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First piping plover hatches anticipated next week

Four pairs of piping plovers are incubating nests on the Point in Cape Henlopen State Park, with the first hatches anticipated as soon as next week.




Bear seen in northern New Castle County; public advised to contact DNREC if spotted

DNREC’s Division of Fish & Wildlife has confirmed reports of a bear sighting from residents in the Pike Creek area of northern New Castle County.




First piping plover nest of the season found at Cape Henlopen – and an American oystercatcher nest, too

Recent wet weather has not deterred beachnesting birds from beginning their nesting season at Cape Henlopen State Park – with this year’s first piping plover nest found late last week on the Point, along with an American oystercatcher nest.




DNREC’s DuPont Nature Center to host Peace, Love & Horseshoe Crab Festival on May 21

SLAUGHTER BEACH – The DuPont Nature Center at Mispillion Harbor Reserve, a DNREC Division of Fish & Wildlife facility, will host its seventh annual Peace, Love & Horseshoe Crab Festival, celebrating the spring spectacle of migrating shorebirds and spawning horseshoe crabs, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, May 21 at the center, located at […]




Nanticoke Musselwatchers program set to launch Saturday, May 7 as part of Reclaim Our River series sponsored by DNREC Division of Watershed Stewardship

The Nanticoke Watershed Alliance (NWA) will launch a new citizen science and water quality improvement program, Nanticoke Musselwatchers, with an organizational meeting from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. on Saturday, May 7, at the Seaford District Library.







 Pages Tagged With: "wildlife"

First piping plover hatches anticipated next week

Four pairs of piping plovers are incubating nests on the Point in Cape Henlopen State Park, with the first hatches anticipated as soon as next week.




Bear seen in northern New Castle County; public advised to contact DNREC if spotted

DNREC’s Division of Fish & Wildlife has confirmed reports of a bear sighting from residents in the Pike Creek area of northern New Castle County.




First piping plover nest of the season found at Cape Henlopen – and an American oystercatcher nest, too

Recent wet weather has not deterred beachnesting birds from beginning their nesting season at Cape Henlopen State Park – with this year’s first piping plover nest found late last week on the Point, along with an American oystercatcher nest.




DNREC’s DuPont Nature Center to host Peace, Love & Horseshoe Crab Festival on May 21

SLAUGHTER BEACH – The DuPont Nature Center at Mispillion Harbor Reserve, a DNREC Division of Fish & Wildlife facility, will host its seventh annual Peace, Love & Horseshoe Crab Festival, celebrating the spring spectacle of migrating shorebirds and spawning horseshoe crabs, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, May 21 at the center, located at […]




Nanticoke Musselwatchers program set to launch Saturday, May 7 as part of Reclaim Our River series sponsored by DNREC Division of Watershed Stewardship

The Nanticoke Watershed Alliance (NWA) will launch a new citizen science and water quality improvement program, Nanticoke Musselwatchers, with an organizational meeting from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. on Saturday, May 7, at the Seaford District Library.