Sixty-one birders enjoyed a beautiful morning on Sunday, February 3, motoring on the Bay Princess around the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel islands and through surrounding waters. The group saw 45 species of birds, with great looks at northern gannet, long-tailed duck, all three scoters, and two peregrine falcons. The group was also treated to sights of humpback whales and harbor seals. Many thanks to the trip leader, Ellison Orcutt, and the eBird recorder for the trip, Andrew Rapp. Judy Jones kept her cameras busy during the trip, and two of her photos, of a gannet and of two long-tailed ducks, are adjacent to this story.
Count the birds in your backyard! Just fifteen minutes a day is all it takes. For information, see Great Backyard Bird Count.
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Great Backyard Bird Count
All day
02/16/2019-02/18/2019
Count the birds in your backyard! Just fifteen minutes a day is all it takes. For information, see Great Backyard Bird Count.
Field Trip to Dutch Gap
08:00 -11:00
02/16/2019
On Saturday, February 16, Rose Ryan led three other intrepid birders on a rainy excursion to see ducks at Dutch Gap Conservation Area outside Richmond. And the group wasn’t disappointed. Twenty-nine species were recorded, with large numbers of wood ducks, ring-necked ducks, wigeon, and even a few redheads. Rose took the adjacent picture of the group, umbrellas in hands. We hope for better weather next year.
Participants in the wet field trip to Dutch Gap. Photo by Rose Ryan.
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Great Backyard Bird Count
All day
02/17/2019-02/18/2019
Count the birds in your backyard! Just fifteen minutes a day is all it takes. For information, see Great Backyard Bird Count.
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Great Backyard Bird Count
All day
02/18/2019-02/18/2019
Count the birds in your backyard! Just fifteen minutes a day is all it takes. For information, see Great Backyard Bird Count.
Please join us this Wednesday, February 20th, at 7:00 pm for our February WBC meeting. Our speaker will be Sergio Harding from DGIF. Sergio has worked as a Nongame Bird Conservation Biologist with the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries (DGIF) since 2005. In this capacity, he is responsible for coordinating with a variety of partner agencies, universities, and non-profits to implement bird conservation projects and strategies. His topic Wednesday night with center around conservation strategies for the Golden-winged Warbler.
It should be a very interesting and dynamic presentation. Please mark your calendars and join us at William and Mary’s Integrated Science Center, room 1127. Remember, parking in front of Phi Beta Kappa Hall is no longer available. However, your parking pass will allow you to use the Morton Hall lot as well as any spaces you see marked ‘Faculty and Staff’ on Landrum Drive. I’ve attached a parking pass for your convenience!
