Chesapeake Environmental Center

Chesapeake Bay Environmental Center 600 Discovery Lane, Grasonville, MD, United States

Host: Baltimore Bird Club Leader Joe Corcoran, corcoran2921@gmail.com or 667-231-6453 Description: We will be looking for ducks, geese, swans, sparrows, Bald Eagles, and Brown-headed Nuthatches. Paths are unpaved and level. Trip canceled in snow, rain, or slippery conditions. Meet at Chesapeake Environmental Center located in Grasonville at 9:00 AM.

Serenity Ridge

Serenity Ridge 2406 Ridge Rd., Windsor Mills, MD, United States

Host: Baltimore Bird Club Leader Frank Marenghi, frank_marenghi@hotmail.com Description: Please join Serenity Ridge and Baltimore Bird Club for a partnered habitat hike and birding walk through the trails of Serenity Ridge. Serenity Ridge has an impressive array of fields, old field, and primary riparian forest habitats. There are over 3 miles of trails over somewhat […]

Loch Raven

Loch Raven Point Loch Raven Drive, Phoenix, MD, United States

Host: Baltimore Bird Club Leader Mark Linardi, 443-834-8413 or mlinardi@outlook.com Description: Loch Rave is a great place for winter waterfowl. On this trip, we’ll start at Loch Raven Point at 8 AM, then visit other productive spots around the reservoir. Scopes useful. Trip limited to 12. RSVP required to leader.

Fort McHenry

Fort McHenry 2400 E Fort Ave, Baltimore, MD, United States

Host: Baltimore Bird Club Leader Mary Chetelat, 443-564-6551 Description: Continuing survey of bird activity at the Fort. Binoculars required. A telescope can be useful for distance viewing. Canceled in bad weather and the walk will be rescheduled to December 13. General grounds include the paved Seawall Trail. Meet in the large grassy unpaved roped off […]

Lake Elkhorn accessible trip

Lake Elkhorn Dockside Lane, Columbia, MD, United States

Host: Baltimore Bird Club Leaders Debbie and Lou Taylor, 410-852-9807 Description: This peaceful lake in Howard County is a great place to view midwinter birds. This will be a leisurely handicap accessible walk, 8-11 am. This 2 mile loop is 98% blacktop with a few small compacted leafy areas and a few very slightly inclined […]

Marshy Point Nature Center

Marshy Point Nature Center 7130 Marshy Point Rd, Baltimore, MD, United States

Host: Baltimore Bird Club Leader 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. All are welcome, including families. Telescopes useful.

Marshy Point Nature Center

Marshy Point Nature Center 7130 Marshy Point Rd, Baltimore, MD, United States

Host: Baltimore Bird Club Leader 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. All are welcome, including families. Telescopes useful.

BBC Board Meeting

Virtual

Host: Baltimore Bird Club. Description: While only authorized board members have a vote, any club member is welcome to attend and participate in discussions. Contact any club officer or board member for details.

Fort McHenry

Fort McHenry 2400 E Fort Ave, Baltimore, MD, United States

Host: Baltimore Bird Club Description: Continuing survey of bird activity at the Fort. Binoculars required. A telescope can be useful for distance viewing. Canceled in bad weather and the walk will be rescheduled to December 13. General grounds include the paved Seawall Trail. Meet in the large grassy unpaved roped off parking lot to left […]

Fort McHenry

Fort McHenry 2400 E Fort Ave, Baltimore, MD, United States

Host: Baltimore Bird Club Description: Continuing survey of bird activity at the Fort. Binoculars required. A telescope can be useful for distance viewing. Canceled in bad weather and the walk will be rescheduled to December 13. General grounds include the paved Seawall Trail. Meet in the large grassy unpaved roped off parking lot to left […]

North Point State Park

North Point State Park 8400 North Point Rd, Edgemere, MD, United States

Host: Baltimore Bird Club Leader Charisma Burrows, (208) 230-4676 Description: Varied habitats, including marsh, woods, and Chesapeake Bay. Expect to see waterfowl, raptors, sparrows, and other species. Scopes useful. Boots advised in wet conditions. Entrance fee is $3 unless you have a state parks pass. RSVP to leaders.

Bauers Farm Road

Bauers Farm Road Bauers Farm Road, Edgemere, MD, United States

Host: Baltimore Bird Club Leader Tim Carney, timmyc83@gmail.com Description: Join us for a chance to see woodcocks performing their flight displays as they enter breeding season. Though generally secretive and elusive birds, they have been reliable here during late winter in recent years, and this is probably the easiest spot to see them. You don’t […]

Hydes Road Park

Hydes Road Park 5563 Hydes Road, Hydes, MD, United States

Host: Baltimore Bird Club Leader Brian Rollfinke brollfinke@gmail.com Description: Hydes Road Park is a 44-acre athletic field in Glen Arm. Three sides of the park are bordered with reforestation habitat. Beavers recently dammed the creek in the southwest corner of the park, creating a wetland that attracted several species of aquatic birds that were new […]

BBC Board Meeting

Virtual

While only authorized board members have a vote, any club member is welcome to attend and participate in discussions. Contact any club officer or board member for details.

Howard County Conservancy

Mt. Pleasant Farm 10520 Old Frederick Rd, Woodstock, MD, United States

Host: Baltimore Bird Club Leader Bonnie Ott, SparrowDamsel@gmail.com Description: Over a dozen varieties of sparrows may be here this time of year including American Tree Sparrow and Fox Sparrow. Lincoln’s Sparrow might be spotted in migration. Also, many types of Woodpeckers can be seen. Wild Turkey and American Kestrel are here year- round as well. […]

Family Birding: Coppermine Fieldhouse

Coppermine Fieldhouse 1400 Coppermine Terrace, Baltimore, MD, United States

Host: Baltimore Bird Club Leader Daisy Sudano, dsudanotrainings@yahoo.com Description: St Patrick’s Day Bird Hike and Green Treasure Hunt. We will meet at 1400 Coppermine Terrace. Come see if we can find any Leprechauns and their feathered friends roaming the forest of Coppermine. Maybe they left some treasure for us to find. RSVP Required.

Habitat Tour: Masonville Cove

Masonville Cove Environmental Education Center 1000 Frankfurst Ave, Baltimore, MD, United States

Host: Baltimore Bird Club Leader Colleen McMullen and Tim Carney of MES, tcarney@menv.com Description: Masonville Cove is a 52-acre restoration site in Curtis Bay and has also been designated as the nation’s first Urban Wildlife Refuge Partnership. In addition to pointing out the wide variety of birds here, we’ll also be interpreting the various restoration […]

Fort McHenry

Fort McHenry 2400 E Fort Ave, Baltimore, MD, United States

Host: Baltimore Bird Club Leader: Mary Chetelat, 443-564-6551. Description: Continuing survey of bird activity at the Fort. Binoculars required. A telescope can be useful for distance viewing. Canceled in bad weather and walk will be rescheduled to May 8. General grounds include the paved Seawall Trail. Meet in the large grassy unpaved roped off parking […]

Birding by Boat: Jug Bay

Patuxent River Park – Jug Bay Natural Area 16000 Croom Airport Rd, Upper Marlboro, MD, United States

Host: Baltimore Bird Club Leader: Alex Pellegrini, agpell.work@gmail.com. Description: Discover the beauty of Jug Bay and its unique wild rice marshes! Join us aboard our Pontoon boat to explore areas you can’t reach on foot. You will gain insights into the decades of research at Jug Bay and if luck is on your side, you […]

Urban Birding in Green Oasis

Patterson Park 27 South Patterson Park Avenue, Baltimore, MD, United States

Host: Baltimore Bird Club Leader: Brian Rollfinke with Wild Birds Unlimited, brollfinke.wbutimonium@gmail.com or 410-561-1215. Description: Baltimore’s version of Central Park is a migrant magnet, and there’s no better time to visit than early May. When northbound travelers fly up the Patapsco, the first–and practically the only–green space they find is Patterson Park. Weary from a […]