I went on a birdwalk this morning with the Sussex Bird Club. We walked the south side of Gordon’s Pond Trail from the parking lot to just beyond Bench 4. Birds we identified included an osprey and a great horned owl nesting on separate platforms. …
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 …
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 …
We visited Fort De Soto Park. Birding was not as good as in previous years—the Bay Pier was closed for renovations, the East Tip Turnaround was mobbed with vehicles and people for a kite-surfing festival, and it was very windy. The first of our four …
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 …
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 …
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 …
We went on a field trip with the Sussex Bird Club. Our walk started from the parking lot and we went to the beach and back. We hoped to find short-eared owls from the parking lot at the end of the day but we didn’t …
