It was a cold, cloudy, breezy afternoon as we walked along the north part of Gordon’s Pond Trail. It was difficult to take good pictures in the dim light but I managed to set some. In spite of the poor light, we were able to …
We birded in two areas of the park. First we walked along Gordon’s Pond Trail (north side) and saw a merlin, yellow-rumped warbler, palm warbler, bufflehead, and an adult bald eagle. At Herring Point, we saw ring-billed, lesser black-backed, and great black-backed gulls. In the …
We birded in these areas: Life of the Marsh Trail, Bayside Point, Life of the Forest Trail, Life of the Dunes Trail, and South Beach. There wasn’t much to see on Life of the Dunes Trail except for a bald eagle perched on a dead …
Today’s trip was a loop around Burton Island. We saw at least two and as many as four different adult bald eagles. Other birds identified included great egrets, red-breasted nuthatches, ospreys, yellow-rumped warblers, a merlin, and a northern harrier. As a sign of the upcoming …
We got a couple of nice views of a great blue heron on the pond. What was especially nice was that an eastern wood-peewee was sitting on a twig, enabling me to take a couple of pictures of it. In my experience, the wood-peewees are …
We birded in three main areas of the park. Birds in the parking lot area we identified included Carolina wren, Carolina chickadee, and fish and American crows. Along the Seahawk Trail, we identified common yellowthroat, pine warbler, Carolina chickadee, eastern bluebird, chipping sparrow, and downy …
This afternoon’s trip covered the Boardwalk Trail, Raymond Pool, Shearness Pool and Marsh, and Bear Swamp Pool. We found great and snowy egrets, prairie warbler, dunlin, red-breasted nuthatch, and two bald eagles (one adult and one immature) along the Boardwalk Trail. Among the birds we …
We birded along the south side of Gordon’s Pond Trail from the parking lot to the north side of the observation deck. We saw several bank swallows in a dead tree. Barn swallows were also flying around. Perching birds seen included Carolina chickadee, blue grosbeak, …
