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The next scheduled event for our Important Bird Area (IBA) is a survey/clean-up at Gosnold’s Hope Park on 19 May beginning at 8 am. This will be in conjunction with some volunteers through the Hampton Clean City Commission (HCCC). Details are as follows: Arrive at 8 am and conduct a bird survey of the area until around 10:00. From 10:00 until around noon, perform litter removal. Wear appropriate clothing for the weather conditions (hat, sunscreen) and bring water/snacks as desired. Trash bags and grabbers will be provided, but ensure you bring work gloves for handling the trash. Directions to the park: From Williamsburg, take I-64 East and exit onto Mercury Blvd toward the Coliseum. Take the King St exit and turn left toward Langley AFB. Turn right onto Little Back River Rd and continue to Gosnold’s Hope Park which will be on your left. Go through the main entrance and continue to the boat launch on the right side of the road where we’ll assemble before starting. If you want to carpool meet at 7 am at Colony Square Shopping Center on Jamestown Road.
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At the May meeting, the three recipients of the 2011 Ornithology Research Grants will make a short presentation of their research.
Megan Kobiela—Does mercury contamination affect risktaking behaviors in a small songbird? Tradeoffs between eating and being eaten.
Jenna R. Carlson—The effect of mercury on molt and flight performance in European Starlings.
Kenton Buck—An evolutionary approach to investigating mercury contamination in songbirds.
Plan to join us on May 16 at 7:30 pm in Room 150, Millington Hall on the W&M campus. Joanne and Alex Andrews will be providing the refreshments. Don't forget to use your parking permit.
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Left to right: Tom McCary, Betty Peterson, Jeanette Navia, Jan Lockwood, Susan Nordholm, Sara Lewis, Jim Corliss, Nelson Ensley, Cynthia Long, Geoff Giles. Mountain Laurel blooming on the hillside along the path to the floating dock.
Thanks to Jim Corliss who did a great job of identifying the singing and calling birds up in the canopy. Such small birds -- such big leaves! His list of 45 species is below, as he submitted it to ebird.
Subject: eBird Report - New Quarter Park, May 12, 2012
Date: May 12, 2012 12:25:06 PM EDT
New Quarter Park, York, US-VA
May 12, 2012 7:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 mile(s)
45 species (+1 other taxa)
Mallard 3
Double-crested Cormorant 2
Great Blue Heron 4
Turkey Vulture 4
Osprey 4
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Spotted Sandpiper 3
Laughing Gull 4
Chimney Swift 2
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 3
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The Williamsburg Bird Club and New Quarter Park co-sponsor bird walks at New Quarter Park, 1000 Lakeshead Dr., Williamsburg, twice a month — the second and fourth Saturdays. The second Saturdays we meet at 8 a.m; the fourth Saturdays we meet at 7 a.m. Meet in the parking lot near the park office. Participants can stay as long as they’d like. Generally, the leader will walk about two hours or so, but participants can peel off as they like. Walks are free and open to the public. You need not be a member to join us. Just show up! Google map. Bill Williams will lead.
Schedule of upcoming events | More information about bi-weekly bird walks |
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Download the Excel file of the bird count data from the December 19, 2012 Christmas Bird Count for the Williamsburg area. Thanks to Bill Williams for tabulating all of this! CBC 2012 data |
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Bird ID from Recycle Bin - Photos By Joe Piotrowski
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Click "Add new comment" to post your guesses.
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From Bill Williams: Right now it looks like we had 160 species for the 29 April 2012 Spring Bird Count. The historical average is 153 with at least 2 counts hitting 166 and several others in the 160+ range. We had 55 participants, which is spectacular; quite a few e-mailed yard lists a couple of which needed some adjustments and/or fact finding:). There were 9 write-ins with no new species for the long-term cumulative list. Will get to high and low counts soon, then will work on a summary write-up. |
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Six members of the Hampton Roads and Williamsburg Bird Clubs assembled in Gloucester County on 11 March to conduct a survey of our IBA. Cheryl Jacobson, Geoff Giles, Jane Frigo, Brent Slaughter, Laura Slaughter and Dave Youker conducted a bird survey at seven locations along the shores of the Guinea Neck and Robbins Neck areas.
The original survey date was 3 March, but the event was postponed due to rain. The weather was much more cooperative on 11 March with temperatures ranging into the 60s. While much of the area is private, we were able to get some shore access. The remainder of the time was spent assessing the adjacent wood and field lots.
Total species count for the day was 48, and several of the WSM IBA nomination species were found. The highlight had to be the 14 Brown-headed Nuthatches discovered along the Jenkins Rd area.
The next visit to our IBA hasn’t been scheduled yet, but an announcement will be forthcoming. If you do a bird walk at a location within our IBA, please forward your species count to
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Download a copy of an Excel file listing all the current species list for the Western Shore Marshes IBA. This can be used when conducting surveys of the area. |
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Please print out and put this parking permit in your car and remember to place it on the driver's side dashboard when you park in front of Phi Beta Kappa Hall, the Muscarelle Museum, or Morton Hall on the evenings of Bird Club meetings. If you happen to forget it, there will be someone to greet you in the parking lot to provide you with a permit for your car.
If you already have a W&M parking permit as a student, staff, or faculty, you have no worries as long as it is displayed!
Parking tickets from W&M Parking Services can be expensive, so please remember your Bird Club parking permit. We want you to enjoy the Bird Club meetings without worrying about a parking ticket.
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Bird ID from Recycle Bin - Photos By Joe Piotrowski
Aprils's Photo
April's bird was a Ruby-Throated Hummingbird
March's Photo
March's bird was a Red-Shouldered Hawk
February's Photo
January's bird was a Semipalmated Plover
January's Photo
January's bird was a Semipalmated Plover
December's Photo
December's bird was a House Sparrow
November's Photo
November's bird was a Great Black-backed Gull
October's Photo
October's bird was a Snow Goose
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