- 0606.May.Sunday
Spring Bird Count May 6th
Our annual Williamsburg Spring Bird Count will be Sunday, May 6, 2018. We conduct the Spring Bird Count (SBC) within the same 15-mile diameter count circle that we use for the Audubon Society’s Christmas Bird Count. The count data, however, is not compiled by the Audubon Society. Instead, we record the SBC results into a database that we maintain ourselves as part of the Williamsburg Bird Club’s work to monitor our local populations throughout the year. Our club conducted it’s first SBC on May 6, 1978.
Please consider participating, either as a feeder watcher or in the field. If you enjoyed feeder-watching for last year’s Christmas Bird Count, then this is a great opportunity to do it again. Simply record your species counts at your feeders and then send them to your sector leader like you did for the CBC. If you sent your feeder counts to Jim Corliss for last year’s CBC, then you can simply do that again for the SBC. If you’re unsure who your sector leader is or if you’re new to feeder-watching for our bird counts, then please contact me with questions.
If you’ve previously participated in the field and would like to do it again, then please contact the sector leader with whom you worked last time. You can also contact Jim for assistance getting hooked up with a field team. The more eyes we have in the field the more birds we’ll spot, so please don’t hesitate to get involved.
- 1212.May.Saturday
Bird Walk at Bassett Trace, 5/12/2018
Bassett Trace Nature Trail424 Francis St E, Williamsburg, VA 23185See the list of birds we saw at eBird: https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S45603119
- 1616.May.Wednesday
May Meeting: Susan Powell on Bird Identification
Andews Hall Room 101605 Jamestown Rd., Williamsburg, VAIn May, Susan Powell will be our speaker. As a dedicated birder and well-respected authority on all things avian, she will be sharing with us techniques to advance our birding proficiency as well as a quick review on bird markings and ways to improve our identification skills. She’ll also add some interesting and successful ways to improve our Breeding Bird skills.
Come join us on May 16 th for this opportunity to make your birding experiences even more successful.
- 1919.May.Saturday
Field Trip to Newport News Park
Newport News Park13560 Jefferson Avenue, Newport News, VAHugh Beard a walk around Newport News Park on Saturday, May 19th. See eBird list.
- 2626.May.Saturday
Bird Walk at New Quarter Park, 5/26/2018
New Quarter Park1000 Lakeshead Dr., Williamsburg, VaSee eBird list to see what we saw. (coming soon)