I helped lead a Sussex Bird Club field trip in conjunction with the Milton Horseshow Crab and Shorebird Festival. We covered three areas starting at the Visitor’s Center. Birds identified here included purple martin, chipping sparrow, eastern towhee, American goldfinch, Canada goose, and house wren. …
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), …
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 started from the parking lot by the boat ramp on the west side of the lake. From there, we walked along the west side of the lake to the northwest where we took the trail along the dike to near its end. We saw …
We covered three areas of the park this morning. First, we went to The Point area below the parking lot. The tide was low and there were hundreds of laughing gulls on the mudflats. Some of the other birds we saw there were semipalmated sandpiper, …
We went on an open-to-the-public Saturday morning birdwalk led by members of the Sussex Bird Club. After parking at the Visitor’s Center, some of the birds we saw included purple martin, American robin, great blue heron, cedar waxwing, mourning dove, and double-crested cormorant (flock). We …
I went on a birdwalk this morning with the Sussex Bird Club. This was the first of two stops. First we stayed in the landing area, then we walked around the parking lot, and finally took the main path through the woods where we found …
The first of our four stops was along Foord’s Landing Road. We found the eastern screech-owl in the same tree we saw it last winter. We went to the Visitor’s Center area next and some of the birds we identified there were cedar waxwing, American …
I went on a birdwalk with the Sussex Bird club along the northern part of Gordon’s Pond Trail. While gathering in the parking lot, an adult bald eagle came by with a fish and landed in a nearby tree. While we watched it eat, another …
We took the main trail from the parking lot to the beach and walked along the beach northward to where there was a large area of water on our left. Some of the birds we identified were cedar waxwing, scarlet tanager, osprey, American goldfinch, common …
