We covered a lot of ground today. Our first stop was at the Nature Center. The feeders attracted many birds including nanday parakeet, painted bunting, and boat-tailed grackle. Other birds in the area included western cattle egret, purple martin, bald eagle, and loggerhead shrike (on …
This was our first time visiting the Venice Audubon Society Rookery. Some birds were nesting on the rookery island and we saw a double-crested cormorant with a juvenile in the nest. Other birds we saw included common gallinule, anhinga, bald eagle, black-crowned night heron, northern …
We started our Florida bird trip in Myakka River State Park. The first stop was Stop 16 near the bridge over the Wild and Scenic River. Some of the birds we identified there were red-shouldered hawk (pale South Florida phase), roseate spoonbill, red-bellied woodpecker, common …
Our first stop was along the north side of Gordon’s Pond Trail. We walked from the parking lot to just past Bench 5. Two Wilson’s snipes flew over the trail and there were several cedar waxwings in a couple of pine trees. Waterfowl included American …
We went on a birdwalk with the Sussex Bird Club. We stopped at two places, the first of which was the south side of the Indian River Inlet. Some of the birds we saw there included common loon, herring gull, Bonaparte’s gull, boat-tailed grackle, Forster’s …
We hoped to see some canvasbacks on Silver Lake but, although some were reported recently, we didn’t see any. Most of the birds swimming on the lake were Canada geese, double-crested cormorants, ring-billed gulls, red-breasted mergansers, and mallards. Other birds identified were bald eagle (imm.), …
We first walked down to the bay from The Point parking lot and stayed there for a short time. Many yellow-rumped warblers were in the bushes on the way down the trail. The tide was low and some of the birds we saw by the …
We started in the parking lot area and only identified mute swan (group flying), northern mockingbird, and eastern bluebird. The Duck Pond Trail was productive with 22 species identified including mute swan, American wigeon, Eurasian wigeon, Canada goose, gadwall, American coot, green-winged teal, northern pintail, …
In the pond across the observatory, we saw Canada goose, mute swan, and mallard. There may have been other species but the dense line of trees in front of the pond made it difficult to see anything else. We took the short trail to the …
I went on a birdwalk with about 20 members of the Sussex Bird Club. We walked along the north side of Gordon’s Pond Trail from the parking lot to between Benches 6 and 5. Some of the birds we identified included golden-crowned kinglet, merlin (perched …
