It was a cloudy day but we did reasonably well in seeing 37 species. We walked through three areas of the park with the first stop at the Nature Center. The tide was low so we saw many swimming and wading birds behind the building. …
This was our first time visiting the Venice Audubon Society Rookery. Some birds were nesting on the rookery island and we saw a double-crested cormorant with a juvenile in the nest. Other birds we saw included common gallinule, anhinga, bald eagle, black-crowned night heron, northern …
We saw nine canvasbacks sleeping in the corner of Silver Lake by the bridge. Two bald eagles were seen flying. Several hooded mergansers were seen and there was a large group of Canada geese. Other birds seen included double-crested cormorant, pied-billed grebe, ring-billed gull, American …
We went to Fowler Beach to hopefully see a short-eared owl or two late in the afternoon but they were no-shows. Some birds we identified along the beach were sanderling, dunlin, bald eagle, ring-billed gull, surf scoter, bufflehead, common loon, red-winged blackbird (flock), snow bunting …
The area by the Visitor’s Center was quiet as we only saw turkey vulture, northern mockingbird, and white throated sparrow. Dike Trail was a little more active. Birds we identified along the trail included great blue heron, ringed bill gull, bald eagle, red-breasted merganser, northern …
I went on a field trip with the Sussex Bird Club to Fowler Beach. We found a few short-eared owls mixed in with some northern harriers over the marsh in the late afternoon. In the bay were some surf scoters and buffleheads. Further south along …
We hoped to see some canvasbacks on Silver Lake but, although some were reported recently, we didn’t see any. Most of the birds swimming on the lake were Canada geese, double-crested cormorants, ring-billed gulls, red-breasted mergansers, and mallards. Other birds identified were bald eagle (imm.), …
Out first stop was at the end of Foord’s Landing Road. We found the eastern screech-owl sitting in its usual knothole in its favorite tree. Other birds identified in this area were Carolina wren, American crow, northern flicker, red-bellied woodpecker, and ruby-crowned kinglet. From a …
We first walked down to the bay from The Point parking lot and stayed there for a short time. Many yellow-rumped warblers were in the bushes on the way down the trail. The tide was low and some of the birds we saw by the …
In the parking lot and Visitor’s Center area, we identified American robin, blue jay, American crow, white-breasted nuthatch, and Carolina chickadee. A few of the birds we identified along the Bristow Trail were red-winged blackbird, great blue heron, and northern flicker. Some of the birds …
