Four students from the University of Delaware in Jeff Buler's lab will be give short presentations on their bird related research projects. See below for more details. Claire Bernard is an undergraduate student doing her senior thesis. Her talk is "Identifying Purple Martin Diet and its Effect on Nestling Development". This is research that she's ... Read more
White-eyed Vireo by Carolyn Holland It’s time for migration mania! May is the peak time to see warblers, thrushes, flycatchers, vireos andmore. On this trip, we will explore the Mill Race trail that travels past several impoundments anddown along the creek to spot as many migrating birds as we can find. We supply loaner binoculars. ... Read more
Great Blue Herons by Declan O'Neil Pea Patch Island, a small island located in the middle of the Delaware River, is well known for its rookery of wading birds including Great Blue Herons, Great Egrets, Snowy Egrets, Glossy Ibis, and more! On this trip, take a ferry ride to the island and see the rookery ... Read more
Woodlands at Killens Pond by Chris Bennett In search of summer residents! Located near the geographic center of Delaware, Killens Pond provides habitat for a wide variety of birds. We will walk approximately 3 miles along the Pondside Trail in search of resident nesting bird species. We should get great looks at Prothonotary Warbler, Ovenbird, ... Read more
Great Blue Herons by Declan O'Neil Pea Patch Island, a small island located in the middle of the Delaware River, is well known for its rookery of wading birds including Great Blue Herons, Great Egrets, Snowy Egrets, Glossy Ibis, and more! On this trip, take a ferry ride to the island and see the rookery ... Read more
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
This walk has been cancelled due to the near record high temperatures in the forecast & few shady places at this location. Marsh Wren by Carolyn Holland Explore Delaware's Premier Urban Wildlife Refuge! End the week on a positive note with a leisurely walk at the Russell W. Peterson Refuge. These walks will begin roughly ... Read more
Annual DOS Picnic & Bird-A-Thon Awards June 29th; 1-5 pm at the Delaware Wildlands Headquarters Fun, friends and free food in a beautiful setting. What more could you want? Come join us the annual DOS picnic for all of the above and more. We are happy to announce that the Annual Delaware Ornithological Society picnic ... Read more
Shorebirds for Beginners at Bombay Hook! Delaware Ornithological Society (DOS) is sponsoring a Beginner’s Shorebird Field Trip on Saturday, July 20th, at Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge, Smyrna, Delaware. This will be a Half Day trip - tailored for beginners, and is the 46th consecutive outing for this popular field trip. "Par" is 15 species of shorebirds, ... Read more
Pine Warbler by Chris Bennett Find many species at Little Creek! We will bird the main tract of Little Creek Wildlife area from the Hunter Education Building north to the Observation Tower overlooking the main impoundment. With luck we should find migrant songbirds in the forested areas along the wildlife area road and early waterfowl, ... Read more
Help make Delaware a cleaner place for the birds to live! DOS and the Red Knot Youth Birderswill spend the morning cleaning up trash along the state’s waterways and discovering the birdsthat benefit from our efforts. http://dnrec.delaware.gov/coastal-cleanup/ Spaces are limited, so pre-registration is required! Please RSVP to Jessica at [email protected]. Broad Dyke Wetlands Natural Area, ... Read more
Summary: In his classic A Field Guide to the Birds, Roger Tory Peterson labelled two plates "Confusing Fall Warblers" forever condemning birders to thinking these birds are nearly impossible to identify. Mike enjoys identification challenges and, as with his previous DOS talk on Sparrow identification, he will attempt to break down and demystify the identification of ... Read more
