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 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 started out from the Visitor’s Center. Plenty of purple martins were in and around their apartments as usual. Other birds identified here included orchard oriole, barn swallow, red-winged blackbird, and mourning dove. Next, we moved on to the Dike Trail where we identified 32 …
Our birding in the park began in the parking lot area at The Point. On the bayside, we saw, among other birds, osprey, brown thrasher, laughing gull, piping plover, American oystercatcher, black-bellied plover, and double-crested cormorant. There wasn’t much to see on the beach side …
We birded in two areas of the park. The first area we walked through was the southwest side of Chambers Lake, from the parking lot and along the roadside to the north. The grass path along the lake that we usually take was overgrown so …
We covered four trails in the refuge today. Our first stop was around the Visitor’s Center. Some of the birds we saw here included purple martin, northern flicker, blue grosbeak, common yellowthroat, and brown-headed cowbird. The Photographer’s Blind Trail was closed due to nesting vultures. …
We went on a trip with the Sussex Bird Club to the DuPont Nature Center. There were about two dozen members attending. We first climbed up the deck at the Nature Center with several members of the club to scope out red knots, in particular. …
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 …
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 …
