We birded in the north side of the park that included fields, woods, lake shore, dam, and historic area. A yellow-bellied sapsucker landed briefly in a tree by the parking lot. Birds on and by the lake included osprey, mute swan (4 or 5), Canada …
The second part of our trip today brought us to Silver Lake. There were many canvasbacks on the lake. A person on ebird reported 355 of them earlier in the day. We saw an immature red-tailed hawk perched high on top of a pine tree …
This was our first trip to the Avalon Nature Preserve. We walked along several trails this morning by the pond, in the woods, and in the meadow so we saw a nice mix of birds. We saw three warblers: black-and-white, northern parula, and pine. We …
We birded in three areas of the refuge. We spent little time near the visitor’s center and only saw blue jay and red-bellied woodpecker. Many good birds were seen of the observation platform. These birds included an immature bald eagle, an immature red-tailed hawk, eastern …
We started birding from the East Launch area and walked north along the lake shore. Next, we came back the same way and walked the Red Trail to the pool area and back to the East Launch parking lot. The highlight birds were a warbling …
I went this morning on a guided birdwalk led by one of the Delaware Nature Society’s trip leaders. There were about 20 people in the group including several members of the Sussex Bird Club. We first walked near the Nature Center and along the boardwalk …
It was an unusually mild mid-December day at Cape Henlopen State Park where it warmed up into the mid-60’s by late morning. We first birded the beach area at Herring Point. There were many surf scoters, gulls, and red-throated loons in the water. A few …
Although it was mostly cloudy, it was a nice morning for birding at Hibernia County Park in Coatesville, Chester County, PA. We parked in the boat launch parking lot on the south side of Chambers Lake, then hiked along the west side and part of …
