We went on a field trip with the Sussex Bird Club. Our walk started from the parking lot and we went to the beach and back. We hoped to find short-eared owls from the parking lot at the end of the day but we didn’t …
We birded in three areas of the park. Most of our time was spend along the Gordon’s Pond Trail (north side). The highlight was seeing two tricolored herons on the top of a cedar tree. Other birds we identified included yellow-rumped warbler, ruby-crowned kinglet, golden-crowned …
Our first birding trip to Massachusetts started at Gooseberry Island in Westport. Gooseberry Island is actually a narrow peninsula connected by a narrower causeway. We walked the trail from the parking lot to the World War II observation towers. It was a cloudy morning but …
Our third birding spot of the day brought us to Cherry and Webb Beach. We walked from the parking lot to the beach, then turned west and walked to where the beach rounds a corner. Part of the beach away from the shore was blocked …
We walked the two-mile loop around The Point this afternoon, two days before the entire loop closes for the season. The tide was low and we saw the following birds: herring gull, ring-billed gull, turkey vulture, double-crested cormorant, surf scoter, bald eagle, sanderlings (flocks), great …
It was a quiet afternoon in Cape Henlopen State Park and we only saw nine species. First, we birded the Fishing Pier and saw these birds: surf scoter, bufflehead, double-crested cormorant, ring-billed gull, and herring gull. Next we went to The Point but only birded …
We started birding along the south side of Gordon’s Pond Trail. The pond was partially frozen due to the cold weather we were having recently. Some of the birds we saw were American black duck, northern shoveler, northern pintail, mallard, yellow-rumped warbler, sharp-shinned hawk, belted …
Our first stop was at the DuPont Nature Center. We saw two bald eagles (one adult and one immature), three gull species (great black-backed, ring-billed, and herring), bufflehead, northern harrier, a small flock of greater yellowlegs, dozens of dunlins, one black-bellied plover, and a few …
A field trip with the Sussex Bird Club took us to Delaware Seashore State Park. We birded the Indian River Inlet and beach first. Many northern gannets were scene and were relatively closer to the shore than normal. There were a few female long-tailed ducks …
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 …
