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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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Meeting and Field Trip Information

Managed Deer Hunts in Howard County Parks and Open Space 2025-2026

Nighthawks at New Cut Landfill

Worthington Elementary School 4570 Roundhill Road, Ellicott City, Maryland

Park in Worthington Elementary School parking lot. Non-alcohol Nighthawk Happy Hour at Worthington Park/New Cut Landfill. The nighthawk model will fly again. Leader – David Ziolkowski, djziolkowski@yahoo.com

Rockburn Branch Park

Rockburn Branch Park (East) 6105 Rockburn Branch Park Rd, Elkridge, MD

Meet in the parking lot on the left just past the restored schoolhouse. The park gate is just beyond Rockburn Elementary School. Moderate walking through the woods and fields of […]

Howard County Public Garden Site Field Trip

howard county public gardens 3188 Route 97, Glenwood, MD, United States

Park by main building. A return to the site during migration. Slow walk along two streams, past a pond, and in fields at the 98-acre planned location of our county’s […]

Beginner Field Trip: Fall Migrants at Dunloggin Wetlands

Dunloggin Middle School 9129 Northfield Road, Ellicott City, MD, United States

Park at Dunloggin Middle School Opportunity to see early fall migrants (especially warblers) and to learn the details of local woodpeckers. Limit 8 people. Register with the leader Ben Costello, […]

September Wingspan Event

Wild Birds Unlimited 6955 F, Oakland Mills Road, Columbia, MD, United States

Limit of 25 players. Click for more details and to sign up: September Wingspan Sign-up, https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F084AACAD2EA0FC1-58306377-september#/ Questions? Email Jaime (jaimern2003@gmail.com) Registration required

Fall Count

Details on the Howard County Bird Club website (https://howardbirds.website/birding/seasonal-bird-counts/fall-count/)

Plant Palooza

Robinson Nature Center 6692 Cedar Lane, Columbia, MD

Stop by the Howard County Bird Club table for information about birds and butterflies.

Font Hill Wetland Park

Font Hill Wetland Park 3520 Font Hill Drive, Ellicott City, MD, United States

Park on the road. Diverse wetland habitats include two ponds with emergent vegetation, a tributary of the Little Patuxent River, a wet area dominated by phragmites and cattails, and some […]

Skywatch at Mount Pleasant

Meet at the parking lot or go directly to the Skywatch site. This trip will be at the Skywatch for migrating raptors and other potential flybys. Leader – Lynn Gregg, […]