Meeting: Montgomery Bird Club
VirtualDescription: 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, […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Luke DeGroote will present “Allegany Bird Conservation Alliance: Making Pittsburg a more livable city for birds – Research and conservation programs related to habitat restoration and bird-window collisions.” DeGroote is […]
Description: While only authorized board members have a vote, any club member is welcome to attend and participate in discussions. Call any club officer or board member for details.
Steve Dryden, Director of Rock Creek Songbirds Project & Executive Director of Friends of Peirce Mill in DC will speak on Habitat Restoration and Song Birds at Piney Branch in […]
Patuxent Riverkeeper discussion. Speaker: Fred Tutman’s family has farmed and fished along the banks of Maryland’s Patuxent River MD since the 1700’s. Fred was named for Frederick Douglass, the 19th century abolitionist. The Tutman family continues to operate a farm in Prince George’s County within walking distance of the river. Fred is also the founding […]
Jonathan Irons will present “Prime Time Birding in Maryland”. Talbot County Bird Club is partnering with Pickering Creek to offer this presentation. Birding hotspots 12 months of the year, insights, […]
Sonja Kolstoe will speak on “How and Why Economists Value Bird Biodiversity” Environmental goods and services provide ecosystem services (e.g. outdoor recreation, pollination, seed dispersal, etc.). However, most ecosystem services are not bought and sold in a marketplace and thus are non-market. To value them requires the use of non-market valuation techniques. Come listen to […]
“The River and Field Campus” by Dan Small. The River and Field Campus (RAFC, formerly Chino Farms) exemplifies the balance between productive agriculture and diverse wildlife habitat on working lands […]
Kathy Woods, Executive Director of the Phoenix Wildlife Center, will talk about “Bird Emergencies–What Do I Do Now?” She will give us an overview of the proper response to birds in danger, and she will answer questions that we ask her about real-life situations that we have encountered. Link to request meeting invitation will be […]
Anna Mudd will be sharing the latest “State of the Bay” report from CBF and sharing updates on environmental legislation in the Maryland General Assembly. Anna Mudd is the Outreach […]
Ken W. Staver will speak on “Chesapeake Bay Restoration 40 Years in: Wins, Losses and Challenges” Ken Staver has worked at the Wye Research and Education Center since 1984 conducting […]
Aaron Graham, Garrett College student, will speak on using eBird Birdcast and other topics. Contact Raquel Ketterman at raquelketterman@verizon.net or 301-268-6746 for meeting log in link or information.
While only authorized board members have a vote, any club member is welcome to attend and participate in discussions. Call any club officer or board member for details.
Dave Mozurkewich, Ross Geredien, & Gabriel Foley will provide an Update on the Third Breeding Bird Atlas of MD & DC, at both the county and state levels. Meeting will […]
“Creek Ecosystem Importance for Breeding Birds and Aquatic Live” by Emilio Concari. Emilio grew up in Eldersburg, MD. He first became interested in birds and then his interests expanded to include herps, fishing, mushrooms, aquatic ecosystems, and nature photography. He currently attends UMBC for a degree in environmental studies and plans to become a naturalist/environmental […]
Discovering Australia, where bird song evolved (Speaker: Evelyn Ralston) For a long time, Australian mammals and birds were considered “inferior”. Over the past 50 years however, it has been established […]