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 […]
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: 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: Montgomery Bird Club For time and other information, contact one of the co-leaders: Nathan Tea at snowmie700@gmail.com or Stella Tea at stazandgazer@gmail.com. Description: Join us for a morning of winter marsh and woodland birding. Targets are sparrows, irruption finches, and possibly ducks. We will meet at the parking lot. Dress for the weather, bring […]
Host: Montgomery Bird Club Leader Mark England, 240-308-4114 or englandmark@comcast.net. Description: Bundle up for a 2 1/2 hour LATE AFTERNOON search for wintering sparrows and raptors, including possible Northern Harriers and Short-eared Owls. Mostly open terrain with some ponds, which we will check if they are not frozen over. Priority given to beginners and those […]
Host: Montgomery Bird Club Leader Mark England, 240-308-4114 or englandmark@comcast.net. Description: Bundle up for a 2 1/2 hour LATE AFTERNOON search for wintering sparrows and raptors, including possible Northern Harriers and Short-eared Owls. Mostly open terrain with some ponds, which we will check if they are not frozen over. Priority given to beginners and those […]
Host: Montgomery Bird Club For reservations (required), time and directions, contact leaders Woody and Rae Dubois at dengue1@verizon.net. Description: Bundle up and join us for a morning as we search for winter birds in the fields and wood edges of Blue Mash. There is also the possibility of waterfowl on the ponds. Trip will […]
2021-03-06- – Host: Montgomery Bird Club For reservations and more information contact co-leaders Josephine Cox, jobirder11@gmail.com or 240-506-1723 or Anne Mytych, amytych@yahoo.com or 240-506-0236 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 opportunity to see sparrows, […]
Host: Montgomery Bird Club For reservations (required), more information, and directions, contact leader Mike Bowen at 202-236-0510 or dhmbowen@yahoo.com. Description: This little body of water has established a deserved reputation over the years for a nice variety of wintering waterfowl and rather close views of the birds. If the lake is frozen over at the […]
Host: Montgomery Bird Club For signup and where to meet, please contact co-leaders Evelyn Ralston (evelynralston@icloud.com, 240-505-0699) or Susan Hunt (shunt820@yahoo.com; 240-426-4407). Description: Mid-March is still early for spring migration but who knows? Wheaton RP always surprises us. Ducks, woodpeckers, flycatchers, raptors (sometimes a Merlin!), bluebirds, towhees are all possible and if you don’t know […]
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 that songbirds and several other bird families in fact originated and evolved in Australia, explaining their diversity and specificity and the importance of the austral […]
Host: Montgomery Bird Club Leader Max Wilson, mercretas@hotmail.com Description: Explore the scrub habitat below the power lines cutting through Cabin John Regional Park. Spend the morning studying multiple sparrow species with the potential for an American Kestrel that overwintered in 2019. We will be walking the dirt road with a few moderate inclines. Email leader […]
Host: Montgomery Bird Club Leader Dave Powell, seneca.ranger@gmail.com Description: We’ll be looking for early warblers and lingering waterfowl as we head upstream for a several hour walk. Easy level walking. Start at the Pennyfield parking lot at 7 am. Reservations required with a limit of 6. Email the leader for reservation and more info.
Host: Montgomery Bird Club Leader Jim Nelson, kingfishers2@verizon.net or call 240-515-4517 (cell). Description: We will start at Hughes Hollow parking lot in the McKee-Beshers WMA at 7 a.m. We will explore the wetlands and fields of Hughes Hollow. Species to be expected include Red-headed Woodpeckers, Wood Ducks, Blue-winged Teal, and many other marsh dwellers. A […]
Songs of Female Birds by Karan Odom Dr. Odom is interested in how animals evolved the diversity of elaborate traits that we see in the natural world. Karan is especially interested in complex bird song and the selection pressures responsible for elaborate song in female and male songbirds. To study this, Karan uses phylogenetic comparative […]
Host: Montgomery Bird Club Co-Leaders: Anne Mytych, amytych@yahoo.com or 240-506-0236, or Emily Huang, EPHuang@verizon.net Description: Come discover this lovely park during spring migration. Lots of migrants pass through, including many warblers. Start in the parking lot at 7:30am. Limit: 6. For reservations (required) and more information, contact the co-leaders.
Host: Montgomery Bird Club Leader Jim Nelson, kingfishers2@verizon.net or 240-515-4517. Description: Once again, the B-CC Chapter is generously providing us access to this large private property south of Poolesville. Woods, hedgerows, streams, fields, and ponds provide a wide range of bird habitats, and migration should be well underway. Trip will start at 7 a.m. at […]
Host: Montgomery Bird Club Leader Paul Woodward, grackling@ATT.NET Description: Tune up your ears as we listen for and learn to identify the songs and calls of migrant and local breeding birds. The trip will be geared to new birders but all are welcome. Start at 7 am at the parking lot at Hughes Hollow. Limit […]
Host: Montgomery Bird Club Leaders Woody and Rae Dubois, dengue1@verizon.net Description: We will be looking for warblers and other migrants on the Wilson Mill and Kingsley Trails. Possible Kentucky Warbler. Limit 6. For reservations (required) and more information contact the leaders.
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