There were a few birds we identified at the Visitor’s Center in the short time we were there including house wren, purple martin, brown-headed cowbird, and laughing gull. We identified more birds along the Gull Pond Tower Trail including tree swallow, common yellowthroat, Forster’s tern, …
I helped lead a Sussex Bird Club field trip in conjunction with the Milton Horseshow Crab and Shorebird Festival. We covered three areas starting at the Visitor’s Center. Birds identified here included purple martin, chipping sparrow, eastern towhee, American goldfinch, Canada goose, and house wren. …
This was our first visit to Assateague Island in seven months and we covered our usual four areas. The first stop was Life of the Marsh. Birds found in this are included willet, Forster’s tern, American oystercatcher, black-bellied plover, dunlin, laughing gull, ruddy turnstone, least …
Despite cloudy, breezy, and windy conditions, birding was decent at the refuge today at our four stops. Upon arrival, a male ruby-throated hummingbird was on the red flowers by the volunteer shed at the visitor’s center. Other birds identified in this area included chipping sparrow, …
We birded in seven areas of the refuge. The Bear Swamp Pool was closed due to a fox with kits. A few birds we identified by the Visitor’s Center were common yellowthroat, purple martin, American goldfinch, and red-bellied woodpecker. Next, we walked the Raymond Pool …
We started out by walking the trails near the Pavilion followed by the River trails. Most of the birds that we identified in this park were from these trails. Some of these birds were summer tanager (by the parking lot), lark sparrow, Swainson’s hawk, lesser …
After Roy Guerrero Park, we drove to Pond 2 in the Hornsby Bend water treatment plant and walked along part of that pond. Some of the birds we identified there included northern shoveler, eared grebe, American coot, ruddy duck, and blue-winged teal. After that, we …
We made five stops in the refuge. Near the refuge’s new visitor center that just opened a few days ago, we identified turkey vulture, red-winged blackbird, Carolina wren, blue jay, and Canada goose. Our next stop was Raymond Pool. Some of the birds we saw …
We walked along the beach behind the park from the inlet jetty to the high-rise buildings. Some of the birds we saw included royal tern, least tern, sandwich tern, Forster’s tern, semipalmated plover, anhinga, American oystercatcher, ruddy turnstone, willet, black-bellied plover, western sandpiper, sanderling, brown …
As we did two days ago, we walked around the pond first, then we walked the trail by the creek and golf course. Birds we saw today included purple gallinule, common gallinule, yellow-crowned night heron, anhinga, white ibis, tricolored heron, limpkin, great blue heron, monk …
