Birding at My Neighborhood Pond: Featuring a Hooded Merganser (1/19/21)
This male hooded merganser occasionally visits our neighborhood pond. I caught him in good light this morning. MY PHOTO: hooded merganser
Birding at Prime Hook NWR Fowler Beach: Featuring a Short-Eared Owl (1/12/21)
We went on a birding field trip with the Sussex Bird Club. There were 23 of us and we split up into three groups. We went to Fowler Beach which is part of Prime Hook NWR. Everyone was required to wear a mask and there …
Birding at Cape Henlopen State Park: Featuring a Carolina Chickadee (1/11/21)
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 …
Birding at Bombay Hook NWR: Featuring a Snow Goose (12/28/20)
It was a cloudy start to the day at Bombay Hook NWR but we got some sun later on. We birded along Raymond Pool Observation Trail and on the tower, Shearness Pool Observation Trail and on the tower, Bear Swamp Pool, and along the roads …
Birding at Delaware Seashore State Park: Featuring a Long-Tailed Duck (12/10/20)
We finally had a sunny morning although it started out as a chilly 39 degrees. We went to Delaware Seashore State Park, both the Indian River South Inlet and Burton Island. At the inlet and beach, we saw lots of birds on the water including …