We took three trails today, starting with Beach Road. As we went towards the beach, we turned onto the Woodland Trail and birded that trail before heading the rest of the way on Beach Road. Some of the birds we identified along Beach Road were …
We birded in six areas of the refuge today. The most species (15) were seen along Beach Road including great egret, snowy egret, American black duck, white ibis, tricolored heron, great blue heron, Forster’s tern, and royal tern. At Tom’s Cove Visitor’s Center, birds we …
Our first stop was at the Prime Hook NWR Visitor’s Center. We only identified Carolina wren, tufted titmouse, northern mockingbird, mourning dove, American robin, Carolina chickadee, and fish crow from there. We spent most of our time along the Dike Trail where we identified 30 …
We went on a field trip with the Sussex Bird Club to Cape Henlopen State Park. Our intent was to walk the northern part of Gordon’s Pond Trail but, unfortunately, it was closed due to maintenance. Instead, we walked along the Walking Dunes Trail to …
I went on a bird trip with the Sussex Bird Club to Bombay Hook NWR. The group consisted of about 20 people. We drove together caravan-style to five areas of the refuge. The following describes the birds that I identified (some people saw some birds …
We birded the southern half of Gordon’s Pond Trail this morning. Some of the birds we identified included indigo bunting, blue grosbeak, orchard oriole, bald eagle (2), red-winged blackbird, green heron, snowy egret, great egret, brown-headed cowbird, chimney swift, pine warbler, red-shouldered hawk, laughing gull, …
We went on a field trip with the Sussex Bird Club and covered three areas. There were about two dozen members attending the trip. The first area was at the DuPont Nature Center platform and on the nearby ground areas. There were hundreds of shorebirds …
The refuge was very busy as we identified 65 species throughout the day. There were so many eagles, most of them immature, that we stopped counting them after seeing more than ten in each area. Highlights from the Visitor’s Center included purple martin, American goldfinch, …
We birded in three areas of Cape Henlopen State Park. Our first stop was The Point area near the parking lot. Some of the birds we saw on the bay side included osprey, common merganser, great blue heron, and double-crested cormorant. On the ocean side, …
The second part of today’s trip was at Fowler Beach. We went there to hopefully find short-eared owls. One was reported there the day before on ebird but we didn’t see any. Nor did we see any northern harriers either. We stayed in the parking …
