It was a cloudy day but we did reasonably well in seeing 37 species. We walked through three areas of the park with the first stop at the Nature Center. The tide was low so we saw many swimming and wading birds behind the building. …
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 …
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 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 birded from the parking lot near the Visitor’s Center to the Observation Tower and back (along the north part of the main trail). There were at least 100 tree swallows flying over the impoundment. A small group of rough-winged swallows landed in a tree …
I covered two trails in the preserve. First I was on the Red Trail which goes to the bay. Birds identified along this trail included yellow-rumped warbler, palm warbler, Carolina chickadee, gray catbird, laughing gull, great blue heron, osprey, eastern towhee, double-crested cormorant, house finch, …
We covered four areas starting with Bayside Point. There wasn’t much there as we only identified downy woodpecker, Carolina wren, northern flicker, laughing gull, and gray catbird. The Life of the Marsh Trail was the most productive trail as we identified 23 species there. Some …
I went on a field trip with the Coastal Camera Club’s Wildlife Special Interest Group to the Delaware Botanic Gardens. The trip was mainly to see the pollinators, flowers, and whatever birds were around. The 15 species of birds I identified were red-bellied woodpecker, American …
We started from the East Launch area and walked eastward across the lake’s edge until we reached the trees in the corner of the park. We saw some northern parulas and ruby-crowned kinglets in the trees near the purple martin house. Other birds identified along …
We birded along both trails. The first trail (South Trail) was the main, paved trail. Some of the birds we identified along this trail included Cooper’s hawk, northern cardinal, American robin, pine warbler, belted kingfisher, brown-headed nuthatch, white-eyed vireo, great blue heron, red-winged blackbird, gray …
