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Welcome to the Hampton Roads Bird Club website! If you're interested in learning more about birding in the Hampton Roads area, you've come to the right place!
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Long-time HRBC member Eleanor Young dies We extend our sympathies to the family of Eleanor Young, who passed away on April 8. Eleanor was an active member of our club for many years, and she will be missed. Altmeyer Funeral Home is handling arrangements and no details about a memorial service have been finalized yet. Western Shore Marshes IBA Six members of the Hampton Roads and Williamsburg Bird Clubs assembled in Gloucester County on 11 March to conduct a survey of our IBA (Important Bird Area, designated by the National Audubon Society). Cheryl Jacobson, Geoff Giles, Jane Frigo, Brent Slaughter, Laura Slaughter and Dave Youker conducted a bird survey at seven locations along the shores of the Guinea Neck and Robbins Neck areas. The original survey date was 3 March, but the event was postponed due to rain. The weather was much more cooperative on 11 March with temperatures ranging into the 60s. While much of the area is private, we were able to get some shore access. The remainder of the time was spent assessing the adjacent wood and field lots. Total species count for the day was 48, and several of the WSM IBA nomination species were found. The highlight had to be the 14 Brown-headed Nuthatches discovered along the Jenkins Rd area. The next visit to our IBA hasn’t been scheduled yet, but an announcement will be forthcoming. If you do a bird walk at a location within our IBA, please forward your species count to Dave Youker at youkerd@aol.com. LINKS: Species of birds we are tracking in the Western Shore Marshes IBA Virginia's Important Bird Areas Program
Upcoming VSO Events - Get details HERE. May 18-20, 2012 - VSO Annual Meeting - Johnson City, TN (joint meeting with Tennessee Ornithological Society) June 2, 2012 - Piney Grove Field Trip - FULL June 15-17, 2012 - VSO Summer Field Trip - Front Royal, VA Other news from the VSO: The Virginia Society of Ornithology's (VSO) Principles of Birding Ethics were adopted at the November 1, 2008 Board of Directors meeting. You can read the two-page Code of Birding Ethics HERE. Creating a Backyard Habitat - Resources from Steve Living Steve Living, our guest speaker in April 2010, gave a great presentation onf creating a habitat for wildlife in your yard. Here are the four resources he sent. All are PDF files you can download and print:
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