Host: Baltimore Bird Club Leader: 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 […]
Leighann Cline, animal keeper at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, will discuss her work. Leighann manages the loggerhead shrike breeding program at the SCBI, and she facilitates the transfer of […]
Jay Sheppard will speak on “Life History/Behavior of LeConte’s Thrasher”. This will be a ghost story: a bird that can seemingly vanish into thin air in broad daylight! LeConte’s Thrasher […]
Host: YMOS Contact: George Radcliffe, radclifg@gmail.com, 410-463-1669 Description: All Day ocean/bay/national park birding. Ocean City Jetty, West Ocean City, Assateague Island. Rain date Feb. 20.
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 […]
Host: Baltimore Bird Club Leader: Joe Corcoran, corcoran2921@gmail.com, 667-231-6453. Description: All day trip to see ducks, geese, swans, Bald Eagles, and Brown-headed Nuthatches. Possible other stops along the way. Bring […]
Luke DeGroote will present “Allegany Bird Conservation Alliance: Making Pittsburg a more livable city for birds – Research and conservation programs related to habitat restoration and bird-window collisions.” DeGroote is […]
Steve Dryden, Director of Rock Creek Songbirds Project & Executive Director of Friends of Peirce Mill in DC will speak on Habitat Restoration and Song Birds at Piney Branch in […]
Description: 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 details.
Patuxent Riverkeeper discussion. Speaker: Fred Tutman’s family has farmed and fished along the banks of Maryland’s Patuxent River MD since the 1700’s. Fred was named for Frederick Douglass, the 19th […]
Host: YMOS Contact: George Radcliffe, radclifg@gmail.com, 410-463-1669 Description: Waterfowl hunt, county bird search ending with search for Short-eared Owl. Choptank River, Blackwater, Hooper’s Island, Shorter’s Wharf
Host: Carroll County Bird Club Dave and Maureen Harvey will be leading this trip. Please contact them at 410-795-3117. Description: Moderate walking around the lake. Meet at the parking lot […]
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 […]
Host: Baltimore Bird Club Leaders: Brent and Mary Byers, baypuffin@hotmail.com or 410-686-7294. Description: Easy half-day walk through varied habitats for feeder birds and other songbirds, raptors, and waterfowl. Half-mile trail leads to […]
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 […]
Jonathan Irons will present “Prime Time Birding in Maryland”. Talbot County Bird Club is partnering with Pickering Creek to offer this presentation. Birding hotspots 12 months of the year, insights, […]
Montgomery County Birders, Birds, and Birding Over the Years. Michael Bowen will host a panel discussion on Montgomery County birders, birds, and birding over the years. Whether you are a […]
Sonja Kolstoe will speak on “How and Why Economists Value Bird Biodiversity” Environmental goods and services provide ecosystem services (e.g. outdoor recreation, pollination, seed dispersal, etc.). However, most ecosystem services […]
Host: Baltimore Bird Club Leader: John Landers, dado1bw@aol.com, 410-292-9549. Description: We will meet in Ocean City and search for Harlequin Ducks, Common Eider, Purple Sandpipers and many other winter specialties. […]
Host Baltimore Bird Club Patterson Park Audubon Center patterson.audubon.org. Description: Join Audubon and the Maryland Zoo to explore this leafy city park. From forest to lake, a variety of bird […]
The Birder’s Guide to Maryland & DC is a project of the Maryland Ornithological Society.
MOS Mailing Address:
Maryland Ornithological Society, Inc.
Cylburn Mansion
4915 Greenspring Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21209