We finally had a sunny morning although it started out as a chilly 39 degrees. We went to Delaware Seashore State Park, both the Indian River South Inlet and Burton Island. At the inlet and beach, we saw lots of birds on the water including …
We went birding this chilly morning (37 degrees at the start) at the Fowler Beach section of Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge (NWR). Fowler Beach Road ends at two small parking lots by a narrow channel. We saw a small flock of snow geese there …
I picked up a few nice birds in a short morning birding trip to the Indian River South Inlet at Delaware Seashore State Park, located south of Rehoboth Beach, DE. The inlet, jetty, and beach area attract a lot of ducks and seabirds. Birds seen …
It was a mostly cloudy day at Prime Hook NWR. The light wasn’t very good or taking photos but I was able to take a few pictures at least. We birded the Visitor’s Center, Dike Trail, and Boardwalk Trail and identified 30 species. The best …
Today’s trip was a loop around Burton Island. We saw at least two and as many as four different adult bald eagles. Other birds identified included great egrets, red-breasted nuthatches, ospreys, yellow-rumped warblers, a merlin, and a northern harrier. As a sign of the upcoming …
We got a couple of nice views of a great blue heron on the pond. What was especially nice was that an eastern wood-peewee was sitting on a twig, enabling me to take a couple of pictures of it. In my experience, the wood-peewees are …
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 Part 2 of our two birding trips today which took us to Prime Hook NWR. We covered the Visitor’s Center area, Dike Trail, and Boardwalk Trail. We saw a peregrine falcon soaring over us along the Dike Trail. Other birds seen along this …
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 …
We birded in three main areas of the park. Birds in the parking lot area we identified included Carolina wren, Carolina chickadee, and fish and American crows. Along the Seahawk Trail, we identified common yellowthroat, pine warbler, Carolina chickadee, eastern bluebird, chipping sparrow, and downy …
