Join us in the new year as we welcome Bill Stewart. After spending forty years birding, both as an avocation and profession, Bill’s birding adventures have had a way of delivering some unexpected, unpredictable and downright unbelievable situations and circumstances. For an entertaining look into 40 years of passionate birding, please join Bill as he shares his stories telling very true tales from the field!
Bill Stewart is the Director of Conservation and Community along with Young Birder Program Coordinator for the American Birding Association and owner of Red Knot Outfitters. A passionate birder for 40 years, Bill is currently serving as the President of the Delmarva Ornithological Society. Previously, Bill served as the Conservation Chair for DOS and is the Founder and Coordinator of the Delaware Bird-A-Thon, the Wilmington Peregrine Falcon Webcam Project and the Lights Out! Wilmington initiative. He also served on the Delaware Birding Trail Committee and was Co-Director of the Delaware Dunlins Youth Birders. Past Board Member for the Friends of the Migratory Bird/Duck Stamp, Bill was awarded the 2010 Conservation Champion Award from the USFWS and the 2010 Citizens Award from the US Dept. of Interior for his bird conservation efforts. Most recently, Bill was awarded the 2014 Rosalie Edge Conservation Award from the Delaware Valley Ornithological Club. In his free time, Bill likes to spend time with his five children, grandsons and do a little surfing.