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.
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 […]
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.
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.
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 […]
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 […]
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.
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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” […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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.
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 […]
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 […]
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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