Katie Bird Date: 2 Feb 2025Trip Leader: Andy Ednie DOS field trip to north Jersey shore, Monmouth Co. Starting at Sandy Hook – Gateway National Recreation Area at 7:30 am and finishing at Manasquan Inlet at 4:00 pm. Weather:Very windy and cold preventing ocean watch.Temp 20-34 FPartly cloudy and slight snow squawWind E at 10-25 mph Participants … Read more
Date: 22 Feb 2025Leader: Joe Francis A much warmer day (25F to start; upper 30’s at end) yielded double the birders and birds as last month. We were treated to huge flocks of blackbirds (spring is coming!), numerous feisty Bald Eagles (hormones are surging!), and a flock of 7 Wild Turkeys (last month only fresh … Read more
Longtime DOS member Shannon Modla made us some more birdy valentines. Enjoy!
Date: 15 Jan 2025Trip Leader: Joe Francis Five determined, winter-hardy birders braved single-digit wind indices on a bright, sunny, and gusty day. Understandably, birds were quite scarce or hunkered down away from the wind. We had long periods of scant activity (time to practice winter woody plant ID) followed by brief bursts of multi-species flocks … Read more
Recap for Late Afternoon Bird Walk at the DuPont Environmental Education Center/Russell W. Peterson Refuge November 17,2024 by Joe Francis If some field trips are huge banquets with endless courses and many guests, this one was instead an intimate meal with close friends and a slowly savored, curated menu. Fittingly, the main course was “good … Read more
November 15th 2024Trip Leader: Jessica ShahanReport Author: Mary Braun Eastern Screech-owl by David Lewis. All birds were handled and banded for research purposes under state and federal permits. Twenty of us met at the Banding /Farm shed on Friday evening. It was a gorgeous clear night with a huge supermoon. This we found out was not … Read more
Trip Leaders: Chris Bennett & Anthony GonzonLocation: Indian River InletDate: Saturday, November 16, 2024Trip recap & photos by Carolyn Holland Sanderlings by Carolyn Holland. Sheltered from the strong 15-20 mph NW winds near the base of the sand dunes and behind a huge dump truck parked on the beach, we were able to scan the … Read more
Date: 6 Oct 2024University of Delaware Farm, Newark, DETrip Leader: Sam Melanson, Blue Hen Birding President Soon after the walk started, we all saw a beautiful Barred Owl right by Townsend. We also saw Palm Warblers, Red-eyed Vireos, and Yellow-rumped Warblers. We walked towards the farm where we saw American Kestrels, Mourning Doves, and Ravens. … Read more
Cape Henlopen State Park12 October 2024 – 8 am to 11:00 am8 ParticipantsTrip Leader: Chris Bennett Group photo by Chris Bennett. Weather:Start temp: 60FEnd Temp: 75FWind: 0-5 mph, W to WNWMostly Sunny A slow day of birding beginning at the Fishing Pier with additional stops at the Hawk Watch and Herring Point. Not much in … Read more
Date: 20 Oct 2024 Leader: Joe Francis Today’s DOS Afternoon bird walk at the Peterson Refuge was attended by seven birders. It was a remarkably warm day, topping off in the mid 70s, with largely clear blue skies. The migrant wave of the prior week had already passed through leaving considerably fewer total birds but … Read more
