After leaving the Indian River Inlet, we drove up Route 1 a bit and went to Silver Lake in Rehoboth Beach. We parked in the one small parking lot before the small bridge over the lake. We birded the edge of the lake from there, …
On a cloudy, 34° morning, we went to the Indian River Inlet. We saw many buffleheads, common eiders, long-tailed ducks, and sanderlings. Ring-billed and great black-backed gulls were also seen. Given the overcast, it was hard to get a lot of good photos but I …
On a cold but sunny day, we went to Prime Hook NWR and birded in the area around the Visitor’s Center and along Dike Trail. There was a lot of activity in the feeder area behind the Visitor’s Center where we saw American goldfinches, house …
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 a cold afternoon today—only in the mid-30’s—but at least it was mostly sunny and dry. There were at least 100 Canada geese resting along the shore close to the main parking lot area. In the pond we also saw a great blue heron, …
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 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 …
