Schedule-at-a-Glance

Check back here in 2024 for more information. The information below is from 2023.

Below is the schedule for the 2023 MOS Convention. For a printable 2-page PDF of the convention schedule, please click on the image or click here.

Friday, May 19

9:00 am – 1:00 pm Registration Check-in 

11:30 am – 12:30 pm First Time Attendee Orientation

1:00 pm – 1:30 pm Field Trip Depart 

4:00 pm Field Trips Return 

4:00 pm – 6:00 pm Wine & Cheese Social 

4:00 pm – 6:45 pm Vendors Available 

6:00 pm – 7:00 pm Dinner Buffet 

6:45 pm Announcements and Awards Presentation 

7:15 – 8:30 pm Keynote Address by Katie Fallon: Saving the Cerulean Warbler

8:45 pm Owling Field Trip “Nocturnal Noisemakers” departs

Saturday, May 20

5:00 am – 6:00 am Breakfast Buffet 

5:30 am Box Lunch Pickup 

6:00 am – 7:00 am Field Trip Depart 

11:00 am Field Trips Return 

11:00 am – 1:00 pm Vendors Available 

11:30 am – 12:30 pm Lunch Buffet 

12:30 pm – 1:30 pm Field Trip Depart 

1:00 pm – 2:15 pm Seminar: Dr. Cody Kent, Snowbirds: Wintering Warblers in the Caribbean

2:30 pm – 3:45 pm Seminar – Dave Curson, Rising Tides – Can Habitat Restoration Save Maryland’s Coastal Birds from Sea Level Rise?

4:00 pm Field Trips Return 

4:00 pm – 6:45 pm Vendors Available

4:00 pm – 6:00 pm Poster Session 

4:00 pm – 6:00 pm Wine & Cheese Social and 75th Anniversary Cake Displayed

6:00 pm – 6:45 pm Dinner Buffet 

6:45 pm – 7:30 pm 75th Anniversary Cake distributed, Convention Announcements, Raffle, Silent Auction, and Photo Winner Announcements

7:30 pm – 8:30 pm Panel Discussion – Launching the Next 75 Years

8:45 pm – Owling Field Trip “Nocturnal Noisemakers” departs

Sunday, May 21

5:00 am – 6:00 am Breakfast Buffet 

6:00 am – 7:00 am Field Trip Depart 

11:00 am Field Trips Return 

11:30 am Room Check-out

11:30 am – 12:30 pm Lunch Buffet 

12:30 pm Bob Ringler Memorial Tally Rally