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August 2018
Governor Bridge Natural Area
Host: Patuxent Bird Club/PGAS. Leader/Contact: For more information contact Bill Sefton, kiwisuits@msn.com. Description: Monthly walk. No reservations needed. Meet at the Natural Area parking lot on the S side of Governor Bridge Rd, 1 mile E of Rt 301.
Find out more »Community Outreach at Mount Harmon Lotus Blossom Festival
Host: Cecil Bird Club. Description: We will have a table in the main tent at the most beautiful festival in Cecil County. Please stop by to see which birds we’re spotting. The day will include a short field trip in the afternoon. Details at mountharmon.org/plantation-events- 2/#Lotus
Find out more »Cromwell Valley Park
Host: Baltimore Bird Club. Leader: TBA. Description: First in a series of weekly morning walks to follow the progress of Fall migration. Expect a variety of migrant and resident birds. Meet at the "Willow Grove Farm" entrance. Follow entrance road, cross a small bridge, and park in lot on left.
Find out more »September 2018
Turkey Point
Host: Cecil Bird Club. Leader: Sean “Bird Dog” McCandless, seanmccandless1@gmail.com. Description: Join us for the traditional kick-off for fall migration at Turkey Point. Walk through the woods and fields for migrant songbirds, including early warblers. Be prepared for a round-trip hike to the Point, a distance of about two miles. The pace will be leisurely. Most of the walking is on a gravel road with good footing, but there are a few hilly sections. Wear comfortable shoes/boots for walking. Bring…
Find out more »Fran Uhler Natural Area Birding
Host: Patuxent Bird Club/PGAS. Contact Bill Sefton, kiwisuits@msn.com. Description: Monthly walk.
Find out more »Soldiers Delight
Host: Baltimore Bird Club Contact: Peter Lev, 410-952-9426 or plev@comcast.net. Description: We’ll look for summer residents and early migrants in Soldiers Delight’s varied habitats. Pine Warbler, Prairie Warbler, Scarlet Tanager and 3 different vireos expected. Who knows what else might show up? Bring water and bug spray.
Find out more »Kinder Farm Park
Host: Anne Arundel Bird Club Contact Alan Young, 410-991-8300 or alnmyoung@aol.com. Description: We will hike on paved paths as well as grassy and dirt paths through varied habitat. The park has four ponds, woods, and wildflower fields and we will be looking for early migrants as well as resident birds. Meet at top parking lot past the sports fields.
Find out more »Tilghman Island Birding
Host: Talbot Bird Club. Leaders Vince DeSanctis, 410-886-2009, Jeff Effinger, (410-443-5016), and/or Jan Reese (410-745-2875) Description: We will bird the Fairbanks and Black Walnut Point Road areas on Tilghman Island in search of late nesting species, plus early arriving southbound transient warblers, swallows, flycatchers, and vireos. Meet at north end of the Black Walnut Point parking lot.
Find out more »MA & PA Heritage Trail
Host: Harford Bird Club. Leader: Susan Hood, susanjhood@comcast.net or 410-937-7552. Description: Explore the southernmost segment of this popular walking trail, walking from Annie’s Playground towards Tollgate Road and back. Diverse habitat along the way promises a variety of birds. Meet at Annie’s Playground on Smith Ln off Connolly Rd in Fallston.
Find out more »Cromwell Valley Park Bird Walk
Host: Baltimore Bird Club Leader John Landers, 410-292-9549 or dado1bw@aol.com Description: Continuing a series of casual fall walks to follow the progress of fall migration. Beginning birders welcome.
Find out more »First Wednesday Walk at Fort McHenry
Host: Baltimore Bird Club Leader Mary Chetelat, 410-665-0769 Description: One of a series of morning surveys of bird activity at the Fort and wetland. Telescopes useful. Canceled in inclement weather. Park outside the main entrance gate, in lot on left, and meet at the gate.
Find out more »Birding the Middle Patuxent Environmental Area
Host: Howard County Bird Club Leader Kurt Schwarz, krschwa1@verizon.net or 410-461-1643 Description: Moderate walking through wooded trails and along the river. Great area for migrants of all species. Field edges and thickets provide sparrow habitat. If time and birds warrant, we will also do the Trotter Rd Loop. Prepare for wet grass and mud on the trails. No facilities. Meet at the Clegg Meadow off Southwind Circle, Columbia.
Find out more »Wheaton Regional Park Birding
Host: Montgomery Bird Club Description: Join us to look for migrant warblers, vireos and flycatchers. Reservations required. Limit 10. For more information about meeting time and place and for reservations email leaders Woody & Rae Dubois, dengue1@verizon.net
Find out more »Lake Artemesia Bird Walk
Host: Patuxent Bird Club/PGAS Contact David Mozurkewich, mozurk@bellAtlantic.net, for more information Description: Semi-monthly walk. Wheelchair-accessible. Meet at parking lot at intersection of Berwyn Road and Ballew Avenue in Berwyn Heights. No reservations needed.
Find out more »Birding at Poplar Island
Host: Anne Arundel Bird Club Contact Alan Young, 410-991-9300 or alnmyoung@aol.com Description: Join us as we take this great opportunity to tour this magnificent island in the Chesapeake Bay. We will board in Tilghman Island at 9 AM, returning to dock at 1 PM. The island is a magnet for migrating shore birds and home to many species. We will stop for a late lunch at Chesapeake Landing. Trip is limited to 12 participants. Meet at Bay 50 Shopping…
Find out more »Jug Bay Birding Trip
Host: Montgomery Bird Club joint trip with Audubon Naturalist Society Leaders Greg Kearns and John Bjerke. For more info, contact John at johnbjerke1@mac.com. Description: Three-hour pontoon boat trip on the Patuxent followed by trail walk. Search for Sora, also migrant and resident songbirds and waterbirds. Boat trip can be cool and a bit damp. Bring fee of $5 per person (MD residents) or $7 (VA, DC residents) for park program. Registration required (20 person limit). Register online at ANShome.org/adults.…
Find out more »Overnight Trip to Dolly Sods and Canaan Valley
Host: Allegany/Garrett Bird Club Contact leaders Joe and Carol McDaniel at mcdanieljandc@gmail.com. Description: Overnight Field Trip to Dolly Sods Bird Banding Station and the Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge Boardwalk, WV. Deadline to sign up is Sept 1.
Find out more »Garrett Island Paddle Outing
Host: Harford Bird Club Leaders Colleen Webster, cwebster@harford.edu or 410-459-4577, and Sue Procell, procellmd@gmail.com or 443-417-4919 Description: Bring your kayak, canoe, stand-up, etc. to the Jean Roberts Park in Havre de Grace where we will launch and depart for Garrett Island just off shore in the middle of the Susquehanna River. We will circle the Island looking at Osprey, Bald Eagles, Great Blue Heron and other creatures. If we are granted a permit, some walking on the island would…
Find out more »Bombay Hook Trip
Host: Talbot Bird Club Leader Charles Hopkins, 443-786-6332 Description: Always a great trip in search of migrating passerines, raptors, waders, shorebirds and possible early arriving waterfowl. Bring lunch, drinks and insect repellent. Depart Easton Acme parking lot at 6:30 AM.
Find out more »Rock Creek Park DC for Beginners
Host: Montgomery Bird Club For reservations (required) and directions call leader Wallace Kornack, 202-338-7859 Description: The focus will be on identifying migrant warblers, vireos and sparrows but we’ll also look closely at more common birds. Meet at Picnic Area 18 on Ridge Rd, ½ mile below the nature center.
Find out more »Contact Us
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Maryland Ornithological Society, Inc.
PO Box 105
Monrovia, MD 21770-0105
