Much to everyone's pleasure, the rain did hold off and make a field trip possible. We headed out from New Road onto Park Road (see map below), and birded our way to Canary Creek and the DNREC launching area on the Broadkill River. Our bird list more or less in order of observation was:
Northern Cardinal, Red-eyed Vireo, Black Vulture, Red-winged Blackbird, Common Grackle, White-eyed Vireo, Catbird, Common Yellow Throat, Double-crested Cormorant, Osprey, Seaside Sparrow, Laughing Gull, Great Egret (photo below), Willet, and Clapper Rail. Please let me know what I have forgotten.
The 15 moths I had saved to photograph in our classroom if our field trip got rained out, have now been photographed in a chilled state. Some of the little moths don't stay chilled out very long, and can present a humorous challenge as they make a hasty departure while my camera is in hand. I will be putting their photos up on my iNaturalist page...bill6711....so you can see what my 2 moth traps caught on the night May 2-3.
Click on images below for a full size view. Note the greenish color beginning around the base of the bill, and the plumes emerging toward its tail, are breeding plumage features of the Great Egret.
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