Host: Baltimore Bird Club. Leader: 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 updates. […]
Host: Baltimore Bird Club Leader: Daisy Sudano, dsudanotrainings@yahoo.com, 443–416-9867. Description: We will be visiting Slaughter Beach, Delaware and make some stops along the shoreline on our drive along Bay Avenue and Slaughter Beach. More than 130 species of birds, fish, shellfish, and other animals can be found in the surrounding estuary habitat. Meet at Coppermine […]
Host: Baltimore Bird Club. Leaders: Kim Tomko and Matt Lince, 443-324-0907 or mdlince@comcast.net Description: This urban park in Northeast Baltimore is an oasis for many species of migrating and resident birds. Easy walking, on mostly flat, paved paths. Habitats include open fields, edge habitat, wooded areas, and Herring Run itself. Be prepared: Masks and Social […]
Host: Kent County Bird Club If you have questions, please contact the trip leaders, Walter Ellison and Nancy Martin, 410-778-9568, birdclub.kentcountymd@gmail.com or borealdee@gmail.com Description: The annual May gathering of northbound shorebirds including large numbers of Red Knots and Ruddy Turnstones in bright breeding dress, feeding on horseshoe crab eggs along the shores of Delaware Bay […]
Host: Baltimore Bird Club. Leader: Ron Davis, ronldavis1963@gmail.com, 410–821-1297. Description: Continuing series of weekly walks following the progress of spring migration in Lake Roland’s varied habitats. Meet at the Light Rail Parking Lot (Boardwalk entrance to the park). Check with leader if weather is extreme (rain, wind). Participants must sign a Covid-19 waiver. Masks and […]
South African Birds by Josh Engel Josh is the founder and chief guide for Red Hill Birding. He grew up birding in the suburbs of Chicago and knew from a young age that birding and travel would factor heavily in his future. After spending a semester studying abroad in Ecuador as an undergrad, he knew […]
Melissa Boyle Acuti will speak on “Tiny Travelers: Saw-whet Owls of Maryland” Did you know that Maryland’s smallest owl, the Northern Saw-whet Owl, weighs less than a bar of soap, yet travels thousands of miles over its lifetime? Each fall, these tiny travelers pass through Maryland during their annual migrations. Scientists are now learning much […]
Host: Baltimore Bird Club. Leader: Joe Corcoran, corcoran2921@gmail.com, 667-231-6453. Description: Meet at Nursery Road Park-n-Ride 6:45 am to meet with leader before crossing Bay Bridge. For a wide variety of migrating shorebirds. Possible Turnstones, Sanderlings, breeding plumage Red Knots. Marsh Wrens, Seaside Sparrows, Blue Grosbeaks. Purple Martins and Tree Swallows at their colonies, and Night-herons […]
Host: Harford Bird Club Leader is Gabby Ross (gabbycammarata@gmail.com; 410-688-1578). Description: Between the presence of numerous migrant visitors as well as resident species, birding is always good at Susquehanna State Park. The focus of this trip will be on late migrant arrivals. Meet at the Mill parking lot at 7:30 AM.
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 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.
Host: Kent County Bird Club If you have questions, please contact the trip leaders, Walter Ellison and Nancy Martin, 410-778-9568, birdclub.kentcountymd@gmail.com or borealdee@gmail.com Description: Meet at the Tundra Swan Boardwalk, Eastern Neck NWR. Spend the morning exploring several of the Refuge’s trails and overlooks, looking for a variety of breeding species and late migrants, from […]
Host: Baltimore Bird Club. Leader: Sam Tillman, sam.tillman@gmail.com, 443-844-5917 Description: Cromwell Valley Park offers a varied habitat with many possibilities especially during Spring migration, and is one of the best all-round places to see birds in Baltimore County. There are also a variety of interesting structures on the property, including an old lime kiln, with […]
Host: Baltimore Bird Club. Leader: Joe Corcoran, corcoran2921@gmail.com, 667-231-6453. Description: Continuing series of weekly walks following the progress of spring migration in Lake Roland’s varied habitats. Meet at the Light Rail Parking Lot (Boardwalk entrance to the park). Check with leader if weather is extreme (rain, wind). Participants must sign a Covid-19 waiver. Masks and Social […]
Learn About eBird with John Harris. John will cover how to get an eBird account, how to use eBird to explore bird sightings, and how to enter your bird observations. He will also provide details about how to enter breeding-codes for the Maryland-DC Breeding Bird Atlas 3 project. John is well-versed with using eBird and […]
Host: Baltimore Bird Club. Leader: Joe Corcoran, corcoran2921@gmail.com, 667-231-6453. Description: We’ll look for breeding warblers, vireos and flycatchers on territory. We will be walking the portion that runs adjacent to the river, about 1 mile each way. Trail is unpaved, and can be narrow and uneven in places. Cancelled if raining. RSVP to leader Required. […]
Host: Baltimore Bird Club. Patterson Park Audubon Center-patterson.audubon.org. Description: Join Audubon to 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.
Host: Caroline Bird Club Leader Debby Bennett, dabennett1996@gmail.com Description: Good for beginners learning to identify birds and breeding bird behavior. Dress appropriately and bring binoculars if you have them.
Host: Carroll County Bird Club For more details or to RSVP contact Matthew Hodgdon at 301 703 0657 or mhodgdon@msn.com. Description: Come and enjoy a pleasant walk while bird watching in the park. The park has a lot of open fields, four ponds and tree lines. We hope to see sparrows, swallows and Horned Larks. […]
Host: Harford Bird Club Leaders Colleen Webster (cwebster@harford.edu; 410-459-4577) and Sue Procell (procellmd@gmail.com; 443-417-4919) Description: The beautiful peninsula is surrounded by the pristine and well protected Mill Creek, the larger and historic Furnace Bay and the expansive Susquehanna Flats. Eagles and Osprey are almost always seen; passerines are common in the surrounding trees; waders and […]
Host: Harford Bird Club Leader is Dennis Kirkwood (newarkfarms@gmail.com or 410-692-5905). Description: Meet at 7:00 AM in the parking lot at the northern end of Madonna Rd. where it crosses Deer Creek. Parking space is limited. The trip will proceed from there to the aptly named Hidden Valley area with its sparkling stream which runs […]
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