I went on a field trip this morning with the Sussex Bird Club to Assawoman State Wildlife Area. We started in the field behind the entrance parking lot. Birds we identified here included eastern bluebird, chipping sparrow, several hermit thrushes, pine warbler, and white-throated sparrow. …
We did not spend much time birding around the Visitor’s Center but we did see American robin, house finch, turkey vulture, and red-winged blackbird. Dike Trail provided us with 16 species including three bald eagles—one adult in the distant tree across the water and beyond …
We birded in four locations in the park this morning. The first stop was the fishing pier where we saw 17 species. Among them were northern mockingbird, song sparrow, yellow-rumped warbler, royal tern, herring gull, brown pelican, Savannah sparrow, bufflehead, hooded merganser, sanderling, Forster’s tern, …
I went on a field trip today with the Sussex Bird Club to Fowler Beach. The weather was mild. We met at the parking lot and walked to the beach where we split up into two groups. My group walked to the north so we …
I went to Prime Hook NWR and birded in four areas, although three of them were mostly unproductive. In the field across the road from the Visitor’s Center was a northern harrier. Other birds identified were American robin, Carolina wren, tree swallow, and dark-eyed junco. …
We birded five areas of the refuge today. The highlight at the Visitor’s Center was two immature bald eagles flying together overhead. We might have missed them had they not shrieked as they flew over. We identified 21 species in Raymond Pool including American avocet, …
For the first time since last winter, I birded the two miles around The Point. It was a mostly cloudy day with some sun at times and even an early ten-minute rain delay forcing me to get back into my car. There were several flocks …
First, I birded the area around the Nature Center and over the bridge by the road. At 2:00 PM, I went on a one-hour pontoon boat ride with the Coastal Camera Club’s Wildlife Special Interest Group. We only saw double-crested cormorants, great blue herons, Canada …
The second of the two-part trip with the Sussex Bird Club took us up the road a short distance from the James Farm Nature Preserve to Quillens Point. The weather was bright and sunny and we got good looks at Indian River Bay and the …
This was the first of a two-part trip I took with the Sussex Bird Club. We took several trails throughout the James Farm Nature Preserve including the one to Indian River Bay. Unfortunately, we didn’t see much on the bay because most of it was …
