Host: Tri-county Bird Club Contact Mike Walsh at 410-422-0428 or mik.walsh@comcast.net. Description: Birding trip to Dorchester County, including Choptank River and Blackwater NWR, for waterfowl, raptors, other winter residents. Meet at the Royal Farms on Rt. 50 west of Salisbury at 7:30 AM. Bring lunch and snacks.
Host: Harford Bird Club Leader Dennis Kirkwood (newarkfarms@gmail.com or 410-692-5905). Description: Trip begins at Jarrettsville Elementary School parking lot. From there Dennis leads us on a pleasant tour through NW Harford County’s agricultural area to find wintering field birds and waterfowl. Expect Horned Larks, along with Ring-necked Ducks and maybe a Cackling Goose. The trip […]
Host: Anne Arundel Bird Club Contact Leo Dilling, 703-282-0011 or leodilling@hotmail.com. Description: Situated between the South River and Harness Creek birders will enjoy trails winding through forests and past grassy fields on a paved path. $6.00 charge if you don’t have a county park sticker.
Host: YMOS Contact George Radcliffe, radclifg@gmail.com, at least 2 weeks in advance. Description: Meet at Ocean City Inlet at 8 AM for coastal birds; we’ll also bird inland ponds for ducks and Assateague Island for wintering birds. There may be some opportunity for Saturday birding also.
Host: Baltimore Bird Club Leaders: Brent and Mary Byers, 410-686-7294 or baypuffin@hotmail.com. Description: Easy half-day walk through varied habitats for feeder birds and other songbirds, raptors, and waterfowl. Half-mile trail leads to point overlooking Dundee Creek. Recommended for young birders and their parents. Boots advisable, telescopes useful.
Host: Talbot Bird Club Description: Our guest speaker will be Brian Prendergast talking on “Protection from Insect-borne Diseases and West Nile Virus Effects on Birds and People”.
Host: Allegany/Garrett Counties Bird Club Contact Raquel Ketterman at raquelketterman@verizon.net or 301-268-6746. Description: Katie Fallon, Chair and Co-Founder of the Avian Conservation Center of Appalachia will speak on her book “Vulture – The Private Life of an Unloved Bird.” Room TBD.
Host: Patuxent Bird Club/PGAS Description: “Duck Stamp History and Importance to Conservation” presented by Suzanne Fellows.
Host: Anne Arundel Bird Club Contact Chris Barry, 410-897-7216 or rpbarr00@aacounty.org. Description: Located on the bank of the Patuxent River and operated as part of the Patuxent River Park. Trails criss-cross the park, allowing a walk through all the different habitats.
Host: Howard County Bird Club. Description: Bonnie Ott will speak on Habitat Birdiing.
Host: Patuxent Bird Club/PGAS Contact Bill Sefton at kiwisuits@msn.com. Description: Monthly walk. Meet at the Natural Area parking lot on the south side of Governor Bridge Rd., 1 mile east of Route 301. No reservations needed.
Host: Howard County Bird Club Leader Anthony VanSchoor, tonyvanschoor@gmail.com. Description: Walk the trails along scrubland and woods. Sometimes non-winter birds over-winter here. No facilities, boots recommended. Meet at the south end of Summer Hollow Ln, Columbia.
Host: Baltimore Bird Club Leader Debbie Terry, 443-578-8243 or dterry12@verizon.net, and Kevin Graff, keyweststyle2001@gmail.com. Description: Morning trip to see ducks, grebes, coots, and other water birds. Meet at Loch Raven Point (public area on Loch Raven Drive, just west of Bridge #1). Our second stop will be Loch Raven Dam. Scopes useful. Trip canceled in […]
Host: Carroll County Bird Club Leaders Dave and Maureen Harvey, 410-795-3117. Description: Moderate walking around the lake. Meet at the parking lot outside the gate to Piney Run Park on Martz Road off of White Rock Road.
Host: Baltimore Bird Club Leader Bob Poscover, 410-882-1309. Alternate contact Wendy Alexander, 443-204-3754. Description: Continuing survey of bird activity at the Fort. Telescopes useful. Canceled in bad weather. Meet outside of park front gates and park at lot on left hand side.
Host: YMOS Contact George Radcliffe, radclifg@gmail.com, at least 2 weeks in advance. Description: Meet at 8 AM at the Visitor’s Center in Cambridge. We’ll spend time looking at the large array of ducks, before heading south in the county to Blackwater Refuge and Shorter’s Wharf to look for Short-eared Owls and the Rough-legged Hawk. Bring […]
Host: Audubon Society of Central Maryland. For more information contact Crystal Kunst, hckunst@qis.net or 443-536-3071. Description: Bi-monthly naturalist-led walk.
Host: Washington County Bird Club Contact Doris Berger, 301-739-8907. Description: Half-day trip in search of winter waterfowl. We will stop at locations along the Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers. Leave from the MVA parking lot, 18306 Col. Henry K. Douglas Drive
Host: Allegany/Garrett counties Bird Club Contact Raquel Ketterman, raquelketterman@verizon.net or 301-256-6746 Description: Bird walk on the Great Allegany Passage (GAP) Trail to count birds for the Great Backyard Bird Count. All are welcome and information on counting birds for the bird count will be explained for beginning birders. Meet at the Frostburg Trailhead at New […]
Host: Anne Arundel Bird Club Contact Pamela Kellett, 443-534-6938 or coordinator@marylandbirds.org. Description: “Gardening for Birds” with Virgil Davis. Almost all of us are backyard birders, and we know just providing food is not enough to attract birds, so today we welcome Virgil Davis, a Master Gardener who knows how to plant and keep an […]
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