We went birding with several members of the Sussex Bird Club and we covered five areas of the refuge. Some of the birds we identified by the Visitor’s Center were purple martin, bobwhite, red-bellied woodpecker, green heron, and northern mockingbird. Birds we identified in Raymond …
I went on a birdwalk with the Sussex Bird Club to Prime Hook NWR. There were 14 members of the group attending the trip. While people were arriving, I checked out the birds in the parking lot by the Visitor’s Center. Some of these birds …
It was a hazy day due to the smoke from eastern Canadian forest fires but also a good day as we identified 55 species. We covered five areas of the refuge. Some of the birds we identified by the Visitor’s Center were purple martin, eastern …
For the second time in three days, we went to the Ocean City Welcome Center. Unlike two days ago, the sky was clear and we got better lighting on the birds as viewed from the elevated parking lot. Some of the birds we saw were …
We covered five areas of the refuge today. By the Visitor’s Center, we identified Canada goose, indigo bunting, purple martin, and brown-headed cowbird, among others. Along the Leeds Eco Trail, we identified 16 species including snowy egret, osprey, glossy ibis, tree swallow, barn swallow, clapper …
The vantage point from the parking lot overlooking the rookery was spectacular. Birds, mostly herons, egrets, and ibises, were busy flying in and out. Many were nesting and some had eggs. Some of the birds we saw were yellow-crowned night heron, black-crowned night heron, great …
I went on a birdwalk this morning with the Sussex Bird Club. We walked the south side of Gordon’s Pond Trail from the parking lot to just beyond Bench 4. Birds we identified included an osprey and a great horned owl nesting on separate platforms. …
We spent the second half of the day back at Largo Central Park Nature Preserve for the third time in the last five days. We took mostly the same trails as before along the boardwalk around the pond and then the trail by the creek …
This was our first visit to Eagle Lake Park in Largo. The park is big and it has two lakes, what I call the North Lake and the South Lake. The South Lake area was much better for birds. Some of the birds we identified …
Our second stop in Palm Harbor today was Wall Springs Park. We walked along several trails including a climb to the top of the observation deck. Some of the birds we saw included little blue heron, brown pelican, bald eagle, osprey, great blue heron, white …
