Roosevelt Inlet was very unproductive this afternoon. We walked down the beach as well but there were only gulls on the beach. The highlight was two bald eagles, one adult and one immature. The adult bald eagle was perched on a green navigation sign out …
We birded in four locations in the park this morning. The first stop was the fishing pier where we saw 17 species. Among them were northern mockingbird, song sparrow, yellow-rumped warbler, royal tern, herring gull, brown pelican, Savannah sparrow, bufflehead, hooded merganser, sanderling, Forster’s tern, …
I went on a field trip today with the Sussex Bird Club to Fowler Beach. The weather was mild. We met at the parking lot and walked to the beach where we split up into two groups. My group walked to the north so we …
We birded five areas of the refuge today. The highlight at the Visitor’s Center was two immature bald eagles flying together overhead. We might have missed them had they not shrieked as they flew over. We identified 21 species in Raymond Pool including American avocet, …
For the first time since last winter, I birded the two miles around The Point. It was a mostly cloudy day with some sun at times and even an early ten-minute rain delay forcing me to get back into my car. There were several flocks …
First, I birded the area around the Nature Center and over the bridge by the road. At 2:00 PM, I went on a one-hour pontoon boat ride with the Coastal Camera Club’s Wildlife Special Interest Group. We only saw double-crested cormorants, great blue herons, Canada …
The second of the two-part trip with the Sussex Bird Club took us up the road a short distance from the James Farm Nature Preserve to Quillens Point. The weather was bright and sunny and we got good looks at Indian River Bay and the …
This was the first of a two-part trip I took with the Sussex Bird Club. We took several trails throughout the James Farm Nature Preserve including the one to Indian River Bay. Unfortunately, we didn’t see much on the bay because most of it was …
This is the second day in a row we birded here. We started on Wildlife Drive with our first stop on the Leeds Eco-Trail. Birds identified along this trail included immature little blue heron, great egret, blue jay, turkey vulture and American goldfinch. . 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 …
