There were four areas of the refuge that we birded. We identified just four birds near the Visitor’s Center: Carolina wren, mourning dove, cedar waxwing, and European starling. Along the Dike Trail, we identified 29 species. The highlight was a peregrine falcon perched on top …
We started out from the Visitor’s Center. Plenty of purple martins were in and around their apartments as usual. Other birds identified here included orchard oriole, barn swallow, red-winged blackbird, and mourning dove. Next, we moved on to the Dike Trail where we identified 32 …
Our birding in the park began in the parking lot area at The Point. On the bayside, we saw, among other birds, osprey, brown thrasher, laughing gull, piping plover, American oystercatcher, black-bellied plover, and double-crested cormorant. There wasn’t much to see on the beach side …
We covered four trails in the refuge today. Our first stop was around the Visitor’s Center. Some of the birds we saw here included purple martin, northern flicker, blue grosbeak, common yellowthroat, and brown-headed cowbird. The Photographer’s Blind Trail was closed due to nesting vultures. …
We spent seven hours birding throughout the refuge. Along Beach Road and in Swan Cove Pool, we saw tricolored heron, semipalmated plover, black-bellied plover, Canada goose, and snowy egret, among other birds. Some of the birds around Tom’s Cove Visitor’s Center and the east side …
We went on a trip with the Sussex Bird Club to the DuPont Nature Center. There were about two dozen members attending. We first climbed up the deck at the Nature Center with several members of the club to scope out red knots, in particular. …
I first climbed up the deck at the Nature Center where I scoped out the birds along the shore of the Mispillion River. There were laughing gulls and dunlins by the hundreds and also numerous ruddy turnstones. I was able to pick out some red …
Our first stop was at the Indian River Inlet. There wasn’t much variety today but we saw several Forster’s terns, laughing gulls, barn swallows, and brown pelicans. We left the inlet and crossed the bridge to get to Burton Island. Right away, there was a …
The morning started with walks around the Visitor’s Center and the Photographer’s Blind Trail. The Photographer’s Blind Trail was made more accessible since the last time we tried it which was at least a few years ago. Now we made it part of our regular …
We walked around three areas of the park this morning. Our first stop was The Point bay beach area below the parking lot. We didn’t see any nesting birds within the endangered bird roped off area. There were many ospreys flying over the beach with …
