Celebrate the 40th anniversary of Earth Day and find out what your schools are doing to "Go Green"
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More than 65 vendors and exhibitors will be on hand for the event. Guest speakers will give presentations on a variety of topics related to being green and saving money. Locally sourced food will be available, while the Girl Scouts will host a Kids Zone and Chespax will exhibit public school green projects.
The Calvert County Green Expo is sponsored by Dominion Cove Point LNG, Constellation Energy and Complete Home Solutions, LLC in partnership with The Friends of Jefferson Patterson Park. To learn more, visit www.calvertgreenexpo.org or e-mail calvertgreenexpo@gmail.com.
Bluebird Box Building
Birds, boxes and trails: creating a backyard bird sanctuary
20 Free Bluebird Box kits will be available!
(Limit one per household)
Register at the CHESPAX Display at the Calvert County Citizen Green EXPO
üData recording sheet and a memo attached
üReport your annual data and get your school on the county bluebird map
Be mindful when you check the boxes, sometimes other creatures find comfort in there!
Monitoring Procedure:
1.Print one data sheet/box (attached or on website) 2.Knock on box to see if “anyone is home” 3.Stand to the side when you open to give the mom or others a chance to escape (be careful of wasps). 4. Record what you see 5.Report your annual data (see Going Green Website for contact info) Note: Remove any predator’s nests: For drawings of different nests, see: http://www.nabluebirdsociety.org/monitoring.htm
When to check the boxes? ·Begin Checking the nest boxes April 1 ·Check the boxes every 2 weeks until you see a nest (bluebird neatly made nests are made of fine grasses or pine straw) Once a nest is present, check weekly until babies are 2 weeks old. ·Around 18-21days birds will fledge, so if you check on them after the 2 week period, they may fly out prematurely. ·Once babies have fledged (left the nest), remove old nest ·Each box may host 2-4 broods per season
Why Monitor the Boxes? vMost of all because…kids love it! Also, vCalvert County wants to know how many bluebirds are present vRemoving old nests keeps the new brood safe from predators (raccoon’s hands) being able to reach them easily. vWe do not want to encourage house sparrow numbers
