First, we went south around the lake to the marina and south boar ramp areas. Next, we went around the lake back to the north to the north boat ramp and am areas. Some of the birds we identified were yellow-headed blackbird, common merganser, great …
It rained all morning, so we were forced to bird from the car. Along the entrance road on the fences to the right, we saw western meadowlark, black-billed magpie, and American kestrel. We drove around Wildlife Drive and added European starling, double-crested cormorant, mourning dove, …
We birded along the south end of Gordon’s Pond Trail from the parking lot to the observation deck. Some of the birds we identified were red-winged blackbird, snowy egret, great egret, green heron, black-necked stilt, short-billed dowitcher, indigo bunting, semipalmated plover, laughing gull, common yellowthroat, …
We started birding the beach below The Point parking lot. Birds seen here included least tern, osprey, American oystercatcher, semipalmated sandpiper, laughing gull, brown pelican (2), ruddy turnstone, laughing gull, and ring-billed gull. On the way out, we stopped briefly at the Seaside Nature Center …
We went on an open-to-the-public Saturday morning bird walk led by members of the Sussex Bird Club. We covered three areas of the refuge. Starting in the parking lot, we noticed that the purple martins had returned and were occupying their apartments. Other birds seen …
We walked the boardwalk around the lake first. After that, we took the trail along the creek around and across the golf course. There were three yellow-crowned night herons in their usual spot along the boardwalk between turns one and two, the same place as …
We walked the path around Taylor Lake. This path was mostly along the shoreline but it went through some wooded areas as well. Birds we saw included ring-billed gull, pied-billed grebe, green heron, American anhinga, white ibis, American coot, blue-gray gnatcatcher, palm warbler, common gallinule, …
I went on a field trip with the Sussex Bird Club to Cape Henlopen State Park. First, we walked around the 2.6-mile-long Walking Dunes Trail. Some of the birds we identified along this trail included red-winged blackbird, downy woodpecker, brown-headed nuthatch, Cooper’s hawk, northern harrier, …
Our walk this morning covered our usual three areas. Some of the birds we identified from the Visitor’s Center included purple martin, brown-headed cowbird, common yellowthroat, and house wren. Along the Dike Trail, birds we identified included osprey, glossy ibis (2 overhead), eastern towhee, orchard …
I went on a field trip with the Sussex Bird Club. The first stop was at the DuPont Nature Center. There were more than 1,000 birds on the rocks and beach, and we did see some red knots. Other birds identified here included willet, herring …
