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Southern Maryland Audubon Society News

Join the Christmas Bird Count!

We welcome you to join the 125th Christmas Bird Count!

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Learn how you can join the year’s biggest bird count!

Learn how you can join the 125th Christmas Bird Count

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December Nature Talk

Join us on Zoom Wednesday, Dec. 4 at 7 p.m.

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Gateway Native Garden

Huge thanks to the Natural Resources Management class at Forrest

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Osprey latest edition

Eight-year-old Aurora Huhman, avid birder and fisher, faced a quandary.

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Native plant workshop

Learn from the experts how to transform your garden into

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November Bird Talk!

Join our monthly nature Zoom talk on Wednesday, Nov. 6

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Slow Birding & Nature Journaling

“SLOW BIRDING: EXPERIENCE BIRDS DIFFERENTLY” with Audubon President Molly Moore.

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October Zoom talk: Raptor Quest

Join us for our Monthly Meeting Zoom talk: Raptor Quest:

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We want your best bird photos!

Southern Maryland Audubon’s Bird Foto Fest is now open! We

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New season of events!

We have one of our best line-ups ever of birding

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Recorded Monthly Talk is Up: What are birds saying?

Recording of September bird talk now up on our website

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Audubon grant for new native garden

We are thrilled to announce that Southern Maryland Audubon has

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New Bluebird Trail

A big shout out to Southern Maryland Audubon members John

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Conservationists of the Year Award

Southern Maryland Audubon has named Rick Posey and Mary Mosher

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Congratulations!

Southern Maryland Audubon has honored four of its most active

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Annual Picnic & Meeting

Sunday, June 9 from 1-4 p.m. Join us for our

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Support Raptor Conservation Night

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Field trips, nature journaling, native plants & more in April!

Join us for slow birding, nature journaling, photography & more

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Saving Maryland’s Ghost Owl

May 1, 2024. 7-8 p.m. Monthly meeting Zoom talk. Join

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Deadline April 22 for comments on proposed MD wildlife refuge

Please support the proposed Southern Maryland Woodlands National Wildlife Refuge

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Sign up for field trip to Point Lookout!

March 30 – SATURDAY – 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.Catch

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Protecting birds from window crashes

Monthly ZOOM presentation 7-8 pm Wednesday, March 6. An estimated

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LAST DAY TO APPLY: Audubon camp scholarships

STUDENTS AND EDUCATORS! APPLICATIONS ARE OPEN for Southern Maryland Audubon’s

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30-Year-Old Royal Tern Spotted

Ben Springer has reported hundreds of banded terns and gulls

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Camp Report: Puffins & More!

Jan de Regt, winner of our Southern Maryland Audubon Field

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Port Tobacco River Park Bluebird Trail Update

Since the story about the Port Tobacco River Park Bluebird

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Check out our new Logo!

Southern Maryland Audubon has a new look! Our bold new

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Eagle Cam Family Thriving

Hope and Chandler, the Bald Eagles whose nest is in

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St. Mary’s teacher awarded Southern MD Audubon ‘Conservationist of the Year’

Southern Maryland Audubon has named St. Mary’s Public School teacher

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2023 Annual Meeting & Picnic

Please join us Sunday, June 4, from 1-4 p.m. for

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2023 Eagle Nest Cam Season Begins!

Tune in for a new season of Bald Eagle chat

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Winter Sowing Workshop Success

Gardening in the dead of winter?  What could be more fun

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Maryland Forest and Grassland Birds Are Disappearing

The authors of the latest State of the Birds report

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Amazing birds of Cuba!

Have you ever wanted to go birding in Cuba –

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Tracking the Invasive Spotted Lanternfly

Don’t let the pretty wings fool you! This is a

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New “Osprey” Newsletter Is Here

What’s the winter finch forecast? Check out the new edition

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The Wonder and Hazards of Fall Migration

Migration is in full swing!  For a few months beginning

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Invasion of the Spotted Lanternfly

Please join us for our monthly Zoom presentation Wednesday, Oct.

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New “Osprey” Newsletter Is Here

This year skip the fall chores! Leave the leaves. Let

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Check Out SMAS Webinars On Demand!

Our presentation “Winter Sowing: How to grow your own natives

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Picnic Fun, 2022

On June 5, Southern Maryland Audubon Society held its annual

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SMAS Annual Meeting & Picnic: New Bylaws Proposed

All Southern Maryland Audubon Society members and friends are invited

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Maryland Osprey & Nature Festival, April 2

Bring the whole family to the inaugural Osprey & Nature

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Talk with Bald Eagle Experts!

Our moderated chat sessions begin on January 26, 2022! Our

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Saving Southern Maryland’s Grassland Birds

SMAS JOINS PROJECT TO SAVE ICONIC GRASSLAND BIRDS IN SOUTHERN

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Book Family Photos and Help SMAS

Photographer Jessica Grimm is partnering with the Southern Maryland Audubon

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SMAS Enters Scarecrow Festival

Southern Maryland Audubon Society and Wild Birds Unlimited of La

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Rock Painting for Nature!

Kudos to our Southern Maryland Audubon Society volunteers Brenda Nairn-Davies

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SMAS 50th Anniversary Picnic

After fifteen long months without in-person programs, Southern Maryland Audubon

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Hatchlings at New Osprey Nest Cam!

As of Wednesday morning, May 26, 2021, the Osprey nest

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SMAS Announces New Osprey Nest Cam!

Happy Earth Day! Southern Maryland Audubon Society (SMAS) and JES

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SMAS Hosts Our First Virtual Osprey Festival!

Join us via Zoom or FaceBook Live for an Osprey

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Bald Eagle Action Returns to Nest Cam!

by Brenda Nairn-Davies SQUEE!  That’s eagle talk for “excitement” because

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Join Our New Youth Birders Group

Southern Maryland Audubon Society is forming a new group for

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Farmland Raptors & You

Monthly meetings of Southern Maryland Audubon Society (SMAS) have moved

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New Scholarship for Black and Latinx Birders in MD and DC!

On August 17, 2020, the Maryland Bird Conservation Partnership announced

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Town of La Plata Becomes Maryland’s First Bird City!

We are thrilled to announce that the Town of La

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SMAS Marks World Migratory Bird Day at La Plata Fall Festival

On Sunday, October 13, 2019, SMAS celebrated World Migratory Bird

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Bon Voyage Osprey! Audubon Adventure Tour, Fall Fundraiser

On Saturday, September 21, 2019, SMAS held its third annual

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SMAS and Nature Fest @ American Chestnut Land Trust

On July 13, 2019, Lynne and Tiffany manned a booth

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2019 Picnic in Accokeek at Fabulous “Living Building”

Southern Maryland Audubon Society held its Annual Meeting and Picnic

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Come on Out for the SMAS Annual Meeting, June 2, 2019

Sunday, June 2, 2019, 1–4 pm at Alice Ferguson Foundation,

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Our Port Tobacco River Park Bald Eagles Have Names!

Introducing … Chandler & Hope! After 251 submissions, and a

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Earth, Wine & Fire! 2nd Annual Audubon Adventure Tour, 2018

Earth, Wine & Fire—our October 20, 2018 fundraiser—was a fabulous SMAS

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SMAS Picnic with Osprey on the Wicomico River, 2018

Enjoy these pictures from our Sunday, June 3, 2018 Annual

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Home Schoolers Having Fun, Spring 2018

Youth Outreach Committee Activities Engage Children Last spring our society

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St. Mary’s County STEM Festival, 2017

SMAS Teaches Kids about Owls at Third Annual Event On

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Port Tobacco River Park Open House, October 28, 2017

SMAS Celebrates Charles County’s Newest Park On Saturday, October 28,

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Audubon Adventure Tour – Fall Fundraiser

A Taste of History, Nature, Food, and Wine On September

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Annual Picnic at Mount Aventine, June 2017

On Sunday, June 4th we hosted our Annual Meeting and Picnic

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Green Time for Children Diagnosed ADD/ADHD/ASD

SMAS is happy to share with southern Marylanders our exciting

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