Several birds were nesting at the rookery including great egrets (some seen with eggs) and white ibises (some seen with newborns). Other birds identified included American oystercatcher, black-crowned night heron, yellow-crowned night heron, clapper rail, little blue heron, tricolored heron, glossy ibis, mallard, Canada goose …
We went on an open-to-the-public Saturday morning bird walk led by members of the Sussex Bird Club. Three areas were covered today. We started in the parking lot by the old Visitor’s Center. Some of the birds we identified there were purple martin, laughing gull, …
We went to the Ocean City Welcome Center for the first part of our day. It was cloudy during our visit, so it wasn’t the best lighting for photography. Nonetheless, we saw a decent variety of birds in the rookery and while we walked along …
For the second part of our day, we went back to Edwin B. Forsythe NWR. This time, we started along Wildlife Drive where we picked up 27 species. Some of the birds we saw here were snowy egret, osprey, great egret, brant, American herring gull, …
We covered five areas of the refuge. Some of the birds near the Visitor’s Center included Carolina wren, chipping sparrow, and house finch. The purple martins are back. The next stop was the Leeds Eco-Trail boardwalk. Birds we identified there included osprey, bald eagle, northern …
We went on an open-to-the-public Saturday morning bird walk led by members of the Sussex Bird Club. We covered three areas of the refuge. Starting in the parking lot, we noticed that the purple martins had returned and were occupying their apartments. Other birds seen …
We went on a field trip with the Sussex County Bird Club. Most of the trip was spent along the south side of the Gordon’s Pond Trail. Water levels in the pond were very low. Some of the birds we identified were pine warbler, snowy …
I went on a two-part field trip with the Sussex Bird Club. The day started at Assawoman Wildlife Area. The few birds we identified from the gravel parking lot were pine warbler, American crow, Carolina wren, and northern cardinal. We spent the most time by …
We went through the park starting from the street. We walked along the pond first, then walked along the inlet to the beach. At the end of the inlet, we walked down the beach up to the high-rise buildings. Birds we saw along and in …
We walked the path around Taylor Lake. This path was mostly along the shoreline but it went through some wooded areas as well. Birds we saw included ring-billed gull, pied-billed grebe, green heron, American anhinga, white ibis, American coot, blue-gray gnatcatcher, palm warbler, common gallinule, …
