A piping plover chick with parent at Cape Henlopen State Park. DNREC will provide volunteer beach-nesting bird screen training May 6 to help secure this federally-threatened and state-endangered types and other shorebirds consisting of the American oystercatcher that nest on Delaware’s beaches. /Photo: Shelagh Lynch
Important Effort for Helping to Protect State’s Endangered and Threatened Birds
The Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control is looking for volunteers who wish to help secure Delaware’s beach-nesting birds – that include federally-listed threatened piping plovers and state-listed threatened American oystercatchers. Potential volunteers are welcomed to sign up with a training session held by the DNREC Division of Fish and Wildlife from 10 a.m. to midday on Saturday, May 6 at Cape Henlopen State Park’s Officers Club Mess Hall situated on Queens Road, Lewes 19958.
Volunteers who serve as displays are an essential and valued element of the Division of Fish and Wildlife’s preservation efforts for the beach-nesting bird types. Stationed on the borders of the nesting locations, volunteers explain to beachgoers the value of closing areas of the beach to avoid human disruption therefore assisting increase the nesting success of the birds.
The May 6 volunteer training session will begin with light drinks and a slideshow discussion, followed by a conversation about the beach-nesting bird tracking program and how volunteers can help to make sure that these shorebirds are not interrupted while nesting and raising their chicks throughout the summer season. Weather allowing, the group will end up the training session by venturing out to the Point at Cape Henlopen to search for piping plovers and other shorebirds most likely to be eating the tidal flats. Binoculars will be available for usage, however volunteers are motivated to bring their own optics if they have them.
Pre-registration for the training is motivated, however volunteer walk-ups can likewise receive training to end up being beach-nesting bird displays. Park entryway costs will be waived for volunteers going to the training. For more info on the training, beach-nesting birds, or volunteer tracking efforts, please see de.gov/pipingplovers or email Avian Conservation Program Manager Samantha Robinson at [email protected].
About DNREC
The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control safeguards and handles the state’s natural deposits, safeguards public health, supplies outside leisure opportunities and informs Delawareans about the environment. The DNREC Division of Fish and Wildlife saves and handles Delaware’s fish and wildlife and their environments, and supplies fishing, hunting, wildlife watching and boating gain access to on almost 68,000 acres of public land owned or handled by the Division of Fish and Wildlife. For more info, go to the website and get in touch with @DelawareDNREC on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter or LinkedIn.
Media Contacts: Michael Globetti, [email protected]; Nikki Lavoie, [email protected]
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Related Topics: beach-nesting birds, bird monitors, Cape Henlopen State Park, conservation, endangered species, Piping plovers, training, volunteers
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A piping plover chick with parent at Cape Henlopen State Park. DNREC will offer volunteer beach-nesting bird monitor training May 6 to help protect this federally-threatened and state-endangered species and other shorebirds including the American oystercatcher that nest on Delaware’s beaches. /Photo: Shelagh Lynch
Important Effort for Helping to Protect State’s Endangered and Threatened Birds
The Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control is looking for volunteers who wish to help secure Delaware’s beach-nesting birds – that include federally-listed threatened piping plovers and state-listed threatened American oystercatchers. Potential volunteers are welcomed to sign up with a training session held by the DNREC Division of Fish and Wildlife from 10 a.m. to midday on Saturday, May 6 at Cape Henlopen State Park’s Officers Club Mess Hall situated on Queens Road, Lewes 19958.
Volunteers who serve as displays are an essential and valued element of the Division of Fish and Wildlife’s preservation efforts for the beach-nesting bird types. Stationed on the borders of the nesting locations, volunteers explain to beachgoers the value of closing areas of the beach to avoid human disruption therefore assisting increase the nesting success of the birds.
The May 6 volunteer training session will begin with light drinks and a slideshow discussion, followed by a conversation about the beach-nesting bird tracking program and how volunteers can help to make sure that these shorebirds are not interrupted while nesting and raising their chicks throughout the summer season. Weather allowing, the group will end up the training session by venturing out to the Point at Cape Henlopen to search for piping plovers and other shorebirds most likely to be eating the tidal flats. Binoculars will be available for usage, however volunteers are motivated to bring their own optics if they have them.
Pre-registration for the training is motivated, however volunteer walk-ups can likewise receive training to end up being beach-nesting bird displays. Park entryway costs will be waived for volunteers going to the training. For more info on the training, beach-nesting birds, or volunteer tracking efforts, please see de.gov/pipingplovers or email Avian Conservation Program Manager Samantha Robinson at [email protected].
About DNREC
The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control safeguards and handles the state’s natural deposits, safeguards public health, supplies outside leisure opportunities and informs Delawareans about the environment. The DNREC Division of Fish and Wildlife saves and handles Delaware’s fish and wildlife and their environments, and supplies fishing, hunting, wildlife watching and boating gain access to on almost 68,000 acres of public land owned or handled by the Division of Fish and Wildlife. For more info, go to the website and get in touch with @DelawareDNREC on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter or LinkedIn.
Media Contacts: Michael Globetti, [email protected]; Nikki Lavoie, [email protected]
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Related Topics: beach-nesting birds, bird displays, Cape Henlopen State Park, preservation, threatened types, Piping plovers, training, volunteers
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