Pickering Creek Audubon Center

05/09/2026

Come and visit us today at the Building African American Minds, Inc. festival at Moton Park! Music, community, juggling and food!

05/06/2026

05/04/2026

Thanks to our partners at Easton Middle School for honoring the Pickering Creek team as 2026 partner of the year! Great job connecting seventh graders to Chesapeake Bay biodiversity.

04/28/2026

Heather Disque and Bob Rabaglia of Maryland Dept of Agriculture installed hickory bark beetle traps in Pickering’s woods as they try to determine what attracts the beetles.

04/27/2026

Pickering Creek staff have been busy leading Caroline County students in field trips at Tuckahoe State Park to learn about environmental policy. Students explore Tuckahoe State Park’s history with environmental restoration through an augmented reality sandbox, act as a town council debating over a hypothetical development project, and model ecological collapse through a game of jenga. They also gained hands-on experience removing invasive species from the environment.

04/23/2026

Thank you to everyone who celebrated Earth Day with us at our nocturnal amphibian hike! Attendees were treated to views of five different types of frogs, as well as crayfish, actual fish, and aquatic insects.

04/22/2026

Thanks to Ned Ge**er of Chesapeake Wildlife Heritage for sharing his knowledge and wisdom about created wetlands and meadows at our workshop yesterday.

04/20/2026

Thanks to Jim Brighton of the Maryland Biodiversity Project for leading a delightful walk at Pickering where we learned about great things like these beautiful black cherry blossoms!

04/14/2026

Not too many more days to enjoy redbud flowers as leaves are emerging. These flowers are interestingly bunched along the main stem of a large redbud that has been made more horizontal than vertical as a result of damage from several storms over the years.

04/11/2026

Flowering dogwood is one of several beautiful native trees blooming this spring. Get outside for a walk and enjoy them!

04/09/2026

One of Pickering’s most charismatic avian residents, Barred Owls can often be heard hooting their iconic “who cooks for you call” throughout both the day and night in the isolation of Pickering Creek’s forests (though peak activity during visiting hours is early in the morning and just before sunset). When not hunting, Barred Owls tend to rest in dense evergreen trees, well-camouflaged against the trunks.