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What about cancellations?
Meetings at the Robinson Nature Center are cancelled if the Howard County Government has announced government buildings are closed and will not open for the day. For other venues where a Howard County Bird Club (HCBC) event was scheduled, the cancellation will be posted on the front page of the HCBC website in a banner headline and on the website calendar. Field Trips and Workshops may be cancelled at the discretion of the leader and announced in advance when possible. The cancellation will be posted on the front page of the HCBC website in a banner headline and on the website calendar.
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HCBC Meeting
April 10 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Russ Ruffing Birding in Colombia, South America
The country of Colombia boasts the most impressive bird species list of any country in the world…so imagine trying to see as many species as possible there using small windows of availability! This talk will give a brief description of Colombia birding and focus on some of the challenges one might face birding a lot on your own, in a tropical country where English is spoken by very few. And of course, there will be lots of pictures of the birdlife!
Russ took an interest in birds in grade school and began keeping records of nesting birds in his home area. When he attended
Penn State, he worked for a wildlife professor who introduced him to survey protocols used on tracts of contiguous habitat.
Relocating to the Los Angeles area in the early 1990s, he birded southern California extensively. After a hiatus of ten years, the advent of
eBird led to Russ birding again. In recent years, Russ worked on a three-year project to produce the Annotated Bird Records for Howard
County, to which he continues to contribute.
- For Zoom, on the Monday before the meeting, members will get an email with the link and non-members should email HCBC meetings