We went on an open-to-the-public First Saturday morning birdwalk led by members of the Sussex Bird Club. We took two trails starting with the Boardwalk Trail. Birds we saw along this trail included bald eagle, osprey, belted kingfisher, semipalmated plover, lesser yellowlegs, greater yellowlegs, white-eyed …
We birded along the north side of Gordon’s Pond Trail from the parking lot to just beyond Bench 5. Birds we identified included American goldfinch, blue grosbeak, osprey, Carolina chickadee, green heron, snowy egret, greater yellowlegs, clapper rail, downy woodpecker, short-billed dowitcher, tree swallow, royal …
We covered five areas of the refuge. We didn’t stay long at the Visitor’s Center but we identified house sparrow, purple martin, field sparrow, Our next stop was Raymond Pool. Birds that we identified here included American avocet (perhaps 75), great egret, marsh wren, short-billed …
Our first stop was the Boardwalk Trail. Among the birds we identified here were blue grosbeak, indigo bunting, snowy egret, purple martin, greater yellowlegs, osprey, red-winged blackbird, turkey vulture, northern flicker, laughing gull, and common yellowthroat. The Dike Trail produced 28 species. Birds we saw …
We first went to The Point to the bayside below the parking lot. The tide was low and we saw several birds on the sandbars. Some of the birds we saw included brown pelicans (at least a dozen), American oystercatcher, osprey, great black-backed gull, laughing …
We started birding the beach below The Point parking lot. Birds seen here included least tern, osprey, American oystercatcher, semipalmated sandpiper, laughing gull, brown pelican (2), ruddy turnstone, laughing gull, and ring-billed gull. On the way out, we stopped briefly at the Seaside Nature Center …
We went on an open-to-the-public Saturday morning bird walk led by members of the Sussex Bird Club. Three areas were covered today. We started in the parking lot by the old Visitor’s Center. Some of the birds we identified there were purple martin, laughing gull, …
We went to the southern end of Gordon’s Pond Trail and walked from the parking lot to just beyond the one-mile marker. Birds we identified along this trail included yellow-rumped warbler, great blue heron, golden-crowned kinglet, ruby-crowned kinglet, white ibis (a few imms.), black-bellied plover, …
We covered four areas of the refuge today starting with the Leeds Eco-Trail Boardwalk. Birds identified along this trail included ruby-crowned kinglet, great egret, northern harrier, tree swallow, clapper rail, blue jay, and American goldfinch. We went to the Gull Pond Tower Trail next. Some …
The main attraction by the Visitor’s Center was a red-tailed hawk perched high in a tree in the parking lot. We took the Leeds Eco-Trail Boardwalk next but it was quiet. Most of the birds we heard there included white-eyed vireo, gray catbird, and Carolina …
