The refuge was very active with birds. We saw our first sightings of purple martins by the Visitor’s Center and a northern harrier on the road to the Visitor’s Center. Other birds seen here included house finch, American goldfinch, red-winged blackbird, and American robin. We …
We birded in two areas of the park. The first area was along the north side of Gordon’s Pond Trail. The highlight bird was an American bittern seen on the inland side of the trail near a wooden platform that jutted out into the water. …
We covered four areas of the refuge. The only birds by the Visitor’s Center were turkey vultures and a soaring adult bald eagle. Some of the birds identified along the Dike Trail included Forster’s tern, green-winged teal, great egret, mallard, black vulture, northern harrier, American …
First, we birded along the Indian River inlet. We arrived about the time of low tide. Out past the jetty we saw two razorbills. Other birds see on and over the water included common loon, great black-backed gull, long-tailed duck, Bonaparte’s gull, northern gannet, red-throated …
We first birded along the Indian River Inlet. Although the tide was still coming in, no birds were swimming in the inlet itself. We saw offshore mainly common loon, great black-backed gull, long-tailed duck, and black scoter. We saw by the parking lot a ring-billed …
We spent this mild February day in six areas of the refuge. Near the Visitor’s Center, we identified Carolina wren, red-winged blackbird, fish crow, and a flock of snow geese overhead. Some of the birds we identified at Raymond Pool were northern shoveler, great blue …
We walked along the south side of Gordon’s Pond Trail to a point beyond the observation deck near the next bench. The following birds were identified along our walk: song sparrow, great blue heron, American black duck, turkey vulture, white-breasted nuthatch, brown-headed nuthatch, Carolina chickadee, …
We birded from the parking lot to the beach and back. We hoped to find a short-eared owl at the end of the afternoon but we didn’t see one. Along the beach closer to the dunes, the highlight was several snow buntings and horned larks …
We birded in four areas of the refuge. Birds identified near the visitor’s center included snow geese (flock overhead), white-throated sparrow, house finch, and Carolina wren. Some of the birds we identified along the Dike Trail were Canada Goose, Carolina chickadee, mallard (pair), green-winged teal, …
I went on a field trip with the Sussex Bird Club. There were about 25 of us in the group. Our first stop was the south side of the Indian River Inlet. It was near high tide so there weren’t many birds in the inlet …
