Habitat Preservation and Enhancement

Funding or Management of Projects

…such as Emy’s Meadow, Clegg Meadow, leasing scrubland for Dickcissel nests, installing Purple Martin boxes in several locations (including at Sharps at Waterford where there is also a kestrel box and a wetland area funded by HCBC), and a Motus Tower and pollinator meadow at the Howard County Conservancy at Mount Pleasant. Future efforts could include more pollinator meadows and grassland for nesting birds. The emphasis is on projects that enhance protection of birds and their habitat, especially in Howard County as well as projects that improve collection of data about the distribution and migration of birds.

Nest Boxes

We offer help and encourage efforts of others to provide artificial nesting boxes and enclosures in Howard County to supplement the naturally available spaces for some of the bird species here whose numbers are declining.

HCC-MP Pollinator Meadow

Sue Probst

There is an 11-acre plot at Howard County Conservancy at Mount Pleasant that is being developed into a pollinator meadow that will attract butterflies and other pollinators plus the birds that feed on those pollinators. Howard County Bird Club will be paying for maintenance.

Waterford Flats

Russ Ruffing

Howard County Bird Club has developed this and other bird-friendly improvements on Sharp’s Farm at Waterford such as a Purple Martin box and Wood Duck box.

MOTUS

Gregg Petersen

We funded the installation of the Howard County Bird Club Motus Wildlife Tracking Station at Howard County Conservancy at Mount Pleasant and is investigating installation of another tower in Howard County. Motus is an international research community working together to study the movement and behavior of birds, bats, and insects