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August 2019
Trip to Bombay Hook
Host: Anne Arundel Bird Club Contact: Dale Murphy at 410-798-6345 or murphy_dale@msn.com Description: Shore bird migration should be happening! Don’t miss this opportunity to see the returning shorebirds, including Stilt Sandpiper, White-rumped Sandpiper, and possibly Buff-breasted Sandpiper and Pectoral Sandpiper. Best time of year for American Golden Plover. American Avocets should be returning, along with both Dowitchers and Black- bellied Plover. Possible Glossy and White Ibis. Pack a lunch, and bring sunscreen and bug repellent. Meet at Bay 50…
Find out more »Birding at Patterson Park
Host: Baltimore Bird Club and Audubon. For directions or to borrow binoculars, contact Patterson Park Audubon Center at 410-558-2473 or baltimore@audubon.org. Description: Join Audubon to explore this urban oasis in Southeast Baltimore. With more than 205 species on record, the park is full of surprises. Meet at the fountain, near intersection of East Lombard St and Patterson Park Ave.
Find out more »Ocean Pelagic Trip
Host: YMOS Contact George Radcliffe (radclifg@gmail.com). Description: Overnight trip departing Lewes, DE at 10 PM. This is not a regularly scheduled trip, but a stipend for 3 students to attend is available.
Find out more »Searching for Shorebirds
Host: Talbot Bird Club Leader Vince DeSanctis (410-886-2009) Description: We will likely go where the birds are. Likely spots would be the Hurlock Turf Farm or wet fields in Dorchester or Wicomico Counties. Depart Easton Acme parking lot at 6:30 AM.
Find out more »Birding at 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.
Find out more »Trip to Bombay Hook NWR
Host: Kent County Bird Club. Contact Walter Ellison & Nancy Martin, 410-778-9568 or borealdee@gmail.com. Description: The salt marshes of Delaware Bay host large numbers of herons, shorebirds, waterfowl, gulls, and raptors, while there may be warblers and other migrants in roadside thickets. Bring lunch. Meet at Dollar General parking lot off Philosopher's Terrace, Chestertown at 8 AM.
Find out more »September 2019
Birding on Black Walnut Point, Tilghman Island
Host: Talbot Bird Club Leaders Jan Reese (410-745-2875) and/or Jeff Effinger (410-443-5016) Description: Traditional spot for migrant passerines. Meet at the north end of the Black Walnut Point parking lot. Join us when you can, leave when you want. We stay in this area and should be easy to find if you come later. Depart Easton Acme parking lot at 6:30 AM.
Find out more »Dick Smith Memorial Butterfly Walk
Host: Howard County Bird Club Leader Linda Hunt, raven10322@hotmail.com Description: 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 wet meadows and brushy hillsides. Bring close-focus binoculars to view nectaring behavior. Cancelled if raining or overcast. No facilities.
Find out more »Bird Banding at Eden Mill
Host: Harford Bird Club Contact Mark Johnson at 410-692-5978 or marksjohnson2@gmail.com if more information is desired. Description: Long time bird bander and accomplished birder and naturalist, Dr. Mark Johnson, and his able crew of volunteers will demonstrate banding and scientific data collection with actual in-hand birds. This is a great way to get close looks at birds that can be seen only from a distance or through dense leaves and branches. It is a fascinating wildlife experience for children and…
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 migration. Beginning birders welcome.
Find out more »First Wednesday at Fort McHenry
Host: Baltimore Bird Club Leader Mary Chetelat, 410-665-0769 (alternate contact Wendy Alexander, 443-204-3754). Description: Continuing a series of monthly morning surveys of bird activity at the Fort and wetland. Telescopes useful. Canceled in inclement weather. Meet outside of park front gates, and park at lot on left hand side. Park outside the main entrance gate, in lot on left, and meet at the gate.
Find out more »Birding at Wheaton Regional Park
Host: Montgomery Bird Club For more information about meeting time and place and for reservations email leaders Woody & Rae Dubois, dengue1@verizon.net Description: Join us to look for migrant warblers, vireos and flycatchers. Reservations required. Limit 10.
Find out more »Birding at Middle Patuxent Environmental Area
Host: Howard County Bird Club Leader John Harris, jaybee.harris@gmail.com or 843-592-4051 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.
Find out more »Birding at Lake Artemesia
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 Rd. and Ballew Ave. in Berwyn Heights. No reservations needed.
Find out more »Swift Watch in Downtown Salisbury
Host: Tri-County Bird Club Contact Nancy Roisum, nroisum@gmail.com or 410-845-8347 Description: Meet in front of the Wicomico County Courthouse, fifteen minutes before sunset, to watch swifts enter a roosting site through chimney at the courthouse.
Find out more »Bird Walk, Friends Delight at Sang Run
Host: Allegany/Garrett Counties Bird Club Contact Melissa Hensel at mjhensel@yahoo.com or 240-362-1086 Description: Bird walk will be led by Park Ranger. Meet at the Youghiogheny boat launch parking lot.
Find out more »Field Trip, Dolly Sods, WV
Host: Allegany/Garrett Counties Bird Club Contact Carol McDaniel at mcdanieljandc@gmail.com Description: Overnight trip to the Dolly Sods Bird Banding Station and Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge Boardwalk in Davis WV, RSVP required.
Find out more »Patuxent River Park, Jug Bay Natural Area
Host: Montgomery Bird Club Leaders Greg Kearns and Karen Fairweather. For more information, contact Marta Wagner, wagmara@yahoo.com Description: Joint trip with Audubon Naturalist Society. Three-hour pontoon boat trip on the Patuxent followed by trail walk. Search for Sora, also migrant and resident songbirds and waterbirds. Meet at park entrance gate. Bring fee of $7 per person for park program; boat trip can be cool and a bit damp. Registrations required (20-person limit). Register online at ANShome.org/adults.
Find out more »Birding at Fran Uhler Natural Area
Host: Patuxent Bird Club/PGAS Contact Bill Sefton (kiwisuits@msn.com) for more information. Description: Monthly walk. Meet at east end of Lemon’s Bridge Road, off Route 197 just north of Bowie State University. No reservations needed.
Find out more »Paddling at Jean Roberts Park
Host: Harford Bird Club Leaders are Colleen Webster (410-459-4577 or cwebster@harford.edu) and Sue Procell (443-417-4919 or procellmd@gmail.com). Description: An early morning paddle during a beautiful time of the year. The actual course will be determined by wind, current strength and what birds are being seen and where.
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Maryland Ornithological Society, Inc.
PO Box 105
Monrovia, MD 21770-0105
