One week into spring and it was still cold and blustery....but we saw many good birds. My count was 48 species, with some highlights being Eastern Bluebird, an early Eastern Phoebe, Red-breasted, Hooded and Common Mergansers, gorgeous Northern Shovelers and Northern Pintails (top photo), several Osprey, an adult Bald Eagle, and 3 species of shorebirds which included Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs, and a small flock of Dunlin (bottom photo).
We will meet next week, 4/3 at the Cape Henlopen Nature Center at 8 am.
