I went on a field trip with the Sussex Bird Club to Cape Henlopen State Park. First, we walked around the 2.6-mile-long Walking Dunes Trail. Some of the birds we identified along this trail included red-winged blackbird, downy woodpecker, brown-headed nuthatch, Cooper’s hawk, northern harrier, …
We went to the southern end of Gordon’s Pond Trail and walked from the parking lot to just beyond the one-mile marker. Birds we identified along this trail included yellow-rumped warbler, great blue heron, golden-crowned kinglet, ruby-crowned kinglet, white ibis (a few imms.), black-bellied plover, …
We covered four areas of the refuge today starting with the Leeds Eco-Trail Boardwalk. Birds identified along this trail included ruby-crowned kinglet, great egret, northern harrier, tree swallow, clapper rail, blue jay, and American goldfinch. We went to the Gull Pond Tower Trail next. Some …
We covered three areas of the park. Some birds we saw along the Red Trail and two overlooks included golden-crowned kinglet, yellow-rumped warbler, mallard, belted kingfisher, sharp-shinned hawk, Cooper’s hawk, northern harrier (“gray ghost”), mute swan, green-winged teal, northern pintail, northern shoveler, and gadwall. We …
Some of the birds we identified at the Visitor’s Center were northern flicker, downy woodpecker, blue jay, and American robin. Birds identified along the Boardwalk Trail included brown thrasher, eastern phoebe, great blue heron, red-winged blackbird, gray catbird, Carolina wren, Canada goose, and northern cardinal. …
We walked the loop around The Point which had just reopened after the bird nesting season was over. We started on the bayside below The Point parking lot and went clockwise around to the beachside. The following birds were seen: osprey, herring gull, blue jay, …
I walked along parts of the Green, Orange, Red, and Purple Trails from the parking lot to the beach to the road. Some of the birds I identified were turkey vulture, royal tern, great egret, laughing gull, green heron, double-crested cormorant, brown pelican (flock of …
We birded the main trail loop on the south side of the road. We briefly saw an adult red-headed woodpecker in a dead tree at a moderate distance. Other birds identified along this trail included Baltimore oriole, white-eyed vireo, black vulture, laughing gull, great blue …
We birded in three areas of the refuge. Some of the birds we identified along the Woodland Trail included great egret, brown-headed nuthatch, white ibis, western cattle egret, and black vulture. We went along Beach Road next and the highlight was four marbled godwits in …
We walked around the southern trail loop. The highlight was that we saw an immature red-headed woodpecker land on a tree near us. We also heard a northern waterthrush in the pond on the outside of the loop. Other birds we identified included Canada goose …
