Ocean City Today
MARCH 21, 2014
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Annual Delmarva Birding Weekend in April Event celebrates spring migration of shorebirds, warblers, waterfowl, raptors (March 21, 2014) Registration is open for the 19th annual Delmarva Birding Weekend, April 24-27. The event celebrates the spring migration of warblers, shorebirds, waterfowl and raptors, and the birds that reside on the Peninsula year-round. Combining boat trips, paddling treks, and expeditions by foot, the Weekend takes place in the wild lands and waters that feed into the Chesapeake and Delaware Bays and the Atlantic Coastal Bays. The Delmarva Peninsula is one of the country’s premier birding areas, thanks to an extensive variety of habitat protected by our parks, refuges and wildlife management areas. On tours led by expert guides, birders will observe hundreds of species on Delmarva’s barrier islands, in tidal salt marshes, cypress swamps, upland fields and primeval forests. More than 400 bird species have been recorded in the region. In 2009, 204 species were tallied during Delmarva Birding Weekend. “It’s our vast shallow bays and large tracts of protected marshes and bald cypress forests that make the Delmarva Peninsula one of the finest birding re-
The Delmarva Peninsula is one of the country's premier birding areas, thanks to an extensive variety of habitat protected by our parks, refuges and wildlife management areas. Registration is now open for the 19th annual Delmarva Birding Weekend, April 24-27.
gions in the nation,” said Jim Rapp, Weekend organizer and guide. “During the Weekend, our guests will hike on private farmland and woodland that is normally off-limits to birders, and our
waterborne trips go where the birds are. In late April, we will see waterfowl that winter here just before they migrate north, and early-arriving warblers and shorebirds that have just flown in from
the Caribbean and South America.” He continued, “You can start your morning with Prothonotary Warblers and Barred Owls in the bald cypress swamp, spend your afternoon with Common Loons and Piping Plovers along our coastal shores, and end your day with Clapper Rails and Chuckwill’s-widows by the twilight marsh. None of the trips is physically taxing, but this is an opportunity to tally 100 species in a day in places that are normally inaccessible to birders.” Participating birders will be helping birds by promoting birding and habitat conservation. Birders, both novice and experienced, can make an important statement about the economic value of birds and their habitats through the money they spend in local hotels, restaurants, and shops. Birders are encouraged to remind local businesses that they are here to enjoy Delmarva’s natural areas and the birds that inhabit them. Registration information, field trip descriptions and resources for Delmarva birding are available at www.DelmarvaBirding.org. The Delmarva Birding Weekend is organized by Worcester County Tourism/The Beach & Beyond and is sponsored by the Towns of Berlin and Snow Hill. For more information, call 410-6323110 or 800-852-0335 or e-mail tourism@co.worcester.md.us.
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