Join Harriet Tubman Tours and Delmarva Birding Weekends as they go birding along the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway in Dorchester County, Maryland. During this guided, self-driven tour, learn about the life and times of the famed freedom seeker and human rights activist known as “The Moses of Her People,” Harriet Tubman. The route courses through the farms and Chesapeake Bay marshes of Dorchester County, home to Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge and some of the best birding and Bald Eagle watching on America’s Eastern Seaboard.
The same birds that Harriet Tubman would have known more than 170 years ago still inhabit the fields, forests and marshes of Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge. Bald Eagles can be observed year-round, and active nests are visible during the winter and spring. During autumn and winter months, you can discover ducks, geese, swans and raptors.
Choose from among these upcoming tours; each tour runs from 1 to 5pm:
- February 25, 2021
- March 11, 2021
- March 25, 2021
- April 3, 2021
- April 15, 2021
Cost is $65/person. Find out more and reserve your spot.
Meeting location: small roadside pull-off at the Brodess Farm Site, located near 2881 Greenbrier Road, Bucktown, MD 21613. The GPS Coordinates are: 38.459031,-76.048522.
Harriet Tubman used bird calls as secret signals during her missions to freedom. Read more on this in Audubon magazine and listen to a brief segment from Living on Earth.