The vantage point from the parking lot overlooking the rookery was spectacular. Birds, mostly herons, egrets, and ibises, were busy flying in and out. Many were nesting and some had eggs. Some of the birds we saw were yellow-crowned night heron, black-crowned night heron, great …
We birded two trails in the Preserve. The first trail was the Red Trail which took us through the woods to a small beach area on Indian River Bay. Birds we identified included Carolina wren, osprey, willet (3), American oystercatcher (1), laughing gull, pileated woodpecker, …
I went on a birdwalk this morning with the Sussex Bird Club. We went to two areas of Redden State Forest. The first area was Headquarters Tract. Some of the birds identified here were eastern phoebe, chipping sparrow, ovenbird, pine warbler, white-throated sparrow, Canada goose, …
We went to Redden State Forest to hopefully find the red crossbill that was reported there recently but we didn’t see it. In fact, there weren’t many birds here at all. Altogether, we identified only nine species: great blue heron, Canada goose, American robin, dark-eyed …
We went to Hammock Park for our second trip of the afternoon. We hoped to find the barred owl that was reported here but we didn’t see it. Instead, we identified American robin, yellow-rumped warbler, gray catbird, American crow, pileated woodpecker, Carolina wren, blue-gray gnatcatcher, …
After our morning trip to Largo, we spent part of the afternoon walking along the Dunedin Causeway from near the hotel by Alt.19 to just over the far end of the bridge. We also walked through a small park on the south side of the …
My first of four stops was in the area around the Visitor’s Center. Some of the birds I identified there was Carolina wren, northern mockingbird, dark-eyed junco, and white-throated sparrow. Birds I saw along the Dike Trail included song sparrow, American goldfinch, northern flicker, Carolina …
I went on a birdwalk with the Sussex Bird Club. The next destination after we finished James Farm Ecological Preserve was just up the road a few minutes to Quillens Point. Many of the birds we saw were distant including a bald eagle, belted kingfisher, …
Our first stop was at the Prime Hook NWR Visitor’s Center. We only identified Carolina wren, tufted titmouse, northern mockingbird, mourning dove, American robin, Carolina chickadee, and fish crow from there. We spent most of our time along the Dike Trail where we identified 30 …
We covered four areas of the park this morning. We began at Herring Point where some of the birds we saw were brown pelicans (7), northern cardinal, laughing gull, osprey, and semipalmated sandpiper. Next, we moved to The Point area below the parking lot. The …
