Meetings | hamptonroadsbirdclub

Join us for our Monthly Meetings!

Our meetings are informative and include presentations from experts in the birding community!

We have a short business meeting, followed by entertaining, educational programs.

WHEN: Second Thursday of each month, September - May

SCHEDULE: 7:00 PM | Business Meeting and Program

The city of Hampton will be holding a meeting in the Sandy Bottom N.C. Conference Room where we normally meet.

We will hold our meeting UPSTAIRS in the same building. Enter the building through the front entrance (not through the conference room). The stairs are past the restrooms on the right hand side. If you have questions, call John Adair, 757-268-5446, or Bill Boeh, 757-951-7959.

Hampton Roads Bird Club Picnic

June 8, 2024

Location: Parker Pavilion at Sandy Bottom Nature Park

Gather at 12:00 PM

Eat at 12:30 PM

The HRBC end-of-year picnic will be Saturday, June 8, 2024 at Parker Pavilion at Sandy Bottom Nature Park. Please let Jane Frigo know if you are coming, number attending, and what you would like to bring. Start gathering at noon, eat at 12:30 pm. You can call, email, or text Jane. Home 757-873-0721 or text 757-776-7925 or email birderjane@gmail.com. Hope to see you there.

Temporal Dynamics of Avian Assemblages: An 18-year study

Kiera Ward & Ijahnay Lewis

April 11,2024

Location: Sandy Bottom Ranger Station Meeting Room

Social: 6:30 PM

Meeting 7:00 PM

The presenters are Hampton University students have examined changes in avian populations over time using data from the HRBC Sunday bird walks in Newport News Park.

Highlights of HRBC Bird Counts

Bill Boeh

There will be a second presentation by Bill Boeh detailing the results of the HRBC bird counts.

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COVID and HRBC

The Hampton Roads Bird Club membership is encouraged to receive vaccinations and boosters related to COVID. The club suggests everyone use caution to safeguard against potential exposure to COVID by practicing distancing, wearing masks and other established protocols for avoiding pathogen exposure. All members are encouraged to wear masks when inside at meetings and limit unknown

persons when carpooling. Most importantly any individuals feeling ill, with a fever, or any typical flu or cold-like symptoms should NOT attend meetings, field trips, or Sunday morning walks. It is up to all members to be mindful of the health of others by staying home when appropriate, and to employ their own precautions.

Previous Meeting Video links

4/14/22: Impact of Agricultural Practices on Grassland Bird Nesting in Western Virginia

Katie Foster

3/10/22: Wood Warblers

by Bob Schamerhorn

2/10/22: Mallard Begets Mallard: Population Genomics helps shed light into the outcomes of secondary contact and its consequences for conservation of several duck species

by Dr. Philip Lavretsky

Waterfowl Biologist, University of Texas-El Paso

1/13/22: Variability of Winter Birds in Virginia

by James Abbott

Environmental Educator at the James River Association

11/11/21: Raptor Rehabilitation at the El Paso Zoo