Lewes Delmarva Dogfish BirdINNg Weekend: March 5-7, 2021
Delmarva Birding Weekends is offering tours with these COVID-19 guidelines in place.
REGISTRATION IS OPEN! Please click on the drop-down menu, or scroll down on this page to the bullets for each day. Each field trip is sold separately through an individual PayPal button.
The Lewes Delmarva Dogfish BirdINNg Weekend will be held March 5-7, 2021. We will enjoy great looks at the waterfowl, seabirds, shorebirds, raptors — and seals! — that are on full display in the mid-Atlantic during the winter months. In previous years, we have tallied species including Great Cormorant, Purple Sandpiper, Harlequin Duck, Razorbill, Snow Bunting, as well as up to 65 Harbor and Gray Seals on the boat trips!
In 2021, we are super excited to partner with our friends at the Dogfish INN! Located in historic downtown Lewes alongside the canal and a short walk from Fisherman’s Wharf, the Dogfish Inn is the perfect basecamp for exploring all that coastal Delaware has to offer. Holding true to Dogfish Head fashion, you’ll find an offbeat approach to style, quality, and craft throughout each of their 16 rooms and their Super SWEET rental cottage located just up the street. We’ll have special packages for DBW guests (check back soon!), so make the Dogfish INN your basecamp for winter birding!
Field trips will include forays into Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge, Cape Henlopen State Park, the Indian River Inlet, and small group “Scoters, Seals & Slightly Mightys” boat tours leaving Lewes.
Pair your birding experiences with a stay at the Dogfish INN and Dogfish Head Craft Brewed Ales!
Check out this awesome video from WBOC TV16’s Outdoors Delmarva about the “Scoters, Seals & Slightly Mightys” Lewes Boat Trip on January 29, 2021!
REGISTRATION AND EVENT INFORMATION: Click on the bullets to book your room at the Dogfish INN, register for each day’s field trips, as well as directions & birdINNg tips and winter birding videos!
- Lewes Delmarva Dogfish INN Package
- Friday, March 5 BirdINNg Trips & Registration
- Saturday, March 6 BirdINNg Trips & Registration
- Sunday, March 7 BirdINNg Trips & Registration
- Directions & BirdINNg Tips
- Winter BirdINNg Videos
Delmarva Birding Weekends is offering group tours with these COVID-19 guidelines in place:
- We will establish and enforce safe social distancing standards during field trips.
- Our guides and providers will wear face coverings during the trips. We will request that our customers do the same.
- Tour group sizes are reduced in accordance with current COVID-19 restrictions.
- There will be no carpooling to sites. All guests are asked to drive their own vehicles.
- Trips occurring at the same location may have staggered starts to avoid crowding.
- We will contract only kayak outfitters and charter boats that have been approved for operation in Maryland, Delaware and Virginia. We will abide by the guidelines established for these businesses.
- All trip registrations must be paid online through our website before embarking.
- We will sanitize all work surfaces and offer extra masks and hand sanitizer to the extent possible and where practical. We encourage our customers to bring their own hand sanitizer, mask, and/or wipes for use during birding trips.
PHOTO CREDITS: All bird photos courtesy of Frode Jacobsen. Harbor Seal photo courtesy of Rita Modesti. Harp Seal (on green rocks) photo courtesy of Dana Kester-McCabe. Birder photographs provided by the Delmarva Birding Weekends.