Host: Allegany/Garrett Bird Club Contact Melissa Hensel at mjhensel@yahoo.com or 240-920-8260. Description: Meet at the Dan’s Rock Overlook at 11:00 am if it is not raining.
Program: Meeting will be virtual with the presenter and topic TBD. Contact Raquel Ketterman at westernmdbirdclub@gmail.com or 301-268-6746. Virtual Meeting information will be shared by email.
Host: Allegany/Garrett Bird Club Point person Raquel Ketterman, westernmdbirdclub@gmail.com or 301-268-6746. Description: Meet at 8:00 am at the entrance to Piney Dam Rd off of Piney Run Rd.
Host: Allegany,Garrett Bird Club Contact Brent Chippendale at pachips@yahoo.com. Description: Meet Brent Chippendale at the parking lot at Spring Gap on the C&O Canal. Take route 51 east from Cumberland, the Spring Gap Hiker/Biker area is well marked.
Hosts: MOS Sanctuary Committee, Trout Unlimited, & Allegany-Garrett Bird Club. Description: Volunteers needed to plant trees along streamside areas. Trees were purchased with a grant from MD DNR. Tools will be provided. Sign up in advance by sending an email to Michaela.Palmieri@tu.org. See the flyer for more information and directions.
Host: Allegany/Garrett Bird Club and the Allegany Center for Life-Long Learning Description: Meet at the mule statue at the Cumberland Western Maryland Station at 10:00 am. Walk as far as you wish east on the C&O Canal Towpath. It is an easy walk. We’ll look for winter waterfowl, bald eagles and other grassland birds. Well-behaved […]
Erin Thady will speak on Virginia Landscapes program grassland biodiversity surveys (including birds). She is Survey Coordinator/Virginia Working Landscapes with the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute. Virtual meeting information will be shared by email. Contact westernmdbirdclub@gmail.com if interested in attending and you need the meeting link.
Contact James Speicher, the C&O Count Coordinator at jugornaught@gmail.com. Allegany/Garrett Counties contact is Melissa Hensel at mjhensel@yahoo.com
Ryland Taylor, Environmental Specialist with the Maryland Environmental Service at Poplar Island will present on the history of Poplar Island and the birds that frequent and benefit from the Poplar Island Restoration Project. Virtual meeting information will be shared by email. Contact westernmdbirdclub@gmail.com if interested in attending and you need the meeting link. Contact Raquel […]
Presenter and topic TBD. Meeting Information will be shared by email. Contact westernmdbirdclub@gmail.com if interested in attending and you need the meeting link. Contact Raquel Ketterman at westernmdbirdclub@gmail.com or 301-268-6746.
Presenter and topic TBD. Meeting Information will be shared by email. Contact westernmdbirdclub@gmail.com if interested in attending and you need the meeting link. Contact Raquel Ketterman at westernmdbirdclub@gmail.com or 301-268-6746.
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED Host: Allegany/Garrett Bird Club Contact Bill Blauvelt at bil.blauvelt@gmail.com. Description: Bird Walk at Snaggy Rd in Garrett County.
Contact Mark Eanes, mdeanes@atlanticbb.net
Contact Duane Bailey, dbailey3@earthlink.net
Host: Allegany/Garrett Bird Club Contact Bill Blauvelt at bil.blauvelt@gmail.com. Description: Mud boods are recommended. Meet at the access road that starts at the Friendsville Park. Turn into the park then stay to the right until you reach the edge of the park and the access road will be straight ahead. We will drive about a […]
Host: A/G Bird Club Description: Bird Walk led by Park Ranger Ingrid White. Meet at 8:30 am at the Friends Delight Store. Parking is available at the state park or at the Youghiogheny River access parking lot on the left approximately ¼ mile beyond the park.
Host: A/G Bird Club Point person is Melissa Hensel Description: Hike the trail shaded by a variety of trees, looking for resident or migrating forest birds and warblers. Meet at 8:00 am at the lower parking lot by the stadium. To register or if you have questions contact westernmdbirdclub@gmail.com.
Host: Allegany/Garret Bird Club Point person is Melissa Hensel To register or if you have questions contact westernmdbirdclub@gmail.com. Description: The walk is being held prior to the MD Ornithological Society Meeting being held in the Continuing Education building. Meet in the parking area behind the Continuing Ed building near the walking trail.
Host: Allegany/Garrett Bird Club Description: Ranger Samantha Dixon will help refine your hawk identification skills by outlining hints and clues that lead to correctly identifying high flying raptors. Meet at the Rocky Gap State Park Main Building between the swimming areas.
Host: Allegany/Garrett Bird Club Description: Hawk Watch at Dan’s Rock Overlook with Rocky Gap State Park Ranger Samantha Dixon. Try out your hawk identification skills by joining Rocky Gap State Park Ranger Samantha Dixon at the Dan’s Rock Overlook if it is not raining.
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