GCBO Corporate Stewardship Program  Benefits of native habitats and gardens on your corporate campus –Increase employee morale  We like to live and work where there are green spaces –Improve community relations –Reduce maintenance costs –Protect water and air quality –Make a difference to future biodiversity Gulf Coast Bird Observatory

GCBO Corporate Stewardship Program Take a look at the following pictures of projects we have completed to see the types of projects that GCBO could do for you Gulf Coast Bird Observatory

GCBO’s Constructed Wetland Gulf Coast Bird Observatory What the wetland looks like 3 years after construction

Gulf Coast Bird Observatory Architectural Drawing

Dirt work to create the Wetland Gulf Coast Bird Observatory

Wetland Construction Gulf Coast Bird Observatory Dirt work complete

Wetland Construction Gulf Coast Bird Observatory Filling

Full with the 2 islands showing Wetland Construction

Gulf Coast Bird Observatory Wetland Established

GCBO Wetland Today Gulf Coast Bird Observatory

GCBO Wetland Today Gulf Coast Bird Observatory

Habitat Gardens – Star Gazer Gulf Coast Bird Observatory Soil & mulch in place with a few plants Spot for small water feature & drip

Habitat Garden – Star Gazer Gulf Coast Bird Observatory Rocks of the water feature and plants after 2 years

Habitat Garden – Star Gazer Gulf Coast Bird Observatory

Habitat Garden – Star Gazer Gulf Coast Bird Observatory Benches & table were an Eagle Scout project

Habitat Garden – Star Gazer Gulf Coast Bird Observatory

Demonstration Prairie Gulf Coast Bird Observatory Soil prepared in the fall of 2008

Demonstration Prairie Gulf Coast Bird Observatory Prairie sod was laid by hand on the prepared site. This is how it looked.

Gulf Coast Bird Observatory Spring 2009 Demonstration Prairie

Water Features Gulf Coast Bird Observatory Creek feeding into the wetland

Gulf Coast Bird Observatory Top of creek with the wetland in the background Water Features

Gulf Coast Bird Observatory Spray above shallow pond Water Features

Gulf Coast Bird Observatory Bird bath with drip – birds love moving/dripping water Water Features

Gulf Coast Bird Observatory Low, shallow bird bath with a constant drip. It is opposite our building front porch. Many birds use it from resident birds to neartic neotropic migrants. Water Features

Gulf Coast Bird Observatory Bog pond under construction Water Features

Gulf Coast Bird Observatory We can conduct inventories for you on your property Avian Monitoring

Gulf Coast Bird Observatory Avian Monitoring

 Habitat Projects on our properties –Created Wetland –Habitat gardens for birds and butterflies –Water features –Demonstration prairie  Monitoring Projects  Habitat Assessments Gulf Coast Bird Observatory In-house Expertise