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  • Youth Birders: Rushton Woods Owl Banding

    *Note the evening meeting time! It’s time for another fun evening with owls!  Join the banding crew at Rushton Woods Preserve as they work to catch and band Northern Saw-whet Owls, to help researchers discover more about their amazing annual movements and unique nocturnal adaptations.  There will be no registration fees for this outing. Spaces ... Read more

  • Early Eveninig Bird Walk at the DuPont Environmental Education Center/Russell W. Peterson Refuge with Joe Francis

    Rusty Blackbird by Michael Moore Explore Delaware’s Premier Urban Wildlife Refuge! Join Joe for his usual Sunday evening stroll through the marsh. Expect migrating waterfowl; shorebirds; raptors; Marsh Wren; Rusty Blackbird and the arrival of overwintering sparrows. We will walk about 2 miles, to the Christina River Bridge and back. Meet by the Russell Peterson ... Read more

  • Sea Watch with Chris Bennett & Anthony Gonzon

    Brant by Carolyn Holland Join Anthony and Chris for a brisk birding adventure at the Indian River Inlet! To be enjoyed at the Southside Day Use Area. Come prepared for cold conditions and the seashore wind and bring your scope if you have one. Participants should monitor the DOS website and social media for last ... Read more

  • Anson B. Nixon Park with Ian Stewart ***Note change of date from 10/24***

    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, there is ample parking and the ... Read more

  • DOS November Meeting: “Birds Up Close – Fantastic Feathers, Form and Function” by Professor Lorna Gison, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Delaware Museum of Nature and Science 4840 Kennet Pike, Greenville, Delaware, United States

    Summary: Lorna Gibson’s new book, Birds Up Close: An Engineer Explores Their Hidden Wonders, draws on her experience as a professor of engineering at MIT and as a lifelong birder, to describe how birds work from an engineering perspective. Feathers, bones, bills, eggs, flight: all come in for scrutiny, sometimes at the microscopic scale, sometimes at a more ... Read more

  • Delaware Bayshore: Pickering Beach to Port Mahon with Anthony Gonzon

    Sunset along Port Mahon Road by Chris Bennett Spend the afternoon on the Delaware Bay! The Delaware Bay and the public lands along its shores attract a wide range of migrant and winter resident birds.  We will start the trip at the Main Tract of Little Creek Wildlife area looking for forest songbirds, raptors and ... Read more

  • Winter Trip to Brigantine & Barnegat with Andy Ednie

    Harlequin Duck by David Lewis Winter birding in New Jersey! Join Andy for an all day trip to Brigantine and Barnegat. We'll leave from the Claymont Train Station at 6:30 am to drive to Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge. Will arrive at Forsythe around 8 am and drive the auto tour (National Wildlife Refuge pass required ... Read more

  • Raptors in Winter with Jim White

    Merlin by Carolyn Holland A quest for Raptors in Winter! A full day quest for raptors that may be found in our area during the winter months. We will visit several areas in Delaware and while we will include owls in our search, no tape recordings will be used to call them in.  Bring snacks, ... Read more

  • Sea Watch II with Chris Bennett & Anthony Gonzon

    Brant by Carolyn Holland Another chance to join Anthony and Chris for a brisk birding adventure at the Indian River Inlet! To be enjoyed at the Southside Day Use Area. Come prepared for cold conditions and the seashore wind and bring your scope if you have one. Participants should monitor the DOS website and social ... Read more

  • First State National Historical Park – Brandywine Valley with Declan O’Neil

    Blackburnian Warbler by Declan O'Neil Explore the Brandywine Valley Tract of First State National Historical Park, a lesser-known gem of northern New Castle County. With spring in full swing, we’ll be looking and listening for migrating warblers on our walk along the Brandywine Creek, in addition to vireos, thrushes, sparrows and anything else migration has ... Read more

  • High Tide, Horseshoe Crabs and Happy Hour with Anthony Gonzon

    Short-billed Dowitcher by Gregory Gough Thousands of shorebirds and gulls gather here! Join Anthony at the DuPont Nature Center (2992 Lighthouse Rd, Milford, DE 19963) at 2 PM to witness the rise of high tide during peak horseshoe crab spawning and shorebird migration season.  We will bird around the Nature Center then travel to Slaughter ... Read more

  • Fair Hill Bobolinks with Ian Stewart

    Bobolink by Ian Stewart See Bobolinks up close! We will explore the rolling grasslands of Fair Hill NRMA just over the Maryland border in search of breeding Bobolinks and Meadowlarks, then head into the woods in search of other breeding birds. Fair Hill is an excellent place to see these declining grassland birds thanks to ... Read more