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Greenwing Day gets kids outdoors
Archery, target shooting, duck calling, decoy carving all part of event
Talie Baszkowski of Lewes takes careful aim during her first try at archery, a popular activity at Ducks Unlimited Greenwing Day. RON MACARTHUR PHOTO
April 22, 2017
Ryan Allen, of Cub Scout Pack 382, competes in the duck-calling contest. Dozens of youngsters took part in the competition. RON MACARTHUR PHOTO
Turtle Creek’s All That Jazz, a 9-year-old retired yellow Lab, shows off retrieving skills during a demonstration. The dog is owned by Robert and Teresa Tebbens, who train dogs at Owens Station in Greenwood. RON MACARTHUR PHOTO
Braden Parkhurst of Milford pulls the trigger to fire a ball out a of punkin chunkin machine. RON MACARTHUR PHOTO
It’s hammer time. Mitchell Mossman of Silver Spring, Md., is anxious to get started on building a bird box. RON MACARTHUR PHOTO
AFC Chelsea Allen begins a demonstration with River, a black Lab search dog in DNREC’s new Fish and Wildlife Natural Resources Police K-9 program. RON MACARTHUR PHOTO
Mason Parkhurst of Milford is ready to load a soccer ball into a punkin chunkin machine. RON MACARTHUR PHOTO
A large field of snow goose decoys provides contrast to the blue sky above. RON MACARTHUR PHOTO
Thomas Webster of Harrington shoots at clay targets. RON MACARTHUR PHOTO
Youngsters take aim with BB guns in the shooting area. RON MACARTHUR PHOTO
George Williams of Dover is carving wooden ducks in an assembly-line fashion. RON MACARTHUR PHOTO
Colorful duck heads, painted by youngsters at Greenwing Day, need time to dry. RON MACARTHUR PHOTO
Delaware Ducks Unlimited sponsored its annual Youth Conservation Festival Greenwing Day April 8 at Owens Station near Greenwood. Among activities on the busy schedule were duck and goose calling contests, a decoy carving contest, archery, target shooting, bird-box building, retriever and bird dog demonstrations, clay shooting, Delaware State Police and DNREC Fish and Wildlife demonstrations, and conservation and wildlife management exhibitions.
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