FI Conservancy’s Fall Migration Bird Count

by Jane Ahrens

Parade Ground Tour ~ Saturday, September 22 @ 4:30 – 5:30
Fall Migration Bird Count ~ Sunday, September 23 @ 8:00 am – 11:00 am

All are welcome to join the Fishers Island Conservancy as they do the annual Fall Migration Bird Count – rain or shine!

Meet the experts from the University of Delaware. This team can teach all of us a thing or two about migratory birds.

Last fall a total of 48 species of bird were recorded for the survey from the 15 specific points along the length of the Island.

TOUR: The University of Delaware’s Adam Mitchell, PhD, Emily Baisden, and Will Aleida will be here Saturday afternoon, so we will have a quick tour of the Parade Grounds and a tutorial on counting birds. Meet at the Demonstration Garden at 4:30 pm Saturday and bring your binoculars!

COUNT: The Fall Migratory Bird Count will begin on Sunday, September 23 at 8:00 am at the Community Center. Dress for a long walk and bring your binoculars!

“Group Photo” Hundreds of migrating Tree Swallows rest for a minute September 18, 2018 on Fishers Island’s West End. Photo by Justine Kibbe

Featured Photo

USCG Eagle passing the Race early morning March 18, 2023 on her return from the Chesapeake Bay . Photo Credit Marlin Bloethe

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