick out some red …
Our first stop was at the Indian River Inlet. There wasn’t much variety today but we saw several Forster’s terns, laughing gulls, barn swallows, and brown pelicans. We left the inlet and crossed the bridge to get to Burton Island. Right away, there was a …
The morning started with walks around the Visitor’s Center and the Photographer’s Blind Trail. The Photographer’s Blind Trail was made more accessible since the last time we tried it which was at least a few years ago. Now we made it part of our regular …
We walked around three areas of the park this morning. Our first stop was The Point bay beach area below the parking lot. We didn’t see any nesting birds within the endangered bird roped off area. There were many ospreys flying over the beach with …
I went this morning on a guided birdwalk led by one of the Delaware Nature Society’s trip leaders. There were about 20 people in the group including several members of the Sussex Bird Club. We first walked near the Nature Center and along the boardwalk …
