Date: 10/18/25 4:45 pm From: Andy Wilson <awilson.gettysburg...> Subject: Re: [MDBirding] Birding tours to Morocco and India
I used to lead Naturetrek tours to Morocco (and a few other places), have
not done so for 18 years though. Naturetrek is a sound company and have run
that southern Morocco trip for over 30 years, so would be a good choice.
Cheers
Andy
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> We’re considering going to these places. Has anyone gone and have
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> Any suggestions for tour groups? Does anyone know anything about nature
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Date: 10/18/25 3:39 pm From: 'Mike Bowen' via Maryland & DC Birding <mdbirding...> Subject: Re: [MDBirding] Birding tours to Morocco and India
If you are not a birder who absolutely HAS to see every possible bird, you should try Naturalist Journeys (a well established company based in Portal, AZ). They run birding tours that are based in Marrakesh (where you fly from the USA or Europe) and visit areas in SW Morocco, including the desert and the Atlantic coast. We went with them earlier this year and thoroughly enjoyed it. The leader was an excellent Spanish birder, Victor Porras, who regularly leads trip for NJ. These Naturalist Journeys tours do not visit other big Moroccan cities such as Fez, Tangier, Rabat or Casablanca, so if you want to sample all of Morocco you probably should opt for more general tours.
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On Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 01:30:16 PM EDT, 'Gail B. Mackiernan' via Maryland & DC Birding <mdbirding...> wrote:
Hi,
I would check out Tropical Birding Tours -- they run a pretty comprehensive trip to Morocco. If you go onto YouTube, and search for "Tropical Birding Tours" they post videos of all their tours. We have not been there, but have used TB several times for other destinations. Ken Behrens is our favorite guide and he does lead Morocco sometimes.
Gail Mackiernan,
Colesville
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> Any suggestions for tour groups? Does anyone know anything about nature trek tours in general which is a British group?
> Thanks. Chris
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Date: 10/18/25 11:25 am From: 'Gene Scarpulla' via Maryland & DC Birding <mdbirding...> Subject: [MDBirding] MOS Chapter Presidents
MOS Chapter Presidents: Please read and respond to the email I sent to each of you on Tuesday, October 14, 2025, regarding whether the current listing of your chapter's president and state directors is up to date or needs changes. I've only received responses from 6 of the 15 chapters. This information is needed for the inside front cover of the fall 2025 issue of Maryland* Birdlife*. Thanks, Gene
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Date: 10/18/25 10:30 am From: 'Gail B. Mackiernan' via Maryland & DC Birding <mdbirding...> Subject: Re: [MDBirding] Birding tours to Morocco and India
Hi,
I would check out Tropical Birding Tours -- they run a pretty comprehensive trip to Morocco. If you go onto YouTube, and search for "Tropical Birding Tours" they post videos of all their tours. We have not been there, but have used TB several times for other destinations. Ken Behrens is our favorite guide and he does lead Morocco sometimes.
Gail Mackiernan,
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> On 10/18/2025 9:32 AM EDT christine ley <chrisley21...> wrote:
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> Any suggestions for tour groups? Does anyone know anything about nature trek tours in general which is a British group?
> Thanks. Chris
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I know a tour leader who lived and birded seriously in India. He has also birded in Morocco. He made a trip there some years ago to see a nuthatch that is apparently a very good bird.
Just my two cents.
Good birding!
Taylor McLean
Baltimore County
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Date: 10/18/25 6:32 am From: christine ley <chrisley21...> Subject: [MDBirding] Birding tours to Morocco and India
Hi,
We’re considering going to these places. Has anyone gone and have feedback pro and con?
Any suggestions for tour groups? Does anyone know anything about nature trek tours in general which is a British group?
Thanks. Chris
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Alas, last night there were only 8 swifts entering the chimney so I think
the season is over till next year. Glad to have had all the suggestions
from you. I've been in contact with Alice Nelson in B'more who has been
doing these surveys for many years & she is graciously helping me.
Lee
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On Fri, Oct 10, 2025 at 12:46 AM Sarah Lister <samjlister13...>
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> I'm not a swift expert but I live near there and would love to be in this
> loop. Cheers! Sarah
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> On Thu, Oct 9, 2025, 10:51 PM Judah Rosner <jlr4206...> wrote:
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>> I wonder if we have any chimney swift experts in this group. I live in DC
>> near the Washington Cathedral and have been following chimney swifts
>> entering a particular chimney near where I live. Since September 19, I’ve
>> been trying to observe the swifts every night and have collected data on
>> when they first go into the chimney when the last one goes into the chimney
>> and the number that I can count going into the chimney. The data is quite
>> interesting and I would like to discuss it with somebody who knows a lot
>> more than I do about chimney swifts. I’d be very grateful for any help.
>> Lee
>>
>>
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>>
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Thank you all for a ton of information that will be very helpful to me. I
was put in contact with you by Dave R. I'm in touch with Alice, and have
heard from Sarah, Marcia, James, Maria, Cass & Rick. Aren't birders the
greatest? When I've followed all your leads, I hope to get back to you with
a summary of what I could find out.
I now understand that MD Birding is related to MOS. Many years ago, when I
was a beginner, I had the privilege of being on a Christmas bird count with
Chandler Robbins & an NIH colleague that some of you may have known, the
late & wonderful Harvey Mudd.
Rewarding birding to all,
Lee
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> The Kyles have some excellent resources (
> https://marylandbirds.org/chimney-swifts) and the Natural History Society
> of MD has an active swift project (
> https://www.marylandnature.org/get-involved/events/event/chimney-swift-night-out-2/).
> There's a nice video by Chris Eberly on the latter site.
>
>
> On Thu, Oct 9, 2025 at 10:51 PM Judah Rosner <jlr4206...> wrote:
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>> I wonder if we have any chimney swift experts in this group. I live in DC
>> near the Washington Cathedral and have been following chimney swifts
>> entering a particular chimney near where I live. Since September 19, I’ve
>> been trying to observe the swifts every night and have collected data on
>> when they first go into the chimney when the last one goes into the chimney
>> and the number that I can count going into the chimney. The data is quite
>> interesting and I would like to discuss it with somebody who knows a lot
>> more than I do about chimney swifts. I’d be very grateful for any help.
>> Lee
>>
>>
>> JL Rosner
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>> 4000 Cathedral Ave NW
>> Washington DC 20016
>> 703-627-5850
>>
>> kaychernush.com
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> I wonder if we have any chimney swift experts in this group. I live in DC
> near the Washington Cathedral and have been following chimney swifts
> entering a particular chimney near where I live. Since September 19, I’ve
> been trying to observe the swifts every night and have collected data on
> when they first go into the chimney when the last one goes into the chimney
> and the number that I can count going into the chimney. The data is quite
> interesting and I would like to discuss it with somebody who knows a lot
> more than I do about chimney swifts. I’d be very grateful for any help.
> Lee
>
>
> JL Rosner
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Regarding the field data mentioned, Swifts will vary their entry times to
roosting sites depending on light levels. On cloudy evenings they will
enter sooner, on clear evenings they will enter later. So from day to day
the entry to roosts will vary.
What determines the order of entry to roost sites is a puzzle. Do the males
enter first, followed by the females, or vice versa. Or is it age specific
rather than sex specific in regards to roost entry? We may never know.
Jim Speicher
Frederick County
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I wonder if we have any chimney swift experts in this group. I live in DC
near the Washington Cathedral and have been following chimney swifts
entering a particular chimney near where I live. Since September 19, I’ve
been trying to observe the swifts every night and have collected data on
when they first go into the chimney when the last one goes into the chimney
and the number that I can count going into the chimney. The data is quite
interesting and I would like to discuss it with somebody who knows a lot
more than I do about chimney swifts. I’d be very grateful for any help.
Lee
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Date: 10/7/25 10:10 am From: <jonbarrettphoto...> Subject: [MDBirding] Query - are people noticing unusually low numbers of birds?
Our amateur radio group's daily chat includes a discussion of birds seen. Lately we've experienced relatively low (or no) visitors to feeders, etc. Has anyone else in the PG County area seen similar, or different, populations? I notice the list has been very quiet lately, and this may reflect the same thing.
Thanks -
Jon
Jon Barrett
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Greenbelt, MD
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Date: 9/30/25 7:32 am From: Cintia Cabib <cintia...> Subject: [MDBirding] "Bird Walk" Film Screening at Rockville Library on October 5
Rockville Memorial Library will be hosting a free screening of my documentary “Bird Walk” on Sunday, October 5 at 2 p.m. The 25-minute film features the birds and birders that have flocked to Rockville’s RedGate Park, where more than 170 bird species have been sighted, and follows the grassroots campaign which helped preserve this defunct golf course as a public park and avian oasis. Wayne Breslyn, founder of Friends of RedGate Park, will be joining me for a post-film discussion and audience Q & A. The screening will take place in the second floor meeting room. Rockville Memorial Library is located at Rockville Town Square, 21 Maryland Ave., Rockville, MD. Free garage parking is available for the first 90 minutes. There is no registration - just walk right in! Learn more at
https://mcpl.libnet.info/event/14331834
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the PRIMITIVES: double-crested cormorant 388 (5, 2-268). American white pelican 26 (GA; Drawbridge). brown pelican 37 (2, 2-35). least bittern 1 (EIR; SS). little blue heron 2 (2, 1-1). tricolored heron 1. snowy egret 32 (7, 1-21). green heron 2 (2, 1-1). great egret 38 (8, 1-17). great blue heron 63 (8, 2-12).
MISSED SPECIES (always are some, but some are surprising misses): common gallinule, American oystercatcher, semipalmated plover (an unbelievable miss!), common tern, black-crowned night heron, cattle egret, glossy ibis, great horned owl (I think in decline here), ANY empids, horned lark (hard to find due to the summer vegetation growth), grasshopper sparrow, field sparrow, any oriole.
EFFORT: 3 hours owling, miles owling 21. parties owling 4, observers owling 12. hours by foot 34. hours by car 38. miles by car 273. 15 miles on foot. 8 sectors + 4 yard lists. 23 observers. 5 A.M. - 6 P.M.
DRAMATIS PERSONAE:
Taylor's I. Wayne Bell, George Radcliffe, Michael Talley, Ryan Cordre & Jonathan Penn + YMOS: Karolina Mandell, Sam Talley, Rylee Cordrey & Kayla Penn
Elliott I. Rd. Suzette Stitely & Jim Bachman.
Jim Green + Ryan Belton North of Route 50.
Harry & George Armistead: Egypt Rd., Bucktown, Bestpitch, Griffith Neck Rd., and Drawbridge Rd. & on back to Cambridge,
Matt Whitbeck, Blackwater NWR restricted areas (Egypt Woods, McGraws I. off of Maple Dam Rd., Greenbriar Tract (north & south) plus Cambridge.
Terry Allen, Maple Dam Rd. & central Blackwater NWR
Jeff Effinger, Elizabeth Thomas: greater Hooper's I. Area.
Peter Smithson, Route 336, Bishops’ Head, Crocheron.
4 yard lists (37 species): Debbie Robbins, Emily, Eddie & Beck Wozny, Sara & Kevin Coulbourn, Mark Smithson.
UN-EXECUTIVE SUMMARY. The Iron Man Triathlon made birding on some roads difficult. Not much of a flight for neotropical migrants and most other landbirds. A poor day for flycatchers and shorebirds. Good day for raptors. 8 sectors is pretty good coverage, but in the past recently there have been 10 or more. Usually scarce anyway, but fewer sparrows reported this year than usual.
10 SPECIES WITH THE HIGHEST NUMBERS: European starling 1,398. brown-headed cowbird 1,075. Canada goose 941. laughing gull 754. red-winged blackbird 623. double-crested cormorant 388. turkey vulture 237. Carolina chickadee 232. herring gull 220. Forster’s tern 194. bald eagle comes in 14th with 126.
33 SPECIES FOUND IN 7 OR 8 SECTORS: Canada goose 8, mourning dove 8, killdeer 8, greater yellowlegs 7, laughing gull 8, Forster’s tern 7, snowy egret 7, great egret 8, great blue heron 8, turkey vulture 8, osprey 7, Cooper’s hawk 7, bald eagle 8, American kestrel 7, belted kingfisher 7, red-bellied woodpecker 7, downy woodpecker 7, northern flicker 7, blue jay 8, American crow 8, Carolina chickadee 8, tufted titmouse 7, brown-headed nuthatch 7, Carolina wren 8, gray catbird 8, northern mockingbird 8, European starling 8, red-winged blackbird 8, black-and-white warbler 7, common yellowthroat 8, pine warbler 7, northern cardinal 8, blue grosbeak 7.
SPECIES REPRESENTATION FOR FAMILIES. IF NO COMMENT THEN IS MERELY “O.K.” waterfowl 9. rallids 4. shorebirds 14 (poor). larids 8. heron types 7. raptors 13 (good). owls 3. flycatchers 4 (poor). vireos 5 (excellent). sparrows 6. blackbird types 5. warblers 18.
NON-AVIAN ANIMATE TAXA: most of these reported by Matt Whitbeck. One observer just reported the species w/o nos., here shown as “x”.
Monarch - 25
Common buckeye - 19 + dozens more
Eastern tailed-blue - 20
Pearl crescent - common
Saltmarsh skipper - 1
Broad-winged skipper - 10
Common wood-nymph - 5
Common checkered-skipper - 2
Red-banded hairstreak - 3
Red-spotted purple - 5
Silver-spotted skipper - 20 + x
cabbage white 1 + x
red admiral 1
Big bluet - 4
Twelve-spotted skimmer - 2
Common whitetail - 15
Blue-faced meadowhawk - 3
Delmarva fox squirrel - 2
Eastern gray squirrel - 5
Raccoon 1
Sika - 6
feral cat 20 (Bishops Head Hunting Lodge fide Peter Smithson)
Leopard frog - common
green frog 31
Snapping turtle - 1
painted turtle 4 + x
red-bellied slider 3 + x
northern water snake 1 d.o.r.
rough green snake 1 d.o.r.
the GREAT DISPARITIES in numbers and species reported are due mostly to the variety of the sectors involved: some lack much tidal water, others have few deciduous (or coniferous) woodlands. Some sectors were by foot only, others involved a lot of driving.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Many thanks to the participants. Not only are their skill sets right up there, but they also all submitted neat and complete reports after the fact.
MISTAKES. No doubt a few. PLEASE let me know of ANY you spot. Thanks!
BEST to all. - Harry Armistead, Bellevue & Philadelphia.
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Date: 9/23/25 8:41 am From: Beth Kantrowitz <kantrowitzeli...> Subject: [MDBirding] Dr. Pete Marra giving a migratory bird talk at Georgetown and online this Friday
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Date: 9/20/25 3:12 pm From: Pat <pvaldata1...> Subject: [MDBirding] Good news, bad news
During the Somerset County fall count today, I saw 32 Black Skimmers on the roof of Handy Seafood in Crisfield. While I was very happy to spot them, it looked like only 6 were juveniles. We've had well over 100 skimmers in the past, with dozens of young birds, so the number seems very low. However, last year I didn't see any at all, so while the number of skimmers today was much lower than two years ago, it's a lot better than last year.Pat ValdataCrisfield, MDSent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone
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