The Audubon MD-DC IBA Program utilizes Bird Blitz surveys in an effort to identify areas throughout the state which are critical habitat for birds of conservation concern. Bird Blitz is a breeding season count of targeted at-risk bird species used to determine whether an area supports the minimum populations necessary to qualify it as an Important Bird Area (IBA) in Maryland and DC. Bird Blitz provides bird population data that is vital to the identification of IBAs across the state. Click here to read Bird Blitz season summaries from 2007 or 2008 The following are site-based summaries of results from our Bird Blitz efforts in 2009 and 2010.

Downloadable Resources

tanyard_wetlands_2009_summary_0.pdf southern_dorchester_iba_2009_summary_0.pdf somersetwicomicomarshesiba_2009_summary_0.pdf pleasant_valley_2009_summary_0.pdf monocacy_grasslands_iba_2009_summary_0.pdf youghiohenyvalley2009summary_0.pdf st.marysriver2009summary_0.pdf theglades2009summary_0.pdf southmountain2009summary_0.pdf alleganygarrettgrasslands2009summary_0.pdf zekiahswamp2009summary_0.pdf dansmountain2009summary_0_0.pdf nanjemoy2009summary_0.pdf mattowman2009summary_0.pdf jenningsrandolphlake2009summary.pdf newgermanysp2009summary.pdf susquehanna_river_2010_summary2.pdf millingtonwma2010summary.pdf nanjemoy2010_summary.pdf potomacsf2010summary.pdf elkneck_2010-2011.pdf catoctinmountain2010summary.pdf saltmarshibas2010summary.pdf savageriver_2011-2012.pdf