Red-tailed Hawk by Carolyn Holland Spend the morning on Hawk Watch Hill, watching the hawks, falcons, eagles, and vultures as they migrate south for the winter. This is a great opportunity to compare raptor shapes and sizes, and practice your bird-in-flight identification skills. Besides raptors, Hawk Watch Hill always has lots of songbirds, woodpeckers, and ... Read more
Blue-headed Vireo at Middle Run Natural Area--Smith Mill Road by Will Krohn The Smith Mill Road section of Middle Run Natural Area is sometimes forgotten by birders, yet it offers excellent birding--especially during migration. This small section of Middle Run Natural Area provides the hedgerows and early-successional habitat that migrants like warblers often use during fall ... Read more
Rusty Blackbird by Michael Moore Special Weather Statement: Joe will be there to lead the walk if the rain has stopped or is light enough that a simple rain jacket will suffice. In the event of heavy downpours or thunder and lightening there will be no walk. If the National Weather Service issues a severe ... Read more
Connecticut Warbler by Declan O'Neil Explore the Brandywine Valley! Explore the exquisite Brandywine Valley tract of First State National Historical Park in search of some delightfully confusing fall warblers and sparrows. As the morning sun first hits the trees, we’ll take a slow stroll along the creekside trail. Afterwards, we will cross the new bridge ... Read more
Lincoln's Sparrow by Andy Ednie 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
Black-and-White Warbler by Chase Wilkinson Join the survey! Delaware’s piedmont area is only 10% of the land mass, but has the largest, most diverse biodiversity in the state. The White Clay Creek State Park is the 4th highest ranked top birding spot in New Castle County and 49th largest Delaware area bird list by Cornell ... Read more
Cape May Warbler by Carolyn Holland Join us at Bellevue State Park for a casual and slow-paced walk through the park’s pond, meadow, and forest habitats. As an oasis of green space in a highly developed suburban area, Bellevue attracts many bird species throughout the year and is a hotspot for migration. Contact Declan at [email protected] if ... Read more
October 11 @ 7:00 am - 3:00 pm EDT Broad-winged Hawk by Declan O'Neil Experience fall migration at Cape May! Known as “the birding Mecca,” Cape May, New Jersey has a legendary status among birders for good reason! Its location at the tip of a narrow peninsula funnels in migrating birds and provides a birding ... Read more
Golden-crowned Kinglet by Carolyn Holland Explore Alapocas Woods Visit an oasis within the city of Wilmington with good successional field habitat, mature woodlands and the Brandywine River. We will walk about 3 miles on very accessible trails. Construction along the Brandywine is completed so this should be a much more productive walk than what we ... Read more
October is peak songbird migration season! On this trip, we’ll follow the birding trail throughmeadows, along hedgerows, and down into the creek valley to look for migrating warblers,flycatchers, thrushes, and raptors as they move through the region on their way south to theirwintering grounds in Central and South America. Please RSVP to Jessica at [email protected] ... Read more
Blue Hen Birders at Ecology Woods by Laurel Symons 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 to observe the ... Read more
NOTE THE EARLIER START TIME! Join us for a special evening celebrating Delaware Bird-a-Thon's 20 years of conservation success in person only at the Delaware Museum of Nature and Science! The event is free and open to everyone but you must register in advance. From Prime Hook to Passmore Farm, DOS Conservation Chair Matt Sarver ... Read more
