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 …
We spent over six hours birding today at Bombay Hook NWR. Birds were everywhere and we identified 56 species. We started at the Visitor’s Center and some of the birds we identified included purple martin, gray catbird, American goldfinch, and common yellowthroat. Along the Raymond …
This morning’s walk in the refuge started out at the Visitor’s Center. The purple martin colony was very busy as usual. We also identified tree swallows, chipping and field sparrows, red-winged blackbirds, and a black vulture. We picked up 36 species along the Dike Trail. …
We spent the morning birding in four areas of the refuge. The weather was nice and there were plenty of birds. We identified 53 species. The first area we went to was Pine Grove Trail. Birds we identified there included a female hooded merganser by …
We birded in three areas of the refuge. The purple martins have returned to their apartments in front of the Visitor’s Center. Other birds in this area included American robin, red-winged blackbird, and chipping sparrow. The Dike Trail alone produced 32 species including ospreys, Canada …
We birded in the park along the west side of Chambers Lake starting from the boat launch area and walking clockwise close to the lake. The northern part of the trail is blocked as a protected wildlife sanctuary from April 1-June 15 so we couldn’t …
