We birded in these areas: Life of the Marsh Trail, Bayside Point, Life of the Forest Trail, Life of the Dunes Trail, and South Beach. There wasn’t much to see on Life of the Dunes Trail except for a bald eagle perched on a dead …
This was Part 1 of our two birding trips today. We walked the two-mile loop around “The Point” at Cape Henlopen State Park. Three type of terns were spotted on our walk—Caspian, royal, and Forster’s. Many double-crested cormorants were seen, We also saw great blue …
This was a windy morning in the park. I walked to the bay beach below The Point parking lot facing Lewes and followed that with a walk down the Salt Marsh Trail. There were surf scoters in the bay and Caspian terns flying overhead. The …
We covered four areas of the refuge from the morning until early afternoon. Around the Visitor’s Center were Carolina chickadee, turkey vulture, and blue jay. The Dike Trail was excellent and we identified 39 species there including cedar waxwing, osprey, pileated woodpecker, American avocet, great …
I birded the bay area below The Point parking lot first and identified royal, Caspian, and common terns, brown pelicans, and ospreys. Along the Seaside Nature Trail I found brown pelicans, laughing and great black-backed gulls, great egrets, and double-crested cormorants. It was a slow …
First, I birded the bay area below The Point parking lot and identified osprey, barn swallow, and laughing gull. The tide was high and the area was virtually empy of birds. No shorebirds were seen along the shore in the protected area. I found more …
