Caroline County Bird Club's 2025 Winter - Spring Schedule
All events are free and open to the public!
The oldest Eastern Shore chapter of Maryland Ornithological Society Established in 1951
Caroline County Bird Club's 2025 Winter - Spring Schedule
All events are free and open to the public!
We are looking forward to a fun Fall of 2024 - please join us! And keep checking back for updates -
Officers:
Debby Bennett, President
Danny Poet, Vice President
Valerie Taylor, Secretary
Robin Lahnemann, Treasurer
If you would like to become a member or need to renew, the Maryland Ornithological Society’s dues plus our $5 local dues are: Individual $25.00; Household $30.00. With your membership, you will also receive the MOS newsletter, THE YELLOWTHROAT. For those age 18 or younger, the cost is only $10.00. You can register or renew your membership online at the MOS website https://mdbirds.org/join/. At the website, you will be able to choose the Caroline County Chapter as your local chapter.
Saturday, August 24, 2024: Pot Luck and Bird Walk at Camp Mardela, 10:30 am – 1:30 pm.301 Deep Shore Road, Denton (just before you get to Martinak State Park).
The pavilion is on the left hand side as you are going down the lane before you get to the
main campus area. Club Treasurer Robin Lahnemann will be prepared to take membership payments for
the year for those who don’t want to pay online.
Saturday, Sept 14, 2024. Bird Walk at North County Regional Park. Leader: Danny Poet.
Meet at the parking lot at the end of drive at 8 am. Address: 14267 Greensboro Road, Greensboro, MD
Saturday, Sept 21, 2024. Fall Bird Count. Coordinator: Debby Bennett at dabennett1996@gmail.com.
Sunday, Sept 29 2024 Field Trip. Bird Banding observation at Foreman’s Branch Bird Observatory.
8:00 AM. Great for people of all ages. To register and for directions, contact Debby Bennett
at dabennett1996@gmail.com. (Rain date: Sunday, Oct 6.)
Sunday, Oct 13, 2024. Caroline’s Big SitLocation: Adkins Arboretum’s Wetlands Overlook near the Visitors Center. Will run from 7:30 am
to early evening for some owling. Dress comfortably, bring your binoculars, a chair to sit on, food and drink.
Saturday, Oct 19, 2024. Program. 9 am Presenter: Dona Sorce, Delmarva Wild Ones. https://wildones.org/about/ Mission: Wild Ones promotes native landscapes through education, advocacy and collaborative action.
Location: Wharves of Choptank Visitor & Heritage Center, 3 Crouse Park Lane, Denton, MD.
Sat, Nov 2, 2024. Bird Walk at Lynch Preserve, Two Johns. Leader: Robin Lahnemann & Friend8 am Park/meet at the end of Robins Creek Road, Preston, MD. For more Map and parking
go to https://visitcaroline.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Lynch-Map-Trails-and-Parking.pdf
Saturday, Nov 16, 2024. Program. 9 am. Presenters Julie O'Donnell and Wayne Bell, "A Birding Trip
to Ecuador."
Location: Wharves of Choptank Visitor & Heritage Center, 3 Crouse Park Lane, Denton, MD
Friday, Nov 22 - Sunday, Nov 24, 2024. MOS 76th annual convention at the Grand Hotel in
Ocean City, Worcester County, Maryland. For more information, go to https://www.mosconvention.org/
Saturday, Dec 14, 2024 Christmas Bird Count. Coordinator: Debby Bennett. dabennett1996@gmail.com
For more information about birding and the Caroline County Bird Club, go to: http://carolinebirdclubmos.blogspot.com
And don't forget to visit our Facebook page and Like us! Just go to Caroline County Bird Club!
Caroline County Bird Club's Winter-Spring 2024 Schedule
Keep checking back for updates!
CANCELLED due to inclement weather - Saturday, January 20, 2024 – Program. 9 am – 11 am. Member’s favorite bird photos.Location: Wharves of Choptank Visitor & Heritage Center, 3 Crouse Park Lane, Denton, MDFriday, February 16 - 19, 2024 - The Great Backyard Bird Count. How to participate: https://www.birdcount.org/participate/
CANCELLED due to inclement weather Saturday, February 17, 2024 – Program. 9 am – 11 am. Gabriel Foley, MD State Breeding Bird Atlas Coordinator will provide an update and help us strategize for our final year in Caroline County. Location: Wharves of Choptank Visitor & Heritage Center, 3 Crouse Park Lane, Denton, MD
Saturday, February 24, 2024 - Clean-up day at Pelot Sanctuary. Meet at the Sanctuary 9 am. Wear proper clothing and work gloves and if you can, bring some trash bags. Sanctuary information and directions: http://www.mdbirds.org/sanctuary/trails.html
Sunday, March 3, 2024 – Bird Walk. North County Regional Park. Leaders: Robin Lahnemann & Danny Poet. Meet at parking lot at end of drive at 8 am. Address: 14267 Greensboro Road, Greensboro, MDSaturday, March 16, 2024 – Program. Rescheduled from January 20: Member’s favorite bird photos 9 am – 11 am.Location: Wharves of Choptank Visitor & Heritage Center, 3 Crouse Park Lane, Denton, MDSaturday, April 6, 2024 – Bird Walk. Mill Stream Creek. Leader: Priscilla Mileski & FriendsExtra bonus: Tour of Priscilla’s Happy Lady Aviary after bird walk for those interested.Meet at 8 am. Directions: Millstream Park, 410 South Liberty Street, Centreville, MD.Take MD 213 to Centreville. Turn into park entrance. Pricilla will meet us at the parking lot located right as you enter the park.Saturday, April 20, 2024– Program. Caroline Career & Technology Center’s Advanced Manufacturing Professionals (AMP) Students’ presentation on this year’s nesting boxes they designed and built. Teacher: Keith Hale. 9 am – 11 amLocation: Wharves of Choptank Visitor & Heritage Center, 3 Crouse Park Lane, Denton, MDSaturday, April 27, 2024 – Project Clean Stream/Earth Day clean-up day at Pelot Sanctuary. Meet at the Sanctuary 9 am. Wear proper clothing and work gloves and if you can, bring some trash bags. Sanctuary information and directions: http://www.mdbirds.org/sanctuary/trails.htmlSaturday, May 4, 2024. Field Trip to Chesapeake Environmental Center, 600 Discovery LaneGrasonville, MD 21638. Meet at 9 am at the parking lot. Leader: Danny Poet.Saturday, May 11, 2024 – Caroline May Bird Count . Go to our website or Facebook page for more information. Debby Bennett will also send out information.Saturday, May 18, 2024 – Program: Gabriel Foley, MD State Breeding Bird Atlas Coordinator and Rich Downs. Update and plans for Year 5 of our MD & D.C. Breeding Atlas work in Caroline County.9 am – 11 am.Location: Wharves of Choptank Visitor & Heritage Center, 3 Crouse Park Lane, Denton, MD
Please join us. All our events are free and open to the public!
Please note that we will be meeting the third Saturday morning of the month January - May 2023 at the Wharves of Choptank Visitor & Heritage Center, 3 Crouse Park Lane, Denton, MD.
All our events are free and open to the public!
NOTE revisions
Please note that our Fall 2022 meetings have been moved from the third Thursday evening of the month. Meetings will be combined with a bird walk or program at different locations, mostly on the 2nd Saturday morning of the month. We are hoping this works better with people’s schedules and believe it will be more fun!
All our events are free and open to the public, except the Adkins Arboretum event we are joining.
If at all possible, please register or renew your membership online at the MOS website https://mdbirds.org/join/. At the website, you will be able to choose the Caroline County Chapter as your local chapter.
A paper form is also available to fill out and mail in your dues to the MOS Treasurer.
The Caroline County Bird Club needs to find an alternate meeting location for Sept 2022 - May 2023 due to renovations at the Caroline County Public Library, Denton.
We are taking the opportunity to try Saturday mornings and a variety of locations.
As soon as the fall schedule is set, it will be posted here.
If you are interested in assisting with the Breeding Bird Atlas project, please contact Rich Downs at richdowns@gmail.com.
Have a great summer of birding!