Host: Montgomery Bird Club LEADER: Rob Hilton at rob.hilton.2010@gmail.com. Lisa Shannon will co-lead. Description: Early and mid-October can be quite productive in Wheaton Regional Park, which is often particularly good during fall migration. Warblers, vireos, thrushes, and sparrows are all possible. All are welcome, and beginners are particularly encouraged to join. We will begin at […]

Host: Montgomery Bird Club LEADER: Lauren Carey at ljcarey011@gmail.com Description: Join us for a morning of fall marsh and woodland birding. Targets are warblers, sparrows, ducks, and other fall migrants. Beginner and young birders are encouraged to join, but all are welcome. Meet at 7:30 a.m. at the Hughes Hollow parking lot. Limit: 10.  

Host: Montgomery Bird Club Trip leader:  Dave Powell  seneca.ranger@gmail.com Description: Trip is focused on new birders and will last about two hours. No reservations are needed. We’ll start at the Zion Rd parking lot at 7:30 a.m. Information on Blue Mash can be obtained at https://birdersguidemddc.org/site/blue-mash-nature-trail/.

Host: Montgomery Bird Club LEADER: Mark England at englandmark@comcast.net or 240-308-4114.  Description: Explore in carpools this now-closed landfill adjacent to the Blue Mash Nature Trail. Mostly open terrain on a gravel road, including two pond views. Possible sparrows, raptors, and waterfowl. Shorebirds are possible if there are mudflats at the big pond. Leader will have […]

Host: Montgomery Bird Club MENTORS: Mark England and Becky Cromwell. You can RSVP for them here: https://tinyurl.com/YMBCFall23. If you are interested in being a mentor on a walk, please reach out to us at youth.birding@gmail.com. Description: Explore in carpools this now-closed landfill adjacent to the Blue Mash Nature Trail. Mostly open terrain on a gravel […]

Host: Montgomery Bird Club For reservations and more information contact the leader Kathy Reitz kreitz@reitzstuff.com or 240 463 0044. Deborah Hanley will co-lead. djhanley1952@yahoo.com or 202 446 7255 Description: Discover upper Rock Creek’s watershed with a variety of habitats. We will start along open fields and marshy areas next to Bowie Mill Park with the […]

Host: Montgomery Bird Club Mentors Lauren Carey and Dave Powell. You can RSVP for them here: https://tinyurl.com/YMBCFall23. If you are interested in being a mentor on a walk, please reach out to us at youth.birding@gmail.com. Description: A premier county location for migrating waterfowl. We will meet at the Visitor’s Center. The walk will cover approximately […]

Host: Montgomery Bird Club Leader Jo Cox at jobird11@gmail.com Description: If you are just starting to sort out the sparrows, join us for our annual Veterans Day walk. We’ll work on ID-ing familiar species such as Song and White-throated Sparrow, while looking for less common ones like White-crowned and Swamp. This trip is geared to […]