Gabriel Foley, executive director of the Maryland Bird Conservation ... participated in the Great Backyard Bird Count, identifying nearly 8,000 species of birds worldwide. Nearly 650,000 people ...

The world champion is Maryland resident Peter Kaestner, a retired Foreign Service officer whose life list recently reached 10,000 species, accumulated over six decades in 195 countries.

Maryland’s sixth case of bird flu was detected in a backyard flock in Anne Arundel County, officials announced on Wednesday.