I went birding with three other members of the Sussex Bird Club and we led a birdwalk for the public. Some of the birds we identified by the Visitor’s Center included American robin, American crow, American black duck (overhead), northern harrier, and white-throated sparrow. Birding …
I covered two trails in the preserve. First I was on the Red Trail which goes to the bay. Birds identified along this trail included yellow-rumped warbler, palm warbler, Carolina chickadee, gray catbird, laughing gull, great blue heron, osprey, eastern towhee, double-crested cormorant, house finch, …
We started from the East Launch area and walked eastward across the lake’s edge until we reached the trees in the corner of the park. We saw some northern parulas and ruby-crowned kinglets in the trees near the purple martin house. Other birds identified along …
We birded along both trails. The first trail (South Trail) was the main, paved trail. Some of the birds we identified along this trail included Cooper’s hawk, northern cardinal, American robin, pine warbler, belted kingfisher, brown-headed nuthatch, white-eyed vireo, great blue heron, red-winged blackbird, gray …
We covered several areas within the refuge, starting along Beach Road. Birds we saw along the road included great egret, snowy egret, tricolored heron, peregrine falcon, osprey, royal tern, bald eagle, herring gull, laughing gull, willet, and tree swallow. Near the area of the Tom’s …
We went to three areas of the refuge. We didn’t spend much time there and only saw turkey vulture and northern mockingbird. Our second area was the Dike Trail. Some of the birds we saw here were northern mockingbird, snowy egret, Carolina wren, house finch, …
I went birding with several members of the Sussex Bird Club and we covered two areas of the refuge. Near the Visitor’s Center, we identified Carolina wren, mourning dove, barn swallow, and northern cardinal. Most of our time was spent on the Dike Trail where …
I went on a birdwalk with the Sussex Bird Club to Prime Hook NWR. There were 14 members of the group attending the trip. While people were arriving, I checked out the birds in the parking lot by the Visitor’s Center. Some of these birds …
We went on a field trip with the Sussex Bird Club and covered four areas of the refuge. Birds identified from the Visitor’s Center included common grackle, purple martin, killdeer, and field sparrow. Some of the birds we saw along the Dike Trail were snowy …
The refuge was very active with birds. We saw our first sightings of purple martins by the Visitor’s Center and a northern harrier on the road to the Visitor’s Center. Other birds seen here included house finch, American goldfinch, red-winged blackbird, and American robin. We …
