Caroline County Bird Club's upcoming schedule

Wednesday, February 20 –Movie. “Nova’s Bird Brain: Discover the Intelligence of Birds”

7:30 PM, Caroline County Public Library, 100 Market St., Denton.

Thursday, March 21 – Program: Andi Pupke, Education/Outreach Director of Chesapeake Wildlife Heritage, presenter.  “CWH’s Tagging & Research of Monarch Butterfly Migration”.

7:30 PM, Caroline County Public Library, 100 Market St., Denton.

April TBA – Project Clean Stream 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

Thursday, April 18 –  Program.  Janice Ward, Lower Eastern Shore Coordinator, MD Bluebird Society, presenter.  “Beautiful  Bluebirds”.

7:30 PM, Caroline County Public Library, 100 Market St., Denton.

Sunday, May 5 – Bird Trip to Killens Pond State Park.  Meet at the Visitor’s Center at 8 am.  There is an $8 entrance fee per car, so car-pooling is advised.

Killens Pond State Park is located at 5025 Killens Pond Road, Felton, DE 19943.

Saturday, May 11 – Caroline May Bird Count.  Contact Debby Bennett at 410-829-4952 or dabennett1996@gmail.com for more information.

Thursday, May 16 –  Program. Danny Poet, presenter.  “The Best of Danny Poet, Nature Photographer.”

7:30 PM, Caroline County Public Library, 100 Market St., Denton.

Please join us!

All our programs are free and open to the public.

 

Caroline County Bird Club meeting Thursday, January 17, 2019 presents "What do Birds Eat?: Biodiversity for Birds"

Come join us  Thursday, January 17 – 

  7:30 PM, Caroline County Public Library, 100 Market St., Denton.

 Our guest presenter will be Ashley Kennedy, a PhD student, Tallamy Lab, Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology, U. of Delaware.   Her presentation is  “What Do Birds Eat?:  Biodiversity for Birds .”

This is part of an exciting, ongoing research project, which needs citizen scientists to help.

More information at http://rockies.audubon.org/get-involved/what-do-birds-eat-help-us-find-out

All our activities are free and open to the public.

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Caroline County Bird Club is the winner of the 2018 Big Sit! Golden Bird Prize fromn Swarovski Optik

The Caroline County Bird Club was selected as the winner of the 2018 Big Sit! Golden Bird Prize from Swarovski Optik.  The award is a $500 check from Swarovski to put toward the conservation project/program of the Club’s choice.

The Big Sit! is an annual, international, noncompetitive birding event hosted by Bird Watcher's Digest.   The Big Sit! is like a Big Day or a bird-a-thon in that the object is to tally as many bird species as can be seen or heard within 24 hours within an area 17 feet in diameter. Bird Club members are stationed there from dusk to sunset tallying as many bird species that can be seen or heard.  Caroline County Bird Club’s 2018 Big Sit! was held at the Adkins Arboretum’s Wetlands Overlook near the Visitors Center.

The Golden Bird species (chosen at random from among all species seen by U.S. Big Sit teams) was the black-and-white warbler. All circles in the U.S. that saw the black-and-white warbler were entered into a hat at the winter meeting of the New Haven Bird Club in Connecticut (owners of the Big Sit! trademark).

The Caroline County Bird Club is a chapter of the Maryland Ornithological Society.  The Club plans to use this prize money to work on some local projects, which are still in the planning stage.  One project would be to work on upgrading the trails of the MOS Myrtle Simon Pelot Sanctuary, located near Greensboro. Another is to continue support of the Youth MOS Club.  The YMOS was established to make the world of birds accessible to school age youth, facilitating communication among youth birders throughout Maryland, providing opportunities for young birders to get started in birding and to help develop their skills, and to provide educators with resources and opportunities to implement programs.