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.

Meet in the back parking lot by the restrooms. Spiring migrants in open woods and fields. Facilities available. Leader - TBA

Earth Day Walk in conjunction with the Howard County Conservancy. 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 Leaders – Gregg Petersen, sig29@aol.com and Lilian Saul

Park at Dunloggin Middle School. Limit 8 people. Opportunity to see early spring migrants and resident woodland birds and to learn the details of local woodpeckers. Register with leader Ben Costello, bcostel3@gmail.com Registration required

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 habitat. Expect wet areas. Rustic facilities. Leader – Lisa Colangelo, lcolangelo@verizon.net

Look for spring wildflowers at one of the county’s most scenic locatiions. Easy walking on wide flat packed earth trail above the Fall Line on the Little Patuxent River. Park on Foundry Street off Gorman Road. Leaders: Jo and Bob Solem; Sue Muller. Reservations suggested in case trip is postponed: odenata@msn.com Rain date: Tuesday, May […]

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.  […]

Park in the first parking lot on the right. Moderate walking along field edges and woodland trails. Opportunity for warblers, sparrows, thrushes, and flyovers. Facilities available. Leader – David Sandler, detour65@gmail.com