Host: Baltimore Bird Club. Leaders: Brent and Mary Byers, baypuffin@hotmail.com or 410-686-7294. Description: Varied habitats including marsh, woods, and beach. Expect to see Little Blue and other herons, songbirds, and raptors. Trails are level but unpaved. Boots advised if we have had a lot of rain. The entrance fee is $4 per car unless you […]
Host: Howard County Bird Club Leader Mary Lou Clark, doctorfx_99@yahoo.com. Description: Moderate walking through the woods and fields of our largest county park looking for migrants. Paths may be muddy. Facilities available. Meet in parking lot on the left just past the restored schoolhouse. The park gate is just beyond Rockburn Elementary School.
Host: Harford Bird Club Description: Enjoy classic picnic foods with your fellow club members at the pavilion of the Eden Mill Nature Center overlooking the beautiful Deer Creek Valley and waterfalls at the mill. Due to COVID concerns bring your own lunch and drink. Paper and plasticware will be provided. Weather permitting, a bird walk […]
Host: Talbot Bird Club Leader: Susan Henyon (240-682-3882 or suehenyon@rocketmail.com) Description: Shorebirds, swallows, ducks. Depart: Easton Acme parking lot at 6:30 a.m.
Host: Anne Arundel Bird Club Contact Alan Young alanmyoung@gmail.com, 410-913-8300
Host: A/G Bird Club Point person is Melissa Hensel Description: Hike the trail shaded by a variety of trees, looking for resident or migrating forest birds and warblers. Meet at 8:00 am at the lower parking lot by the stadium. To register or if you have questions contact westernmdbirdclub@gmail.com.
Host: Howard County Bird Club Leader – Linda Hunt, raven10322@hotmail.com and/or Kevin Heffernan, kjheff122@gmail.com. Description: Corrected time. Enjoy searching for late-summer butterflies with instruction on their identification. Easy walking on mowed paths around the community garden plots and Elkhorn meadow. We will continue on paved paths and mowed areas near the right-of-way alongside open, flowery […]
Host: Harford Bird Club Leader is Susan Hood (410-937-7552; susanjhood@comcast.net). Description: Stroll a portion of this popular trail, walking from Annie’s Playground towards Tollgate Road in search of early migrants and local residents. The diverse habitats along the way promise a good variety of species. Meet at the parking lot near Annie’s Playground on Smith […]
Host: Baltimore Bird Club. Speaker: Brad Balliett. Description: From Vivaldi and Beethoven to Messiaen and the Beatles, composers are naturally drawn to birdsong as a source of inspiration and material for an array of masterpieces. Composer Brad Balliett will give a brief history of birdsong and music, and share some current techniques for how composers […]
Host: Howard County Bird Club Leader Bonnie Ott, sparrowdamsel@gmail.com Description: Biodiversity Walk – focus on caterpillars. Meet at the Montjoy Barn.
Program TBA
Douglas E Gill, PhD will speak on “Restoring grassland habitat in Maryland for grassland birds”
Host: Frederick Bird Club Leader: Lois Kauffman, 301-845-6690 or md.pa.birding@gmail.com Description: Early fall migrants. Contact leader for meeting time and location.
Host: YMOS Contact: George Radcliffe, radclifg@gmail.com, 410-463-1669) Description: All Day team competition during fall migration
Host: Talbot Bird Club Leader: Lisa Sargeant (978 697-0135 or sargeant76@gmail.com) Description: Waders/Early Migrants. Breakfast provided by Lisa Sargeant. Depart: Easton Acme parking lot at 6:30 am or meet at Lowes Wharf (GPS 38.7658, -76.3277).
Host: Montgomery Bird Club LEADER: Cheryl Hogue at cheryl.hogue@gmail.com. Martha Morris will co-lead. Description: On this walk, aimed at new birders but open to all, we will spend a morning exploring Wheaton RP (accessible by Metrobuses Y2 and Y8). Starting at 7:30 a.m, we will use our eyes and ears to identify forest birds, likely […]
Host: Allegany/Garret Bird Club Point person is Melissa Hensel To register or if you have questions contact westernmdbirdclub@gmail.com. Description: The walk is being held prior to the MD Ornithological Society Meeting being held in the Continuing Education building. Meet in the parking area behind the Continuing Ed building near the walking trail.
Host: Caroline County Bird Club Please register. https://adkins.donorshops.com/product/BIRD-MIGRATION-9-10-2022/bird-migration-walk-with-wayne-bell-september-10 . Description: We will be joining the annual Adkins Arboretum Fall Bird Migration Walk lead by Wayne Bell 8 am – 10 am. Members of Adkins Arboretum and Caroline County residents free. Others just $5. A brief Club meeting will be held following the walk.
Host: Baltimore Bird Club. Leader: Kim Tomko, 443-414-8034 or ktomkat@gmail.com. Description: This urban park in Northeast Baltimore is an oasis for many migrating and resident bird species. Easy walking on mostly flat, paved paths. Habitats include open fields, edge habitats, wooded areas, and Herring Run itself. RSVP required.
MOS Board Meeting
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