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The Third Annual Wilmington Falcon Watch

Clear into the Future, a DuPont Delaware Estuary initiative, and the Delmarva Ornithological Society hosted their Third Annual Wilmington Falcon Watch on Wednesday, June 23, 2010, on the top deck of the City Center Parking Garage at 11th and Tatnall streets.

[See photos of the event]


Gulf Coast Birds Need Your Help--A Message from the Cornell Lab’s Conservation 

Science Director, Ken Rosenberg
"The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has affected everyone who cares about birds and nature. We appreciate the many calls and messages we have received from people expressing concern and the desire to help. In this update, I’ll share what our team is seeing along Louisiana’s coast--and explain the enormous need for monitoring and recovery. You can help by reporting your sightings to eBird or by donating now to support our conservation work."

 


Looking for the Falcon Cam?  Click Here

(you do NOT need to be a DOS member to access the camera feed)

See the nesting box of our local falcons, located on in downtown Wilmington! Also visit our sister site, wilmfalcons.com!

 [live webcam feed]  [gallery of photos]


Learn about the 4th Annual Delaware Bird-A-Thon.

"What you can do to save the Red Knot: Support the Delmarva Ornithological Society's Bird-A-Thon, which helps raise money to purchase bayfront property as a shorebird sanctuary".  -David Sibley

 Want to become a facebook fan of the Delaware Bird-A-Thon?  click here!

 


The Delaware Nature Society hosts several birding programs.

Go to the Delaware Nature Society's Ashland Hawkwatch page to read about hawkwatches, and review this year's results!  Also check out the Cape Henlopen Hawkwatch!  [learn more]


Put your stamp on...Duck Stamp, that is! Support the acquisition of migratory bird habitat by buying a Duck Stamp.  Proceeds go toward the purchase of land by the USFWS for the National Wildlife Refuge system.  It is also your pass to all lands in the NWR system!  Go to www.fws.gov/duckstamps for more information.

Bird-friendly Coffee

Golden Valley FarmsLooking for 100% organic, shade-grown coffee from a local source?  

Golden Valley Farms produces the only coffee to be endorsed by the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center.   Support the environment, fair-trade, and a local, bird-friendly business...

Featuring: The Red Knot Blend, 100% Bird-Friendly, Organic!

 

News and Events

Keep your eyes out for Kestrels, then...submit your Kestrel sightings!
The Delaware Birding Trail Be sure to visit the Delaware Birding Trail site for information on this exciting initiative in the State. DOS is a sposoring partner in this effort. You can order a FREE trail guide from there!
The 2nd Delaware Breeding Bird Atlas
A cooperative project among several groups including the DOS, DNS, DNREC...
[more]

Support Reauthorization of the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act
The Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act (NMBCA) of 2000, established a matching grants program that supports bird conservation in the US, Canada, Latin America, and the Caribbean. These projects promote and foster the long- term conservation of neotropical migratory birds and their habitats. However, each year, grant requests far exceed the program's available funding.

NMBCA has a proven record of making a difference for neotropical migratory birds, and the reauthorization and appropriated funding should be significantly increased. H.R. 5756, introduced by Reps Kind (D-WI) and Gilchrest (R- MD) will reauthorize NMBCA at $20 million.

[learn more]

 

Youth Birding

If you have kids or know a young person interested in birds, invite them to join the Delaware Dunlins Youth Birders Club. Sponsored and supported by DOS, these school-aged student members head afield to pursue the joys of birding that hooked us all at the beginning. Learn more [PDF brochure]...


Birding the shore? Check your tides! (NOAA/CO-OPS)

Try eBird, created by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and Audubon ! It's a personalized, online, nationwide birding database and checklist.
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