Southern Maryland Audubon Society News

Late Fall Birding Fun

Join friends for informal walking and birding programs for all.

A Lazy Walk and Bird Sit

Partnerships yield great results! But what is a bird sit?

RaptorQuest: Chasing America’s Raptors

Meet Scott Harris at our monthly Zoom lecture, Nov. 5

Walks, Talks, and More

We’ve packed the coming weeks with bird trips for all

Meet The Bug Guy!

Meet ‘The Bug Guy’—Dr. Michael J. Raupp—at our monthly Zoom

Conservationist of the Year

Southern Maryland Audubon has named Matthew Neff of the Calvert

President’s Awards

Fishing for catfish to feed a rescued eagle. Outstanding youth

Our new officers!

Meet our new leadership! Southern Maryland Audubon members have elected

Barn Owls & Burgers

This Thursday, June 5, help fund raptor conservation in Southern

Annual meeting & picnic

Join Southern Maryland Audubon SUNDAY, June 8, 2025 for our annual

Our spring events!

Join us for festivals, nature walks &. more. St. Mary’s

How Mockingbirds Dupe Us

Join Southern Maryland Audubon for our monthly ZOOM nature talk,

Call your state delegate to save MD green spaces

Southern Maryland Audubon urges you to write, call or email

Upcoming field trips & festivals

Check out our great upcoming events! Get all the details

If you missed Croaks, Peep & Color Talk…

Recording now available @ https://www.somdaudubon.org/our-work/program-archive/ Naturalist Kerry Wixted introduces us

Speak up for Ospreys today!

Our Chesapeake Bay Ospreys and wildlife need your help immediately!

Now accepting applications for scholarships to Audubon Hog Island Nature Camp in Maine

For this year’s camp dates and more information on the

Make your voice heard for Charles County Climate Action Plan!

Coming this Wednesday, Jan. 15 @6:30 p.m.! Charles County Community

Join the Christmas Bird Count!

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

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

Learn how you can join the 125th Christmas Bird Count

December Nature Talk

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

Gateway Native Garden

Huge thanks to the Natural Resources Management class at Forrest

Osprey latest edition

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

Native plant workshop

Learn from the experts how to transform your garden into

November Bird Talk!

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

Slow Birding & Nature Journaling

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

October Zoom talk: Raptor Quest

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

We want your best bird photos!

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

New season of events!

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

Recorded Monthly Talk is Up: What are birds saying?

Recording of September bird talk now up on our website

Audubon Grant for New Native Garden

We are thrilled to announce that Southern Maryland Audubon has

New Bluebird Trail

A big shout out to Southern Maryland Audubon members John

Conservationists of the Year Award

Southern Maryland Audubon has named Rick Posey and Mary Mosher

Congratulations!

Southern Maryland Audubon has honored four of its most active

Annual Picnic & Meeting

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

Support Raptor Conservation Night

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

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

Saving Maryland’s Ghost Owl

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

Deadline April 22 for comments on proposed MD wildlife refuge

Please support the proposed Southern Maryland Woodlands National Wildlife Refuge

Sign up for field trip to Point Lookout!

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

Protecting birds from window crashes

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

LAST DAY TO APPLY: Audubon camp scholarships

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

30-Year-Old Royal Tern Spotted

Ben Springer has reported hundreds of banded terns and gulls

Camp Report: Puffins & More!

Jan de Regt, winner of our Southern Maryland Audubon Field

Port Tobacco River Park Bluebird Trail Update

Since the story about the Port Tobacco River Park Bluebird

Check out our new Logo!

Southern Maryland Audubon has a new look! Our bold new

Eagle Cam Family Thriving

Hope and Chandler, the Bald Eagles whose nest is in

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

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

2023 Annual Meeting & Picnic

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

2023 Eagle Nest Cam Season Begins!

Tune in for a new season of Bald Eagle chat

Winter Sowing Workshop Success

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

Maryland Forest and Grassland Birds Are Disappearing

The authors of the latest State of the Birds report

Amazing birds of Cuba!

Have you ever wanted to go birding in Cuba –

Tracking the Invasive Spotted Lanternfly

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

New “Osprey” Newsletter Is Here

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

The Wonder and Hazards of Fall Migration

Migration is in full swing!  For a few months beginning

Invasion of the Spotted Lanternfly

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

New “Osprey” Newsletter Is Here

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

Check Out SMAS Webinars On Demand!

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

Picnic Fun, 2022

On June 5, Southern Maryland Audubon Society held its annual

SMAS Annual Meeting & Picnic: New Bylaws Proposed

All Southern Maryland Audubon Society members and friends are invited

Maryland Osprey & Nature Festival, April 2

Bring the whole family to the inaugural Osprey & Nature

Talk with Bald Eagle Experts!

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

Saving Southern Maryland’s Grassland Birds

SMAS JOINS PROJECT TO SAVE ICONIC GRASSLAND BIRDS IN SOUTHERN

Book Family Photos and Help SMAS

Photographer Jessica Grimm is partnering with the Southern Maryland Audubon

SMAS Enters Scarecrow Festival

Southern Maryland Audubon Society and Wild Birds Unlimited of La

Rock Painting for Nature!

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

SMAS 50th Anniversary Picnic

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

Hatchlings at New Osprey Nest Cam!

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

SMAS Announces New Osprey Nest Cam!

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

SMAS Hosts Our First Virtual Osprey Festival!

Join us via Zoom or FaceBook Live for an Osprey

Bald Eagle Action Returns to Nest Cam!

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

Join Our New Youth Birders Group

Southern Maryland Audubon Society is forming a new group for

Farmland Raptors & You

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

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

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

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

We are thrilled to announce that the Town of La

SMAS Marks World Migratory Bird Day at La Plata Fall Festival

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

Bon Voyage Osprey! Audubon Adventure Tour, Fall Fundraiser

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

SMAS and Nature Fest @ American Chestnut Land Trust

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

2019 Picnic in Accokeek at Fabulous “Living Building”

Southern Maryland Audubon Society held its Annual Meeting and Picnic

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

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

Our Port Tobacco River Park Bald Eagles Have Names!

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

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

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

SMAS Picnic with Osprey on the Wicomico River, 2018

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

Home Schoolers Having Fun, Spring 2018

Youth Outreach Committee Activities Engage Children Last spring our society

St. Mary’s County STEM Festival, 2017

SMAS Teaches Kids about Owls at Third Annual Event On

Port Tobacco River Park Open House, October 28, 2017

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

Audubon Adventure Tour – Fall Fundraiser

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

Annual Picnic at Mount Aventine, June 2017

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

Green Time for Children Diagnosed ADD/ADHD/ASD

SMAS is happy to share with southern Marylanders our exciting