This was our first visit to Cape May Point State Park. We took the Red Trail first and most of the birds we saw were on the pond. These birds included American coot, mute swan, mallard, American wigeon, green-winged teal, northern shoveler, hooded merganser, great …
Our first stop at the Visitor’s Center yielded only five species: turkey vulture, American crow, house finch, Carolina wren, and tufted titmouse. The Leeds Eco-Trail only yielded blue jay and American crow. We identified 24 species along Wildlife Drive. The two highlights were a flock …
We went on a field trip with the Sussex Bird Club. Our walk started from the parking lot and we went to the beach and back. We hoped to find short-eared owls from the parking lot at the end of the day but we didn’t …
We birded in three areas of the park. Most of our time was spend along the Gordon’s Pond Trail (north side). The highlight was seeing two tricolored herons on the top of a cedar tree. Other birds we identified included yellow-rumped warbler, ruby-crowned kinglet, golden-crowned …
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 …
I went on a birdwalk with the Sussex Bird club along the northern part of Gordon’s Pond Trail. While gathering in the parking lot, an adult bald eagle came by with a fish and landed in a nearby tree. While we watched it eat, another …
I went on a bird trip with the Sussex Bird Club to Bombay Hook NWR. The group consisted of about 20 people. We drove together caravan-style to five areas of the refuge. The following describes the birds that I identified (some people saw some birds …
I went on a field trip with the Sussex Bird Club. Before we started, I checked around the visitor’s center and some of the birds I identified there were purple martin, orchard oriole, northern mockingbird, and fish crow. Our group of 13 birders started along …
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 …
We covered five areas in Assateague Island National Seashore. Our first stop was at Life of the Marsh. Highlights in this area included the following birds: black vulture, great egret, least tern, ruddy turnstone, little blue heron, brown pelican (flock of seven), willet, semipalmated plover, …
