Tag: <span>birds of prey</span>

Tag: birds of prey

Birding at Prime Hook NWR: Featuring a Cedar Waxwing (9/4/20)

We birded in the area around the Visitor’s Center, Dike Trail, and Boardwalk Trail. We identified 25 species along Dike Trail including cedar waxwing, blue-gray gnatcatcher, blue grosbeak, ruby-throated hummingbird, great egrets, three green herons, barn swallows, black vultures, and ospreys. Along the Boardwalk Trail, …

Birding at Prime Hook NWR: Featuring an American Goldfinch (8/11/20)

I birded today in my usual three areas—Visitor’s Center, Dike Trail, and Boardwalk Trail. Purple martins were active again at the martin apartments outside the Visitor’s Center. Among the 22 species seen along the Dike Trail were gray catbird, American goldfinch, semipalmated plover, semipalmated sandpiper, …