Events for March 4 - February 28
Gateway Preserve and Battle Creek Cypress Swamp
Battle Creek Cypress Swamp 2880, 2800, & 2695 Grays Road, Prince Frederick, MD, United StatesSweet Air Area of Gunpowder SP
Gunpowder Falls State Park Sweet Air area 2791 Dalton Bevard Rd, Baldwin, MD, United StatesHost: Harford Bird Club Contact information (410-692-5978; marksjohnson2@gmail.com). Description: Join experienced birder, Dr. Mark Johnson, as he strolls through the rolling hills of the Sweet Air area of the Gunpowder State Park in search of migrants and breeding birds. Baltimore Orioles, Indigo Buntings, Scarlet Tanagers and various warbler species are the target birds. Meet at […]
Flag Ponds Nature Park-Saturday AM
Flag Ponds Nature Park 1525 Flag Ponds Parkway, St Leonards, MD, United StatesMonthly walk at Governor Bridge Natural Area
Governor Bridge Natural Area 7600 block of Governor Bridge Road, Bowie, MD, United StatesHost: Patuxent Bird Club & PGAS. Leader Bill Sefton (kiwisuits@msn.com). Description: Two-mile loop at natural area on the Patuxent River; fields, wet woods, brushy areas, wetlands, ponds. Natural surface trails may be wet; waterproof footwear advised. Leaders may require mask for unvaccinated people. Reservations not needed. Meet at 7:30 AM at the Natural Area parking […]
Druid Hill Park
Druid Hill Park 900 Druid Park Lake Drive, Baltimore, MD, United StatesHost: Baltimore Bird Club. Patterson Park Audubon Center. 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.
Calvert Marine Museum Walking Tour/Boat Trip-Saturday AM – $7/person
Calvert Marine Museum Walking Tour/Boat Trip 14200 Solomons Island Road, Solomons, MD, United StatesHashawha Environmental Center
Hashawha Environmental Center 300 John Owings Rd, Westminster, MD, United StatesHost: Carroll County Bird Club. For more details or to RSVP, contact Scott Hodgdon at 443-280-2480 or scotthodgdon@msn.com. Description: Come and enjoy a pleasant walk in the woods and along the stream. It is one of the hotspots for birding in the county. We will be looking for vireos, Blue-gray Gnatcatchers and flycatchers. Please meet […]
Red Knots and Horseshoe Crabs on the Delaware Bay
Port Mahon Fishing Pier Port Mahon Rd, Dover, DE, United StatesHost: Baltimore Bird Club. Leader: Mike Hudson, mike.p.hudson@gmail.com. Description: One of the great spectacles of nature in our region is the northward passage of Red Knots, Ruddy Turnstones, and other long-distance shorebird migrants. We will explore the central Delaware Bay coast, looking for migrant shorebirds and the horseshoe crabs whose eggs they rely on to […]
Flag Ponds Nature Park-Saturday PM
Flag Ponds Nature Park 1525 Flag Ponds Parkway, St Leonards, MD, United StatesCalvert Cliffs State Park-Saturday PM
Calvert Cliffs State Park 10540 H. G. Trueman Road, Lusby, MDWarriors Rest, Calvert Cliffs at Parkers Beach Fossil Walk-Saturday PM
American Chestnut Land Trust 105 Vianney Lane, MD 20678Ê, Prince Frederick, MDSeminar: Andy Wilson (Sat., 1:00-2:00 pm)
Convention – Patuxent Ballroom 55 Holiday Dr., Solomons, MD, United StatesSeminar: Melissa Boyle Acuti (Sat., 2:30-3:30 pm)
Convention – Patuxent Ballroom 55 Holiday Dr., Solomons, MD, United StatesNorth Tarra Road
MD MD, United StatesHost: Talbot Bird Club Description: Owls, chuck-wills-widows, whip-poor-wills. Carpool from Easton, Acme parking lot.
Delaware Bay Shorebirds & Horseshoe Crabs field trip
DE DE, United StatesHost: Kent County Bird Club Contact: Walter Ellison & Nancy Martin, 410-778-9568, birdclub.kentcountymd@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 is a migration spectacle. We will visit the Bay shore […]