this page excerpted from a brochure published by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Park Service

Bird Club. Excerpts from this book provide descriptions of two favorite Baltimore sites: 
• Lake Roland 
• Cylburn Arboretum 

Assateague, a windswept barrier island that offers many opportunities for seashore recreation and nature study. Another website on Assateague. See also Information on the Plants and Animals of Assateague Island, Virginia

Hot Spots and Other Places to Bird - includes extensive links to source sites for parks, NRAs, etc.

Includes information on Assateague Island National Seashore

spectacular variety of birds, both resident and migratory - over 350 species have been recorded.

Audubon Society.

No other national wildlife refuge is like it; nor is there another that is comparable to it in the entire world. Patuxent Research Refuge in Maryland is unique, to say the least.

one link is completed (Conowingo Dam) and others are under preparation.

Conowingo Dam is a true winter hotspot, featuring 20-50 Bald Eagles; up to 100,000 gulls; perhaps 20,000 Common Mergansers; as many as 200 Great Blue Herons; a wide variety of other birds; and a great chance for rarities.

brief descriptions of six Maryland Wildlife Management Areas, including identification of bird species to be found at each site.

Another site on the refuge as well as the US Fish and Wildlife Site.

and I'm delighted by the wild and diverse habitat so easily accessible to me now". This site contains additional information on Blackwater and Eastern Neck National Wildlife Refuges, Horsehead Wetlands Centre, Great Falls National Park, Seneca, Sandy Point State Park and Pennyfield Lock on the Potomac.

shore of the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland. Another site on the refuge.

nine sanctuaries located in various biotic regions of the state. This site provides information on all 9 sanctuaries.

map takes you to information on Maryland's 35 WMAs.

Nature Preserves:
• Cranesville Swamp Preserve
• Battle Creek Cypress Swamp Sanctuary
• Choptank Wetland's Kings Creek Preserve
• Robinson Neck/Frank M. Ewing Preserve
• Nassawango Creek Swamp Preserve 

Field Trips

Field Trips

....Delmarva Birding Weekends - April 25 - 27, 2003 - Snow Hill, Maryland

The birds come home. Search for the black rail and take a boat trip to one of the islands to view nesting species. Contact: Maryland Department of Natural Resources - 580 Taylor Ave., Floor E-1, - Annapolis, MD 21401 Phone: 410-974-3195 or 800-852-0335

Blackwater, P.O. Box 1231, Cambridge, MD 21613 TEL: (410) 221-1874.

premier wildlife art event in the country, the November Festival hosts 18,000 visitors and 400 of the nation's finest wildlife artists and exhibitors. A true homage to the environment and its wildlife! Contact: Waterfowl Festival, P.O. Box 929, Easton, MD 21610. TEL: (410) 822-4567.