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 …
We birded in four areas of the refuge. Some of the birds we saw along Beach Road were herring gull, great egret, tricolored heron, bald eagle, belted kingfisher, osprey, Forster’s tern, glossy ibis, white ibis, and Canada goose. Next, we went to the Tom’s Cove …
We started from the Visitor’s Center area but didn’t see very much there. Mourning dove, osprey, and blue jay were a few of the birds we saw. We identified 26 species along the Dike Trail. Some of these birds included Caspian tern, Forster’s tern, willet, …
The main attraction by the Visitor’s Center was a red-tailed hawk perched high in a tree in the parking lot. We took the Leeds Eco-Trail Boardwalk next but it was quiet. Most of the birds we heard there included white-eyed vireo, gray catbird, and Carolina …
We covered seven areas of the refuge. The Visitor’s Center area was fairly quiet and some of the birds we identified there included blue jay, American goldfinch, and Carolina wren. We didn’t see any purple martins. Birds that we identified along the Raymond Pool and …
We birded in two parts of the park, starting at The Point below the parking lot. The tide was low but coming in fast. Several birds were walking along the sandbars and on the beach. Birds we saw here included semipalmated plover, osprey, sanderling, least …
We covered both sides of Cedar Neck Road. On the west side, we walked along the Red, Orange, and Purple Trails. The more interesting birds we saw were by the bay. These birds included green heron (several), great blue heron (a few), barn swallow, Forster’s …
