Andy Brown and Alex Pellegrini will share insights from their research on Barn Owls, Kestrels, and Short-eared Owls, highlighting the life histories and habitat needs of these declining species. Read more and register to attend.

MBCP’s Director Gabriel Foley is the featured speaker at the Caroline County bird club event. The MD-DC Breeding Bird Atlas 3 was a community science project that documented the distribution of the region’s breeding birds from 2020-2025. Over 2,000 volunteers contributed to this dataset, building the most precise, comprehensive dataset of breeding birds ever compiled for our region. Gabriel, who coordinated this project, will discuss what these data tell us about the health of our birds, some of the unexpected discoveries made along the way and how BBA results are used to help inform conservation decision-making regionally and beyond. Read more

At Southern Maryland Audubon Society’s Monthly Meeting Program, MBPC Director Gabriel Foley will be providing a status report on Maryland’s Bald Eagle Nest Monitoring project. The event features speakers Brenda Nairn-Davies, Barbara Hill, Lynne Wheeler on the historical nesting results of the infamous Port Tobacco River Park Bald Eagles Chandler and Hope.