Events for week of May 5, 2024
Monthly Walk at Quiet Waters Park
Blue Heron Center, Quiet Waters Park 600 Quiet Waters Park Road, AnnapolisWeek of Events
YMOS Birdathon
Host: YMOS Contact: George Radcliffe, radclifg@gmail.com, 410-463-1669) Description: YMOS fund-raiser for World Series of Birding as MOS members pledge per species found. Sat - Ocean City to Cambridge; Sun - Cambridge to Bay Bridge
Chesapeake Environmental Center
Host: Frederick Bird Club Leader Lois Kauffman, 301-843-6690 or md.pa.birding@gmail.com. Description: Waterfowl and shorebirds. Contact leader for meeting time and location.
Adkins Arboretum
Adkins Arboretum
Host: Talbot Bird Club Leader Ron Ketter (707-373-5532 or rgketter@gmail.com) Description: Forest Birds. Depart Easton Acme parking lot at 7 am or meet at parking area by Lake Tuckahoe at 7:30 am.
Monthly Walk at Quiet Waters Park
Monthly Walk at Quiet Waters Park
Host: Anne Arundel Bird Club Contact: Pat & Juanita Tate, 410-615-5133 or jpt8@earthlink.net
Centennial Park
Centennial Park
Host: Howard County Bird Club Leader Dave Ziolkowski, djziolkowski@yahoo.com Description: Water fowl expected, early migrant passerines possible. Easy walking around the lake on paved path. Facilities available. Meet at west end parking lot.
Family Birding: Coppermine Fieldhouse
Family Birding: Coppermine Fieldhouse
Host: Baltimore Bird Club Leader Daisy Sudano, dsudanotrainings@yahoo.com Description: St Patrick's Day Bird Hike and Green Treasure Hunt. We will meet at 1400 Coppermine Terrace. Come see if we can find any Leprechauns and their feathered friends roaming the forest of Coppermine. Maybe they left some treasure for us to find. RSVP Required.
Belmont Manor Historic Park
Belmont Manor Historic Park
Host: Howard County Bird Club Leaders Cathy Hallam and Val Swan (valnjeff55@gmail.com). Description: Beginning Birder Field Trip Question and Answer Walk. Slow pace through fields, along woods edges, and around a pond. Leaders will discuss the methods used to identify the birds in a variety of habitats. Parking lot on the right, near the barn. […]
Huntley Meadows
Huntley Meadows
Host: Anne Arundel Bird Club Leader is Stan Arnold, 410-428-7567 or thrushhost@gmail.com
Bombay Hook
Bombay Hook
Host: Talbot Bird Club Leader Dave Burgevin (301-788-0916 or dburgevin@gmail.com) Description: Waterfowl, early migrants. Leave Easton Acme parking lot at 6:30 am or meet at Visitor’s Center at 8 am.
Birding at the Hazel Outdoor Discovery Center
Birding at the Hazel Outdoor Discovery Center
Host: Tri-county Bird Club For more information contact trip leader Ellen Lawler at 410-982-8695 or emlawler534@comcast.net Description: Join us as we walk some the trails of this beautiful, 500+ acre preserve focusing on year-round and early returning songbirds. We may also see wild turkeys and endangered Delmarva fox squirrels. The trails are well groomed, but […]
Fisherman’s Wharf, Conowingo Dam
Fisherman’s Wharf, Conowingo Dam
Host: Cecil Bird Club Leader Maryanne Dolan (maryanne.dolan@gmail.com) Description: NOTE: The Conowingo Dam area and the Heritage Trail Wildlife Walk was closed in the past due to avian flu. This trip may be canceled depending on conditions. A Cecil Bird Club tradition – the Wildflower Walk, Join bird club members to view the spectacular array […]
Lapidum Boat Launch
Lapidum Boat Launch
Host: Harford Bird Club Leader is Gene Scarpulla (301-787-9362; ejscarp@comcast.net) Description: Join us for a morning scan of the river in search of lingering winter visitors, early spring arrivals and resident species. Little Gull and Black-headed Gulls are possible.
Habitat Tour: Masonville Cove
Habitat Tour: Masonville Cove
Host: Baltimore Bird Club Leader Colleen McMullen and Tim Carney of MES, tcarney@menv.com Description: Masonville Cove is a 52-acre restoration site in Curtis Bay and has also been designated as the nation's first Urban Wildlife Refuge Partnership. In addition to pointing out the wide variety of birds here, we'll also be interpreting the various restoration […]
Allegany County Waterfowl walk
Allegany County Waterfowl walk
Host: Allegany/Garrett Bird Club. Contact westernmdbirdclub@gmail.com for questions or to register. Description: Meet at the Rocky Gap State Park main beach area. We will travel to several spots at Rocky Gap to look for waterfowl then move on to the Mason Road Pond and end at the C&O Canal Terminus.