Date: 22 March 2025Leader: Andy Ednie (last minute stand in for Ant and Chris!) Common Loon by Andy Ednie Indian River Inlet, Sussex, Delaware, USMar 22, 2025 8:00 AM – 11:59 AMObservers: 150.81 mile(s)Checklist Comments: DOS Sea Watch Field Tripclear to partly cloudyTemp: 47-59 FWind SW @ 5-10 mph30 species Harlequin Duck 4 … Read more
Date: 22 March 2025Leader: Joe Francis This was Bombay Hook’s 88th Anniversary Open House and Spring Festival so our party was larger than ever and included many first-time birders. Partly sunny with strong wind gusts, temperatures began in the mid 40s and reached the upper 50s. A strong showing of Brown-Headed Cowbirds with males flaunting … Read more
Date: 2 Feb 2025Trip Leader: Andy Ednie DOS field trip to north Jersey shore, Monmouth Co. Starting at Sandy Hook – Gateway National Recreation Area at 7:30 am and finishing at Manasquan Inlet at 4:00 pm. Weather:Very windy and cold preventing ocean watch.Temp 20-34 FPartly cloudy and slight snow squawWind E at 10-25 mph Participants … Read more
Date: 22 Feb 2025Leader: Joe Francis A much warmer day (25F to start; upper 30’s at end) yielded double the birders and birds as last month. We were treated to huge flocks of blackbirds (spring is coming!), numerous feisty Bald Eagles (hormones are surging!), and a flock of 7 Wild Turkeys (last month only fresh … Read more
Recap for Late Afternoon Bird Walk at the DuPont Environmental Education Center/Russell W. Peterson Refuge November 17,2024 by Joe Francis If some field trips are huge banquets with endless courses and many guests, this one was instead an intimate meal with close friends and a slowly savored, curated menu. Fittingly, the main course was “good … Read more
Date: 20 Oct 2024 Leader: Joe Francis Today’s DOS Afternoon bird walk at the Peterson Refuge was attended by seven birders. It was a remarkably warm day, topping off in the mid 70s, with largely clear blue skies. The migrant wave of the prior week had already passed through leaving considerably fewer total birds but … Read more
26 February 2023Leader: Andy Ednie Eleven observers participated in this field trip to historic Perryville to watch for waterfowl on the Susquehanna Flats at the source of the Chesapeake Bay. The weather was cool and overcast with a stiff wind from the south, blowing right into our faces while trying to watch waterfowl out in … Read more
