SOMD Audubon

Bald Eagle Nest Cam Chat
2021-03-01 16:00 - 18:00, 2021-02-26 16:00 - 18:00, 2021-02-24 09:00 - 11:00, 2021-02-17 09:00 - 11:00, 2021-02-15 16:00 - 18:00 (America/New_York)
Bald Eagle nesting season has arrived in Southern Maryland, and our local nest cam captures the action! Join us online to meet our nest monitors. These experts are thrilled to explain Bald Eagle behavior in real time while watching our resident pair, Hope and Chandler. Learn about this couple’s story and ask your burning questions about eagles!
These moderated chat sessions will occur on the following weekly schedule: Monday evenings from 4 until sunset, Wednesday mornings from 9 to 11, and Friday evenings from 4 until sunset.
This free event is available via our YouTube live streaming video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPI9mWmmc7M.

Bald Eagle Nest Cam Chat
2021-02-22 16:00 - 18:00 (America/New_York)
Mama eagle “Hope” protected her eggs in recent snow.
Bald Eagle nesting season has arrived in Southern Maryland, and our local nest cam captures the action! Join us online to meet our nest monitors. These experts are thrilled to explain Bald Eagle behavior in real time while watching our resident pair, Hope and Chandler. Learn about this couple’s story and ask your burning questions about eagles!
These moderated chat sessions will occur on the following weekly schedule: Monday evenings from 4 until sunset, Wednesday mornings from 9 to 11, and Friday evenings from 4 until sunset.
This free event is available via our YouTube live streaming video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPI9mWmmc7M.

Bald Eagle Nest Cam Chat
2021-02-19 16:00 - 18:00 (America/New_York)
Bald Eagle “Hope” incubating in the snow!
Bald Eagle nesting season has arrived in Southern Maryland, and our local nest cam captures the action! Join us online to meet our nest monitors. These experts are thrilled to explain Bald Eagle behavior in real time while watching our resident pair, Hope and Chandler. Learn about this couple’s story and ask your burning questions about eagles!
These moderated chat sessions will occur on the following weekly schedule: Monday evenings from 4 until sunset, Wednesday mornings from 9 to 11, and Friday evenings from 4 until sunset.
This free event is available via our YouTube live streaming video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPI9mWmmc7M.

Bald Eagle Nest Cam Chat
2021-02-12 16:00 - 18:00 (America/New_York)
Bald Eagle nesting season has arrived in Southern Maryland, and our local nest cam captures the action! Join us online to meet our nest monitors. These experts are thrilled to explain Bald Eagle behavior in real time while watching our resident pair, Hope and Chandler. Learn about this couple’s story and ask your burning questions about eagles! Bonus: Hope laid two eggs this week!
These moderated chat sessions will occur on the following weekly schedule: Monday evenings from 4 until sunset, Wednesday mornings from 9 to 11, and Friday evenings from 4 until sunset.
This free event is available via our YouTube live streaming video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPI9mWmmc7M.

Bald Eagle Nest Cam Chat
2021-02-10 09:00 - 11:00, 2021-02-08 16:00 - 18:00 (America/New_York)
Bald Eagle nesting season has arrived in Southern Maryland, and our local nest cam captures the action! Join us online to meet our nest monitors. These experts are thrilled to explain Bald Eagle behavior in real time while watching our resident pair, Hope and Chandler. Learn about this couple’s story and ask your burning questions about eagles! We are on watch for egg laying this week. Eggciting!
The moderated chat sessions will occur on the following weekly schedule: Monday evenings from 4 until sunset, Wednesday mornings from 9 to 11, and Friday evenings from 4 until sunset.
This free event is available via our YouTube live streaming video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPI9mWmmc7M.

Bald Eagle Nest Cam Chat
2021-02-05 16:00 - 17:30, 2021-02-03 09:00 - 11:00, 2021-02-01 16:00 - 17:30 (America/New_York)
Bald Eagle nesting season has arrived in Southern Maryland, and our local nest cam captures the action! Join us online to meet our nest monitors. These experts are thrilled to explain Bald Eagle behavior in real time while watching our resident pair, Hope and Chandler. Learn about this couple’s story and ask your burning questions about eagles!
The moderated chat sessions will occur on the following weekly schedule: Monday evenings from 4 until sunset, Wednesday mornings from 9 to 11, and Friday evenings from 4 until sunset.
This free event is available via our YouTube live streaming video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPI9mWmmc7M.

The Secret Life of Cardinals
2021-02-03 19:00 - 20:30 UTC | Zoom Meeting
Portrait of male Northern Cardinal by Dr. Jodie Jawor
The Northern Cardinal is one of our most recognizable and charismatic birds. Even John James Audubon praised it, writing, “In richness of plumage, elegance of motion, and strength of song, this species surpasses all its kindred.” In this Zoom program, Dr. Jodie Jawor will talk about the ecology and behavior of cardinals, drawing on her many years of studying them.
Jodie M. Jawor earned her Ph.D. in biology from the University of Dayton. She has worked with Northern Cardinals at various locations across the eastern United States. She has also worked with Pyrrhuloxia, a close relative of cardinals, in New Mexico.
Instead of in-person meetings, SMAS is hosting virtual lectures using Zoom. We will send invitations via email with a link for joining each online event. If you do not get our Osprey newsletter via email, you need to sign up first. Please scroll to the bottom of this page and submit your email address to subscribe.

Online Chat & Bald Eagle Nest Cam Action
2021-01-29 16:00 - 17:30, 2021-01-29 09:00 - 11:00 (America/New_York)
Hope and Chandler restore their nest
Bald Eagle nesting season has arrived in Southern Maryland, and our local nest cam captures the action! Join us online to meet our nest monitors. These experts are thrilled to explain Bald Eagle behavior in real time while watching our resident pair, Hope and Chandler. Learn about this couple’s story and ask your burning questions about eagles!
This free event is available via our YouTube live streaming video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPI9mWmmc7M.

Online Chat & Bald Eagle Nest Cam Action
2021-01-27 16:00 - 17:30, 2021-01-27 09:00 - 11:00 (America/New_York)
Hope and Chandler restore their nest.
Bald Eagle nesting season has arrived in Southern Maryland, and our local nest cam captures the action! Join us online to meet our nest monitors. These experts are thrilled to explain Bald Eagle behavior in real time while watching our resident pair, Hope and Chandler. Learn about this couple’s story and ask your burning questions about eagles!
This free event is available via our YouTube live streaming video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPI9mWmmc7M.

Restoring Common Terms & Black Skimmers in Maryland
2021-01-06 19:00 - 20:30 UTC | Zoom Meeting
Common Tern family by Nick Palmieri
Join us for a fascinating discussion about Common Terns and Black Skimmers, two species endangered in the state of Maryland. Among many threats, the sandy islands they need for nesting are eroding due to sea-level rise. Our speaker, David Curson, will introduce a new project that provides artificial nesting sites for colonies of these beach-nesting seabirds.
Since 2004 David has worked as Director of Bird Conservation for Audubon Maryland-DC, and in 2018 he also became Interim Executive Director. He has MS and PhD degrees in Wildlife Ecology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Instead of in-person meetings, SMAS is hosting virtual lectures using Zoom. We will send invitations via email with a link for joining each online event. If you do not get our Osprey newsletter via email, you need to sign up first. Please scroll to the bottom of this page and submit your email address to subscribe.

Ghana: Birds, Butterflies & Mammals
2020-12-02 19:00 - 20:30 UTC | Zoom Meeting
Black-necked Weaver in the Atewa Forest, Ghana
Visit Ghana virtually with George Jett and Gwen Brewer!
Enjoy the flora and fauna of Ghana’s grasslands, forests, and wetlands as experienced by Gwen and George during their three-week trip. Bird highlights included the unique yellow-headed picathartes; colorful turacos, bee-eaters, and sunbirds; impressive hornbills; and 11 species of kingfishers. Mammals of note included hammerhead and yellow-winged bats as well as elephants, monkeys, and 9 species of large-hoofed animals.
Instead of in-person meetings, SMAS is hosting virtual lectures using Zoom. We will send invitations via email with a link for joining each online event. If you do not get our Osprey newsletter via email, you need to sign up first. Please scroll to the bottom of this page and submit your email address to subscribe.

Climate Change in Autumn: Fruit Availability for Migrant Birds
2020-11-04 19:00 - 20:30 UTC | Zoom Meeting
Dr. Amanda Gallinat is an ecologist who studies how environmental change affects plants, birds, and their interactions. Her recent research focuses on the effects of climate change on the timing of seasonal biological events in the northeast, including fruit ripening and bird migration, and how these climate-driven changes alter food availability for birds in autumn.
Amanda’s research incorporates the historical field notes of Henry David Thoreau, long-term bird banding records, museum specimens, and field observations, and her work has been featured by National Audubon Society, the Wildlife Society, and American Scientist. Amanda has a B.A. from Carleton College and a PhD from Boston University, and she is currently a postdoctoral research fellow at Utah State University.
Instead of in-person meetings, SMAS is hosting virtual lectures using Zoom. We will send invitations via email with a link for joining each online event. If you do not get our Osprey newsletter via email, you need to sign up first. Please scroll to the bottom of this page and submit your email address to subscribe.

Farmland Raptor Program
2020-10-07 19:00 - 20:30 UTC | Zoom Meeting
Chris Eberly, executive director of the Maryland Bird Conservation Partnership (MBCP), will discuss this exciting new program. The Farmland Raptor Program aims to stabilize and increase the populations of the American Kestrel, Barn Owl, and Chimney Swift, three species of “Greatest Conservation Need” in Maryland’s State Wildlife Action Plan.
Instead of in-person meetings this fall, SMAS is hosting virtual lectures using Zoom. We will send invitations via email with a link for joining each online event. If you do not get our Osprey newsletter via email, you need to sign up first. Please scroll to the bottom of this page and submit your email address to subscribe.

Mystical Monarchs: Migration and Conservation of the Monarch Butterfly
2020-09-24 19:00 - 20:30 UTC | Zoom Meeting
Join our very own Mike Callahan to learn about the migration and conservation of Monarch butterflies! These amazing insects migrate up to 2,000 miles between their wintering grounds in Mexico and their breeding grounds in the United States and Canada. But over the last twenty years, the eastern population has suffered an 80 percent decline. Learn what is being done, and what you can do, to help them.
Mike is a naturalist and co-chairman of Cobb Island’s annual Monarch Mania butterfly festival. He has been tagging Monarchs as part of a community science project during the fall migration for more than ten years.
Instead of in-person meetings this fall, Southern Maryland Audubon Society is hosting virtual lectures using Zoom. We will send invitations via email with a link for joining each online event. If you do not get our Osprey newsletter via email, you need to sign up first. Please scroll to the bottom of this page and submit your email address to subscribe.

Awesome Possumz!
2020-09-02 19:00 - 20:30 UTC | Zoom Meeting
Meet Stuart, an ambassador Virginia Opossum! Our speaker, Karen Brace, will address misconceptions and misinformation about North America’s only marsupial. She’ll also talk about opposums’ “super powers,” where they live, what they eat, and how they help the environment.
Instead of in-person meetings this fall, SMAS is launching virtual lectures using Zoom. We will send invitations via email with a link for joining each virtual event. If you do not get our Osprey newsletter via email, you need to sign up first. Please scroll to the bottom of this page and submit your email address to subscribe.
