Nature of Delaware Blog

Ian Stewart, Ornithologist Many visitors to Ashland Nature Center have been enjoying our newest attraction – a bird blind! The bird blind overlooks a cluster of bird feeders along Wildflower Brook and is the perfect place to view birds and other wildlife up close. As long as you sit quietly you can watch dozens of…

By: Matt Babbitt, Abbott’s Mill Nature Center Manager Thank you to everyone who joined Delaware Nature Society at both our inaugural Meal at the Mill, on Friday, October 14, and a special return of our Autumn at Abbott’s Festival, on Saturday, October 15, in final celebration of Abbott’s Mill Nature Center’s 35th Anniversary! Guests at…

“DANGER FALLS AHEAD: UNSAFE TO NAVIGATE BEYOND THIS POINT” read a large white sign with bold red typeface. Next to the sign hung a very poignant visual display, in case the written warning wasn’t enough, the mangled remains of a canoe’s bow torn from its hull with seemingly the same ease as holiday wrapping paper.…

Delaware birders are out in full force at this very moment and one of their main targets is migrating warblers. Warblers are small, colorful songbirds which flit actively from tree to tree picking off insects with what the field guides usually describe as thin pointed beaks (also known as ‘bills’). But are warbler beaks really…

By Ian Stewart, Ornithologist Orioles are a type of blackbird that are famous for having both beautiful plumage and a lovely musical song and we are fortunate indeed to have two of them breeding around our area. Baltimore Orioles build distinctive hanging basket nests along the edges of forests and usually remain quite high in…

By Derek Stoner, Seasonal Program Team Leader Continuing our “flashback tour” from our Costa Rica 2015 adventure: As our group settled in at the comfortable Evergreen Lodge on the banks of the picturesque Tortuguero River, we could hardly imagine the bounty of wildlife could be any greater than what we found right around our accommodations.   …