Program: The Sometimes Irreverent Bird Musings of a General Natural History Educator. Peter Martin, a coastal Massachusetts native, has been on an eventful journey since earning a B.S. in Wildlife Biology from the University of Vermont to spending 22 years at the Maryland Zoo at Baltimore as Staff Naturalist, a position created specifically for him. […]

Program: Rhythms of the Night: Using Bats as Monitors of Pollution in Baltimore City. Bats use high frequency pulses, called echolocation to learn more about their environment. From hunting, navigation and communication, this secret language is incredibly important to many species of bats. However, there is still much to learn about bats in urban areas […]

Program: Cuba – Culture, People and BIRDS!! Cuba has more than 354 species of birds, 27 of which are endemic (two of which are believed extinct.) Many believe the main star is the Bee Hummingbird, the smallest bird on the entire planet and found only on Cuba. Havana is the home of classic cars and […]

Gabriel Foley:  "Maryland & DC Breeding Bird Atlas 3." Gabriel Foley, a biologist and an enthusiastic birder from the prairies of Saskatchewan, Canada is currently the Coordinator for the Maryland & DC Breeding Bird Atlas 3 which is now over halfway complete! This is the third iteration of a fine-scale project mapping where the region's […]