Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge Eagle Festival

 Easter Shore Event - March 10, 2012 - Annual Eagle Festival

 Near Cambridge, MD the Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge 12th Annual Eagle Festival happens Saturday, March 10, 9am-4pm. All Eagle Festival activities are free, including access to the Wildlife Drive.

Scheduled Eagel Festival presentations will include: a peregrine flight demonstration, a live bald eagle program, “The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly” with Maryland DNG, a live “Day vs. Night Predators” program, a live owl presentation, Native American flute music, and a photography wildlife workshop.

“Early birds” to the Eagle Festival at Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge can start twith a bird walk at 8:00am. During the festival, visitors can look for eagles on one of our famous “Eagle Prowls,” or take a bus ride around the Wildlife Drive. There will also be a lot of fun for children and parents at the Eagle Festival. A youth archery range will be open from 9:00 am until 4:00 pm, and kids’ “make-and-take” activities will run from 10:00 am until 3:00 pm while supplies last. Blackwater’s new “Habitat” puppet show will take place at 9:30 am and 3:00 pm and all puppet show attendees will receive a compimentary Albert the Delmarva Fox Squirrel coloring book.

Blackwater Nation Wildlife Refuge’s main Visitor Center is currently closed because renovations, but Eagle Festival programs and activities will take place in large heated tents.

For more Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge Eagle Festival information, please call 410-228-2677 or visit www.fws.gov/blackwater where you'll find a detailed schedule of events.


Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge Event Website: http://www.fws.gov/blackwater


Blackwater Eagle Festival at the
Mar 10th
8:00 am

For more Cambridge, MD area events follow http://www.tourdorchester.org/calendar.php?last_clicked=11 where this Eagle Festival informatin was sourced from.

Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge - Eastern Shore MD

If you like to see wildlife, a trip on the Eastern Shore of Maryland to the Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge is a great nature experience. The drive to Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge takes about 35 minutes form Oxford, Maryland. Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge is located near Cambridge, MD.

"Blackwater NWR is one of nine national wildlife refuges on the low-lying Delmarva Peninsula, so named for the three states of Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia, which share its 200-mile length. This finger of land lies on the track of the eastern flyway, and its extensive marshes make it prime habitat for nesting and migrating birds."

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"Like many people, I suppose, I was surprised to learn that the bald eagle--all but wiped out in the lower 48 in the 1950s and '60s by the insecticide DDT--has been staging a remarkable comeback in the last two decades. And the numbers have been particularly good at Blackwater--27,000 acres of protected marshlands overseen by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. In 1976, just four years after the EPA finally banned the widespread use of DDT, there were only four active eagles' nests (with mating pairs) at Blackwater; by the mid-'90s, the number was up to a dozen or so, and now there are at least 21 nesting pairs in the refuge--each producing one to three offspring per year."

Chesapeake Bay Magazine Read full article


To Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge: US-50 to Cambridge, south on MD-16, left on MD-335 for approximately five miles, left at refuge sign on Key Wallace Drive. Entrance to the Visitor Center is one mile and to the Wildlife Drive is two miles, both on the right.


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Cambridge, Maryland March Events

Cambridge, Maryland Events for March

The 'Green Show' at Main Street Gallery	March 05, 2010 - May 03, 2010	The gallery is open Friday and Saturday, 11am-4pm.
Gigahertz at Jimmie & Sook's	March 05, 2010 9:30 pm	Classic rock and psychedelic blues in downtown Cambridge.
Mark Desrochers at Jimmie & Sook's	March 06, 2010 9:30 pm	Acoustic music at a great restaurant in downtown Cambridge.
Native American Snapshot - Fun For Kids	March 06, 2010 9:30 am 2 Hours	Kids 5-11 years old can learn hands-on about the life of early Dorchester County Native Americans.
Great Train Robbery	March 12, 2010 9:30 pm	The kings of classic rock covers come to downtown Cambridge!
Blackwater Eagle Festival	March 13, 2010 8:00 am 8 Hours	For more information, call 410-228-2677
Annual Harriet Tubman Banquet	March 13, 2010 3:45 pm	Call 410.228.0401 for more information.
Second Saturday in Downtown Cambridge	March 13, 2010 5:00 pm 4 Hours	Gallery openings, late shopping hours, entertainment, dining
Bad Mojo at Jimmie & Sook's	March 13, 2010 9:30 pm	Live music at a great restaurant in downtown Cambridge
Bird Walk at Blackwater Wildlife Refuge	March 13, 2010 8:00 am	A guided bird watching expedition—for nature lovers of all ages and abilities!
St. Patrick's Day Jam: Anne Watts & Friends	March 17, 2010 8:00 pm 3 Hours	An annual tradition in Downtown Cambridge
Luck of the Irish	March 19, 2010 6:00 pm 3 Hours	A fun evening with family-style courses matched with beer, liquor, and cordials straight from Ireland!
All Together Spent at Jimmie & Sook's	March 20, 2010 9:30 pm	Live music at a great restaurant in downtown Cambridge
Mike Elzey/Lisa Rowe at Jimmie & Sook's	March 26, 2010 9:30 pm	Live blues/rock at a great restaurant in downtown Cambridge.
Spring Nature Walk	March 27, 2010 10:00 am 2 Hours	A guided trail walk with a naturalist—for nature lovers of all ages and abilities!
Family Iron Chef Competition	March 27, 2010	A fun culinary competition at the Hyatt
March Madness Party	March 27, 2010 6:00 pm 5 Hours	Join the party during this fund raising event for Cambridge Main Street.
Interior Design Class for Beginners	March 27, 2010 9:00 am 7 Hours	This Master Design Class is a comprehensive class for the interior decorating novice, led by the well-known Joseph Paul Davis of Joseph Paul Davis School of Design of Palm Beach.
Blues DeVille at Jimmie & Sook's	March 27, 2010 9:30 pm	Blues trio performs at a great restaurant in downtown Cambridge
Hoopers Island Fire Department Dinner	March 28, 2010 11:00 am 5 Hours	Enjoy oyster puffs, fried chicken, hot biscuits, and more.
Bird Walk at Blackwater Wildlife Refuge	March 28, 2010 8:00 am 2 Hours	A guided bird watching expedition—for nature lovers of all ages and abilities!

Cambridge, Maryland March events information sourced from http://www.tourdorchester.org/grid.php?month=03&year=2010

American Bald Eagle in Oxford, Maryland

An American Bald Eagle has been spotted at Sandaway Waterfront Lodging in Oxford, Maryland. The Sandaway's waterfront property with large towering trees close to the Tred Avon River makes a nice place to visit for American Bald Eagles and other Eastern Shore of Maryland wildlife.


Perhaps the Amercian Bald Eagle visiting Oxford is from the Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge outside of Cambridge, Maryland in Dorchester County.


Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge is home to the largest breeding population of American bald eagles on the East Coast, north of Florida.


Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge has been referred to as the "Everglades of the North," and has been called one of the "Last Great Places" by the Nature Conservancy.


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