We started out birding in the area around the Nature Center and walked along the pond across the bridge to the parking lot area. There were dozens of Canada geese on the pond as usual. Some of the other birds we also identified were great …
We birded in six areas of the refuge today. The most species (15) were seen along Beach Road including great egret, snowy egret, American black duck, white ibis, tricolored heron, great blue heron, Forster’s tern, and royal tern. At Tom’s Cove Visitor’s Center, birds we …
Our first stop was at the Prime Hook NWR Visitor’s Center. We only identified Carolina wren, tufted titmouse, northern mockingbird, mourning dove, American robin, Carolina chickadee, and fish crow from there. We spent most of our time along the Dike Trail where we identified 30 …
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 …
