Date: 29 September 2024 We had a successful Swift Night Out Sunday, with 20 attendees that included DOS members and folks from the community. It was a dynamic and dramatic evening, with swift “tornadoes” forming and dispersing over several different chimneys in the neighborhood. Several brief passes by two Peregrine Falcons undoubtedly contributed to the … Read more
In recent shorebird-related news, the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) is proposing to alter horseshoe crab harvest restrictions and include female horseshoe crabs in future harvests. The DOS Conservation Committee has been tracking this issue closely and has significant concerns about the adoption of the ASMFC’s Revised Adaptive Resource Management (ARM) model to set … Read more
Recently the rules for the Duck Stamp competition were changed. In recent years, the competition has allow paintings of ducks and their habitats without emphasizing hunting, because many non-hunters purchase these stamps to support conservation. Reverting back to requiring a “hunting element” in all paintings ignores the non-hunting conservation community.
