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!

Whether you're an experienced birder or just enjoy watching the birds in your own backyard, we'd love to have you join the Hampton Road Bird Club! Our club has a variety of activities sure to appeal to your love of nature. Our monthly meetings and field trips provide wonderful learning opportunities and a chance to get to know some really great people! This website introduces you to the Club and provides information about birding in our area.

We're sad to announce that one of the Club's most active members, Ben Copeland , died on Sunday, January 1. Our sympathies go out to his wife and our dear friend, Mary, and their entire family.

The funeral will be held this Friday, January 6, at 11:00 AM at Hampton Baptist Church, 40 Kings Way, Hampton, followed by a reception in the fellowship hall. Burial will be at 2:30 PM at Parklawn Cemetery on N. Armistead Avenue. There will not be a funeral procession from the church, and everyone is welcome to attend.

The obituary from the Daily Press is HERE.

Memorial contributions may be made to:

• Coastal Virginia Wildlife Observatory, c/o Marty Edmonds, Treasurer, 2805 Ann Johnson Lane, Williamsburg, VA 23185 OR
• Hampton Baptist Church Building Fund, 40 King's Way, Hampton, VA 23669

Upcoming HRBC activities

MEETINGS - Thursday, JANUARY 12, 7:00 PM at SANDY BOTTOM

"Birds of the Outer Banks " - GET DETAILS.

FIELD TRIPS - Saturday, JANUARY 14, 8:00 AM

Chickahominy Wildlife Management Area - GET DETAILS.

Sunday Walks in Newport News Park, 7:00 AM, 1st & 3rd Sunday every month, in the parking lot behind the Ranger Station. READ REPORTS from recent Sunday Walks!

Field Trip to Eastern Shore

A lone White Ibis (upper left) stands near a large group of Snowy Egrets. Thanks to Dot Silsby for capturing this moment during the field trip to the Eastern Shore.

2010 Bluebird Trail Report

Did you know that the Hampton Roads Bird Club has maintained Bluebird boxes on the Newport News Golf Course for 38 years? Read the report from Harry Carlson and Dot Silsby for last year's activity HERE.

Upcoming VSO Events - Get details HERE.

Outer Banks - February 3-5, 2012

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:

"Habitat at Home" (8-page booklet)

Native Perennials and Annuals

Native Trees and Shrubs

Native Plant Online Resources