We went on a birding trip to Redden State Forest with the Sussex Bird Club. We covered the Headquarters Tract with them before leaving the group early. We saw two blue-gray gnatcatcher nests with gnatcatchers going in and out of them. One of the gnatcatchers …
Our first stop was at Fleetwood Pond and the boat launch area. Many birds were singing in this area including yellow-throated warbler, ovenbird, and red-bellied woodpecker. We saw a northern waterthrush walking and teetering along the water’s edge by the boat launch area. Next, we …
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 …
For the first part of our trip today, we birded at Burton Island. There were about 13 black-crowned night herons in the field and trees on the south side of the dirt parking lot. They were a mixture of adults and immatures. Other birds seen …
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 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 …
A field trip with the Sussex Bird Club took us to Delaware Seashore State Park. We birded the Indian River Inlet and beach first. Many northern gannets were scene and were relatively closer to the shore than normal. There were a few female long-tailed ducks …
