BALTIMORE BIRD CLUB

This past May during its annual convention the Maryland Ornithological Society presented the MOS Chapter Achievement Award to the Baltimore Bird Club for "its continuing involvement with the Lights Out Baltimore initiative." Three cheers for all those involved, and especially for Wendy Olsson. Please visit the Web site, where you can learn more about Lights Out Baltimore You can also read more about the award itself in the new issue of the BBC's newsletter, Chip Notes.

Baltimore Bird Club Information

• Come on along! Here's the 2009-10 Schedule of Club activities.
• The Nov/Dec 2009 issue of CHIP NOTES, the BBC's newsletter.
• CHIP NOTES Back Issues:
  | Sep 2009
  | Aug 2008 | Oct 2008 | Feb 2009 | May 2009
  | Feb 2008 | Apr 2008
  | Aug 2005 | Oct 2005 | Dec 2005 | Feb 2006 | Apr 2006
  | Aug 2004 | Oct 2004 | Dec 2004 | Feb 2005 | Apr 2005
  | Aug 2003 | Oct 2003 | Dec 2003 | Feb 2004 | Apr 2004
  | Aug 2002 | Oct 2002 | Dec 2002 | Feb 2003 | Apr 2003
  | Aug 2001 | Oct 2001 | Dec 2001 | Feb 2002 | Apr 2002
  | Aug 2000 | Oct 2000 | Dec 2000 | Feb 2001 | Apr 2001
  | Aug 1999 | Oct 1999 | Dec 1999 | Feb 2000 | Apr 2000
  | Aug 1998 | Oct 1998 | Dec 1998 | Feb 1999 | Apr 1999
  | Aug 1997 | Oct 1997 | Dec 1997 | Feb 1998 | Apr 1998
  | Aug 1996 | Oct 1996 | Dec 1996 | Feb 1997 | Apr 1997
  | Aug 1995 | Oct 1995 | Dec 1995 | Feb 1996 | Apr 1996

• Indexes for every online issue of Chip Notes, from August 1995 through the current issue:
  • Contents of each issue
  • Index by Authors
  • Index by Titles
• Learn more about the Baltimore Bird Club
• View or print out a membership application in html or pdf format.
• 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.
• 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 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 County 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 Home Page of the Potomac Valley Audubon Society
• Birds of North Point State Park in Baltimore County.
• The Irvine Nature Center, in Baltimore County.
  Classes are now being offered at the new Irvine Institute for Environmental Education
• 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
• Register your own back yard with the Maryland Ornithological Society as a Wildlife Sanctuary
• The home page of the Northern Virgina Bird Club
• The Virginia Society of Ornithology
• Maurice Barnhill's indispensable guide to Delaware birding locations.
• From Maryland's neighbor to the north: the Pennsylvania Virtual Birding Site
• 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):
  • Maryland Osprey
  • Virginia
  • Pennsylvania
  • New Jersey
  • BirdChat (USA)
• Read the latest submissions to Rec.Birds and UK.Rec.Birdwatching

What Else Is Out There?

• Some Megasites (chock full o' birding links)
  • from the United States:
    • Dan Victor's Cascadia;
    • Noel Wamer's Cyber Birding;
    • Geographical Birding Guide, originally developed by Ignaz Wanders.
  • from Canada:
    • Denis Lepage's Birdlinks to the World; and
    • Chris Majka's Electronic Resources on Ornithology
  • from Europe:
    • Willem-Per Vellinga's Birdlinks
    • Tor Ivar Bjønness's Birdbase
• Find out how to attract birds to your yard and keep them coming back on the Backyard Birding Page
• There's almost too much information about American birds at the Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center -- it's not just for high plains birders.
• The Birds! page of the National Biological Survey (NBS)
• Birds, Birds, Birds -- from the Office of Migratory Bird Management
• Birds of the Continental US and Canada
• A list of the Birds of Mexico (Spanish, Latin, and English names)
• Great starting points for bird Sights and Sounds

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

Who Dealt This Mess?