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 …
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. …
This was our first trip to the Avalon Nature Preserve. We walked along several trails this morning by the pond, in the woods, and in the meadow so we saw a nice mix of birds. We saw three warblers: black-and-white, northern parula, and pine. We …
We explored four areas of the refuge today starting with the visitor’s center. The purple martin houses were taken down. Birds we identified here included American crow, mourning dove, and American robin. The Dike Trail was very productive with 32 species identified. Some of the …
I covered three areas of the park this morning. First, I went to The Point. The tide was relatively low and was still going out. I saw two American oystercatchers on the sandbars. One was banded—it had the letters “M” and “P” on both leg …
I birded three areas of the park on this warm summer morning. The first stop was the along the bay shore below The Point parking lot. I saw ring-billed, laughing, and herring gulls there. Other birds included ospreys, two American oystercatchers, and northern mockingbirds. Along …
We birded in two areas of the park. The first area we walked through was the southwest side of Chambers Lake, from the parking lot and along the roadside to the north. The grass path along the lake that we usually take was overgrown so …
We spent the morning birding in four areas of the refuge. The weather was nice and there were plenty of birds. We identified 53 species. The first area we went to was Pine Grove Trail. Birds we identified there included a female hooded merganser by …
