Raptor, comes from Latin "to grasp". Watch this video as if you are a little mouse.....or even a big rat. Be sure to click on the full screen icon for max effect.
Thursday, November 22, 2012
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Fall 2012 Birds Seen
Check list
Please let me know if this link works for you. You may also want to hit the magnifying symbol to make it larger. My cumulative total was 106 species seen by someone on at least one of our field trips. Bill
Please let me know if this link works for you. You may also want to hit the magnifying symbol to make it larger. My cumulative total was 106 species seen by someone on at least one of our field trips. Bill
Gannets Diving for Fish
From National Geographic comes "Missile Birds". This amazing video was taken off South Africa of Cape Gannets. The Gannets we saw today are very similar Northern Gannets.
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
2 pm Report - Nov 7 Field Trip Cancelled, but.....
OK, you don't know unless you go. Weather was windy, but very little rain for the one hour I stayed. Unfortunately wind was more out of north than east, so no good pelagic birds were blown in. Did have many flocks of southbound scoters, several close in gannetts, passing loons, Brant on the point, and a few Royal Terns. My favorite bird was a very confiding Hermit Thrush that allowed me to get within 5 ft of him. Here's hoping that next week's weather permits us to visit Indian River Inlet. Bill
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Rain has subsided, so I am headed to Cape Henlopen Point. Bill, 7:30 am
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It is raining pretty hard right now, but radar looks like it will be abating in next two hours. If it does, I will be at the point at Cape Henlopen by 8 am. If rain continues steady or worsens, I will not be there. Questions? Call my cell: 302-236-5675. Bill at 5:40 am on Nov 7.
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No doubt you are all aware of the nor'easter headed our way for tomorrow, Nov 7.
From NOAA for Cape Henlopen State Park:
Wednesday - Rain likely. Cloudy, with a high near 48. Windy, with a north wind 32 to 37 mph, with gusts as high as 60 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New precipitation amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
So officially, tomorrow's field trip is cancelled.
Now, if you want to see some pelagic birds rarely seen from shore, tomorrow may be a good birding day for you at Cape Henlopen. Possibilities are Parasitic and Pomarine Jaeger, Black-legged Kittiwake, Red Phalarope, and more.
If this interests you and you feel up to braving the elements, I will be at the Cape Henlopen point parking lot by 8 am assuming the rain is not torrential. Do not go to the Nature Center, go to the Point parking lot (just keep bearing left from the Nature Center).
I will make a last minute post tomorrow morning before 6 am.
Bill
PS - Want to get your own weather details, see NOAA.
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Rain has subsided, so I am headed to Cape Henlopen Point. Bill, 7:30 am
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It is raining pretty hard right now, but radar looks like it will be abating in next two hours. If it does, I will be at the point at Cape Henlopen by 8 am. If rain continues steady or worsens, I will not be there. Questions? Call my cell: 302-236-5675. Bill at 5:40 am on Nov 7.
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No doubt you are all aware of the nor'easter headed our way for tomorrow, Nov 7.
From NOAA for Cape Henlopen State Park:
Wednesday - Rain likely. Cloudy, with a high near 48. Windy, with a north wind 32 to 37 mph, with gusts as high as 60 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New precipitation amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
So officially, tomorrow's field trip is cancelled.
Now, if you want to see some pelagic birds rarely seen from shore, tomorrow may be a good birding day for you at Cape Henlopen. Possibilities are Parasitic and Pomarine Jaeger, Black-legged Kittiwake, Red Phalarope, and more.
If this interests you and you feel up to braving the elements, I will be at the Cape Henlopen point parking lot by 8 am assuming the rain is not torrential. Do not go to the Nature Center, go to the Point parking lot (just keep bearing left from the Nature Center).
I will make a last minute post tomorrow morning before 6 am.
Bill
PS - Want to get your own weather details, see NOAA.
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