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SUMMARY:Local Wildlife: River Otters
DESCRIPTION:North American river otters by Dmitry Azovtsev Wikimedia CC BY-SA 3.0. http://www.daphoto.info/en/ \nMonthly Meeting\nIn this Zoom meeting\, Karen McDonald of the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center will introduce us to the North American River Otter. It is native to the Chesapeake Bay\, but not much research has been done on its populations\, habits\, and role in the Bay’s food webs. Karen will share basic river otter biology and otter research occurring at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center. She will also touch on the newly formed Chesapeake Bay River Otter Alliance. \nInstead 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.
URL:https://www.somdaudubon.org/event/local-wildlife-river-otters/
LOCATION:Zoom Meeting
ORGANIZER;CN="Southern Maryland Audubon Society":MAILTO:somdaudubon@gmail.com
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SUMMARY:Owl Prowl
DESCRIPTION:Barred Owl. Photo by John Creasman / Audubon Photography Awards \nFlash Field Trip—Just Added!\nLeader: Bob Boxwell \nOwls are nocturnal\, and therefore not easy to spot. Join us as we “call out” the owls! This is a great family “owting”. Dress appropriately for the weather\, and avoid noisy clothing. Rain or high winds will result in cancellation. \nDirections at the park: enter at the main entrance and follow the road to the parking lot at the bottom of the hill. Walk across the entrance road towards the big brown pavilion. Port-a-pot bathroom only available at the parking lot. Event ends depending on the owls! Event to last about 60 to 75 minutes. RSVP to Bob at robertboxwell1@outlook.com or 410-610-5124. \nFIELD TRIP COVID POLICY: SMAS is restarting its program of outdoor birding field trips as of January 2022 using the following public health guidelines to ensure the safety of participants on all trips: \n1. All participants must be fully vaccinated except those with medical exemptions; \n2. Masks are optional; \n3. Do not attend if you are experiencing any symptoms of a cold\, flu or COVID; \n4. Maintain social distancing.
URL:https://www.somdaudubon.org/event/owl-prowl/
LOCATION:Jefferson Patterson Park & Museum\, 10515 Mackall Rd\, St. Leonard\, MD\, 20685\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="Southern Maryland Audubon Society":MAILTO:somdaudubon@gmail.com
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SUMMARY:Great Backyard Bird Count
DESCRIPTION:Count Birds in Your Backyard!\nLaunched in 1998 by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and National Audubon Society\, the Great Backyard Bird Count\nwas the first online citizen-science project to collect data on wild birds and to display results in near real-time. For\ninformation about the GBBC see their website at birdcount.org. You can help out by counting birds for as little as\n15 minutes! Local GBBC get togethers throughout southern Maryland will be advertised on our Facebook page.  The SMAS field trip at Hard Bargain Farm on Sunday\, February 20 will participate in the count! \n 
URL:https://www.somdaudubon.org/event/great-backyard-bird-count/
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SUMMARY:Winter Waterfowl and Resident Birds
DESCRIPTION:Hooded Merganser. Photo by John Thornton / Audubon Photography Awards \nField Trip\nLeaders: Lynne Wheeler and Bill Townsend \nThe varied habitat of water\, woods\, farm fields and edges provide for a great variety of birds. See fergusonfoundation.org for directions. Bill Townsend\, Hard Bargain Farm educator\, will meet you at the entrance. No fee. Limit to 12 participants. RSVP to Lynne Wheeler at somdaudubon@yahoo.com or 301-751-8097 (prefer text). \nFIELD TRIP COVID POLICY: SMAS is restarting its program of outdoor birding field trips as of January 2022 using the following public health guidelines to ensure the safety of participants on all trips: \n1. All participants must be fully vaccinated except those with medical exemptions; \n2. Masks are optional; \n3. Do not attend if you are experiencing any symptoms of a cold\, flu or COVID; \n4. Maintain social distancing.
URL:https://www.somdaudubon.org/event/winter-waterfowl-and-resident-birds/
LOCATION:Piscataway Park & Hard Bargain Farm\, 2301 Bryan Point Road\, Accokeek\, MD\, 20607\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="Southern Maryland Audubon Society":MAILTO:somdaudubon@gmail.com
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SUMMARY:Winter Birds & Tundra Specialists at Pax River Airfield
DESCRIPTION:Peregrine Falcon. Photo by Jon Ferguson / Audubon Photography Awards \nField Trip\nLeader: Dean Newman \nWe are fortunate to have access to sections of the Navy base fronting on the confluence of the Patuxent River and the Chesapeake Bay. Airfields here provide tundra-like habitat. Previous trips have turned up winter birds such as Snow Bunting\, Lapland Longspurs\, Short-eared Owls\, Horned Larks\, Savannah Sparrows\, Wilson’s Snipe and Peregrine Falcon. Preregistration is required and open to U.S. citizens only. Must bring photo I.D. Covid vaccination and masks are required. We will be escorted and traveling together in a van; participant size is limited. RSVP to Dean Newman at deannewman03@gmail.com. Information about meeting point will be sent to registered attendees. \n  \nFIELD TRIP COVID POLICY: SMAS is restarting its program of outdoor birding field trips as of January 2022 using the following public health guidelines to ensure the safety of participants on all trips: \n1. All participants must be fully vaccinated except those with medical exemptions; \n2. Masks are optional\, unless otherwise stated in the trip description; \n3. Do not attend if you are experiencing any symptoms of a cold\, flu or COVID; \n4. Maintain social distancing.
URL:https://www.somdaudubon.org/event/winter-birds-tundra-specialists-at-pax-river-airfield/
LOCATION:Patuxent River Naval Air Station\, 21866 Cedar Point\, Bldg. 2189\, NAS Patuxent River\, Maryland\, 20670
ORGANIZER;CN="Southern Maryland Audubon Society":MAILTO:somdaudubon@gmail.com
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