Host: Montgomery Bird Club. For reservations and more information, contact leader Mark England at 240-308-4114 or englandmark@comcast.net. Description: Bundle up for a 2 to 2½ 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 […]
Host: Montgomery Bird Club Leader Nathan Tea, snowmie700@gmail.com. Description: Winter marsh and woodland birding. Targets are sparrows, winter songbirds and possibly ducks. Limit 12. Reservations required.
Don Messersmith will talk about Birding in Cuba.
Host: Montgomery Bird Club. For reservations (required), contact leader Mark England at englandmark@comcast.net or 240-308-4114. Description: Morning walk through the varied habitats of this excellent 250-acre park, including two ponds, fields, and deciduous and coniferous woods. We’ll be looking for overwintering songbirds, waterfowl, and raptors. Start at 8 a.m. in the parking lot at 8711 […]
Host: Montgomery Bird Club For reservations (required) contact leader Mike Bowen, 202-236-0510 or dhmbowen@yahoo.com. Description: Wintering waterfowl. Limit 10.
Club social/member’s night.
David Curson (Audubon Mid-Atlantic) presents: Can Floating Islands Save Endangered Seabirds in Maryland’s Coastal Bays? Colonial waterbirds that depend on islands for nesting in Maryland’s Coastal Bays have been steadily declining in recent decades due largely to the erosion and loss of their nesting islands. Three species, Common Tern, Royal Tern and Black Skimmer, are […]
Wednesday April 20: Patrick Newcombe presents: Sage-Grouse Conservation Across 11 Western states and millions of acres of public lands, the Greater Sage-Grouse continues to make its remarkable courtship displays where the birds congregate, at sites called leks. Patrick Newcombe, former MBC Chat editor and YMOS alumnus, has recently finished a documentary, Glory of the West, […]
Host: Montgomery Bird Club For reservations (required) and more information, email leader Paul Woodward at 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. We will start at […]
Save the date! The much anticipated annual Social, after several cancellations, will return to the beautiful setting of Woodend, the Chevy Chase home of the Audubon Naturalist Society. We plan to meet in person to honor the Member of the Year, enjoy members’ presentation of their most beloved recent photographs, and have a delicious dinner. […]
Host: Montgomery Bird Club For reservations (required), contact the LEADER: Mark England at englandmark@comcast.net or 240-308-4114. Description: Half-day trip starting at the Blue Mash Nature Trail, where we will look for a variety of songbirds and other species. Then we will drive over to the adjacent Oaks Landfill to look for raptors, Blue Grosbeaks, and […]
Host: Montgomery Bird Club For reservations (required) and more information, email leader Scott Young at scott4aves@icloud.com. Dave Roberts will co-lead. Description: Join us as we explore this location for some spring early-morning birding on the west side of Route 28 (https://rb.gy/qpdqda). We’ll bird the broad fields and separating woods, beginning at 7 a.m., hoping for […]
Host: Montgomery Bird Club For reservations (required), time, and directions, email leader Cheryl Hogue at cheryl.hogue@gmail.com. Description: On a morning walk, we’ll look for Cliff Swallows building mud nests beneath this bridge in the northeastern part of the county. We will also explore wooded trails on WSSC property bordering the reservoir to observe other possible […]
Host: Montgomery Bird Club LEADER: Cheryl Hogue at cheryl.hogue@gmail.com. Martha Morris will co-lead. Description: On this walk, aimed at new birders but open to all, we will spend a morning exploring Wheaton RP (accessible by Metrobuses Y2 and Y8). Starting at 7:30 a.m, we will use our eyes and ears to identify forest birds, likely […]
Host: Montgomery Bird Club LEADER: Clive Harris at clivegharris@yahoo.com. Description: THIS TRIP IS FULL. This half-day trip is targeted at newer birders. We will start in the Hughes Hollow parking lot at McKee-Beshers WMA at 7:30 a.m. We will explore the wetlands and fields of Hughes Hollow. Species to be expected include migrant warblers, Green […]
Host: Montgomery Bird Club For reservations (required), contact the LEADER: Jim Nelson at kingfishers2@verizon.net. Description: We will gather at 8 a.m. in the Violette’s Lock parking lot at the end of Violette’s Lock Road. We will then carpool to Pennyfield Lock and walk back up the C&O Canal towpath to Violette’s. This walk should net an […]
Host: Montgomery Bird Club For reservations (required) and more information, contact the LEADER: Scott Young at scott4aves@icloud.com. Dave Roberts will co-lead. Description: Join us for some early morning autumn birding as we explore the Equestrian Park on the west side of Route 28 (https://rb.gy/qpdqda). We’ll begin at 7:30 a.m. and bird the broad fields and […]
Tim Carney and Kristina Motley will speak on “Poplar Island: An International Model of Innovative Reuse” Our guest speakers will appear virtually but we will have an in-person gathering at the Potomac Presbyterian Church as usual, assuming COVID transmission rates in the county remain low. Doors open at around 7PM. Refreshments will be served. Poplar […]
Host: Montgomery Bird Club For reservations (required) and more information, contact the LEADER: Emily Huang at ephuang@verizon.net. Description: THIS TRIP IS FULL. Come discover (or rediscover) a Montgomery County birding gem. Some 140 species of birds have been recorded in this park. Multiple warblers, thrushes, and Common Nighthawks are possible. Some moderate hiking. We will […]
Host: Montgomery Bird Club For reservations (required) and directions, contact the LEADER: Gemma Radko at gradko@yahoo.com. Description: All are welcome on this half-day trip, but we especially encourage those new to birding to join us. Starting at 7:30 a.m., we’ll slowly walk some of the woodland trails looking for migrant and resident birds. Limit: 6.
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