I went on a Birdwalk with the Sussex Bird Club. There were ten of us in the group and we covered three areas. From the Visitor’s Center, birds we identified included tree swallow, house wren, red-winged blackbird, purple martin, and northern mockingbird. Next, we walked …
We covered two areas of the park. First, we took the north part of Gordon’s Pond trail from the parking lot to Bench 5. Birds we saw along this trail included northern cardinal, dark-eyed junco, pine warbler, eastern bluebird, yellow-rumped warbler, osprey, killdeer, great blue …
We made five stops in the refuge. Near the refuge’s new visitor center that just opened a few days ago, we identified turkey vulture, red-winged blackbird, Carolina wren, blue jay, and Canada goose. Our next stop was Raymond Pool. Some of the birds we saw …
Our first stop was along the north side of Gordon’s Pond Trail. We walked from the parking lot to just past Bench 5. Two Wilson’s snipes flew over the trail and there were several cedar waxwings in a couple of pine trees. Waterfowl included American …
Out first stop was at the end of Foord’s Landing Road. We found the eastern screech-owl sitting in its usual knothole in its favorite tree. Other birds identified in this area were Carolina wren, American crow, northern flicker, red-bellied woodpecker, and ruby-crowned kinglet. From a …
We started in the parking lot area and only identified mute swan (group flying), northern mockingbird, and eastern bluebird. The Duck Pond Trail was productive with 22 species identified including mute swan, American wigeon, Eurasian wigeon, Canada goose, gadwall, American coot, green-winged teal, northern pintail, …
We started from the parking lot by the boat ramp on the west side of the lake. From there, we walked along the west side of the lake to the northwest where we took the trail along the dike to near its end. We saw …
I went birding with three other members of the Sussex Bird Club and we led a birdwalk for the public. Some of the birds we identified by the Visitor’s Center included American robin, American crow, American black duck (overhead), northern harrier, and white-throated sparrow. Birding …
I went on a field trip with the Coastal Camera Club’s Wildlife Special Interest Group to the Delaware Botanic Gardens. The trip was mainly to see the pollinators, flowers, and whatever birds were around. The 15 species of birds I identified were red-bellied woodpecker, American …
We walked the north part of Gordon’s Pond Trail from the parking lot to just past Bench 5. Water levels were very high. We saw hundreds of tree swallows along both sides of the trail. Other birds seen included brown-headed nuthatch, snowy egret, great egret, …
