Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge
The Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge is a 15,978-acre (64.66 km2) National Wildlife Refuge located along the eastern coast of Kent County, Delaware, United States, on Delaware Bay. It was established on March 16, 1937, as a refuge and breeding ground for migratory and wintering waterfowl along the Atlantic Flyway. The Refuge was purchased from local land owners with federal duck stamp funds.
Hundreds of thousands of ducks and geese arrive at Bombay Hook each year to rest
Bombay Hook NWR wetlands
Mudflats left behind by a receding tide at Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge
Red fox at Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge
Kent County is a county located in the central part of the U.S. state of Delaware. As of the 2020 census, the population was 181,851, making it the least populous county in Delaware. The county seat is Dover, the state capital of Delaware. It is named for Kent, an English county.
The Kent County Courthouse in Dover in 2006
1683 Seal of Kent County
The new courthouse
Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge