I went birding with several members of the Sussex Bird Club and we covered two areas of the refuge. Near the Visitor’s Center, we identified Carolina wren, mourning dove, barn swallow, and northern cardinal. Most of our time was spent on the Dike Trail where …
We decided to do a late afternoon birdwalk at Prime Hook NWR. The Visitor’s Center was lacking many birds. All we saw there were mourning dove, northern mockingbird, and European starling (flocks). There were no purple martins by the apartments, apparently having migrated south. We …
I went birding with several members of the Sussex Bird Club and we covered three areas of the refuge. By the Visitor’s Center we got a good look at a red-tailed hawk in a tree by the parking lot. There were still purple martins hanging …
We walked along our usual route through the park starting by the pond, walking across the bridge, and back through the parking lots including the butterfly garden. There were several bald eagles seen today. Soaring over the pond were several immature bald eagles and one …
It was a clear morning but somewhat hazy and smoky due to the Canadian wildfires. We covered three areas. Near the Visitor’s Center, we saw purple martin, fish crow, northern mockingbird, American goldfinch, ruby-throated hummingbird (on the trumpet honeysuckle), and common grackle. Some of the …
We went birding with several members of the Sussex Bird Club and we covered five areas of the refuge. Some of the birds we identified by the Visitor’s Center were purple martin, bobwhite, red-bellied woodpecker, green heron, and northern mockingbird. Birds we identified in Raymond …
I went on a birdwalk with the Sussex Bird Club to Prime Hook NWR. There were 14 members of the group attending the trip. While people were arriving, I checked out the birds in the parking lot by the Visitor’s Center. Some of these birds …
We covered three areas of the park this morning. First, we went to The Point area below the parking lot. The tide was low and there were hundreds of laughing gulls on the mudflats. Some of the other birds we saw there were semipalmated sandpiper, …
It was a hazy day due to the smoke from eastern Canadian forest fires but also a good day as we identified 55 species. We covered five areas of the refuge. Some of the birds we identified by the Visitor’s Center were purple martin, eastern …
We went on a field trip with the Sussex Bird Club. First we went on the deck at the DuPont Nature Center. Thousands of birds were seen on the beach and along the rocks. Most of the shorebirds were ruddy turnstones, dunlins, and semipalmated sandpipers. …
