Calendar

Update as of March 26, 2024

The Patuxent Bird Club and Prince George’s Audubon Society host joint monthly meetings with guest speakers from September through June.Meetings are on the second Tuesday evening of the month. Scroll down to see the meeting schedule. 

We are currently holding meetings online through the Zoom platform because of the ongoing Covid situation. Meetings are free and open to the public. Members of Patuxent Bird Club will receive an email containing the Zoom link for each meeting. Members of the public can check the MOS calendar for instructions on obtaining the link.

If you are not familiar with Zoom, please see the article on using Zoom in the September-October 2020 Patuxent Bird Club Newsletter. You can join a bird club Zoom meeting with downloading any software or setting up a Zoom account. See instructions on joining a Zoom meeting without an account. On the other hand, if you wish, you can download the free Zoom app to your computer, tablet or smartphone, and set up a free personal Zoom account. Either way, there is no cost to you to participate in the bird club meetings on Zoom. 

Scroll down for details about upcoming meetings.

In-person meetings have usually been held at the Operations Building at the historic College Park Airport, 2nd Floor, 1909 Corporal Frank Scott Drive, College Park, MD 20740 (click for map and directions. We will resume in-person meetings as soon as the board deems it safe to do so with respect to Covid.

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Upcoming Meetings with Guest Speakers

Tuesday, April 8, 7:30 pm – Zoom opens at at 7:00 pm for informal social time before speaker 
Canceled
 

Click here to obtain Zoom link

This meeting has been canceled since many members will be out of town for the eclipse.

 

Tuesday, May 14, 7:30 pm – Zoom opens at at 7:00 pm for informal social time before the speaker

Offshore wind power generation in Maryland.

Presented by David Wilson

Join Dave Wilson, who will give an overview of his business Delmarva Birding Weekends, and detail the timing, clean energy, and wildlife effects of offshore wind in Maryland in his capacity as the Maryland Development Manager for US Wind. Delmarva Birding Weekends is enjoying its 27th year.

A longtime resident of Worcester County, he has spent 28 years building bipartisan relationships with both businesses and the conservation community to restore the coastal bays watershed and protect and restore wildlife habitat. From 1997-2015, he served as both public outreach coordinator and later as executive director of the Maryland Coastal Bays Program.

Wilson is the Breeding Bird Atlas Coordinator for Worcester County, the former president of the Maryland Bird Conservation Partnership Board, the vice president of the Focus Conservation Fund board, and a member of the Maryland Sea Grant External Advisory Board with the state’s top environmental leaders. He holds a BS from Penn State University and an MA from Boston College. He lives just outside of Berlin with his wife, Dr. Keota Silaphone, who teaches in the Geography Department at Salisbury University.

Zoom link here. 

Tuesday, June 11, 7:30 pm – Zoom opens at at 7:00 pm for informal social time before photo presentations. 
Annual Members Night.

Members of Patuxent Bird Club and PGAS will share their photos of birds and birding. This is our annual Members’ Night, when bird club members share their photos of birds and birding. Members will tell tales to accompany their photos. 

Special note to photographers: If you wish to share your photos during the meeting, you must personally participate in the meeting and show your photos yourself. Plan to share up to ten photos, saying a few words about each photo. If you wish to show photos, please send an email to David Mozurkewich (mozurk_at verizon net)  no later than Saturday, June 15 so that there is time to arrange the agenda and to have a practice session for sharing your photos over Zoom.
 

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Upcoming Bird Walks, Field Trips, and Other Activities

  • Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, south tract – first Saturday of each month: April 6, May 4, June 1, July 6, August 3, Spetember 7, Leader: Bill Sefton. Meet at the parking area near the visitor center.  These walks will return to FUNA when access to the horse pen area reopens.  Meet at 7:30 am. 
  • Governor Bridge Natural Area – third Saturday of each month: April 20, May 18,  June 15, July 20, August 17, September 21. Leader: Bill Sefton. Meet at the parking area off Governor Bridge Road, south and east of the Route 301/Route 3/Route 50 interchange at 7:30 am. Click link for directions and maps.
  • Lake Artemesia Natural Area – NOTE NEW TIMES.  First and third Thursdays of each month: May 2, May 16, June 6, June 20, July 4, July 18, August 1, August 15, September 5, September 19. The walks are led by Terry Watson and Marc Manheimer on an alternating basis. Meet at the parking lot at the corner of Ballew Avenue and Berwyn Road in Berwyn Heights. The start time is 5 pm from May through September.
 

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