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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.
The City Nature Challenge is a collaborative effort involving cities all over the world to identify as many wildlife species as possible in their urban setting over a 4-day period using the iNaturalist platform. The National Aquarium is the regional coordinator for the City Nature Challenge for the Baltimore Metropolitan Area, which includes Howard County.
Meet at High Ridge Park Please have iNaturalist on your phones. If you have never used iNaturalist, no worries! Sue is happy to teach you!! Restroom facilities: yes Please sign up with trip leader Sue Muller, green12205@gmail.com. Reservations required
Meet at the parking lot near the barn. Easy walking through the fields of Mt. Pleasant Farm. Tree lines, hedgerows and streams provide opportunity for non-meadow species. Great opportunity for flyovers. Facilities available. Register with the Howard County Conservancy. Leader – Gregg Petersen, sig29@aol.com Reservations required
Union Mills Homestead (Carroll County) 3311 Littlestown Pike, Westminster, MD 21158 **Carpooling from Howard County can be arranged if requested. Please have iNaturalist on your phones. If you have never used iNaturalist, no worries! Sue is happy to teach you!! Restroom facilities: no Please sign up with trip leader Sue Muller, green12205@gmail.com Reservations required
The next Wingspan game night is April 26th at Wild Birds Unlimited 6955 F Oakland Mills Rd., Columbia, 4:30-8 p.m. Link for registration: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F084AACAD2EA0FC1-63490455-april
Meet in the front parking lot. Moderate walking along field edges and through stream valleys. The park now has very nice meadows which were used by the meadowlarks and grasshopper sparrows, in addition to plenty of other types of habitats. Expect wet areas. Rustic facilities. Leader – Lisa Colangelo, lcolangelo@verizon.net
Meet at the parking lot on Mullinix Mill Road (39.29474N, 77.14541W). The new mountain bike trail will head up into the forest with a nice overlook of the river at one point. Then it's down to a little meadow and back on the old horse trail along the river. Walking distance is about 2 miles. […]
and birds and butterflies. We will have a table. Watch for details.
A walk around the fields looking for early migrants. This trip will have special guests, Mike Bowen and Anne Cianni. Mike used to work at the property and will be able to show us around and tell stories about the history of this location. Leader – Gregg Petersen, sig29@aol.com
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You can show up and leave at any time. This is an unofficial Big Sit. We will look for flyovers and look and listen to surrounding birds. No need to sign up, just show up. Cancelled in the event of heavy rain. Leader – Lynn Gregg, lhg5037@gmail.com
Bonnie Ott is a long-time member of MOS and the Howard Bird Club. Over four decades of birding, Bonnie has expanded her interests to include a vast array of subjects. Bonnie started a journey into photography and focuses on documenting unusual species and behaviors. Her pictures have been published in many field guides and used […]