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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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Meet at West end parking lot. Easy walking around the lake on a paved path. Facilities available. Waterfowl expected, woodland trails for passerines. Leader – John Henri Rorabeck, johnhenri14@gmail.com Handicapped accessible
Wingspan (https://stonemaiergames.com/games/wingspan/) is an engine-building game where players create a birding preserve with several different bird cards representing different species of birds. If you do not know how to play the game, someone will be available to teach you. Bring your Wingspan board with you if you can Coordinator: John Henri Rorabeck, johnhenri14@gmail.com
Park at 10018-10020 Autumn View Lane. Meet at the Red park sign. The paved trail is about a mile long, featuring a short boardwalk, three ponds and a stream through woods. Chance of seeing Great Blue Heron, woodpeckers, waterfowl, Red-shouldered Hawk, Eastern Phoebe, Eastern Bluebird. No facilities. Register with tour leader Laura Wolf, bakerswifemadeit@gmail.com. • […]
Meet at the farm parking area, through the barns on the right. Moderate walking over crop stubble, farm roads and paths on this working farm. Fields with crop residue, extensive woodlands, Cattail Creek and floodplain, three ponds and five shallow waterfowl impoundments make for diverse habitats and good birding opportunities. Port-a-pots available. Knee-high waterproof footwear […]
Meet at West end parking lot. Easy walking around the lake on paved path. Facilities available. Waterfowl expected, woodland trails for passerines. Leader – David Sandler, detour65@gmail.com Handicapped accessible
Meet in the Howard County Conservancy Parking lot. Birders will introduce themselves and walk the Conservancy hoping for early spring migrants. Young birders must be accompanied by an adult. Leaders: Roshan and Vitus Registration: RSVP to Chen Chiu at chiuchen@gmail.com before the event.
The speakers are Lindsay Jacks, Director of “Lights Out Baltimore,” longtime volunteer with Phoenix Wildlife Center, and advocate for sustainable building design and reduced light pollution, and Dr. Mark Southerland, Howard County ecologist, Legislative Director of Safe Skies Maryland, and author of both local and state-wide legislation requiring bird-safe buildings. Register by calling the store […]
Half day. Reservations required. Carpooling is required. Moderate walking over hills and fields of the landfill. Possibilities are Northern Harrier, Great Horned Owl, American Kestrel, Horned Lark, American Pipit, Vesper Sparrow, and Eastern Meadowlark. No facilities on the landfill. A few spaces are being reserved for people who have NEVER been to the landfill. Limited to […]
Indoor session followed by a bird walk. Leaders: Steve Luke Stevebirder3@gmail.com and Lauren Crocker lauren.k.crocker@gmail.com Register at Howard County Conservancy: Maximizing the Magic of Merlin Bird ID - Howard County Conservancy
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 […]
Come and see the Howard County Bird Club table.