Host: Baltimore Bird Club. Leader: Sarah Luttrell, luttrell.sa@gmail.com, 614-352-7718. Description: Expect to see a wide variety of migrating songbirds at Soldiers Delight Natural Environment Area in Owings Mills. Meet at the Overlook on Deer Park Rd. We will cover 1.5-2 miles of level but sometimes rocky terrain. Trails can be muddy if the weather has […]
Host: Caroline County Bird Club To register and for directions, contact Debby Bennett at dabennett1996@gmail.com. Description: Bird Banding observation at Foreman’s Branch Bird Observatory. Great for kids. Adults welcome too.
Host: Howard County Bird Club Leader – Ralph Gueder, Oldhawk@aol.com. Description: Meet at parking lot or go directly to the Skywatch site. This trip will be a skywatch for migrating raptors and other potential flybys. September 27, Tuesday rain date.
“The greatest environmental threat to wildlife and how to be a part of the solution” presented by Dr. Aaron Hogue, Associate Professor of Biology, Salisbury University. For more information contact Ellen Lawler at 410-982-8695 or emlawler534@comcast.net.
Greg Kearns will talk on birding in Brazil- the Pantanal, Iguazu Falls and Buenos Aires
Host: Anne Arundel Bird Club Leader: JC Lowery 443-496-1795 Contact Alan Young alanmyoung@gmail.com, 410-913-8300 Description: Meet at Bay 50, 7:00 AM
Host: Washington County Bird Club Leaders Cheryl and Michael Saylor, 301-992-2535
Picnic and meeting. Pot luck – bring a dish or desserts to share with other members. Contact Mike Spurrier, 240-446-0305 or mspurrier819@gmail.com
Host: Frederick Bird Club Leader: David Smith 443-995-4108 or lacsmith12@comcast.net Description: Contact leader for meeting time and location
Host: Patuxent Bird Club & PGAS. Leader Bill Sefton (kiwisuits@msn.com). Description: Two-mile out-and-back walk at natural area on the Patuxent River; fields, wet woods, brushy areas. Trail is gravel and dirt and is mostly flat, no hills. Leader may require mask for unvaccinated people. Reservations not needed. Meet at 7:30 AM at east end of […]
Host: Caroline County Bird Club Leaders: Debby Bennett & friends. Description: Park/meet at the end of Robins Creek Road. For more information about the preserve, go to: http://www.eslc.org/land-preservation/preserves/.
Host: Allegany/Garrett Bird Club Description: Ranger Samantha Dixon will help refine your hawk identification skills by outlining hints and clues that lead to correctly identifying high flying raptors. Meet at the Rocky Gap State Park Main Building between the swimming areas.
Host: Talbot Bird Club Leaders: Trish Cope (301 325-7441 or trishcope73@gmail.com) and Ron Griffin (901-634-7785 or ckayakin@yahoo.com) Description: Migrants. Depart: Easton Acme parking lot at 6:30 am or meet at Wade’s Point Parking Area (GPS 38.8272, -76.2968) at 7:00 am.
Host: Anne Arundel Bird Club Contact Alan Young alanmyoung@gmail.com, 410-913-8300
Host: Baltimore Bird Club. Leader: Paul Kreiss, 410-367-8194, or paul1kreiss@verizon.net. Description: Please join us for a trip to an under-birded wilderness park in southwest Baltimore City. The park contains mature and secondary forests as well as riparian habitats and some limited field habitats. Expect to see a wide variety of migrating songbirds. Meet at the […]
Host: Baltimore Bird Club. Speaker: Matt Felperin. Description: Matt Felperin is a D.C. area local, raised in Takoma Park, MD, and the Roving Naturalist with NOVA Parks, the regional park system of Northern Virginia. In January 2022, Matt was lucky enough to be gifted a spot for a guided birding tour of Puerto Rico. Due […]
Host: Patuxent Bird Club & PGAS. Description: Two-mile walk around lake on paved path; wheelchair-accessible. Families welcome. Meet at parking area at corner of Berwyn Rd. and Ballew Ave. in Berwyn Heights. No reservations needed.Leader varies. Leader may require mask for unvaccinated people. For more information, see PGAS Meetup site at https://www.meetup.com/Prince-Georges-Audubon-Society/
Dennis Coskren will speak on “Maryland’s Himalayas” – how habitats are influenced by the geology of an area
Host: Baltimore Bird Club. Leaders: Peter Lev, Libby Errickson, and Alyssia Church, plev@comcast.net, elizabth.errickson@gmail.com, alyssia.church@gmail.com. Description: Baltimore Bird Club will participate for the first time in The Big Sit, a national event to see or hear as many birds as possible from within a 17-foot diameter circle. The location is North Point State Park, near […]
Host: Talbot Bird Club Leader: Dave Burgevin (301-788-0916 or dburgevin@gmail.com) Description: Falcons/migrants All day trip, return to Easton by 4:00. Bring lunch, drinks, bug spray, sun screen, etc. Depart: Easton Acme parking lot at 6:00 am or meet at Assateague State Park Parking Area (GPS 38.2384, -75.1387) at 8:00 am.
Host: Frederick Bird Club Contact David Smith 443-995-4108 or lacsmith12@comcast.net Description: Friendly competition with Audubon Society of Central Maryland during fall migration to see how many species we can identify. Event will be either October 8 or 9 depending on weather.
Host: YMOS Contact: George Radcliffe, radclifg@gmail.com, 410-463-1669) Description: Hawkwatch, Seawatch, and Marsh Exploration, Higbee Beach to Avalon
Host: Caroline County Bird Club Description: Location: Adkins Arboretum’s Wetlands Overlook near the Visitors Center. Will run from 7:30 am to early evening for some owling. Dress comfortably, bring your binoculars, a chair to sit on, food and drink. We will consider this our monthly meeting for October and hold a brief business meeting – […]
Host: Baltimore Bird Club. Leader: Nico Sarbanes, nasarbanes@yahoo.com. Description: A Baltimore County park at the mouth of Back River, Rocky Point is less-birded than nearby North Point State Park. And yet, the eBird list is 175 species and climbing. A wide variety of waterbirds and land birds could turn up at this fall migration hotspot.
Guest speaker TBA. Meeting will be on Zoom. For Zoom link, go to: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/119httnwl_bthAnmO4eotxjDlTqAXOXU09LmOBHtkPas/edit?usp=sharing
Our guest speakers will be Matt Whitbeck and Ron Ketter. Their presentation is titled “South Africa: From the Karoo to the Marion Islands” about their trip to South Africa, including a 2500 mile, 7-day pelagic trip to the Prince Edwards Islands. Business meeting will follow.
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