BALTIMORE BIRD CLUB

The Summer 2013 issue of the Baltimore Bird Club newsletter Chip Notes Our checklist of Baltimore Birds now has clickable links to species accounts for each bird found in Wikipedia and in All About Birds. The Baltimore Bird Club Spring/Summer 2013 Schedule The Baltimore Bird Club Spring 2013 Schedule in pdf format. The Baltimore Bird Club 2012-13 Fall/Winter Program Book The 1st edition of the BBC Facebook Page.

Welcome to the home page of the Baltimore Bird Club, a chapter of the Maryland Ornithological Society. Here you will find information about the BBC, the MOS, and their activities; and links to some of the finest birding sites on the web.

Baltimore Bird Club Information

• 2012-13 Schedule of Club activities.
• The Summer 2013 issue of CHIP NOTES, the BBC's newsletter. For earlier issues see the Chip Notes Back Issues
• Youth Birding -- read about the BBC's Youth Birding; visit our Youth Birding Website.
• eBird Trail Tracker for Cylburn Arboretum -- Maryland's first eBird Trail Tracker was dedicated at Cylburn Arboretum May 1, 2011. To see a list of recent bird sightings recorded on Cylburn's eBird Trail Tracker within the past seven days, click here. Learn more about eBird Trail Trackers.
• BBC Constitution and Bylaws
• The BBC Manual of Operations
• Learn more about the Baltimore Bird Club
• View or print out a membership application.
• Seasonal Sighting Records: Summer 2010
• Baltimore Bird Club Field Trip Leader Guidelines
• The BBC Field Trip Report form
• The BBC has published a Birder's Guide to Baltimore.
• See descriptions from the Guide for two favorite Baltimore sites:
  • Lake Roland
  • Cylburn Arboretum
• A checklist of Baltimore Birds
• The goal of Lights Out Baltimore! is "to make Charm City safe for migratory birds by turning out decorative lighting in the city during peak migration seasons, between the hours of 10 p.m. and 6 a.m., and to advocate for bird-safe building design that makes glass and windows visible to birds." Learn more at the Lights Out Baltimore site.
• Will proposed changes to the Migratory Bird Treaty Act regulations have any effect on the Baltimore Bird Club? See an analysis of the matter by BBC President Karen Morley at Fish and Wildlife Service Holding Migratory Bird Specimens -- Change in Regulations
• The BBC also maintains the Backyard Birding page.
• Stay abreast of plans for the environmental restoration of the South Cell of Hart-Miller Island, Maryland's premiere shorebird site.
• See photos of some BBC members at Cylburn Mansion.

Maryland and the Region

• The Home Page of the Maryland Ornithological Society
  • The Allegany & Garrett Counties' Bird Club, a Chapter of MOS
  • The Anne Arundel Bird Club, a Chapter of MOS
  • The Caroline County Bird Club, a Chapter of MOS
  • The Cecil Bird Club, an MOS chapter.
  • The Frederick Bird Club, an MOS chapter.
  • The Harford Bird Club, an MOS chapter.
  • The Howard County Bird Club, a Chapter of MOS
  • The Kent County Chapter of MOS
  • The Montgomery Bird Club, a Chapter of MOS
• From the only Maryland county on the ocean: the Worcester County Birding page.
• The home page of the Audubon Naturalist Society
• The Patterson Park Audubon Center in Baltimore
• The Home Page of the Potomac Valley Audubon Society
• Birds of North Point State Park in Baltimore County.
• The Irvine Nature Center, in Baltimore County.
• The Pickering Creek Audubon Center in Easton, Maryland.
• The Oregon Ridge Nature Center, in Baltimore County.
• A list of Maryland Birds
• The state's guide to Maryland Parks, Forests, and WMAs
• Sam Droege's essay "Maryland, Efficiency, and Birds" surveys the changes in Maryland's birdlife over the past 400 years.
• GORP's pages for Blackwater and Eastern Neck National Wildlife Refuges
• The C&O Canal Page
• The home page of the Northern Virgina Bird Club
• The Virginia Society of Ornithology
• Every Fall, hawk watchers migrate to Hawk Mountain Sanctuary

What Are Birders Talking About?

• Here are the archives of birding lists (discussion groups that communicate by email):
  • MD Birding List
  • Virginia
  • Pennsylvania
  • New Jersey
• Read the latest submissions to Rec.Birds and UK.Rec.Birdwatching

What Else Is Out There?

• The most important site:
  • Jack Siler's Birding on the Net
• Some Megasites (chock full o' birding links)
  • Denis Lepage's Birdlinks to the World; and
  • Chris Majka's Electronic Resources on Ornithology
• Find out how to attract birds to your yard and keep them coming back on the Backyard Birding Page
• Want to know about American birds? Visit the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
• There's almost too much information about American birds at the Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center -- it's not just for high plains birders. Learn about waterfowl and other birds.
• Birds, Birds, Birds -- from the Office of Migratory Bird Management

CHIP NOTES Back Issues:

Bird Fun and Games

• What is the name for a flock of ravens or teal or pheasants? Check the List of Group Names.
• See a list of Whimsical Group Names and send your creations to the list.
• Test your birding skills by taking the Patuxent Bird Quiz
• Virtual flocks are featured on Craig Reynolds's Boids page.

Enough with the Birds, Already

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