The Sussex Bird Club

2024 BIG SIT @The Point CHSP Join us for the "The Big Sit" at the Point at Cape Henlopen State Park on Saturday, Oct. 10 any time between 8:30 and 11 AM Bring your folding chairs and binoculars. We will locate our count circle near the parking lot to optimize our views of the Bay, the Ocean, adjacent dunes and shrubs. From our 17-foot diameter count circle, we will bird watch, drink coffee, eat bagels and chat with our birding friends. This is a fun & relaxing birding event

GreatBlueHeron©DickPlambeck SBC Field Trip to Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2026, 8AM-1PM. Fifteen members attended this trip and recorded more than 60 species! There is one eBird checklist. Thank you to everyone who participated with sighting and identifying the birds and to Steve for keeping the list. A great time was had by all!

Chris Sweeney will present his book, The Feather Detective: Mystery, Mayhem, and the Magnificent Life of Roxie Laybourne, at the History Book Festival on Saturday, September 26th at 11:30AM at Lewes Public Library. This event is presented in partnership with the Sussex Bird Club. ABOUT THE BOOK In 1932, a diminutive, bespectacled, young woman named Roxie Laybourne graduated with her BA in mathematics and general science in NC before laboring behind the scenes at museums a