FRIDAY, MAY 17

Birds and Birding at Cape May

An Evening with Clay and Pat Sutton

Join us for a sampling of hors d'œuvres and cash bar
followed by an evening program with Clay and Pat Sutton.

Clay and Pat Sutton are veteran naturalists who have lived and worked at Cape May throughout their entire careers. They will share their insiders’ understanding of all that makes Cape May great. “Birds and Birding at Cape May” is the migration story both explained and brought alive by first-hand knowledge, lively anecdotes, and stories of both yesteryear, today, and the bright future.

This evening requires additional registration in advance.  Cost is $30 per person.

SATURDAY, MAY 18

Calidris Canutus and Kings 

An Evening with Pete Dunne

The evening begins with a “Meet the Authors” book signing 
and cash bar social which is open to all participants.  Those 
who have registered for the evening program, will proceed to
a buffet dinner followed by the evening program with Pete Dunne.

"Hey Dude.  You are not going to believe the numbers of shorebirds on the beaches here," said Jim Seibert, decoy carver and Del Haven resident.  "Fantastic," he prophesied.  "Unbelievable," he assessed.  And he was right.  Jim and Joan Seibert's assessment of the concentration of shorebirds and horseshoe crabs on the beaches of Delaware Bay not only vaulted expectations, it made a shambles of the best population estimates of the time.  

Join Pete Dunne as he recounts the story of the discovery and early years of study of this celebrated natural spectacle.  It begins in 1977, when the volume of birds knit opposing horizons and the bounty of horseshoe crab eggs seemed “limitless."

This evening requires additional registration in advance.  Cost is $60 per person.