We birded in six areas of the refuge today. We only identified three species in the area around the Visitor’s Center—Canada goose, house sparrow, and Carolina wren. Raymond Pool and Shearness Pool were filled with water again. Birds we saw in Raymond Pool included ruddy …
On this great weather day, we venture to Cape Henlopen State Park. The first stop was along Gordon’s Pond Trail (North side) where we identified 36 species. There was a lot of activity in the trees bordering the parking lot including red-breasted nuthatch, yellow-billed cuckoo, …
We took three trails today, starting with Beach Road. As we went towards the beach, we turned onto the Woodland Trail and birded that trail before heading the rest of the way on Beach Road. Some of the birds we identified along Beach Road were …
Our first stop was at The Point beach below the parking lot. The tide was fairly low and we saw many birds on the sandbars and in the shallow water. We estimated seeing about 50 brown pelicans. We saw two American oystercatchers. One had the …
We covered four areas of the refuge this morning. From the Visitor’s Center, some of the birds we saw were flocks of snowy egrets, belted kingfisher, American goldfinch, osprey, and northern mockingbird. We picked up 25 species along the Dike Trail including several immature little …
I went on a bird trip with the Sussex Bird Club to Bombay Hook NWR. The group consisted of about 20 people. We drove together caravan-style to five areas of the refuge. The following describes the birds that I identified (some people saw some birds …
Our second stop in the morning was the DuPont Nature Center. Some of the birds we saw there from the observation platform were osprey, barn swallow, American oystercatcher, brown pelican, red knot (1), double-crested cormorant, semipalmated plover, dunlin, great blue heron, Canada goose, sanderling, ruddy …
We covered four areas of the park this morning. We began at Herring Point where some of the birds we saw were brown pelicans (7), northern cardinal, laughing gull, osprey, and semipalmated sandpiper. Next, we moved to The Point area below the parking lot. The …
We birded the southern half of Gordon’s Pond Trail this morning. Some of the birds we identified included indigo bunting, blue grosbeak, orchard oriole, bald eagle (2), red-winged blackbird, green heron, snowy egret, great egret, brown-headed cowbird, chimney swift, pine warbler, red-shouldered hawk, laughing gull, …
Our third birding spot of the day brought us to Cherry and Webb Beach. We walked from the parking lot to the beach, then turned west and walked to where the beach rounds a corner. Part of the beach away from the shore was blocked …
