Delmarva Birding’s ‘Spring Birding Weekend’ kicked off on Thursday, April 21, with 101 sightings on day 1 for the 21st annual event.
The Delmarva Spring Birding Weekend will celebrate the migration of thousands of warblers, shorebirds, waterfowl and raptors from April 21-24.
In the days leading up to the event, there were sightings of Piping Plover, Osprey Tree Swallow and Glossy Ibis from Delmarva’s beaches and bays. In previous years, more than 200 species have been recorded during the Spring DBW.
Programs & Trips
Thursday, April 21:
- DRIVING: Birds of Bombay Hook
- DRIVING: DuPont Nature Center at Mispillion Harbor
- DRIVING: Assateague & Ocean City Inlet
- TALLY RALLY: Burley Oak Brewery
Friday, April 22:
- DRIVING: Redden State Forest
- KAYAK: Trails to Rails
- DRIVING: Birds of Prime Hook
- BOAT: Lewes & Delaware Bay
- TALLY RALLY: Crooked Hammock Brewery
- KAYAK: Ayers and Trappe Creek Sunset Paddle
- The Messenger – Film hosted by the Rehoboth Beach Film Society
Saturday, April 23
- KAYAK/CANOE: Porter’s Crossing Prothonotary Paddle
- KAYAK/CANOE: Nassawango Warblers on Water
- BOAT: Prothonotary Pontoon **SOLD OUT**
- DRIVING: Birds of Maryland’s Chincoteague Bay
- BOAT: The Nature of Smith Island
- DRIVING: Trap Pond & Chapel Branch **SOLD OUT**
- KAYAK: Prothonotary Warblers at Trussum Pond **SOLD OUT**
- TALLY RALLY: M.R. Duck’s
- BOAT: Shorebird Explorer
- BOAT: Prothonotary Pontoon **SOLD OUT**
- BOAT: Trap Pond Pontoon Owl Prowl
- DRIVING: Night Birds of the Marsh
Sunday, April 24
