Projects Completed in 2009
Completed in December
MWDI’s Annual
Nest Box Kit Sale - Completed
Assembled Boxes Also
Available
Uncut lumber, box kits or assembled boxes are available for
order at prices less than last year - $17 a box kit, $29 an assembled box.
Plus, we've added Blue Bird Boxes. Order
today!
Payment Due by Dec. 22nd!
Week of Dec. 7th -Date TBD - Completed
(Dorchester County)
Chicamicomico River final nest inspections. Volunteers with
boat & mud motor welcomed to join. Contact
cliftonabrown@aol.com
if interested.
Completed in November
Nov. 2 - Completed
Maret High School Community Service Day - assembled 18 nest boxes.
Nov 11 - Completed
J.M. Tawes School 50 nest boxes sold and delivered.
Completed in October
Oct. 2nd - Completed
Radio interview on the "Homegrown and Green" segment on
WCTR (1530 AM) (Chestertown) to air Oct 2nd at 11:30 am.
Oct 3rd - Completed
Blackwater NWL Refuge Open House
Blackwater Refuge has 14th Annual Open House Program including a
wood duck box building demonstration event as part of the 8am - 4pm
festivities. Chicken & Crab Feast follows at 4:30pm sponsored by
Friends of Blackwater. Go to
http://www.friendsofblackwater.org for details.
Sat.,
October 17th - Cancelled Due to Rain
Chestertown Wildlife Exhibition in Chestertown.
MWDI to hold Youth Box Building Event
Beginning at 10 am in Fountain Park
October - Completed
Earth Conservation Corps (DC) - built 8 boxes, pole mounts
and formed predator guards for Anacostia River program
Completed in September
Sept 22-23 - Completed
Aaron Ward made various presentations to Somerset County 4th graders
as part of a wildlife exhibition in Salisbury.
Sept 23rd -
Completed
Hart Miller Island inspection with US Fish & Wildlife Service.
Contact
cliftonabrown@aol.com
if interested in this 1/2 day outing.
Sept 24th -
Completed
Anacostia River inspection and review of new sites with earth
Conservation Corps.
September 26th -
Completed
Youth Wood Duck Nest Box Assembly
MD
DNR's Hunting and Fishing Day in Bridgeton
Completed in August
August 12 - Completed
Chicamicomico River project inspection
August 16 - Completed
(Anne Arundel County)
Bass Pro Arundel Mills/DU youth box assembly event. 25 boxes
assembled.
August 17 - Completed
Tuckahoe State Park project inspection
August - Completed
Blackwater Refuge nest inspections
Completed in July
July 1 - Completed
Inspections at Bloomfield & Conquests farms.
July 7 - Partially Completed
(Dorchester County)
Completed part of Chicamicomico River inspections. 30 boxes left,
need mud motor.
July 10 - Completed
Finished Lower Shore inspections of Pocomoke River North, EA Vaughan
(previously, the Shad Landing Pocomoke Rover site was inspected).
July 10 - Completed
Inspections of Pocomoke River North, EA Vaughan WMA projects
July 14 - Completed
Inspection of Shehan Audubon Sanctuary site.
July 15 - Completed
(Kent County)
Eastern Neck National Wildlife Refuge inspection planned.
July 15 -
Completed
(Montgomery County)
McKee Beshers WMA inspection planned.
July 29 - Completed
Inspection of Black Hill / Little Seneca Lake project
Completed in June
June 10 - Completed
(Charles County)
Chicamuxen - inspection planned with Southern Maryland Audubon
members. Chapman Landing inspection. Smallwood State Park
inspection.
June 15 - Completed
(Harford County)
Completed inspection of Harford Glen Environmental Education Center
and Swan Harbor projects.
June 16 - Completed
(Prince George's and Calvert Counties)
Completed inspection of Merkle, Black Swamp and Kings Landing boxes,
and inspected Bowen WMA site for2010 project.
June 18 & 19 - Completed
Chesapeake Farms
(Kent County)
2 days, room for 1-2 people
June 20 - Completed
(Kent County)
Urieville Lake Inspection.
June 23-24 - Completed
(Prince George's County)
Jug Bay - Completed most of Jug Bay; 20 active nests remain.
June 25 - Completed
(Dorchester County)
Blackwater NWL Refuge - Bill Reybold and Ralph Moore finished the
annual inspection; need follow-up on 10 active nests.
June 29 & 30 - Completed
(Kent County)
Millington WMA inspections. Participants welcomed. Hip Boots.
Contact
cliftonabrown@aol.com
Completed in May
May 1-3 - Completed
(Harford County)
Delta Waterfowlers Waterfowler Days, in support of the Havre de
Grace Decoy Museum & Decoy Festival. MWDI will provide a display
booth, make a presentation May 2 and help with the youth box
building event. 20 kids assembled 20 boxes and colored them up
at Delta Waterfowl - Decoy Museum Exhibition in Havre de Grace.
Special thanks to Scott Jasion and Greg Raymond for
assisting.
May 12 - Completed
(Cecil & Harford Counties)
Furnace Bay inspection planned with Perryville Park officials
and Harford Glen Outdoor Education Center. Plus, inspections at
Baker Cove and North Point.
May 14 - CANCELLED
(Kent County)
Chesapeake Farms - 75 box inspection. Maret High School field
trip. Volunteers needed.
May 13 & 18 -
Completed
(Montgomery County)
McKee Beshers WMA & Izaak Walton league nest inspections planned.
Participants welcomed. All ages. Need hip boots.
May 18-19 -
Completed
(Prince George's County)
Jug Bay inspections.
May 20 -
Completed
(Howard County)
Liberty Reservoir inspection.
May 21 -
Completed
(Baltimore County)
Loch Raven inspection.
May 26 -
Canceled due to weather
(Dorchester County)
Chicamicomico River - inspection. If you have john boat (and
especially mud motor) and want to participate, contact
cliftonabrown@aol.com
May 27 - Completed
(Cecil & Harford Counties)
Furnace Bay ( Mill Creek) new 6 box installation completed. North
Park (Havre de Grace) - removed 2 boxes, made site inspection.
May 28 -
Completed
(Harford County)
Bosley Conservancy - inspected 70+/- boxes and habitat.
May 29 - Completed
(St. Mary's County)
Patuxent River Naval Air Station and St. Mary's lake installations.
Delivered materials for 12 box program. St. Mary's Lake and Park (St
Mary's Co) - installed 4 new boxes, inspected 6 old boxes, defined
final work program.
Completed in April
April 6 - Completed
(Cecil & Kent Counties)
Inspection at Fair Hill NRMA; Urieville Lake - 6 box install; and
inspection of certain Upper Chester River box programs.
April 15 - Completed
(St. Mary's County)
Site inspection Patuxent River Naval Station, program review.
April 16 - Completed
(Baltimore County)
Hart Miller Island - nest inspection
April 21 -
Completed
(Kent County)
Rock Hall - Box kit preparation for May 2 Delta Waterfowl youth
event. Volunteers needed.
April 22 -
Completed
(Prince George's County)
Jug Bay nest monitoring 2:00 - 7:00 pm.
April 27 -
Completed
(Dorchester County)
Chicamicomico River inspection. 9:30-1pm. Room for 1 more.
April 28 - Completed
(Kent County)
Chesapeake Farms partial inspection; open temporarily
closed boxes. 8-10am.
April 29 -
Completed
(Prince George's County)
Jug Bay (7:30am - Noon). Nest inspections.
April - Completed
(Cecil County)
15 boxes installed at Grove Farm WMA.
Completed in March
March 1 -
Completed
(Charles County)
Chapman Landing - Erect 3 boxes & inspect 5 others. Review site w/
new project manager, Lyle Hunger. C. Brown, J. McCarty. Tire
removal on project site.
March 1 -
Completed
(Cecil County)
Fair Hill NRMA - 3 boxes installed by Jordan Kane and daughter.
March 2
Changed to March 4th - Completed
(Kent County)
Lumber cutting day at Millington WMA - 10:30 am until....
Bring lunch. Need 4-5 volunteers to cut lumber into 135 kits.
Contact
cliftonabrown@aol.com
Early March -
Completed
Dave Godfrey completed pre-season work at Wye Island (Queen Anne's)
as did Bob Petitzon at the Shehan Audubon site and Ernie Maher and
his crew at the Pickering Creek Audubon site in Talbot County.
March 6-7 -
Cancelled
(Kent County)
Chesapeake Farms-tentative. 18 box replacement/ expansion work
program. Possible Maret High School field trip. C. Brown, S. Jasion,
J. Homyack. Participants needed. 1 for March 6th, 3-4 for March 7th.
Contact
cliftonabrown@aol.com
March 8 & 15th
- Completed
Pocomoke River pre-nest inspection, box installations
March 17 - Completed
(Harford County)
Susquehanna State Park - installed 12 new boxes as part of 25 box
program. (Harford Co DU chapter).
March 19 - Completed
(Kent County)
Eastern Neck NWR - final inspection for 2008 / 2009 box
check completed. (Phil Poux, Ray Taylorson)
March 20 - Completed
(Kent County)
Chesapeake Farms - field work. (Also see March 24)
March 21 -
8:30 a.m. 1:00 p.m. -
Completed
MWDI presentation at
Ducks Unlimited Maryland
State Convention & Volunteer Appreciation Day
Pintail Point, Queen Anne's County
Contact: Terry Lemper -
terrymddu@yahoo.com
(302)598-5619 or visit:
http://www.ducks.org/states/46/events/event17376.html
March 23 -
Completed
(St Mary's & Charles Counties)
Site inspections with Southern Maryland Audubon, Friends of St.
Mary's Park and MD DNR officials. Inspected St Mary's Lake with DNR
and agreed on 6-box initial program. Deferred program at Pt Lookout
after site inspection. Agreed to initiate 6-box initial progam at
Cedarville/ Zekiah Swamp area (Charles) and will be evaluating
Greenwell State Park (St Mary's) .
March 24 -
Completed
(Kent County)
Chesapeake Farms - field work. With help from Harford County DU
members Scott Jasion, Josiah Morin, Norb Wagner and Lee Sindler, we
removed 8 boxes, relocated 2, replaced 3 and installed 12 new boxes
at Chesapeake Farms.
Completed in February
February 7 - Completed
(Queen Anne's County)
Ducks Unlimited Dinner - Queen Anne's County Chapter
MWDI booth display
Feb 12 – Complete
Final cypress lumber order placed. 235 boxes / kits ordered.
Feb 14-16 - Complete
(Queen Anne's County)
Rock Hall - Cutting 2x4’s, making box mounts and form predator
guards, mount 2x4’s to boxes, cut metal poles (Chesapeake Farms
prep work).
Feb 17 -
Completed
Final predator guard order to be
placed.
February 19
- Completed
(Anne Arundel County)
Ducks Unlimited Dinner - Annapolis Chapter
MWDI booth display at Annapolis Sheraton Hotel
Feb 23 -
Completed
(Queen Anne's County)
Tuckahoe - install 10 predator guards. Kayak tour. C. Brown, K. Colbeck, D.
Gough. Thanks to Dave Gough and Josh Homyack for their assistance.
Feb
23-24 - Completed
(Kent County)
Millington WMA – remove some boxes, install other replacements. C.
Brown, J. Homyack. 1-3 participants welcomed.
February/March - Complete
(Caroline County)
City of Federalsburg Boy Scout box assembly for 10 box project on
Marshyhope River followed by installation. Participants welcome.
Feb 27 - Completed
(Charles County)
Indian Head Naval Station - pre-season box check, ID new
spots. C. Brown, S. Barry, L. Gootee. And Site inspection for Ward
Creek, private program.
Feb 28 -
Completed
(Caroline County)
Hog Island – site inspection, program review & box
installations; private program.
Feb 28 -
Completed
(Prince George's County)
Jug Bay North- Bill Schultz and son completed pre-nest inspection
and 2008 nest results trip.
Also Completed in
February
Sheehan Sanctuary
Bob Petizon, completed pre-nest season box check
Pocomoke River
Aaron Ward and volunteers completed pre-nest season box check and
replacements for about 1/2 of the Pocomoke River project sites
Completed in January
January 18 - Completed
(Montgomery County)
McKee Beshers WMA - Izaak Walton League inspection.
January 18-20- Completed
(Talbot County)
Pickering Creek box inspection tour.
