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Start Your Year List
Start Your Year List
Host: Howard County Bird Club Organizer Kurt Schwarz, kurtschwarz4@gmail.com Description: Let’s hope 2021 is better than 2020. The one day of the year where every bird is new! Facilities available. All are welcome to attend but they must register at the bird club’s web page, howardbirds.website. Limit 10 people.
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Loch Raven
Loch Raven
Host: Baltimore Bird Club. Contact: Joe Corcoran, corcoran2921@gmail.com or 667-231-6453. Leader TBA. Description: Start the New Year birding. Varied habitats including marsh, woods and lake. Expect waterfowl, sparrows, woodland birds and raptors. Scopes useful. Advise boots if there’s been a lot of rain. RSVP Leader Required. Trip limited to 10 participants. Be Prepared: Masks and Social […]
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CANCELED – Annual New Year Bird Walk at Perryman
CANCELED – Annual New Year Bird Walk at Perryman
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED Host: Harford Bird Club For details contact Phil Powers at 410-679-4116 or birdsinmd308@gmail.com. Description: Celebrate the new year or recover from New Year’s Eve with a tour through the always productive Perryman Area. Meet at the parking lot of the Aberdeen Walmart on Rt. 40.
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CBC: Fort Belvoir, VA
Compiler: Kurt Gaskill, Kurtcapt87@verizon.net, Home 703 768 2172, Cell 202 400 0823; MD sector leader Lynne Wheeler, comstockel@aol.com
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CBC: Annapolis and Gibson Island
Contact Hal Wierenga and Lynn Davidson (hal.lynn@comcast.net) or Sue Ricciardi (susiericc@comcast.net)
CBC: Loch Raven
Birders of all levels of expertise or experience are welcome and urged to participate in this annual post-migration bird census in northern Baltimore County. The area being surveyed is in a 15-mile diameter circle touching Lake Roland on the south, Hereford on the north and centered on Cockeysville. This is a count of all […]
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Trip to Blackwater NWR
Host: Montgomery Bird Club Leader Mark England, 240-308-4114 or englandmark@comcast.net. Description: Early waterfowl and lingering migrants plus late afternoon marsh watch. Brown-headed Nuthatch possible. Bring lunch and drinks. Reservations required. Limit: 6. Contact the leader for information on where and when to meet.
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First Wednesday Walks at Fort McHenry
First Wednesday Walks at Fort McHenry
Host: Baltimore Bird Club. Contact: Mary Chetelat, 410- 665-0769 (alternate contact Wendy Alexander, 443- 204-3754). Description: Continuing a series of surveys at the fort and wetland. Binoculars required. Telescope can be useful for distance viewing. *Due to Covid-19 all walks are currently pending, please look for announcements via BBC email or social media or contact […]
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Virtual Meeting: Frederick Bird Club
Virtual Meeting: Frederick Bird Club
Clare Nemes will speak on “FREE-ROAMING CATS: ECOLOGICAL IMPACTS OF THE WORLD’S MOST BELOVED INVASIVE SPECIES” Clare is in the lab of Dr. Emily Cohen at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science Appalachian Lab in Frostburg, MD. She is studying various aspects of bird biology and conservation, including songbird migration ecology and the […]
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Virtual Meeting: Harford Bird Club
Virtual Meeting: Harford Bird Club
Dr. Wayne Munns will speak on “Birding Africa: A Naturalist’s Hike up Mt. Kilimanjaro.” Dr. Munns is an avid birdwatcher who has travelled the world searching for birds in various habitats. During the week he is a Supervisory Life Scientist at EPA’s National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory, Narraganset, RI. His work has focused […]
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CANCELED Trip to Blackwater NWR
THIS TRIP HAS BEEN CANCELED Host: Howard County Bird Club Email the leader to reserve a spot and get details: Kurt Schwarz, kurtschwarz4@gmail.com Description: Plan to stop at the Choptank River Bridge for ducks and coffee. Bring lunch and drinks. Dress warmly, Entrance fee or Duck Stamp required. Facilities at some spots. All are welcome […]
Birding at Rickman/Woodstock Equestrian Park
Host: Montgomery Bird Club For reservations (required) and more information, contact leader Scott Young at wsyacy@verizon.net. Description: Join us as we explore this new location for some midwinter morning birding on the west side of route 28 (https://rb.gy/qpdqda). We’ll bird the broad fields and separating woods, hoping for sparrows, woodpeckers, and raptors. Limit: 6.
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Annual Holiday Celebration; Carroll County Bird Club
Annual Holiday Celebration; Carroll County Bird Club
Host: Carroll County Bird Club Description: CCBC members and guests only. Venue to be determined; further information will be provided when arrangements are finalized.
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Marshy Point Nature Center
Marshy Point Nature Center
Host: Baltimore Bird Club. Contact: Brent and Mary Byers, baypuffin@hotmail.com or 410-686-7294. Description: Easy half-day walk through varied habitats for feeder birds and other songbirds, raptors, and waterfowl. Half-mile trail leads to point overlooking Dundee Creek. All are welcome, including families. Telescopes useful. RSVP Contact Required. Trip limited to 10 participants. Be Prepared: Masks and Social Distancing […]
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Virtual Meeting: Baltimore Bird Club
Virtual Meeting: Baltimore Bird Club
Sarah Luttrell will speak on “Bird Songs”. Acoustic communication is important for birds. Luckily for us, bird and human hearing ranges largely overlap, allowing us to key in on this communication channel for general enjoyment, and for better birding. Sarah Luttrell is a research assistant in the Feather Identification Lab at the Smithsonian Institution. She […]
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Meeting: Patuxent Bird Club/PGAS
Meeting: Patuxent Bird Club/PGAS
Chris Eberly of the MD Bird Conservation Partnership will speak on Farmland Raptors and Chimney Swift Programs. Meeting will be conducted via Zoom. Register at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1et1mpJVuXU8Fixl0VQv7QxT9nL2yqe1LzkPh9wcF280/edit?usp=sharing
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Virtual Meeting: Allegany/Garrett Bird Club
Virtual Meeting: Allegany/Garrett Bird Club
Claire Nemes, Ph.D Candidate, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science Appalachian Lab will speak on “On the right track: New technologies and classic techniques for studying bird migration.” Researchers have been using various approaches to study bird migration for centuries, but recent developments in wildlife tracking technologies mean that we have now entered a […]
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Meeting: Montgomery Bird Club
Meeting: Montgomery Bird Club
Description: Maryland & DC Breeding Bird Atlas 3: Results and Progress 2020 by Gabriel Foley. The Maryland & DC Breeding Bird Atlas 3 has had a tremendously successful first season, and Atlas Coordinator Gabriel Foley is excited to discuss these results with the Montgomery Bird Club. Come learn about the birds reported in 2020, where […]
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Virtual Meeting: Howard County Bird Club
Virtual Meeting: Howard County Bird Club
Backyard Butterflying: Howard County Butterfly Survey. Results during the 2020 Pandemic will be presented by Kevin Heffernan and Linda Hunt. Kevin is a Past President of the Howard County Bird Club and is interested in gardening and encouraging the planting of native pollinator gardens through Bee City. Linda is a Master Naturalist interested in native […]
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Carroll County Mid-winter Count
Description: Parties of counters will set their own schedules in their pre-arranged areas to count winter bird species throughout the county. Contact Bill Ellis to verify your bird-counting area at billellis@ellislist.com.
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Saturday Morning Monitoring Walk at Fort McHenry
Saturday Morning Monitoring Walk at Fort McHenry
Host: Baltimore Bird Club. Contact: Ben Poscover, 410-882-1309 (alternate contact Wendy Alexander, (443-204-3754). Description: Continuing a series of surveys of bird activity at the Fort and wetland. Binoculars required. Telescope can be useful for distance viewing. *Due to Covid-19 all walks are currently pending, please look for announcements via BBC email or social media or […]
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Birding at Black Hill Regional Park
Birding at Black Hill Regional Park
Host: Montgomery Bird Club For reservations (required) and more information, contact leader Gerry Hawkins at maineusa@comcast.net or 571-277-8406 (cell). Description: All birders, but especially new birders, are welcome on this half-day trip, which will focus on the identification of ducks at this premiere county spot for winter waterfowl. Meet at 8 a.m. at the Visitors […]
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Virtual Meeting: Anne Arundel Bird Club
Virtual Meeting: Anne Arundel Bird Club
Kojo Baidoo will speak on “Birding in the Age of COVID-19”. The presentation, “Birding in the Age of COVID-19,” is exactly what it sounds like. It focuses on finding and appreciating local hotspots as opposed to traveling long distances to bird, which is more practical during the COVID-19 pandemic. After all, sometimes finding hidden gems […]
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Trip to Blackwater NWR
Host: Carroll County Bird Club Tom Miller will be leading this trip; he can be reached at birdertwm@verizon.net. Description: This waterfowl sanctuary for migrating birds is a great place to see geese, swans and ducks in the marsh along with hawks, great blue herons, and a few species of shorebirds. Eagles, both bald and golden, […]
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Trip to Ocean City
Trip to Ocean City
Host: Kent County Bird Club If you have questions, please contact the trip leaders, Walter Ellison and Nancy Martin, 410-778-9568, birdclub.kentcountymd@gmail.com or borealdee@gmail.com Description: Our annual search for winter specialties including gannet, sea ducks, alcids, gulls, Purple Sandpipers, and wintering songbirds. Full day. Dress warmly, bring lunch and warm beverages. Meet at the “Dollar General” […]
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Birding at Bradenbaugh Flats
Birding at Bradenbaugh Flats
Host: Harford Bird Club Contact leader Dennis Kirkwood at 410-692-5905 or newarkfarms@gmail.com. Description: Trip begins at Jarrettsville Elementary School parking lot. From Dennis leads us on a pleasant and varied tour through NW Harford County’s agricultural area to find wintering field birds and waterfowl. Expect Horned Larks, along with Ring-necked Ducks and maybe a Cackling […]
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Birding at Redgate Park
Birding at Redgate Park
Host: Montgomery Bird Club For more information, reservations, and directions, contact leader Anne Mytych at 240-506-0236. Description: Come explore this “new” park on a former golf course. Offers multiple habitats, including a small marsh, wooded areas, and lots of meadow areas for potential winter sparrows. In its first year as a park, birders identified 150 […]
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Winter Waterfowl Search
Host: Montgomery Bird Club For reservations and more info, contact leader Andy Martin at martinap2@verizon.net or 301-529-2066. Description: Waterfowl search of Montgomery County waterways for ducks, grebes, and mergansers. Based on the unpredictability of winter weather conditions, the leader will decide on where to meet a few weeks before the trip and use recent bird […]
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Patterson Park
Patterson Park
Host: Contact: Patterson Park Audubon Center- patterson.audubon.org. Description: Join Audubon to explore this urban oasis in southeast Baltimore. With more than 200 species on record, the park is full of surprises. For directions, contact Patterson Park Audubon Center. Participants must adhere to our COVID code of conduct and register in advance at our website, patterson.audubon.org.
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Perryville Community Park Winter Waterfowl Bird Walk
Perryville Community Park Winter Waterfowl Bird Walk
Host: Harford Bird Club Leaders are Colleen Webster (410-459-4577; cwebster@harford.edu) and Sue Procell (443-417-4919; procellmd@gmail.com). Description: This is a leisurely birding excursion on mostly paved surfaces along the shores of historic Stump’s Point to look for swans and winter ducks bobbing in the waters of Mill Creek and Furnace Bay. Meet at the far end […]
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Winter Count: Kent County
Host: Kent County Bird Club If you have questions, please contact Walter Ellison or Nancy Martin, 410-778-9568, birdclub.kentcountymd@gmail.com or borealdee@gmail.com Description: An all-day effort to census as much of Kent County as possible. Count in your neighborhood or cover a favorite birding area.
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First Wednesday Walks at Fort McHenry
First Wednesday Walks at Fort McHenry
Host: Baltimore Bird Club Leader: Mary Chetelat, 410- 665-0769 (alternate contact Wendy Alexander, 443- 204-3754). Description: Continuing a series of surveys at the fort and wetland. Binoculars required. Telescope can be useful for distance viewing. *Due to Covid-19 all walks are currently pending, please look for announcements via BBC email or social media or contact […]
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Virtual Meeting: Carroll County Bird Club
Virtual Meeting: Carroll County Bird Club
Leighann Cline, animal keeper at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, will discuss her work. Leighann manages the loggerhead shrike breeding program at the SCBI, and she facilitates the transfer of each year’s offspring for release to Canada, where the shrike is endangered. She will talk with us about this special program and share data on […]
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Virtual Meeting: Frederick Bird Club
Virtual Meeting: Frederick Bird Club
Jay Sheppard will speak on “Life History/Behavior of LeConte’s Thrasher”. This will be a ghost story: a bird that can seemingly vanish into thin air in broad daylight! LeConte’s Thrasher is often called by even experienced desert birders as the ‘ghost thrasher.’ Jay Sheppard’s study into its life history has revealed that it is not […]
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Ocean City Trip
Ocean City Trip
Host: YMOS Contact: George Radcliffe, radclifg@gmail.com, 410-463-1669 Description: All Day ocean/bay/national park birding. Ocean City Jetty, West Ocean City, Assateague Island. Rain date Feb. 20.
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