I went on a field trip with the Sussex Bird Club. Before we started, I checked around the visitor’s center and some of the birds I identified there were purple martin, orchard oriole, northern mockingbird, and fish crow. Our group of 13 birders started along …
We birded the southern half of Gordon’s Pond Trail this morning. Some of the birds we identified included indigo bunting, blue grosbeak, orchard oriole, bald eagle (2), red-winged blackbird, green heron, snowy egret, great egret, brown-headed cowbird, chimney swift, pine warbler, red-shouldered hawk, laughing gull, …
We spent most of the morning in four areas of the refuge. By the Visitor’s Center we heard a yellow-billed cuckoo in the distance. Some other birds identified there included purple martin, ruby-throated hummingbird, chipping sparrow, and common yellowthroat. We identified 28 species along the …
The refuge was very busy as we identified 65 species throughout the day. There were so many eagles, most of them immature, that we stopped counting them after seeing more than ten in each area. Highlights from the Visitor’s Center included purple martin, American goldfinch, …
We birded this morning in two areas of Cape Henlopen State Park. Our first stop was the area near The Point on the bayside. It was low tide and many sandbars were exposed. We saw two American oystercatchers. One had orange bands with the symbols …
Prime Hook NWR was the first part of our trip today. We only identified killdeer, Canada goose, and turkey vulture at the Visitor’s Center. Dike Trail was better. Along this trail, some of the birds we saw included greater yellowlegs, bald eagle (immature), Carolina wren, …
We birded in five areas of the refuge this afternoon. We identified only three birds at the Visitor’s Center—turkey vulture, song sparrow, and American crow. The Dike Trail was moderately productive where some of the birds we identified included mallard, pileated woodpecker, northern pintail, green-winged …
Our first stop was at the DuPont Nature Center. We saw two bald eagles (one adult and one immature), three gull species (great black-backed, ring-billed, and herring), bufflehead, northern harrier, a small flock of greater yellowlegs, dozens of dunlins, one black-bellied plover, and a few …
We covered four areas of the refuge today. In the short time at the Visitor’s Center, we identified house sparrow, Canada goose, turkey vulture, and red-bellied woodpecker. We stopped at Raymond Pool next. Some of the birds seen here included American avocet, tundra swan, green-winged …
We did not spend much time birding around the Visitor’s Center but we did see American robin, house finch, turkey vulture, and red-winged blackbird. Dike Trail provided us with 16 species including three bald eagles—one adult in the distant tree across the water and beyond …
