This was our first trip to the Avalon Nature Preserve. We walked along several trails this morning by the pond, in the woods, and in the meadow so we saw a nice mix of birds. We saw three warblers: black-and-white, northern parula, and pine. We …
We birded in three areas of the refuge. We spent little time near the visitor’s center and only saw blue jay and red-bellied woodpecker. Many good birds were seen of the observation platform. These birds included an immature bald eagle, an immature red-tailed hawk, eastern …
We walked along the west side of Chambers Lake from the boat ramp parking lot, along the side of the road, and to the northwest part of the lake using the grassy trail by the woods. The weather was better than the birding. Several flocks …
There were four areas of the refuge that we birded. We identified just four birds near the Visitor’s Center: Carolina wren, mourning dove, cedar waxwing, and European starling. Along the Dike Trail, we identified 29 species. The highlight was a peregrine falcon perched on top …
I covered three areas of the park this morning. First, I went to The Point. The tide was relatively low and was still going out. I saw two American oystercatchers on the sandbars. One was banded—it had the letters “M” and “P” on both leg …
The highlight of the day was watching four roseate spoonbills in Shearness Pool. They were just to the right of the pullover parking lot and perhaps 50 yards into the pool. Other birds seen in this pool included mute swan (2), wood duck, palm warbler, …
Our second stop today was at Prime Hook NWR. Some of the birds we identified from the Visitor’s Center included purple martin, chipping sparrow, laughing gull, and field sparrow. We walked along the Dike Trail next and saw four types of terns: Forster’s, least, common, …
Our first stop today was the DuPont Nature Center. Most birds we saw were from the raised platform along the side of the center. Some of the birds we saw included ruddy turnstone, osprey, barn swallow, song sparrow, American oystercatcher, least tern, spotted sandpiper, and …
We stopped at three areas of the park. Our first stop was Savage’s Ditch Road and we took the trail from the parking lot to the bay. This was our first visit here. We saw several brown pelicans flying by. One back-crowned night heron also …
We birded the same loop as we did last time we were here in March. The first stop was Sassafras Landing and some of the birds we identified there included common yellowthroat, snowy egret, osprey, laughing gull, and blue grosbeak. Next, we stopped at Strawberry …
