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 …
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, …
We birded in five areas of the refuge this afternoon. We identified only three birds at the Visitor’s Center—turkey vulture, song sparrow, and American crow. The Dike Trail was moderately productive where some of the birds we identified included mallard, pileated woodpecker, northern pintail, green-winged …
We birded in the Wolfe Neck area of Cape Henlopen State Park. We saw several flocks of snow geese flying overhead. Other birds seen included mallard, an adult bald eagle, northern shoveler, lesser scaup, bufflehead, ring-billed gull, pileated woodpecker, northern cardinal, gadwall, great blue heron, …
We started birding along the south side of Gordon’s Pond Trail. The pond was partially frozen due to the cold weather we were having recently. Some of the birds we saw were American black duck, northern shoveler, northern pintail, mallard, yellow-rumped warbler, sharp-shinned hawk, belted …
Our second trip this afternoon took us north a little bit to Fowler Beach. Before we got there, we saw several thousand snow geese in a field near Fowler Beach on Prime Hook Road just before Cods Road. We drove to the parking lot at …
Our first trip this afternoon took us to Prime Hook NWR. From the Visitor’s Center area, we only saw turkey and black vultures. Dike Trail was much better in terms of birds. Some of the birds we saw along this trail included northern mockingbird, mallard …
We started at the boat ramp parking lot on the west side of the lake. We walked along the west side of the lake to the northwest as far as the trail took us. Given the nice weather, we were surprised at the general lack …
First, I birded the area around the Nature Center and over the bridge by the road. At 2:00 PM, I went on a one-hour pontoon boat ride with the Coastal Camera Club’s Wildlife Special Interest Group. We only saw double-crested cormorants, great blue herons, Canada …
We birded here for the first time in three years. We started on Wildlife Drive with our first stop on the Leeds Eco-Trail. Birds identified along this trail included immature little blue heron, tree swallow, belted kingfisher, great egret, and great blue heron. We identified …
