Seasonal Changes – What do animals eat?

Jan 25, 2024

Mar 23 / 10 a.m. / $ As nature transitions from winter to spring, there is much to learn about an animal’s habits based on the seasonal changes in their diet. Why do foxes hang around homes and buildings during the colder months? What do herbivories eat in the...

Snowy Owl: A Visual Natural History

Jan 4, 2021 | Announcements, Events

REGISTER NOW!

Snowy Owl: A Visual Natural History with Author and Photographer Paul Bannick

Dec 4, 2020

The Howard County Conservancy welcomes award-winning author and photographer Paul Bannick for a presentation on one of his new books, Snowy Owl: A Visual Natural History, virtually on Zoom. We invite you to join us as Paul shares a rare intimate look into the life...

Fall Festival

Jul 17, 2019

It’s harvest time:  ideal for the annual, old fashioned Fall Festival at the Conservancy!  Watch blacksmiths hammering iron in their shop, listen to blue grass music and explore the historic three-century-old farm.  Visit our pygmy goats, the chickens, Onyx the...

Creature Feature: Ranger the Barred Owl

Feb 14, 2017 | Camp

Ranger is a Barred Owl, Strix varia.  While Barred Owls live all over Maryland, you have to be very lucky and look closely to see them!  They are masters of camouflage.  You may hear them at night however – their call is most distinctive. It sounds like, “Who...