Host: Montgomery Bird Club LEADER: Paul Woodward at grackling@ATT.NET. Description: Tune up your ears as we listen for and learn to identify the songs and calls of migrant and local breeding birds. The trip will be geared to new birders but all are welcome. Meet at 7 a.m. at the parking lot at Hughes Hollow. […]
Annual MBC Social at Woodend Join us for our annual social at the Woodend headquarters of Nature Forward! The evening begins with a social hour at 6:00 p.m., with dinner at 7:30 p.m. Smokey Glen Farm of Gaithersburg will once again cater a delicious meal. The evening will feature our recognition of this year’s Guest […]
Host: Montgomery Bird Club Leader Scott Young at scott4aves@icloud.com. Dave Roberts will co-lead. Description: Join us as we explore this location for some early morning spring birding on the west side of Route 28 (https://rb.gy/qpdqda). We’ll bird the broad fields and separating woods, beginning at 7 a.m., hoping for warblers and sparrows, vireos, woodpeckers, and […]
Host: Montgomery Bird Club Leader Mark England at englandmark@comcast.net or 240-308-4114. Description: Half-day trip starting at the Blue Mash Nature Trail, where we will look for a variety of songbirds and other species. Then we will drive over to the adjacent Oaks Landfill to look for raptors, Blue Grosbeaks, and possible Dickcissels and Grasshopper Sparrows. Limit:10. Meet […]
Host: Montgomery Bird Club LEADER: Cheryl Hogue at cheryl.hogue@gmail.com. Description: On a morning walk, we’ll look for Cliff Swallows building mud nests beneath this bridge in the northeastern part of the county. We will also explore wooded trails on WSSC property bordering the reservoir to observe other possible breeding birds including Scarlet Tanager, flycatchers, […]
Roy Howard - Birds of Ecuador
Host: Montgomery Bird Club LEADER: Rob Hilton at rob.hilton.2010@gmail.com. Lisa Shannon will co-lead. Description: Early and mid-October can be quite productive in Wheaton Regional Park, which is often particularly good during fall migration. Warblers, vireos, thrushes, and sparrows are all possible. All are welcome, and beginners are particularly encouraged to join. We will begin at […]
Host: Montgomery Bird Club LEADER: Lauren Carey at ljcarey011@gmail.com Description: Join us for a morning of fall marsh and woodland birding. Targets are warblers, sparrows, ducks, and other fall migrants. Beginner and young birders are encouraged to join, but all are welcome. Meet at 7:30 a.m. at the Hughes Hollow parking lot. Limit: 10.
Host: Montgomery Bird Club Trip leader: Dave Powell seneca.ranger@gmail.com Description: Trip is focused on new birders and will last about two hours. No reservations are needed. We’ll start at the Zion Rd parking lot at 7:30 a.m. Information on Blue Mash can be obtained at https://birdersguidemddc.org/site/blue-mash-nature-trail/.
Host: Montgomery Bird Club LEADER: Mark England at englandmark@comcast.net or 240-308-4114. Description: Explore in carpools this now-closed landfill adjacent to the Blue Mash Nature Trail. Mostly open terrain on a gravel road, including two pond views. Possible sparrows, raptors, and waterfowl. Shorebirds are possible if there are mudflats at the big pond. Leader will have […]
Marcia Watson - MOS Sanctuaries
Host: Montgomery Bird Club MENTORS: Mark England and Becky Cromwell. You can RSVP for them here: https://tinyurl.com/YMBCFall23. If you are interested in being a mentor on a walk, please reach out to us at youth.birding@gmail.com. Description: Explore in carpools this now-closed landfill adjacent to the Blue Mash Nature Trail. Mostly open terrain on a gravel […]
Host: Montgomery Bird Club For reservations and more information contact the leader Kathy Reitz kreitz@reitzstuff.com or 240 463 0044. Deborah Hanley will co-lead. djhanley1952@yahoo.com or 202 446 7255 Description: Discover upper Rock Creek’s watershed with a variety of habitats. We will start along open fields and marshy areas next to Bowie Mill Park with the […]
Host: Montgomery Bird Club Mentors Lauren Carey and Dave Powell. You can RSVP for them here: https://tinyurl.com/YMBCFall23. If you are interested in being a mentor on a walk, please reach out to us at youth.birding@gmail.com. Description: A premier county location for migrating waterfowl. We will meet at the Visitor’s Center. The walk will cover approximately […]
Host: Montgomery Bird Club Leader Mark England at englandmark@comcast.net or 240-308-4114. Description: Morning walk through the woods. We’ll be looking for overwintering songbirds, waterfowl, and raptors. Meet at 8 a.m. in the parking lot at 8711 Snouffer School Road, Gaithersburg, Md. Limit: 12.
Host: Montgomery Bird Club Leader Jo Cox at jobird11@gmail.com Description: If you are just starting to sort out the sparrows, join us for our annual Veterans Day walk. We’ll work on ID-ing familiar species such as Song and White-throated Sparrow, while looking for less common ones like White-crowned and Swamp. This trip is geared to […]
Anne Mytych - Birds of California
Cheryl Hogue will speak on Birds of Texas
Host: Montgomery Bird Club Mentors: Andy Martin and Bob Cantilli. Description: This walk will follow an approximate 3 mile loop on grassy/natural surface areas. There is a mix of habitats with forest birds and two ponds for waterfowl. We might also get close up views of aircraft taking off and landing at the Montgomery County […]
Clive Harris will speak on Shorebird ID
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