Tag: <span>nuthatch</span>

Tag: nuthatch

Birding at Cape Henlopen State Park: Featuring a Downy Woodpecker (11/6/24)

I went on a field trip with the Sussex Bird Club to Cape Henlopen State Park. First, we walked around the 2.6-mile-long Walking Dunes Trail. Some of the birds we identified along this trail included red-winged blackbird, downy woodpecker, brown-headed nuthatch, Cooper’s hawk, northern harrier, …

Birding at Cape Henlopen State Park: Featuring a Golden-Crowned Kinglet (10/25/24)

We went to the southern end of Gordon’s Pond Trail and walked from the parking lot to just beyond the one-mile marker. Birds we identified along this trail included yellow-rumped warbler, great blue heron, golden-crowned kinglet, ruby-crowned kinglet, white ibis (a few imms.), black-bellied plover, …

Birding at Chincoteague Island Nature Trail: Featuring a Great-Crested Flycatcher (9/12/24)

We walked around the southern trail loop. The highlight was that we saw an immature red-headed woodpecker land on a tree near us. We also heard a northern waterthrush in the pond on the outside of the loop. Other birds we identified included Canada goose …

Birding at Cape Henlopen State Park: Featuring a Yellow-Rumped Warbler (3/14/24)

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 …