BIRDWATCHER'S GUIDE TO DELMARVA
56 pages. 7.5”x11.25”
ISBN 1-58071-018-2
$6.95

This guidebook was written by the best and brightest scientists from the Delmarva Region (Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia). It is a practical, site-specific guide that utilizes impactful photography. It contains maps and information on how, when, and where to view your favorite birds.

When most people think of birding on Delmarva, they envision ducks, geese, and long-legged wading birds such as herons and egrets. That’s understandable. Most of the natural areas on Delmarva are home to waterfowl and wading birds. Visit Bombay Hook, Blackwater, or Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuges, and you leave with a vivid impressions of snow geese, Canada geese, and great blue herons.

But the bird life of Delmarva is much more varied than that, ranging from waterfowl to colorful woodland warblers that have a decidedly tropical look. The checklist published by Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge, alone, names more than 300 species that mey be spotted there.

At Chincoteague, Blackwater, and Bombay Hook, waterfowl and wading birds are easy to see; you don’t have to leave the comfort of your car. But please park that car, put on your walking shoes, and get out n the woods, especially in spring and fall when the songbird migration is at its peak. Only then will you appreciate the remarkable diversity of bird life on the Delmarva Peninsula.

While wildlife refuges on the coast were built with waterfowl in mind, most of them support a healthy songbird population, and natural resource managers have made it easy to see them by building hiking paths through wooded areas and thickets where the birds congregate. Assateague Island, Kiptopeke, Bombay Hook, Pocomoke River State Park, Pickering Creek, and many other sanctuaries on Delmarva are excellent places to see migrating songbirds, and the trails make viewing easy. Bring your binoculars and field guides, and learn about an exciting aspect of bird life on Delmarva.

—From the Introduction to “Birdwatchers Guide to Delmarva”

Birdwatcher's Guide to Delmarva
56 pages. 7.5”x11.25”
ISBN 1-58071-018-2
$6.95