Welcome to the Baltimore Birding Weekends website
We had a wonderful weekend with you during the Spring Baltimore Birding Weekend, May 10 – 12, 2024
Since 2017, the Baltimore Birding Weekend has provided guided experiences that connect people to the city’s waterfront and green spaces, highlight the incredible wildlife diversity that can be discovered in our urban parks, wetlands, and ecological restoration sites, and encourage our guests to have a fun time birding in and exploring Charm City!
Read below about the 8th annual Baltimore Birding Weekend, hosted May 10-12, 2024
The 8th annual Baltimore Birding Weekend was hosted May 10 – 12, 2024. The weekend included an exciting itinerary of bird watching field trips in and around Baltimore. Excursions included guided hikes and paddles in city parks, unique natural areas, and areas with restricted public access. You can find details on the offerings on this website.
The combined tally from all sites explored during our May 2024 event was 141 species! And yes — we have Baltimore Orioles and Common Ravens on the species list! Click on the eBird Trips Report for more details.
In 2024, we donated 50% of our net income ($3,012.50) from the May 10-12 Baltimore Birding Weekend to the Phoenix Wildlife Center, a non-profit organization dedicated to the rehabilitation and return to the wild of native birds, mammals, and reptiles and to the education of the public on wildlife issues. Thanks to our guests and guides for their support!
A new chapter begins for the Baltimore Birding Weekend!
Since 2017, the team at Delmarva Birding Weekends (DBW) has helped the Patterson Park Audubon Center (PPAC) manage this annual event in Baltimore.
Last year, PPAC, now known as the Baltimore Program of Audubon Mid-Atlantic, created a new implementation plan. You can read more about their plan here. They will grow some of their existing initiatives, create new ones, and sunset others. The Baltimore Birding Weekend (BBW) is one of the events they will no longer host.
With Audubon’s blessing, the BBW Field Trip Leaders and DBW will continue with this beloved community tradition. In 2024, the BBW will be managed through Conservation Community Consulting, LLC, the nature tourism business that owns and operates DBW and manages field trips for the Maryland Ornithological Society conventions.
We will also offer other birding experiences in Baltimore throughout the year (stay tuned!). If you want to be informed about Baltimore Birding Weekend events and other fun birding trips throughout the region, please subscribe to the DBW e-newsletter here. If you want to learn more about birding experiences in Baltimore, please visit our friends at the Baltimore Bird Club and the Baltimore Program of Audubon Mid-Atlantic.
We hope you’ll join us in Charm City for orioles, ravens and more during the Baltimore Birding Weekends!
Banner image courtesy of Camilla Cerea/Audubon.