From our Atlantic coastline across the Pocomoke Forest and down our scenic Pocomoke River, we are home to pelicans and pewees, kingbirds and cuckoos, herons, harriers and eagles. The southernmost winter sightings of the Common and King Eider, Harlequin Duck, Purple Sandpiper and Great Cormorant often occur at the rock jetties of the Ocean City Inlet. Birding in Worcester County also is a chance to experience the unspoiled wilderness which attracts, sustains and protects so much natural life. Stop anywhere along the road and you'll be able to observe an abundance of birds which inhabit the immediate vicinity. State and national parks in the county offer camping, nature trails and guided tours, inviting you to share the beauty of our native landscape.
E ach season offers special opportunities for birding in Worcester County.
Come spring, the Pocomoke Forest is alive with nesting activity. Now is the perfect time for canoeing on the Pocomoke, where kingfishers are diving, Wood Ducks are nesting, and where you may spot a Bald Eagle high in the cypress trees. Large tracts of unbroken woodland throughout the county are especially attractive to migrant nesters. And in May, the extensive mud flats north of the Route 50 Bridge to Ocean City play host to a constant passage of shorebirds. Meadowlarks cruise the fields and Indigo Buntings skirt the woods where Ruby-throated Hummingbirds buzz the honeysuckle.