I went on a field trip today with the Sussex Bird Club to Fowler Beach. The weather was mild. We met at the parking lot and walked to the beach where we split up into two groups. My group walked to the north so we …
For the first time since last winter, I birded the two miles around The Point. It was a mostly cloudy day with some sun at times and even an early ten-minute rain delay forcing me to get back into my car. There were several flocks …
Our first stop was along the bay shore below The Point parking lot. The tide was high so there weren’t that many birds along the beach. Several brown pelicans were seen flying low over the water towards The Point. Nearby, we also identified turkey vulture, …
We first birded in the area around the Nature Center where a common redpoll was spotted the past few days, but we didn’t see it. Among the birds we identified were northern cardinal, brown-headed nuthatch, red-winged blackbird, and an adult bald eagle. Next, we went …
We went on a birding field trip with the Sussex Bird Club. There were 23 of us and we split up into three groups. We went to Fowler Beach which is part of Prime Hook NWR. Everyone was required to wear a mask and there …
On a cloudy, 34° morning, we went to the Indian River Inlet. We saw many buffleheads, common eiders, long-tailed ducks, and sanderlings. Ring-billed and great black-backed gulls were also seen. Given the overcast, it was hard to get a lot of good photos but I …
We finally had a sunny morning although it started out as a chilly 39 degrees. We went to Delaware Seashore State Park, both the Indian River South Inlet and Burton Island. At the inlet and beach, we saw lots of birds on the water including …
