MBP Turkey Point Bird Count (2024) - Maryland Biodiversity Project

Please welcome our lead counter for the 2024 season, Levi Parker! We're excited to return to Turkey Point for our fourth season collecting valuable data about fall migration. Turkey Point is the southernmost point of the Elk Neck Peninsula in Cecil County, Maryland, and a natural gathering point for southbound migrating birds. The Turkey Point Bird Count will document fall bird migration here from August 1st through November 30th.

Important Note: Turkey Point is closed to public access until further notice due to ongoing construction. We spent most of the year expecting an inevitable gap year in the Turkey Point data, but received a last-minute approval to proceed, which is awesome. We'll keep you posted on any updates.

If you would like to support this effort, please donate via the link above. You can monitor updates via Trektellen and eBird as well as via the MBP special projects blog and on social media (MBP on Facebook and Instagram).

Meet the Counter

◆ Levi Parker

Levi is a birder from the Cincinnati area, and is excited to lead the Turkey Point Morning Flight Count for 2024. From a young age, Levi turned his completionist attitude into the natural passion of birding via his school’s birding club, and evolved into a prolific lister in Southwest Ohio. He’s surveyed Black-backed Woodpeckers in California and has volunteered as a guide for the Biggest Week In American Birding, and most of the time, he can be found birding his local spot, East Fork State Park. He hopes to further the legacy of Turkey Point, to contribute to the Maryland Biodiversity Project, and to find a bunch of awesome rarities. He’s honored to lead this count and to be giving the opportunity to translate the patterns of Maryland’s fall migration.

Read more about the Count on the MBP blog page.