Howard County Bird Club

A Chapter of the Maryland Ornithological Society (MOS)

is for the birds*

* and the butterflies and dragonflies and flowers and everything else that is part of nature. Our purpose is to promote the knowledge, development, protection, conservation of bird life, habitat, and natural resources.

Programs
Sept–May

• Birds
• Natural history
• Identification

Field Trips

• Local birding "hot spots"
• Beginning birding trips
• Eastern Shore
• Archived Field Trip Reports

Publications

• Archive copies of The Goldfinch — Howard newsletter
• The Maryland Yellowthroat — MOS newsletter
• Locally produced publications (PDF)

Projects

• Seasonal bird counts
• Annual habitat preservation
  (contributions & seed sale profits)
• Maryland Amphibian & Reptile Atlas
• Annual County Dragonfly Count
• Breeding Bird Atlas Species Maps (Howard County)
• Breeding Bird Atlas Results (Howard County)

Guides and Galleries

• Birds
• Butterflies
• Herps (amphibians & reptiles)
• Fungi
• Lichens

Flora & Fauna
Species Lists

• Birds
• Butterflies
• Damselflies & Dragonflies
• Herps (amphibians & reptiles)
• Mammals
• Lichens

Legal stuff:

The objectives and purposes of the Club are to function as a local chapter of the Maryland Ornithological Society, Inc., serving Howard County, in the furtherance of the objectives and purposes of that Society as set forth in its Articles of Incorporation and By-Laws, and said purposes and objectives shall conform to the provisions of Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code (or corresponding provisions of any future United States Internal Revenue Code).

Meaning we are a
501(c)(3)
charitable organization