We birded in three areas of the refuge. We started out at the Visitor’s Center and walked along the entrance road to Foord’s Landing Road. Some of the birds that were identified along this segment of our walk were snow geese (flock heading north), northern …
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 …
We went to two areas of the park this morning. The first area was the south side of Indian River Inlet including the beach. The wind was unusually calm for this area. Some of the birds we saw were dunlin, northern gannet, ruddy turnstone, long-tailed …
We started at the boat ramp parking lot on the west side of the lake. We walked along the west side of the lake to the northwest as far as the trail took us. Given the nice weather, we were surprised at the general lack …
I went on a field trip this morning with the Sussex Bird Club to Assawoman State Wildlife Area. We started in the field behind the entrance parking lot. Birds we identified here included eastern bluebird, chipping sparrow, several hermit thrushes, pine warbler, and white-throated sparrow. …
We did not spend much time birding around the Visitor’s Center but we did see American robin, house finch, turkey vulture, and red-winged blackbird. Dike Trail provided us with 16 species including three bald eagles—one adult in the distant tree across the water and beyond …
We birded in four locations in the park this morning. The first stop was the fishing pier where we saw 17 species. Among them were northern mockingbird, song sparrow, yellow-rumped warbler, royal tern, herring gull, brown pelican, Savannah sparrow, bufflehead, hooded merganser, sanderling, Forster’s tern, …
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 …
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 …
