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Meetings

Our meetings feature travelogues and photos from birding trips, bird identification tips, natural history features, conservation topics, and other subjects of interest to people who love natural history.

Meetings are held the second Thursday of each month from September through May at the Robinson Nature Center and virtually using Zoom. Hospitality session at 7:00 p.m. Meeting/program begins at 7:30 p.m.

Field Trips

Mostly Howard County, and mostly birds—but we include butterflies, dragonflies, fungi, and anything else that strikes our fancy—as long as we can find a leader to lead and enough people to participate!
We have Sunday morning field trips at Centennial Park in March and  in November that  are a great introduction to local birding. We also schedule trips to other county and state parks, private property, and the three Columbia lakes.
Why so many different locations and times (throughout the week, but mainly on Saturdays and Sundays)? Because all of us enjoy the outdoors, and we all bring different skills and schedules to these trips. Don’t deny yourself the pleasure of a field trip because you  lack knowledge; our members delight in showing everyone the birds—common and special—that we find on these trips!

Seasonal Bird Counts

 

In addition to a full schedule of programs and field trips, we compile migratory and resident bird records four times a year. May Count, Fall Count and Mid-winter Count are one day countywide surveys. Members can also participate in the Audubon Triadelphia Christmas Count that includes about one-third of the county. On these counts, new or inexperienced birders can be placed with those with more experience.[/accordion_son][/accordion_father]

[accordion_father][accordion_son title_align=”center” borderwidth=”5px 5px 5px 5px” borderwidth2=”5px 5px 5px 5px” title=”HCBC Officers & Committees” clr=”#000000″ bgclr=”#ffffff” borderclr=”#03a9f4″ borderclr2=”#000000″]Current Howard County Bird Club officers and committee chairs

Previous officers (PDF)[/accordion_son][/accordion_father]

[accordion_father][accordion_son title_align=”center” borderwidth=”5px 5px 5px 5px” borderwidth2=”5px 5px 5px 5px” title=”Newsletter” clr=”#000000″ bgclr=”#ffffff” borderclr=”#03a9f4″ borderclr2=”#000000″]We publish a newsletter (The Goldfinch) five times a year— with many in-depth articles plus seasonal and bird count articles. Back issues are available on the web.

The Goldfinch

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[accordion_father][accordion_son title_align=”center” borderwidth=”5px 5px 5px 5px” borderwidth2=”5px 5px 5px 5px” title=”In Memoriam” clr=”#000000″ bgclr=”#ffffff” borderclr=”#03a9f4″ borderclr2=”#000000″]Over the years we have lost key members of the Howard County Bird Club. Their contributions and reputations remain.

In Memoriam

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[accordion_father][accordion_son title_align=”center” borderwidth=”5px 5px 5px 5px” borderwidth2=”5px 5px 5px 5px” title=”Gift Membership” clr=”#000000″ bgclr=”#ffffff” borderclr=”#03a9f4″ borderclr2=”#000000″]Give an MOS/HCBC membership to a friend, co-worker, or relative who is a birdwatcher but not yet a member.[/accordion_son][/accordion_father]

[accordion_father][accordion_son title_align=”center” borderwidth=”5px 5px 5px 5px” borderwidth2=”5px 5px 5px 5px” title=”Planned Giving” clr=”#000000″ bgclr=”#ffffff” borderclr=”#03a9f4″ borderclr2=”#000000″]Through planned giving, individuals are able to arrange gifts to be made at a future date, helping to support the long-term goals of the Howard County Bird Club (HCBC). Making a gift to HCBC may reduce the amount of your estate subject to taxation because HCBC is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization.[/accordion_son][/accordion_father]

[accordion_father][accordion_son title_align=”center” borderwidth=”5px 5px 5px 5px” borderwidth2=”5px 5px 5px 5px” title=”Fiftieth Anniversary Celebration (2022)” clr=”#000000″ bgclr=”#ffffff” borderclr=”#03a9f4″ borderclr2=”#000000″]Several pages showing what we did to mark our Fiftieth Anniversary in 2022.[/accordion_son][/accordion_father]

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IRS Form 990: Contact HCBC Treasurer[/accordion_son][/accordion_father]