We birded in six areas of the refuge today. We only identified three species in the area around the Visitor’s Center—Canada goose, house sparrow, and Carolina wren. Raymond Pool and Shearness Pool were filled with water again. Birds we saw in Raymond Pool included ruddy …
We birded along Big Stone Beach Road in the Milford Neck Wildlife Area for our first stop in the morning. We birded both sides of the road and the highlight in the marsh on the south side was four king rails. Two were adults and …
The water levels were very low in most of the pools and the flies were relentless. Nonetheless, we pursued and visited five areas of the refuge. We only identified three birds at the Visitor’s Center: purple martin, house sparrow, and blue jay. Birds that we …
Our first birding trip to Rhode Island started at Ninigret NWR. In the Salt Pond Unit, we began on the Foster Cove Trail where some of the birds we identified were common loon, prairie warbler, white-eyed vireo, eastern towhee, herring gull, and American goldfinch. The …
Our first birding trip to Massachusetts started at Gooseberry Island in Westport. Gooseberry Island is actually a narrow peninsula connected by a narrower causeway. We walked the trail from the parking lot to the World War II observation towers. It was a cloudy morning but …
We walked along the trails in the southwest part of the area. Despite the overcast, we were able to identify 23 species in about one and one-half hours. Species we saw included Baltimore oriole, willet, killdeer, barn swallow, bobolink (in the field near the parking …
Prime Hook NWR was the first part of our trip today. We only identified killdeer, Canada goose, and turkey vulture at the Visitor’s Center. Dike Trail was better. Along this trail, some of the birds we saw included greater yellowlegs, bald eagle (immature), Carolina wren, …
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 …
Our first stop today was the DuPont Nature Center. Most birds we saw were from the raised platform along the side of the center. Some of the birds we saw included ruddy turnstone, osprey, barn swallow, song sparrow, American oystercatcher, least tern, spotted sandpiper, and …
We birded three areas of the refuge today. The Visitor’s Center wasn’t very active but some of the birds we identified there included purple martin, house wren, northern mockingbird, and osprey. Along the Dike Trail, we identified 28 species including common yellowthroat, orchard oriole, cedar …
