Birding at Fort McHenry

Fort McHenry 2400 E Fort Ave, Baltimore, MD, United States

Host: Baltimore Bird Club Contact: Wendy Alexander, 443-204-3754.   Description: Continuing a series of surveys of bird activity at the Fort and wetland. Binoculars required. Telescope can be useful for distance viewing. *Due to Covid-19 all walks are currently pending, please look for announcements via BBC email or social media or contact walk leader for […]

Birding Centennial Park CANCELED

Centennial Lake 10000 Route 108, Ellicott City, MD, United States

THIS EVENT IS CANCELED Host: Howard County Bird Club Description: Easy walking on paved path around Centennial Lake. Woodlands, fields and water host a wide variety of species. Great view of the sky for flyovers. Facilities available. All are welcome to attend but they must register at the bird club’s web page, howardbirds.website. Limit 10 […]

Conowingo Dam Gull and Eagle Watch

Conowingo Dam 2569 Shure’s Landing Road, Darlington, MD, United States

Host: Harford Bird Club Contact the leader, Dennis Kirkwood, at 410-692-5905 or newarkfarms@gmail.com for more information. Description: This morning survey begins at Fishermen’s Park just below Conowingo Dam on the Harford County side of the Susquehanna River. Search for Bald Eagles, Black and Turkey Vultures, various gulls, waterfowl and herons.

Birding at Patterson Park

Patterson Park 27 South Patterson Park Avenue, Baltimore, MD, United States

Host: Baltimore Audubon Description: Explore this urban oasis in southeast Baltimore. With more than 200 species on record, the park is full of surprises. For directions, contact Patterson Park Audubon Center. Participants must adhere to our COVID code of conduct and register in advance at our website, patterson.audubon.org.

Trip to Lilypons/New Design Road

Lilypons Water Gardens 6800 Lily Pons Road, Adamstown, MD, United States

Host: Montgomery Bird Club Leader Clive Harris, clivegharris@yahoo.com Description: Wintering field birds, targeting Fox and Tree Sparrows, possibly Virginia Rail and American Bittern. Email leader for reservation (required) and more info. Limit: 6.

Birding Centennial Park CANCELED

Centennial Lake 10000 Route 108, Ellicott City, MD, United States

THIS EVENT IS CANCELED Host: Howard County Bird Club Description: Easy walking on paved path around Centennial Lake. Woodlands, fields and water host a wide variety of species. Great view of the sky for flyovers. Facilities available. All are welcome to attend but they must register at the bird club’s web page, howardbirds.website. Limit 10 […]

First Wednesday Walks at Fort McHenry

Fort McHenry 2400 E Fort Ave, Baltimore, MD, United States

Host: Baltimore Bird Club. Contact: Mary Chetelat, 410-665-0769 (alternate contact Wendy Alexander, 443- 204-3754). Description: Continuing a series of surveys at the fort and wetland. Binoculars required. Telescope can be useful for distance viewing. *Due to Covid-19 all walks are currently pending, please look for announcements via BBC email or social media or contact walk […]

Virtual Meeting: Carroll County Bird Club

MD MD, United States

Host: Carroll County Bird Club Contact CK McAuliffe at cjhome23@gmail.com Description: Speaker: Martin Brazeau, academic advisor at the Community College of Baltimore County, avid bird videographer, and MD/DC BBA3 atlaser. Marty will share with us wonderful high-def videos of birds in Australia, China, and the MD/DC area; and he will discuss his top ten strategies […]

Virtual Event: Wildlife Rehabilitation Presentation

MD MD, United States

Host: Lights Out Towson University Description: Come Zoom with Kathy Woods, founder of Phoenix Wildlife Center—a renowned wildlife rehabilitation center. Serving local wildlife for almost 30 years, they treat and rehabilitate birds, mammals, and reptiles in order to re-release them into their natural habitat. One of their areas of expertise is helping birds that have […]

Virtual Meeting: Frederick Bird Club

MD MD, United States

Host: Frederick Bird Club Description: Antonio Celis-Murillo, Acting Chief of Bird Banding Lab at Patuxent Wildlife Center will speak.

Masonville Cove Environmental and Education Center and Middle Branch Park

Masonville Cove Environmental Education Center 1000 Frankfurst Ave, Baltimore, MD, United States

Host: Baltimore Bird Club Contact Joe Corcoran, corcoran2921@gmail.com  or 667-231-6453. Description: Masonville Cove is located in Baltimore City and has become a hot spot for birds. We will look at waterfowl in Baltimore Harbor. Landbirding is also good at Masonville, sometimes turning up unexpected surprises. We will visit both the area immediately behind the Nature […]

Virtual Meeting: MOS Board

MD MD, United States

Host: MOS Contact Maryanne Dolan, maryanne.dolan@gmail.com Description: Board meeting via Zoom.

Trip to Blackwater NWR

Blackwater NWR 2145 Key Wallace Dr, Cambridge, MD, United States

Host: Montgomery Bird Club Leader Mark England, 240-308-4114 or englandmark@comcast.net. Description: Early waterfowl and lingering migrants plus late afternoon marsh watch. Brown-headed Nuthatch possible. Bring lunch and drinks. Reservations required. Limit: 6. Contact the leader for meeting place and time.

BBC Board Meeting (online) 

MD MD, United States

Host: Baltimore Cird Club. Description: Online Meeting. While only authorized board members have a vote, any club member is welcome to attend and participate in discussions. Call any club officer or board member for information. Online details to be announced.

Meeting: Patuxent Bird Club/PGAS

Virtual

Description: Annual Holiday Movie Night: “View from the Edge,” a series of four short films featuring the images of award-winning nature photographer David Harp, exploring the edges where land and water meet in the Chesapeake Bay and Maryland Coastal Bays. The films are narrated by Tom Horton and were produced by Harp and Horton for […]

Meeting: Howard County Bird Club

Virtual

Description: Maryland & DC Breeding Bird Atlas 3 (BBA-3) year-end report by Gabriel Foley, BBA-3 coordinator. Gabe is an avid birder from the prairie province of Saskatchewan, Canada. While at the University of Regina, he researched nighthawk habitat use in Canada’s boreal forest, then he studied White-browed Sparrow-Weaver nest-building behavior at the University of Pretoria, […]

Waterfowl Trip

MD MD, United States

Host: Harford Bird Club Contact Dave Webb (porzana@comcast.net; 410-939-3537) shortly before the event for final details. Description: Don’t miss this chance to search a variety of spots to see the many species of waterfowl that inhabit Harford County’s numerous waterways.

Druid Hill Park 

Druid Hill Park 900 Druid Park Lake Drive, Baltimore, MD, United States

Host: Baltimore Bird Club Description: Join Audubon and the Maryland Zoo to explore this leafy city park. From forest to lake, a variety of bird species await. For information, contact Patterson Park Audubon Center. Participants must adhere to our COVID code of conduct and register in advance at our website, patterson.audubon.org.

Patuxent Birding Trip

Patuxent Research Refuge – Visitor Center – South Tract 10901 Scarlet Tanager Loop, Laurel, MD, United States

Host: YMOS NOTE: conditions at the time of the trip may change plans. Contact: George Radcliffe, radclifg@gmail.com, 410-463-1669 Description: Refuge Birding

YMOS MEETING

Patuxent Research Refuge – Visitor Center – South Tract 10901 Scarlet Tanager Loop, Laurel, MD, United States

NOTE: conditions at the time of the meeting may change plans. Host: Contact: George Radcliffe, radclifg@gmail.com, 410-463-1669 Description: YMOS Annual Meeting