The vantage point from the parking lot overlooking the rookery was spectacular. Birds, mostly herons, egrets, and ibises, were busy flying in and out. Many were nesting and some had eggs. Some of the birds we saw were yellow-crowned night heron, black-crowned night heron, great …
I went on a birdwalk this morning with the Sussex Bird Club. This was the first of two stops. First we stayed in the landing area, then we walked around the parking lot, and finally took the main path through the woods where we found …
There was quite a variety of birds today at Bombay Hook NWR as we identified 62 species. All the pools and marsh areas were filled with water. Birds identified at the Visitor’s Center included yellow warbler, American goldfinch, eastern towhee, tree swallow, and common yellowthroat. …
I went on a birdwalk this morning with the Sussex Bird Club. We went to two areas of Redden State Forest. The first area was Headquarters Tract. Some of the birds identified here were eastern phoebe, chipping sparrow, ovenbird, pine warbler, white-throated sparrow, Canada goose, …
We birded in the area around the parking lots, along the shore of the pond, across the bridge over the pond along the road, and up to the campground parking lot and boat launch area. Some of the birds we identified included brown thrasher, Carolina …
I went on a birdwalk this morning with the Sussex Bird Club. We walked the south side of Gordon’s Pond Trail from the parking lot to just beyond Bench 4. Birds we identified included an osprey and a great horned owl nesting on separate platforms. …
We covered four areas of the refuge. The only birds by the Visitor’s Center were turkey vultures and a soaring adult bald eagle. Some of the birds identified along the Dike Trail included Forster’s tern, green-winged teal, great egret, mallard, black vulture, northern harrier, American …
We went to Redden State Forest to hopefully find the red crossbill that was reported there recently but we didn’t see it. In fact, there weren’t many birds here at all. Altogether, we identified only nine species: great blue heron, Canada goose, American robin, dark-eyed …
We first birded along the Indian River Inlet. Although the tide was still coming in, no birds were swimming in the inlet itself. We saw offshore mainly common loon, great black-backed gull, long-tailed duck, and black scoter. We saw by the parking lot a ring-billed …
We spent this mild February day in six areas of the refuge. Near the Visitor’s Center, we identified Carolina wren, red-winged blackbird, fish crow, and a flock of snow geese overhead. Some of the birds we identified at Raymond Pool were northern shoveler, great blue …
