What's New

Announcing the Wilmington Peregrine Falcon Webcam Project! See the nesting box of our local falcons, located on in downtown Wilmington! The camera has just come online, and we expect to see some amazing imagery soon...visit during daylight hours for a clear view. Also visit our sister site, wilmfalcons.com!

[see the live webcam feed]

The Delaware Nature Society hosts several bird programs and trips. Beat the winter doldrums with some fascinating walks, or trips to birding hotspots. [details]

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.

See the 2009 Bird-a-Thon results! Many thanks to all our sponsors, participants, and Bill Stewart, who orchestrated the whole event!

Bird-friendly Coffee

Looking 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]...