Thursday, January 20, 2022 – Program. Dan Small, Natural Lands Project Coordinator, Washington College Center for Environment & Society will present “The Natural Lands Project and Northern Bobwhite - Build it and they will come” 7:30 PM, Caroline County Public Library, 100 Market St., Denton. CANCELLED due to inclement weather.
Thursday, February 17, 2022 –Program. Steve Westre, Coordinator of the Caroline County Christmas Bird Count for decades will present highlights of our Christmas Bird Counts from 1950 - 2021 7:30 PM, Caroline County Public Library, 100 Market St., Denton and via Zoom. For a Zoom link, contact Debby Bennett at dabennett1996@gmail.com
Sunday, February 20, 2022 – Basic Bird Walk at Tuckahoe State Park. Debby Bennett, leader. Meet at the boat ramp parking lot at 8 am. Good for beginners learning to identify birds. Dress appropriately and bring binoculars and your smart phone if you have one. Our list will be included in The Great Backyard Bird Count, which will run from February 18-21, 2022. https://www.birdcount.org/participate/
Thursday, March 17, 2022 – Program. Matt Pluta, Choptank Riverkeeper and Director of Riverkeeper Programs for ShoreRivers presentation on the health of the Choptank River and other projects and news. 7:30 PM, Caroline County Public Library, 100 Market St., Denton.
Saturday, April 9, 2022 – 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 21, 2022 – Program. Chris Eberly, Executive Director of Maryland Bird Conservation Partnership. 7:30 PM, Caroline County Public Library, 100 Market St., Denton.
Saturday, April 30, 2022 – Basic Bird Walk at Camp Mardella, 301 Deep Shore Road, Denton (just before you get to Martinak State Park). Leaders: Robin Lahnemann and Debby Bennett. Park and meet by the pavilion at 8 am. The pavilion is on the left hand side as you are going down the lane before you get to the main campus area.
Sunday, May 1, 2022 – Bird walk at Conquest Waterfront Preserve. Leader: Dan Small. Meet 8 am at the equestrian parking lot (first parking area on the right when you enter the park). Directions - From points south on the Eastern Shore: Use US Route 50 to reach the Wye Mills area. Near Wye Mills, turn right to go north on MD Route 213/Centreville Road. Route 213 will bring you into Centreville in about 1.8 miles. Follow the signs to stay on Route 213 northbound through Centreville. Continue on Route 213 for another 1.9 miles, then make a left turn at the traffic light to go west and north on Spaniard Neck Road. (Spaniard Neck Road will be about 3.7 miles after leaving Route 213). In 3.0 miles, bear right to continue on Spaniard Neck Road in a northerly direction for another half-mile, then make a left (look for a green Conquest Preserve sign) to continue westerly on Spaniard Neck Road for an additional half-mile. You’ll come to a sharp left curve where Spaniard Neck Road merges onto Conquest Road, with a private farm lane straight ahead. Go around the curve and past a couple of farms to the parking area for the Preserve trailhead on the right (north) side of the road in about 0.7 miles.
Thursday, May 19, 2022 – Program: Andi Pupke, Education/Outreach Director of Chesapeake Wildlife Heritage. Program on CWH’s nesting box program where they install houses and monitor purple martins and blue bird trails for landowners, plus recommendations of some native plants for pollinators and pollinator gardens. 7:30 PM, Caroline County Public Library, 100 Market St., Denton.
