Host:
Baltimore Bird Club.
Leader: Dan Small
Description:
The wide-open natural landscape found at Conquest Preserve (5 minutes west of Centreville along the Corsica and Chester Rivers) make this a special birding destination on the Eastern Shore. This relatively new public preserve is a Queen Anne’s County owned property. The majority of the property had been farmed up until 2017, but now the former agricultural lands are in the process of being converted into wildlife habitat and open space for passive recreation. The preserve has a mix of tidal wetlands, large expanses of managed grassland (about 500 acres), scrubby edges along field edges, wooded areas, and several newly restored freshwater wetlands that are seasonally dry. The mix of these habitats creates a multitude of good birding options. We will bird throughout the preserve on mowed paths looking for grassland birds, migrating passerines, waterfowl, shorebirds and raptors. Trip will be limited to 15 people. RSVP to Nancy O’Hara, noh529@gmail.com, 443-286-0922.
