Nature of Delaware Blog

I’m hoping to break the winter doldrums, at least for a moment, with the story of an exciting discovery I made this past fall. In mid-October, I was working on invasive plant control in an otherwise unremarkable patch of woods dominated by tulip trees. While kneeling on the forest floor to remove multiflora rose, something…

In January 2026, Delaware Nature Society partnered with Hillstar Nature to lead two back-to-back Eco-trips to one of the most biodiverse regions on Earth: Colombia’s Santa Marta Mountains, Caribbean Coast, and nearby La Guajira Desert scrublands. Much of our time was spent in the Santa Marta Mountains, an isolated coastal range crowned by the glaciated…

Delaware hosts 7 species of woodpecker, most of which are striking, colorful birds that are quite easy to identify. However, there are two very similar species that continue to befuddle birdwatchers: the Downy Woodpecker and the Hairy Woodpecker. Although the Downy may just look like a smaller version of the Hairy they are not particularly…

House Finches vs Purple Finches – two birds common in Delaware which are hard to tell apart – especially the females. Read our birding tips!

Like many people, fall is my favorite season. The weather is often pleasant, the late-season wildflowers are in full bloom and teeming with bees and butterflies, and there is a noticeable change in the air after the late summer doldrums. Fall in the mid-Atlantic is especially enjoyable if you are a naturalist, for two reasons.…

The project, in Robscott Manor on the southern edge of Newark, is a shining example of successful stream restoration, where planners and engineers turned a severely eroded tributary of the Christina River into a naturally functioning stream with a connected floodplain.