We birded in three areas of the refuge. We started out at the Visitor’s Center and walked along the entrance road to Foord’s Landing Road. Some of the birds that were identified along this segment of our walk were snow geese (flock heading north), northern …
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 …
We covered four areas of the refuge today. In the short time at the Visitor’s Center, we identified house sparrow, Canada goose, turkey vulture, and red-bellied woodpecker. We stopped at Raymond Pool next. Some of the birds seen here included American avocet, tundra swan, green-winged …
Roosevelt Inlet was very unproductive this afternoon. We walked down the beach as well but there were only gulls on the beach. The highlight was two bald eagles, one adult and one immature. The adult bald eagle was perched on a green navigation sign out …
