I went on a field trip today with the Sussex Bird Club to Fowler Beach. The weather was mild. We met at the parking lot and walked to the beach where we split up into two groups. My group walked to the north so we …
On this first day of spring, we birded with members of the Sussex Bird Club. We birded in several areas of the park. From the fishing pier parking lot, we identified American robin, northern cardinal, and a flying killdeer. Herring Point was dull and we …
We birded in two areas of the park. First, we went to the fishing pier and the tide was still low. We identified great black-backed, herring, and ring-billed gulls, an adult bald eagle on the WWII observation tower, horned grebe, dozens of brants, hooded merganser, …
We birded around the inlet and beach area. It was low tide. Among the birds we saw were great and double-crested cormorants, herring gull, red-throated loon, horned grebe, surf scoter, bufflehead, lesser black-backed gull, common merganser, and tree swallow. MY PHOTOS: herring gull, red-throated loon, …
We ventured out to Delaware Seashore State Park on the cloudy and windy afternoon. First, we stopped at the Indian River Inlet. Although the tide was still fairly high, we identified several birds including long-tailed ducks, a killdeer, buffleheads, sanderlings, great and double-crested cormorants, and …
Our first stop was at the south side of the Indian River Inlet. It was a cold (33°) and windy morning when we got there but we hung out long enough to see some good birds including long-tailed ducks, dozens of buffleheads, common eiders, and …
First, we stopped at Burton Island. As we knew in advance, the path to the island was blocked because hunters were actively shooting waterfowl. Nonetheless, we birded a little from the parking lot a saw a large flock of Canada geese in the distance, great …
We went to Cape Henlopen State Park this afternoon. First, we birded from the fishing pier and saw two adult bald eagles, one flying inland and one having a meal on the rock jetty by the lighthouse. Closer to us were ring-billed, great black-backed and …
In Part 1 of our afternoon birding outing, we went to Broadkill Beach and birded the northern half of the beach. When we first parked our car, an adult bald eagle flew over us, so that was a good start. We saw two more bald …
The morning started out a cold 26° but it was sunny and there was no wind. We birded in two areas. First, we walked around the Seaside Nature Trail. The highlight was seeing a very rare Townsend’s Solitaire (rare in the eastern U.S.). It had …
