I covered two trails in the preserve. First I was on the Red Trail which goes to the bay. Birds identified along this trail included yellow-rumped warbler, palm warbler, Carolina chickadee, gray catbird, laughing gull, great blue heron, osprey, eastern towhee, double-crested cormorant, house finch, …
I went on a field trip with the Coastal Camera Club’s Wildlife Special Interest Group to the Delaware Botanic Gardens. The trip was mainly to see the pollinators, flowers, and whatever birds were around. The 15 species of birds I identified were red-bellied woodpecker, American …
We started from the East Launch area and walked eastward across the lake’s edge until we reached the trees in the corner of the park. We saw some northern parulas and ruby-crowned kinglets in the trees near the purple martin house. Other birds identified along …
We went to three areas of the refuge. We didn’t spend much time there and only saw turkey vulture and northern mockingbird. Our second area was the Dike Trail. Some of the birds we saw here were northern mockingbird, snowy egret, Carolina wren, house finch, …
I went birding with several members of the Sussex Bird Club and we covered two areas of the refuge. Near the Visitor’s Center, we identified Carolina wren, mourning dove, barn swallow, and northern cardinal. Most of our time was spent on the Dike Trail where …
I went birding with several members of the Sussex Bird Club and we covered three areas of the refuge. By the Visitor’s Center we got a good look at a red-tailed hawk in a tree by the parking lot. There were still purple martins hanging …
We walked along our usual route through the park starting by the pond, walking across the bridge, and back through the parking lots including the butterfly garden. There were several bald eagles seen today. Soaring over the pond were several immature bald eagles and one …
I went on a birdwalk with the Sussex Bird Club to Prime Hook NWR. There were 14 members of the group attending the trip. While people were arriving, I checked out the birds in the parking lot by the Visitor’s Center. Some of these birds …
We went on an open-to-the-public Saturday morning birdwalk led by members of the Sussex Bird Club. After parking at the Visitor’s Center, some of the birds we saw included purple martin, American robin, great blue heron, cedar waxwing, mourning dove, and double-crested cormorant (flock). We …
We covered two areas of the park. Birds identified along the Red Trail (and a little of the Yellow/Blue Trails) included purple martin, mallard, indigo bunting, Canada goose, Carolina chickadee, mute swan, pine warbler, great-crested flycatcher, laughing gull, white-eyed vireo, common tern, common yellowthroat, red-winged …
