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
*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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
