Host: Allegany/Garrett Bird Club Description: Hawk Watch at Dan’s Rock Overlook with Rocky Gap State Park Ranger Samantha Dixon. Try out your hawk identification skills by joining Rocky Gap State Park Ranger Samantha Dixon at the Dan’s Rock Overlook if it is not raining.
Host: Howard County Bird Club Leader Bonnie Ott, sparrowdamsel@gmail.com Description: Flyovers/Hawk Watch (stationary at Robbins Skywatch with short optional walks.) Meet at the Montjoy Barn.
Host: Baltimore Bird Club. Leader: Dave Votta, dgvotta85@gmail.com. Description: Part of a series of weekly Tuesday morning walks to follow the progress of fall migration. This park has a variety of habitats, including fields, stream-side woods, and hillside forest. Expect a variety of migrant and resident birds. Beginning birders welcome.
Host: Baltimore Bird Club. Speaker: Matt Felperin. Description: Matt Felperin is a D.C. area local, raised in Takoma Park, MD, and the Roving Naturalist with NOVA Parks, the regional park system of Northern Virginia. In January 2022, Matt was lucky enough to be gifted a spot for a guided birding tour of Puerto Rico. Due […]
Host: Baltimore Bird Club. Leader: Mary Chetelat, 443-564-6551. Description: Continuing survey of bird activity at the Fort. Binoculars required. A telescope can be useful for distance viewing. General grounds include the paved Seawall Trail. Meet in the large grassy unpaved roped-off parking lot to the left of the gate. An online National Aquarium release form […]
Host: Patuxent Bird Club & PGAS. Description: Two-mile walk around lake on paved path; wheelchair-accessible. Families welcome. Meet at parking area at corner of Berwyn Rd. and Ballew Ave. in Berwyn Heights. No reservations needed.Leader varies. Leader may require mask for unvaccinated people. For more information, see PGAS Meetup site at https://www.meetup.com/Prince-Georges-Audubon-Society/
Dennis Coskren will speak on “Maryland’s Himalayas” – how habitats are influenced by the geology of an area
Host: Howard County Bird Club Leader Bonnie Ott, sparrowdamsel@gmail.com Description: Biodiversity Walk – focus on spiders. Meet at the Montjoy Barn.
Host: Baltimore Bird Club. Leaders: Peter Lev, Libby Errickson, and Alyssia Church, plev@comcast.net, elizabth.errickson@gmail.com, alyssia.church@gmail.com. Description: Baltimore Bird Club will participate for the first time in The Big Sit, a national event to see or hear as many birds as possible from within a 17-foot diameter circle. The location is North Point State Park, near […]
Host: Talbot Bird Club Leader: Dave Burgevin (301-788-0916 or dburgevin@gmail.com) Description: Falcons/migrants All day trip, return to Easton by 4:00. Bring lunch, drinks, bug spray, sun screen, etc. Depart: Easton Acme parking lot at 6:00 am or meet at Assateague State Park Parking Area (GPS 38.2384, -75.1387) at 8:00 am.
Host: Frederick Bird Club Contact David Smith 443-995-4108 or lacsmith12@comcast.net Description: Friendly competition with Audubon Society of Central Maryland during fall migration to see how many species we can identify. Event will be either October 8 or 9 depending on weather.
Host: Anne Arundel Bird Club Contact Alan Young alanmyoung@gmail.com, 410-913-8300
Host: YMOS Contact: George Radcliffe, radclifg@gmail.com, 410-463-1669) Description: Hawkwatch, Seawatch, and Marsh Exploration, Higbee Beach to Avalon
Host: Caroline County Bird Club Description: Location: Adkins Arboretum’s Wetlands Overlook near the Visitors Center. Will run from 7:30 am to early evening for some owling. Dress comfortably, bring your binoculars, a chair to sit on, food and drink. We will consider this our monthly meeting for October and hold a brief business meeting – […]
Host: Baltimore Bird Club. Leader: Nico Sarbanes, nasarbanes@yahoo.com. Description: A Baltimore County park at the mouth of Back River, Rocky Point is less-birded than nearby North Point State Park. And yet, the eBird list is 175 species and climbing. A wide variety of waterbirds and land birds could turn up at this fall migration hotspot.
Host: Howard County Bird Club Leader Bonnie Ott, sparrowdamsel@gmail.com Description: Biodiversity walk – focus on native sparrows and fall warblers. Meet at the Montjoy Barn.
Guest speaker TBA. Meeting will be on Zoom. For Zoom link, go to: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1bz1SzxtYdRJx5m6xkrdmC1Jbrl6a6PqlOqhf0wXQ1VQ/edit?usp=sharing
Host: Baltimore Bird Club. Description: While only authorized board members have a vote, any club member is welcome to attend and participate in discussions. Contact any club officer or board member for details.
Guest speaker TBA. Meeting will be on Zoom. For Zoom link, go to: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/119httnwl_bthAnmO4eotxjDlTqAXOXU09LmOBHtkPas/edit?usp=sharing
Our guest speakers will be Matt Whitbeck and Ron Ketter. Their presentation is titled “South Africa: From the Karoo to the Marion Islands” about their trip to South Africa, including a 2500 mile, 7-day pelagic trip to the Prince Edwards Islands. Business meeting will follow.
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