Jennie Hommel’s photo of a hooded merganser will appear on the 2027 Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge annual pass.

Registration opens Sept.1 for Delaware’s 27th annual Becoming an Outdoors-Woman weekend, featuring hands-on outdoor skills courses Oct. 2-4 at Camp Barnes near Frankford.

The fall season is a great time of year to experience the great outdoors. McCabe Preserve near Milton offers a variety of birds for hikers and bird watchers alike this time of year.

The 27th annual spring Delmarva Birding Weekend, which celebrates the spring migration of many species of birds and is set to begin Wednesday, has sold out several field trips so far but some still have available room.