Sunday, May 12

Registration is open for the 2024 Baltimore Birding Weekend!

MORNING TRIPS

Maryland Zoo (HIKING)
Time: 8:00 – 11:00 am
Cost: $45/person; cost includes admission to the Maryland Zoo after the birding tour ends
Guides: Peter Martin & Scott Housten
Meeting Location: Maryland Zoo entrance at 1 Safari Place. Use GPS coordinates: 39.322724, -76.649751

Cedar Waxwing. Photo credit: Hugh Simmons.

This birding adventure begins in an area rarely accessed by zoo visitors or Baltimore birders: the historic Boat Lake in a quiet, closed-off area of the Maryland Zoo, which is nested in Druid Hill Park. We’ll search the trees around the lake and the forested paths of the zoo for migratory and resident species. This trip will include short hikes on occasionally steep trails on zoo property. Please note that although we will be provided with special access to the Maryland Zoo, we will not visit the main pathways and animal exhibits during the birding tour. All participants are invited to visit the Maryland Zoo following the birding tour. Restrooms available. For eBird sightings in May, click here.

Catching & Banding Birds in Patterson Park (HIKING)
Time: 8:00 – 11:00 am
Cost: $30/person
Guides: Eric Fishel, Bud Poole & Nico Sarbanes
Meeting Location: Across from 2901 E Baltimore Street, Baltimore, MD 21224 – park on the street and meet your guides at the corner entrance of Patterson Park, across from the Patterson Public House. Use GPS coordinates: 39.292108, -76.576341

Birding in Patterson Park. Photo credit: Luke Franke/Audubon

We will begin with a bird banding demonstration, where birds are safely caught and examined by a licensed bird bander from Birds of Urban of Baltimore working in collaboration with the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center. Participants will observe this valuable component of conservation research, while getting a close look at wild birds “in the hand,” then continue with a bird walk. Baltimore’s oldest park features 134 acres of open lawns and fields, mature trees, and a shallow wetland. Species may include Green Heron and Spotted Sandpiper in the park pond, and more than a dozen spring warblers in the trees. This hike will feature up to two miles of hiking on slightly hilly park paths. Restrooms available. For eBird sightings in May, click here.

Please note:

  • No cancellations are accepted after May 1, 2024. For a further explanation of our refund policy, please click here.
  • Trips will go rain or shine, unless torrential rains or dangerous conditions prevent us from viewing wildlife.
  • If the trip is canceled, we will notify you via email. Please note that the email will be sent to all participants BCC, so you may need to check your email spam folder. A full refund will be provided within 15 days.