Field Trip Leaders

Bios are added as they’re received!

Aaron Graham

Cheryl Hogue began birding because of a requirement to take a zoology course for an undergrad biology degree. A friend talked her into taking ornithology and the rest is history. Cheryl serves on the council of the Montgomery Bird Club and carries her binoculars wherever her professional and personal travels take her. She is a writer for a large scientific society in Washington, DC.

Chuck Hager

Chuck Parker

Dave Wilson is the former executive director of the Maryland Coastal Bays Program, a National Estuary Program, based in Ocean City, Md. He is the current chair of the Maryland Bird Conservation Partnership board and sits on the Maryland Sea Grant External Advisory Board. Wilson was previously named Tourism Person of the Year in Worcester County. He and his business partner, Jim Rapp, promote conservation and nature tourism and operate the Delmarva Birding Weekends. Wilson has a BS from PSU and an MA from Boston College.

Ellen Lawler has been interested in birds since she was young and became a more serious birder when she moved to Bar Harbor, ME in the late 1970’s. She recently retired from Salisbury University, where she taught a variety of biology courses, including Ornithology.  Ellen has been an MOS member since 1988 and is currently Vice-President of the Tri-County club. When she is not watching birds, she enjoys painting them. 

Francis Bridges

Gabriel Foley

George Jett and Gwen Brewer have led field trips for MOS conferences (including listers’ trips) and presented talks on their travels together for bird clubs for over 15 years. Gwen manages the science program for rare species at the Maryland Department of Natural Resources and previously was a professor at Frostburg State University.  George is retired from the Environmental Protection Agency and is an avid nature photographer- check out his photos at georgejett.net. When not looking for birds, mammals, and herps in far-off places, they enjoy birding and kayaking from their property near Jug Bay in southern Anne Arundel County.

Joe McDaniel is a Garret County resident and birder.

Kevin and Karen Heffernan live in Howard County and have been birding in Maryland, the U.S. and oversees for decades. They also enjoy nature photography and butterflying. 

Kevin Dodge

Kevin Graff began birding at nine when his family took him to the zoo, where he became enamored with the flamingos. He leads many trips for the MOS and the Baltimore Bird Club. Kevin maintains field trip records that he submits to MDOsprey and eBird. Because of his hearing impairment, Kevin cannot bird aurally, but he makes up for that by his keen eyesight. Kevin likes leading walks because he can help people in their birding efforts, and he enjoys pointing out other creatures like butterflies, dragonflies, and amphibians. 

Kurt Schwarz is retired from DOD, Conservation Chair of MOS, and an avid lister.

Kyle Klotz

Marcia Watson

Mary Huebner

Melissa Hensel

Peter Hanan started birding as a young teenager. He’s a long-time member of the Anne Arundel Bird Club–approximately 40 years. He’s visited most of the South and Central American countries on organized field trips. He set up field trips for (4) MOS conferences. He usually leads a number of field trips when attending the conferences.

Steve Sheffield is a field biologist and ecologist, and serves as Professor of Biology at Bowie State University in Bowie, MD.  His taxonomic expertise is in birds, mammals, and herps in particular. Steve has participated in various bird counts (CBCs, migratory bird counts, BBSs, BioBlitzes, etc.) for many years.  Regarding birds, he is especially interested in raptors, particularly owls.