The Sussex Bird Club

SBC Field Trip to Phillips Landing and Nanticoke Wildlife Area, Oct. 27, 8:30AM. Weather about 50F, slight breeze, partly overcast turning to blue sky with bright, warm sun and about 60F. A beautiful day for a bird walk. There are 2 eBird checklists: Phillips Landing and Nanticoke WA Big Field (Photo©DebbieBlair)

SBC Field Trip to Gordons Pond NORTH @Cape Henlopen State Park, 8:00-11AM, Wednesday, October 15, 2025. We traveled on the Gordon's Pond Trail just about a mile South from the parking lot below Herring Point. The weather was beautiful and we identified 53 species! There is one eBird checklist . (Photo©DebbieBlair)

The SBC Road Runners would like to thank everyone for your generous donations to our team's effort for the 2025 DOS Bird-A-Thon. In the County category the Road Runners won the most species found at 133 and raised the most money--a whopping $9,082.50!! DOS President Joe Francis complimented the team by saying we "crushed the competition." This year's Bird-A-Thon raised a total of $42,000, and we are proud to have made a significant contribution. But we couldn't have done it w

Sussex Bird Club meeting, Sunday, September 14, 2025, 2:00PM at the Lewes Public Library. Our guest presenter this month is renowned...

SBC Field Trip to Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge, VA. Chincoteague was very windy and chilly and the water was very high! Our...

SBC Field Trip to Bombay Hook NWR Thursday, August 28, 2025. We had 19 participants and 59 species in 3.5 hours of birding. Weather was...

Raptor Identification Join local experts Bruce Peterjohn and Gregory Gough on Saturday, Sept. 20, 8 a.m.-12 p.m., at Herring Point in...

SBC Field Trip to Prime Hook NWR, August 13, 2025 8-11AM Temperatures were 70-83 degrees F and light winds. Started as a foggy morning,...

OrchardOriole©DebbieBlair SBC Field Trip to Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge, July 29, 2025, 7:30-10:30AM 12 SBC members braved the...

SBC Field Trip to Bombay Hook NWR, Monday, July 14, 2025 8:30AM-noon We had 10 club members and 2 young guests. Temperature reached 82F...

SBC Field Trip to Fair Hill Natural Resource Management Area, Elkton, MD, Thursday, June 19, 2025. There are 2 eBird checklists for this...

SBC Field Trip to Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge, Wednesday, June 11, 2025, 8-11AM. Twelve birders walked the Boardwalk and Dike...

SBC Field Trip to Delaware Wild Lands ' Great Cypress Swamp, Tuesday, June 3, 2025, 8-11:30AM. Sussex Bird Club outing with their host...

SBC field trip to Phillips Landing boat ramp on the Nanticoke River and the "Big Field" at the adjacent Wildlife Area. Thursday, May 29,...

The May 21 SBC Field Trip to Prime Hook State Wildlife Area has been CANCELED due to the inclement weather forecast. (Photo©DebbieBlair)

SBC Field Trip to Slaughter Beach, Marvel Saltmarsh, and DuPont Nature Center, Monday, May 12, 8-11AM. There are 5 eBird checklists...

SBC Field Trip to Redden State Forest, Wednesday, April 30, 2025 8-11:30AM 17 early birders met at HQ and walked for about 2 hours...

SBC Field Trip to Trap Pond SP Thursday, April 24, 2025 8-11AM Thirteen birders enjoyed a beautiful spring day. We walked a small...

Sunday, May 4, 2025, 2PM@Lewes Public Library SBC may be for the birds, but we're all nature lovers at heart! We invite you to think...

Sussex Bird Club Meeting, Sunday, April 13, 2025, 2:00PM One of our members, Debbie Blair, talked about her recent trip to the Galápagos...