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 […]
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 […]
Host: Carroll County Bird Club Description: CCBC members and guests only. Venue to be determined; further information will be provided when arrangements are finalized.
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 […]
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
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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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