We birded in three areas of the refuge today. Some of the birds we saw at the Visitor’s Center included American robin, white-throated sparrow, northern mockingbird, and American goldfinch. We saw 15 species along the Dike Trail. There were large groups of American avocets and …
We birded in six areas of the refuge today. The most species (15) were seen along Beach Road including great egret, snowy egret, American black duck, white ibis, tricolored heron, great blue heron, Forster’s tern, and royal tern. At Tom’s Cove Visitor’s Center, birds we …
We went on a field trip with the Sussex Bird Club and covered three areas. There were about two dozen members attending the trip. The first area was at the DuPont Nature Center platform and on the nearby ground areas. There were hundreds of shorebirds …
Our first stop in Redden State Forest was in the Headquarters Tract. Many of the birds were found between the parking lot and the lodge. Of note, we saw a few summer tanagers (male and female) and a couple of worm-eating warblers. Other birds identified …
We birded this morning in two areas of Cape Henlopen State Park. Our first stop was the area near The Point on the bayside. It was low tide and many sandbars were exposed. We saw two American oystercatchers. One had orange bands with the symbols …
We went on a birding trip to Redden State Forest with the Sussex Bird Club. We covered the Headquarters Tract with them before leaving the group early. We saw two blue-gray gnatcatcher nests with gnatcatchers going in and out of them. One of the gnatcatchers …
We birded in the north side of the park that included fields, woods, lake shore, dam, and historic area. A yellow-bellied sapsucker landed briefly in a tree by the parking lot. Birds on and by the lake included osprey, mute swan (4 or 5), Canada …
We birded in three areas of Cape Henlopen State Park. Our first stop was The Point area near the parking lot. Some of the birds we saw on the bay side included osprey, common merganser, great blue heron, and double-crested cormorant. On the ocean side, …
We went to two areas of the park this morning. The first area was the south side of Indian River Inlet including the beach. The wind was unusually calm for this area. Some of the birds we saw were dunlin, northern gannet, ruddy turnstone, long-tailed …
We covered four areas of the refuge today. In the short time at the Visitor’s Center, we identified house sparrow, Canada goose, turkey vulture, and red-bellied woodpecker. We stopped at Raymond Pool next. Some of the birds seen here included American avocet, tundra swan, green-winged …
