If you have a desire and a specific time
to participate, please let us know and we'll try to coordinate a
mutually convenient outing. Contact
cliftonabrown@aol.com
April
2012
April 21
Safari Club International - Chesapeake Chapter will hold its 18th Annual Banquet and Fundraiser
on Saturday, April 21, 2012 at the Chartwell Country Club in Severna Park, Maryland.
For details and tickets visit:
http://www.chesapeakesci.org
Other inspections being planned
include: LeCompte
and Idylwild WMAs in Dorchester and Caroline counties. Volunteers welcome.
Contact contact Cliff Brown
MWDI Needs Project Managers!
(i.e someone to be responsible to inspect nest boxes at least once annually) at
the following sites:
-
Myrtle Grove - Charles County, 2 modules - 4-6 hours
each
-
Smallwood State Park - Charles County (2 hours)
-
Tawes Garden - Anne Arundel County (45 minutes)
-
Chicamicomico River - Dorchester ( 6-8 hours- boat
needed)
-
Chesapeake Farms - Kent County (2-4 hour modules)
If you are interested in volunteering, contact
Cliff Brown - cliftonabrown@aol.com -
or the contact person indicated.
We can accommodate anyone’s
schedule and customize a rewarding “Total Wetland Experience.”
Scheduling occurs on short notice so the website is not always
current. Please note regional preferences and whether weekdays or
weekends preferred.
Other Outings are developing quickly. Stay tuned. A complete project list will be provided with local contacts to facilitate volunteer coordination. Please note: Often scheduling occurs on short notice so the website is not always current.
Completed in 2012
Completed in February
Feb 16 - Completed
(Dorchester County)
Chicamicomico River inspection. Volunteers welcome. Contact Cliff Brown - cliftonabrown@aol.com
if interested.
Feb. 22 - Completed
(Kent County)
Lumber Cutting Day at Millington WMA.
Click here for details. Contact Cliff Brown - cliftonabrown@aol.com
if interested. Could use another radial arm saw and guide rails.
Feb 23 - Completed
(Anne Arundel County)
Final site inspection & material delivery for new 3-box project at Kinder Farm
Park (KFP). MWDI will provide KFP with the boxes, poles and predator guards.
Lisa Willis, Sharon Warner and the Friends of KFP will be coordinating the
installation and monitoring the boxes along with their existing 22-box bluebird
nesting program.
Feb 27 - Completed
(Kent County)
Chesapeake Farms - 3 box installation. Volunteers welcome. Contact Cliff
Brown - cliftonabrown@aol.com
if interested.
Feb 29 -
Completed
(Prince George's County)
Chapman State Park. Install 6, boxes, remove old ones. Volunteers welcome.
Contact Cliff Brown - cliftonabrown@aol.com
if interested.
Feb 29 - Completed
(Charles County)
Smallwood State Park. Site inspection. Volunteers welcome.
Contact Cliff Brown - cliftonabrown@aol.com
if interested.
Feb 29 -
Completed
(Calvert County)
Calvert Cliffs State Park. Transfer inspection responsibility to Park officials.
Completed in March
Mar 1 - Completed
(St Mary's County)
Patuxent River Naval Station inspection. Volunteers
welcome. Contact Cliff Brown - cliftonabrown@aol.com
if interested.
March 6 - Completed
(Prince George's County)
Jug Bay Wetlands Sanctuary & Patuxent River Park- selected nest box inspections
starting at 1pm. Room for one other participant. Boat use, no boots necessary.
March 12 or 13 - Completed
(Charles County)
Myrtle Grove
inspection. Contact Cliff Brown - cliftonabrown@aol.com
if interested. Seeking project manager
for 1-3 modules, 2-3 hours each annually.
March 14 - Completed
Constellation Energy Family Event
Constellation box assembly day in
Baltimore for Hart Miller Island starling avoidance project.
March 19 - Completed
(Charles County)
Chapman Landing - clear trail and install 7 boxes, Contact me. 8:15 am start to
2 pm max.
March 27 - Completed
Constellation Energy Family Event
Horizontal nest box installation on
Hart Miller Island.
March 29 - Completed
(Charles County)
Indian Creek - site inspection, materials delivery. (assume completed)
Also
completed in March:
North Park
(Harford County)
Nest box preparation
Bosely Conservancy
(Harford County)
Nest box preparation
Riverside
(Charles County)
Nest box preparation (one nest has 10 eggs with down already!)
Nest Box
Preparations also conducted in March by MWDI volunteers at:
Gunpowder/ Days Cove, Wye Island, Lake Rowland, Fairmount, Cypress
Swamp, Ellis Bay, Pokomoke River North, EA Vaughan, Pickering Creek, &
Chesapeake Bay Environmental Center
Completed in April
April 3 - Completed
(Queen Anne's County)
Adkins Arboretum and Tuckahoe South - site inspection, materials delivery.
April 4- Completed
(Baltimore County)
Swan Creek -
MES
mitigation site. Site inspection, materials delivery.
Completed in 2011
Completed in 2010
Completed in 2009
Completed in 2008
