First, we went south around the lake to the marina and south boar ramp areas. Next, we went around the lake back to the north to the north boat ramp and am areas. Some of the birds we identified were yellow-headed blackbird, common merganser, great …
It rained all morning, so we were forced to bird from the car. Along the entrance road on the fences to the right, we saw western meadowlark, black-billed magpie, and American kestrel. We drove around Wildlife Drive and added European starling, double-crested cormorant, mourning dove, …
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 went birding with other members of the Sussex Bird Club. During the short time at the Old Visitor’s Center we saw purple martin, American robin, and mourning dove. The Boardwalk trail was very productive as we picked up 32 species there. Some of the …
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 …
I birded in the same areas as two days ago by the maintenance building, part of Lake Trail up to the woods, and along Lions Head Drive up to the pond. Birds identified included eastern wood-pewee, northern house wren, American robin, gray catbird, tree swallow, …
We birded by the maintenance building, part of Lake Trail up to the woods, and along Lions Head Drive up to the pond. The first two areas were the most active. There was a nesting pair of eastern phoebes under the eaves of the maintenance …
Several birds were nesting at the rookery including great egrets (some seen with eggs) and white ibises (some seen with newborns). Other birds identified included American oystercatcher, black-crowned night heron, yellow-crowned night heron, clapper rail, little blue heron, tricolored heron, glossy ibis, mallard, Canada goose …
I went on a field trip with the Sussex Bird Club and we covered two of the forest tracts. The first tract was the Headquarters Tract. An eastern phoebe was nesting under the eaves of the Headquarters building. Other birds we identified here included Canada …
I went on a field trip with the Sussex Bird Club. We started birding by the Nature Center and went in a loop through the parking lot, field, and woods before heading back to the Nature Center. Birds we identified included blue grosbeak, chipping sparrow, …
