Category: Birding

Arrived at 8:05 with Dale & Craig Provost, Dan Scheiman, & Karen Holliday as part of the June 2008 field trip. It had been thunder storming this morning and the rain stopped only on the way to the sanctuary. Left the area around 11:00 for a trip to Long Pool Recreational Area north west of Dover.

Species seen or heard:
• Blue Jay
• Carolina Wren
• American Crow
• Tufted Titmouse
• Red-bellied Woodpecker
• Eastern Bluebird
• Pine Warbler
• Baltimore Oriole
• Northern Parula
• Fish Crow
• Red-eyed Vireo
• Northern Cardinal
• White-eyed Vireo
• Yellow-billed Cuckoo
• Cooper’s Hawk
• Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
• Green Heron
• Common Yellowthroat
• Common Grackle
• Indigo Bunting
• Red-winged Blackbird
• Prothonotary Warbler
• Mississippi Kite
• Eastern Kingbird
• Wood Duck
• Great Blue Heron
• Yellow-throated Vireo

Arrived at 7:50. It was about 78 F and cloudy, looked like it might rain but never did. The end of Isabella Jo Trail, where it meets the River Trail, is under water and I had to walk the Campbell Trail back which was a good think as it gave me a different environment and birds. Left at 9:08.

Species seen or heard:
• Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
• Mourning Dove
• Cliff Swallow
• Northern Mockingbird
• Canada Goose
• Red-winged Blackbird
• Indigo Bunting
• Blue Jay
• House Sparrow
• Eastern Kingbird
• Carolina Chickadee
• Common Grackle
• Yellow-billed Cuckoo
• American Robin
• Fish Crow
• American Crow
• Belted Kingfisher
• Dickcissel
• Turkey Vulture
• Northern Cardinal
• Baltimore Oriole
• Eastern Meadowlark
• Red-bellied Woodpecker
• Downy Woodpecker
• Pileated Woodpecker
• Carolina Wren
• Green Heron
• Mallard
• Barn Swallow

Arrived at 7:00, it was 78° F and mostly cloudy. I was on my way to work and decided to make a detour and a driving tour of the park. Everything encountered from the car. Left at 7:10.
Species seen or heard:
• Red-winged Blackbird
• Mourning Dove
• Northern Mockingbird
• Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
• Eastern Meadowlark
• Barn Swallow
• European Swallow
• Dickcissel
• Killdeer
• Canada Goose
• Northern Bobwhite
• Northern Cardinal
• Turkey Vulture