The second of the two-part trip with the Sussex Bird Club took us up the road a short distance from the James Farm Nature Preserve to Quillens Point. The weather was bright and sunny and we got good looks at Indian River Bay and the …
This was the first of a two-part trip I took with the Sussex Bird Club. We took several trails throughout the James Farm Nature Preserve including the one to Indian River Bay. Unfortunately, we didn’t see much on the bay because most of it was …
This was our first trip to the Avalon Nature Preserve. We walked along several trails this morning by the pond, in the woods, and in the meadow so we saw a nice mix of birds. We saw three warblers: black-and-white, northern parula, and pine. We …
We explored four areas of the refuge today starting with the visitor’s center. The purple martin houses were taken down. Birds we identified here included American crow, mourning dove, and American robin. The Dike Trail was very productive with 32 species identified. Some of the …
Our visit to Bombay Hook NWR started at Shearness Pool. We found the four roseate spoonbills near the parking pullout. We also saw about 15 common gallinules, most of them chicks. Other birds we saw in the pool included pied-billed grebe, bobolink, mute swan, northern …
Our second day in a row at the refuge took us in most of the same places as yesterday. We started in Tom’s Cove today and saw the same group of American oystercatchers we saw yesterday. We also saw an immature little blue heron, royal …
We covered a lot of ground on the refuge today. Birds along Beach Road included cattle egrets on the ponies, little blue heron, tricolored heron, belted kingfisher, and white ibis. In the Little Tom’s Cove and Swan Cove areas, some of the birds we saw …
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, …
I covered three areas of the park this morning. First, I went to The Point. The tide was relatively low and was still going out. I saw two American oystercatchers on the sandbars. One was banded—it had the letters “M” and “P” on both leg …
Our second stop today was at Prime Hook NWR. Some of the birds we identified from the Visitor’s Center included purple martin, chipping sparrow, laughing gull, and field sparrow. We walked along the Dike Trail next and saw four types of terns: Forster’s, least, common, …
