10/11/24

Caroline County Bird Club 2025 Winter - Spring Schedule

 

Caroline County Bird Club's 2025 Winter - Spring Schedule

All events are free and open to the public!

Saturday, Jan 18, 2025. Program: 9 am.  Samantha Pitts, Community Partnerships Coordinator, Pickering Creek Audubon Center.  Update on Audubon’s Climate Watch program and on Pickering Creek Audubon Center.  Location: Wharves of Choptank Visitor & Heritage Center, 3 Crouse Park Lane, Denton, MD.

Friday, February 14 - 17, 2025: The Great Backyard Bird Count. How to participate:  https://www.birdcount.org/participate/

Saturday, Feb 15, 2025. Program.  9 am Debby Bennett and Danny Poet Presenters: Some of the “Best of L.T. Short” photo collection.  Location: Wharves of Choptank Visitor & Heritage Center, 3 Crouse Park Lane, Denton, MD.

Saturday, Feb 22, 2025: Bird Trip to Blackwater Wildlife Refuge.
Meet at Walgreen’s parking lot in Denton at 8 am to carpool, or meet at 9:30 am at the Refuge headquarters.

Saturday, March 15, 2025. Program.  9 am. Presenter: 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”.  Location: Wharves of Choptank Visitor & Heritage Center, 3 Crouse Park Lane, Denton, MD

Saturday, March 29, 2025:  Bird Walk.  Marshy Hope Boardwalk Trail.  Leader:  Robin Lahnemann and Friends.
Meet 8 am at parking lot on Veteran’s Drive.

Saturday, April 5, 2025 –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: https://mdbirds.org/conservation/refuges-sanctuaries/pelot/

Saturday, April 19, 2025. Bird Walk.  Basic Bird Walk at Tuckahoe State Park. Leaders:  Debby Bennett & Friends.
Meet at the boat ramp parking lot at 8 am.

Saturday, May 10, 2025 May Bird Count. Coordinator: Debby Bennett. dabennett1996@gmail.com

Saturday, May 17, 2025. Program.  9 am. Presenter:  TBA 
Location: Wharves of Choptank Visitor & Heritage Center, 3 Crouse Park Lane, Denton, MD

7/12/24

Caroline County Bird Club's Fall 2024 schedule

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 21, 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 

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