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  • 10
    10.February.Saturday

    Bird Walk at College Creek Beach, 2/10/2018

    08:00 -10:00
    02/10/2018
    College Creek Beach
    Colonial Parkway
    Jim Corliss, front, leads birders on a walk at College Creek, along the Colonial Parkway. Photo by Judy Jones.
    12Canada Goose
    1Mallard
    120Lesser Scaup
    1Bufflehead
    18Red-breasted Merganser
    1Common Loon
    170Double-crested Cormorant
    3Brown Pelican
    12Great Blue Heron
    1Sharp-shinned/Cooper’s Hawk
    6Bald Eagle
    1Killdeer
    1Bonaparte’s Gull
    4Ring-billed Gull
    6Herring Gull
    1Great Black-backed Gull
    30gull sp.
    7Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)
    1Belted Kingfisher
    3Blue Jay
    9American Crow
    1Fish Crow
    4crow sp.
    1Carolina Chickadee
    1Tufted Titmouse
    2Ruby-crowned Kinglet
    1Eastern Bluebird
    11Yellow-rumped Warbler
    2White-throated Sparrow
    3Song Sparrow
    3Northern Cardinal
    Photo by Judy Jones
  • 17
    17.February.Saturday

    Great Backyard Bird Count

    All day
    02/17/2018-02/18/2018
    How to Participate:
     
    The 21st annual GBBC will be held Friday, February 16, through Monday, February 19, 2018. Please visit the official website at birdcount.org for more information.  When you click on the button: how to participate you will see these three easy steps:
    1. Create a free GBBC account if you have never participated in the Great Backyard Bird Count or any other Cornell Lab citizen-science project, or have not participated in the GBBC since 2013. If you already created an account for the GBBC in the past, or if you’re already registered with eBird or another Cornell Lab citizen-science project, you can use your existing user name and password.
    2. Count birds for at least 15 minutes on one or more days of the GBBC. You can count for longer than that if you wish! Count birds in as many places and on as many days as you like—one day, two days, or all four days. Submit a separate checklist for each new day, for each new location, or for the same location if you counted at a different time of day. Estimate the number of individuals of each species you saw during your count period.
    3. Enter your results on the GBBC website by clicking the “Submit Observations” tab on the home page. You may also download the free eBird Mobile app to enter data on a mobile device. If you already participate in the eBird citizen-science project, please use eBird to submit your sightings during the GBBC. Your checklists will count toward the GBBC. 
  • 17
    17.February.Saturday

    February 17th Field: Dutch Gap Conservation Area

    07:45 -12:00
    02/17/2018
    Dutch Gap
    341 Henricus Park Rd., Chester, VA

    Thankfully for our duck friends, the weather has been warmer and Dutch Gap is no longer frozen over. This will be the location for our February 17th field trip. We plan on meeting at 7:45 am at Colony Square Shopping Center, 1301 Jamestown Road, Williamsburg, to carpool and for a prompt departure at 8 am. The address for Dutch Gap is: 341 Henricus Park Rd., Chester, VA 23836
    Eleven species of ducks were seen there in the last week along with Wilson’s Snipe and Rusty Blackbirds so it should be a great day. You can call Geoff Giles with questions at 757-645-8716.

  • 18
    18.February.Sunday

    Great Backyard Bird Count

    All day
    02/18/2018-02/18/2018
    How to Participate:
     
    The 21st annual GBBC will be held Friday, February 16, through Monday, February 19, 2018. Please visit the official website at birdcount.org for more information.  When you click on the button: how to participate you will see these three easy steps:
    1. Create a free GBBC account if you have never participated in the Great Backyard Bird Count or any other Cornell Lab citizen-science project, or have not participated in the GBBC since 2013. If you already created an account for the GBBC in the past, or if you’re already registered with eBird or another Cornell Lab citizen-science project, you can use your existing user name and password.
    2. Count birds for at least 15 minutes on one or more days of the GBBC. You can count for longer than that if you wish! Count birds in as many places and on as many days as you like—one day, two days, or all four days. Submit a separate checklist for each new day, for each new location, or for the same location if you counted at a different time of day. Estimate the number of individuals of each species you saw during your count period.
    3. Enter your results on the GBBC website by clicking the “Submit Observations” tab on the home page. You may also download the free eBird Mobile app to enter data on a mobile device. If you already participate in the eBird citizen-science project, please use eBird to submit your sightings during the GBBC. Your checklists will count toward the GBBC. 
  • 21
    21.February.Wednesday

    February Meeting: Birds from Busch Gardens

    19:00 -21:30
    02/21/2018
    Andews Hall Room 101
    605 Jamestown Rd., Williamsburg, VA

    February is always our joint meeting with the WBC and the Historic Rivers Chapter of the Virginia Master Naturalists.  Last year we all were so amazed by the wonderful birds from Busch Gardens that we have invited them back.   The representatives of Busch Gardens with be bringing some different, beautiful wild bird visitors.   Be sure to use your parking pass. 

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