Birding Maryland Today!

Maryland offers some of the greatest birding opportunities...if you know where to look!

Maryland's Hotspots: Top birding areas in Maryland, complete with detailed locations.

http://www.camacdonald.com/birding/usmaryland.htm

Top 200 North American Birding Hot Spots: Check out Maryland!
http://www.birding.com/top200hotspots.htm#MD

Assateague Island: View an organized list of birds to look for while visiting this area.
http://www.assateagueisland.com/birdwatching/assateague_bird_list.htm

Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge: Identifies birds found in the area and provides a map of the Refuge.
http://www.gorp.com/gorp/resource/us_nwr/md_black.htm

Conowingo Dam: Named a great birding site for gulls and bald eagles by Birder's World magazine.
http://www.birdersworld.com/hotspots/MD_gulls/MD_gulls.html

Eastern Neck National Wildlife Refuge: The refuge's bird list contains 243 recorded bird species.
http://www.gorp.com/gorp/resource/us_nwr/md_eastn.htm

North Point State Park: Scroll through a list of birds found here.
http://www.homestead.com/northpointstatepark/birds.html

Birding Organizations

MDOsprey website
Search the archives for latest bird sightings.
http://mdosprey.org/

Maryland Ornithological Society
http://www.mdbirds.org/

County Chapters with Their Own Web Pages:

Allegany/Garrett Chapter
http://acbc.al.umces.edu

Anne Arundel Chapter:
http://www.aabirdclub.org/

Baltimore County Chapter
http://baltimorebirdclub.org/

Cecil County Chapter
http://www.udel.edu/cecilbirds/

Frederick County Chapter
http://www.natureimagesandsounds.com/fredcomos/index.htm

Harford County Chapter
http://www.harfordbirdclub.org

Howard County Chapter
http://www.howardbirds.org

Kent County Chapter
http://kentcounty.com/birding/kcchapter.htm

Montgomery County Chapter
http://www.mdkinc.com/mccbird/index.html

American Birding Association
Aims to inspire all people to enjoy and protect wild birds.
http://americanbirding.org/index.html

National Birding Sites

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Birds. Birds. Birds.

Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
Bird Identification Infocenter

Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
Bird Population Studies
Data analyses and in-depth research about North American birds.

Cornell Lab of Ornithology
e-Bird
North America's Destination for Birding on the Web!

eNature.com
Quick-click bird locator.
http://www.enature.com/guides/advSearch_birds.asp

Backyard Birding

Birdsource: Birding With a Purpose
Cornell Lab of Ornithology - Track bird populations, see results from the Christmas Bird Count, and discover how YOU can attract birds to YOUR yard.

Bird Songs  - Cornell Lab of Ornithology 
Sample a melody of birdcalls.