We birded two trails in the Preserve. The first trail was the Red Trail which took us through the woods to a small beach area on Indian River Bay. Birds we identified included Carolina wren, osprey, willet (3), American oystercatcher (1), laughing gull, pileated woodpecker, …
I went on a birdwalk this morning with the Sussex Bird Club. We went to two areas of Redden State Forest. The first area was Headquarters Tract. Some of the birds identified here were eastern phoebe, chipping sparrow, ovenbird, pine warbler, white-throated sparrow, Canada goose, …
We went on a field trip with the Sussex Bird Club and covered four areas of the refuge. Birds identified from the Visitor’s Center included common grackle, purple martin, killdeer, and field sparrow. Some of the birds we saw along the Dike Trail were snowy …
We birded in the area around the parking lots, along the shore of the pond, across the bridge over the pond along the road, and up to the campground parking lot and boat launch area. Some of the birds we identified included brown thrasher, Carolina …
The refuge was very active with birds. We saw our first sightings of purple martins by the Visitor’s Center and a northern harrier on the road to the Visitor’s Center. Other birds seen here included house finch, American goldfinch, red-winged blackbird, and American robin. We …
We first birded along the Indian River Inlet. Although the tide was still coming in, no birds were swimming in the inlet itself. We saw offshore mainly common loon, great black-backed gull, long-tailed duck, and black scoter. We saw by the parking lot a ring-billed …
We walked along the south side of Gordon’s Pond Trail to a point beyond the observation deck near the next bench. The following birds were identified along our walk: song sparrow, great blue heron, American black duck, turkey vulture, white-breasted nuthatch, brown-headed nuthatch, Carolina chickadee, …
We birded in four areas of the refuge. Birds identified near the visitor’s center included snow geese (flock overhead), white-throated sparrow, house finch, and Carolina wren. Some of the birds we identified along the Dike Trail were Canada Goose, Carolina chickadee, mallard (pair), green-winged teal, …
I went on a field trip with the Sussex Bird Club. There were about 25 of us in the group. Our first stop was the south side of the Indian River Inlet. It was near high tide so there weren’t many birds in the inlet …
This was our first visit to Eagle Lake Park in Largo. The park is big and it has two lakes, what I call the North Lake and the South Lake. The South Lake area was much better for birds. Some of the birds we identified …
