We started at Fleetwood Pond. Although the water level was back to normal, there were no birds in that area. Next, we went to Dike Trail. Some of the birds we saw there were Canada goose, black-bellied plover, dunlin, northern harrier, ring-billed gull, American herring …
We birded today with other members of the Sussex Bird Club. We started from the parking lot, walked to the beach, then went back to the parking lot. We hoped to see short-eared owls but there weren’t any. Some of the birds we saw were …
We went through the park starting from the street. We walked along the pond first, then walked along the inlet to the beach. At the end of the inlet, we walked down the beach up to the high-rise buildings. Birds we saw along and in …
We birded for a brief time along Clearwater Beach behind the high-rise buildings. Royal terns were the most abundant bird we saw on the beach. Other birds we saw were osprey, semipalmated plover, ring-billed gull, dunlin, black-bellied plover, sanderling, ruddy turnstone, short-billed dowitcher, and laughing …
In the water to the south of the parking lot, we saw tundra swan, American black duck, and bufflehead. We walked to the beach next and, unfortunately, we saw about a dozen dead snow geese along the beach. We learned that there is a contagious …
I made a quick visit to Lewes Beach. It was cloudy with a cold breeze off the water. About 50 gulls were resting on the beach. They were American herring gull, ring-billed gull, and great black-backed gull. A red-throated loon was swimming in the water. …
We walked the loop around The Point which had just reopened after the bird nesting season was over. We started on the bayside below The Point parking lot and went clockwise around to the beachside. The following birds were seen: osprey, herring gull, blue jay, …
We birded in four areas of the refuge. Some of the birds we saw along Beach Road were herring gull, great egret, tricolored heron, bald eagle, belted kingfisher, osprey, Forster’s tern, glossy ibis, white ibis, and Canada goose. Next, we went to the Tom’s Cove …
This was our first visit to Assateague Island in seven months and we covered our usual four areas. The first stop was Life of the Marsh. Birds found in this are included willet, Forster’s tern, American oystercatcher, black-bellied plover, dunlin, laughing gull, ruddy turnstone, least …
We saw two snow geese and four buffleheads in the water very close to the parking lot. More distant birds included tundra swan and American black duck. Along the path to the beach, we saw great blue heron, bald eagle, and northern harrier. We saw …
