Help make Delaware a cleaner place for the birds to live! DOS and the Red Knot Youth Birderswill spend the morning cleaning up trash along the state’s waterways and discovering the birdsthat benefit from our efforts. http://dnrec.delaware.gov/coastal-cleanup/ Spaces are limited, so pre-registration is required! Please RSVP to Jessica at [email protected]. Broad Dyke Wetlands Natural Area, … Read more
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Common Nighthawk by David Brown Explore Delaware’s Premier Urban Wildlife Refuge! End the week on a positive note with a leisurely walk at the Russell W. Peterson Refuge. These walks will begin roughly 2 hours before sunset, allowing opportunity to check out roosting waterfowl, shorebirds, rails, wrens and blackbirds and perhaps spot a migrating nighthawk. … Read more
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Pine Warbler by Michael Moore On this trip, we will be exploring fall migration in the piedmont. We will look for migratingwarblers, flycatchers, thrushes, and raptors as they move through the region on their way south totheir wintering grounds in Central and South America. *Annual parks pass or daily pass required Please RSVP to Jessica … Read more
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Pond at UD Farm by Samantha Melanson, President of Blue Hen Birding Explore the UD Farm & Ecology Woods! By special permission from the University of Delaware & hosted by Blue Hen Birding, a UD student organization, here is an opportunity for non-UD affiliated birders to explore the University of Delaware Farm & Ecology Woods … Read more
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Canada Warbler by Mike Moore Migrant Bird Walk at Ashland! Join Jim White for a ramble along the Red Clay Creek at Ashland Nature Center in search of warblers and other neotropical migrants! Bring your binoculars and spotting skills. Meet in the parking lot of Ashland Nature Center, Hockessin DE at *:00 am. Contact Carolyn … Read more
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Field Sparrow by Michael Moore Explore Burrows Run while searching for sparrows! Join Andy Ednie to search for sparrows in beautiful Burrows Run! October is the perfect time to find migrating sparrows, welcome back our winter birds, and study our year-round residents too! We’ll look for White-throated, White-crowned, Lincoln’s, and others on this pristine private … Read more
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Peregrine Falcon by David Brown One of the great things about fall migration is how much slower it is than the spring. This givesus lots of time to search out later migrants like sparrows, finches, and kinglets. We’ll end thetrip with some time at the hawk watch to look for falcons, hawks, and eagles. Please … Read more
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Yellow-bellied Sapsucker by Carolyn Holland Explore Delaware’s Premier Urban Wildlife Refuge! End the week on a positive note with a leisurely walk at the Russell W. Peterson Refuge. These walks will begin roughly 2 hours before sunset, allowing opportunity to check out roosting waterfowl, shorebirds, rails, wrens and blackbirds. Crepuscular sightings of muskrat, beaver and … Read more
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Palm Warbler (Yellow) by Carolyn Holland Explore this under-birded park to see what species we might find! Anson B. Nixon park (www.ansonbnixonpark.org) is an attractive 100 acre site owned by the Kennett Area Park Authority. It contains two small lakes and a mix of woodland and dense forest with creeks. It is free to enter, … Read more
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Blue-winged Teal by Michael Moore This trip is all about waterfowl! Join us to explore the diversity of duck and goose species that move into the Mid-Atlantic region for the winter each year. We’ll be bringing scopes to make sure we get great looks, so don’t miss out! *Annual Duck Stamp or Daily Pass required … Read more
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