For the first part of our trip today, we birded at Burton Island. There were about 13 black-crowned night herons in the field and trees on the south side of the dirt parking lot. They were a mixture of adults and immatures. Other birds seen …
We birded in five areas of the refuge this afternoon. We identified only three birds at the Visitor’s Center—turkey vulture, song sparrow, and American crow. The Dike Trail was moderately productive where some of the birds we identified included mallard, pileated woodpecker, northern pintail, green-winged …
In the field by the entrance parking lot, we saw eastern bluebirds, several of which were landing on top of the bluebird boxes. Other birds seen here included yellow-rumped warbler, chipping sparrow, and Carolina chickadee. Next, we went to Sassafras Landing but it was very …
We birded in the Wolfe Neck area of Cape Henlopen State Park. We saw several flocks of snow geese flying overhead. Other birds seen included mallard, an adult bald eagle, northern shoveler, lesser scaup, bufflehead, ring-billed gull, pileated woodpecker, northern cardinal, gadwall, great blue heron, …
We started birding along the south side of Gordon’s Pond Trail. The pond was partially frozen due to the cold weather we were having recently. Some of the birds we saw were American black duck, northern shoveler, northern pintail, mallard, yellow-rumped warbler, sharp-shinned hawk, belted …
Our second trip this afternoon took us north a little bit to Fowler Beach. Before we got there, we saw several thousand snow geese in a field near Fowler Beach on Prime Hook Road just before Cods Road. We drove to the parking lot at …
We went to two areas of the park this morning. The first area was the south side of Indian River Inlet including the beach. The wind was unusually calm for this area. Some of the birds we saw were dunlin, northern gannet, ruddy turnstone, long-tailed …
We started at the boat ramp parking lot on the west side of the lake. We walked along the west side of the lake to the northwest as far as the trail took us. Given the nice weather, we were surprised at the general lack …
A field trip with the Sussex Bird Club took us to Delaware Seashore State Park. We birded the Indian River Inlet and beach first. Many northern gannets were scene and were relatively closer to the shore than normal. There were a few female long-tailed ducks …
We birded one mile in each direction along the south part of Gordon’s Pond Trail. We saw several flocks of snow geese, mostly heading towards the beach. One adult and one immature bald eagle were also seen. There were many yellow-rumped warblers flying in and …
