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, …
We birded here for the first time in three years. We started on Wildlife Drive with our first stop on the Leeds Eco-Trail. Birds identified along this trail included immature little blue heron, tree swallow, belted kingfisher, great egret, and great blue heron. We identified …
We birded in four main areas. Our first stop was at Sassafras Landing and some of the birds we identified included pine warbler, bald eagle, great blue heron, laughing gull, and pileated woodpecker. We went to Strawberry Landing from there and saw, among others, Canada …
We spent most of the day birding in the refuge and went to six areas. At the Visitor’s Center, we saw red-winged blackbird, song sparrow, house finch, and tundra swans overhead. Next, we moved to Raymond Pool. Among the birds we saw there were northern …
We birded in three areas of the refuge starting in the Visitor’s Center area. The feeders were filled and this area was very active with birds. Among the ones we saw were red-bellied woodpecker, northern cardinal, song sparrow, red-winged blackbird, American goldfinch, and white-throated sparrow. …
I went on a field trip with the Coastal Camera Club’s Wildlife Special Interest Group. After initially caravanning from the parking lot, we spread out and I spent most of the morning on my own. I covered seven areas altogether and accumulated 31 bird species. …
It was a cold, cloudy, breezy afternoon as we walked along the north part of Gordon’s Pond Trail. It was difficult to take good pictures in the dim light but I managed to set some. In spite of the poor light, we were able to …
For Part 2 of our afternoon birding outing, we took the short drive from Broadkill Beach to Prime Hook NWR where we birded near the Visitor’s Center and along Dike Trail. Behind the Visitor’s Center, the birds were busy near the feeders including northern cardinal, …
It was a cloudy start to the day at Bombay Hook NWR but we got some sun later on. We birded along Raymond Pool Observation Trail and on the tower, Shearness Pool Observation Trail and on the tower, Bear Swamp Pool, and along the roads …
I identified 32 species of birds in these five areas—Visitor’s Center, Raymond Pool, Shearness Pool and Marsh, Bear Swamp Pool, and Boardwalk Trail. In the Raymond and Shearness pools were short-billed dowitchers, northern pintails, northern shovelers, American wigeons, black-bellied plovers, dunlins, and pied-billed grebes, among …
