We walked in four areas of the refuge this afternoon. The only birds we identified near the Visitor’s Center were turkey vulture and tufted titmouse. Birds seen along the Dike Trail included great blue heron, northern cardinal, belted kingfisher, mallard (pair), Canada goose, and northern …
I went on an afternoon birdwalk with the Sussex Bird Club to Fowler Beach. In the area around the parking lot, we saw flocks of snow geese overhead, an immature bald eagle, American black duck, ruddy duck, and tundra swan. We walked to the beach …
We went to three areas of the park. We started at The Point on the bay side and stayed there. Birds we saw there included yellow-rumped warbler, bufflehead, red-breasted merganser, surf scoter, common loon, and lesser black-backed gull. We walked to the beach side of …
The pools we visited today (Raymond, Shearness, Finis, and Bear Swamp) were mostly frozen due to the recent cold weather. The tidal areas were mixed frozen and open while the ditches on the tidal side of the road were mostly open. We stopped in six …
We birded in three areas of the park. Our first stop was the bay shore below The Point parking lot. The tide was low but no birds were feeding in the shallow areas. We saw several birds in the water and flying around including great …
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 …
Our first stop was at the Indian River Inlet. The tide was about halfway between low and high and was coming in. We saw a flock of about 20 Bonaparte’s gulls in the inlet on the west side of the bridge. Other birds seen in …
The first of our four stops was along Foord’s Landing Road. We found the eastern screech-owl in the same tree we saw it last winter. We went to the Visitor’s Center area next and some of the birds we identified there were cedar waxwing, American …
This was our first visit to Cape May Point State Park. We took the Red Trail first and most of the birds we saw were on the pond. These birds included American coot, mute swan, mallard, American wigeon, green-winged teal, northern shoveler, hooded merganser, great …
Our first stop at the Visitor’s Center yielded only five species: turkey vulture, American crow, house finch, Carolina wren, and tufted titmouse. The Leeds Eco-Trail only yielded blue jay and American crow. We identified 24 species along Wildlife Drive. The two highlights were a flock …
