We went on a trip with the Sussex Bird Club to the DuPont Nature Center. There were about two dozen members attending. We first climbed up the deck at the Nature Center with several members of the club to scope out red knots, in particular. …
Our first stop was at the Indian River Inlet. There wasn’t much variety today but we saw several Forster’s terns, laughing gulls, barn swallows, and brown pelicans. We left the inlet and crossed the bridge to get to Burton Island. Right away, there was a …
The morning started with walks around the Visitor’s Center and the Photographer’s Blind Trail. The Photographer’s Blind Trail was made more accessible since the last time we tried it which was at least a few years ago. Now we made it part of our regular …
We walked around three areas of the park this morning. Our first stop was The Point bay beach area below the parking lot. We didn’t see any nesting birds within the endangered bird roped off area. There were many ospreys flying over the beach with …
I went this morning on a guided birdwalk led by one of the Delaware Nature Society’s trip leaders. There were about 20 people in the group including several members of the Sussex Bird Club. We first walked near the Nature Center and along the boardwalk …
We spent over six hours birding today at Bombay Hook NWR. Birds were everywhere and we identified 56 species. We started at the Visitor’s Center and some of the birds we identified included purple martin, gray catbird, American goldfinch, and common yellowthroat. Along the Raymond …
We birded in four main areas. Our first stop was at Sassafras Landing and some of the birds we identified included pine warbler, bald eagle, great blue heron, laughing gull, and pileated woodpecker. We went to Strawberry Landing from there and saw, among others, Canada …
On this first day of spring, we birded with members of the Sussex Bird Club. We birded in several areas of the park. From the fishing pier parking lot, we identified American robin, northern cardinal, and a flying killdeer. Herring Point was dull and we …
We spent most of the day birding in the refuge and went to six areas. At the Visitor’s Center, we saw red-winged blackbird, song sparrow, house finch, and tundra swans overhead. Next, we moved to Raymond Pool. Among the birds we saw there were northern …
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 …
