We covered both sides of Cedar Neck Road. On the west side, we walked along the Red, Orange, and Purple Trails. The more interesting birds we saw were by the bay. These birds included green heron (several), great blue heron (a few), barn swallow, Forster’s …
We covered three trails in the short time we were at the park. Some of the birds we identified from the hawk watch Observation Deck were mute swan, common yellowthroat, laughing gull, fish crow, indigo bunting, northern cardinal, and purple martin. Next, we took the …
I went on a Sussex Bird Club trip. There were 27 people in the group on this nice spring day. We covered two areas. First, we circled the areas around the Nature Center and parking lots. Birds we identified here included eastern bluebird, Carolina chickadee, …
We started out by walking the trails near the Pavilion followed by the River trails. Most of the birds that we identified in this park were from these trails. Some of these birds were summer tanager (by the parking lot), lark sparrow, Swainson’s hawk, lesser …
We started at the end of the parking lot and mainly walked around the lake and primitive camping area loop. We got a good look at a Swainson’s hawk that flew over us. There were very few birds on the lake, and we only saw …
Our first stop in the refuge was the Shin Oak Observation Deck. The main attraction to this area for us and others who were there was the black-capped vireo. It was recently removed from the endangered species list and we were excited to find it …
We birded the trail on the west side of the park along the west side of South Pleasant Valley Road from the dam to across the Oracle building. It was cloudy and windy but we managed to identify these birds: great-tailed grackle, white-winged dove, northern …
We turned on Commons Ford Road to enter the park and we were greeted by two greater roadrunners on the right side of the road. We continued driving up the hill to the end of the public road. In this area, some of the birds …
I went on a field trip to Gordon’s Pond Trail southside with the Sussex Bird Club. Before hitting the trail, we went to the beach for a quick look and saw double-crested cormorant, common loon, red-throated loon, and northern gannet. Along the trail at the …
We walked our usual two trails through the preserve. First, we took the Red Trail to the beach and back. Some of the 31 birds we identified along this trail were eastern bluebird, cedar waxwing, eastern towhee, tufted titmouse, osprey (first one this year locally), …
