March Meeting: Chance Hines on Red-Cockaded Woodpeckers

Join us to hear Chance Hines, research biologist with The Center for Conservation Biology (CCB), give a presentation about Red-cockaded Woodpeckers in Virginia. This presentation will detail how populations of this species once occurred throughout the state but precipitously fell to as few as two breeding pairs at a single site in the early 2000s. Following hard work and dedication from state, federal, and NGO partners, the number of birds is now in the triple digits and continues growing steadily. This presentation will include intimate looks at Red-cockaded Woodpecker life as well as the work that goes on behind the scenes managing habitat and monitoring the population.

The presentation will be in person in the Williamsburg Library as well as streamed on Zoom

February Meeting: Behind The Scenes of Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation and What You Need to Know About Rescuing Wildlife

AWARE Wildlife Rehabilitators return for another presentation to the Williamsburg Bird Club and the Historic Rivers Chapter of Virginia Master Naturalists.  This time the focus is on daring rescues in the wild, and a behind the scene look at wildlife rehabilitation.  They will talk about how you can help and what you need to know about rescuing orphaned or injured wildlife.  Of course they will bring a few of their “ambassador animals” as well.  Presenters include Julie Wobig (Tidewater Wildlife Rescue and AWARE), Deb Woodward (AWARE) and Colleen Harlow (AWARE). 

Free and open to the public.

Julie Wobig with Osprey
Great Blue Heron

January Meeting: Pete Myers “Bird Bedlam and the Beach”

This will be a Zoom-only meeting about shorebirds. If you are a WBC member, you should have the email with the link to the Zoom meeting, which will be at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, January 18.

Join us on January 18, 2023 at 7:00 p.m. via Zoom for Pete Myers’ presentation, “Bird Bedlam on the Beach.” Pete is a biologist, author, and photographer living near White Hall, VA. He has photographed birds for over four decades and spent thousands of hours on the beaches of northern California, including on Point Reyes.

From Pete:
“[My] images reveal details of bird bedlam on sandy beaches few casual observers will ever see. Georgia O’Keefe taught us not just to look, but to see the beauty of nature in its intimate details. She worked with subjects, often flowers, that at best move very slowly, but mostly not at all. Birds, in contrast, move rapidly, often faster than our eyes can track. With modern photographic equipment, I try to emulate O’Keefe: to capture intimate moments in birds’ lives on sandy beaches—feeding, fighting, flying, and dying—and with these images share those moments with you. Each one has a rich story behind it.”

November 16 Meeting: Alex Wilke – Connections Across the Hemispheres: Shorebird Conservation on Virginia’s Eastern Shore

This meeting is Zoom only.

Did you know that the Eastern Shore of Virginia is one of the most important places for shorebirds in the entire Western Hemisphere?  It is!  We will discuss the global plight of shorebird populations as they face threats such as habitat loss, disturbance and climate change.  We will also explore the important coastal habitats that we have right here on the Eastern Shore that support many of these shorebird species and learn more about the work that the Volgenau Virginia Coast Reserve and their partners are doing to protect and manage these species.  (Alex Wilke is a Coastal Scientist at The Nature Conservancy’s Volgenau Virginia Coast Reserve on the Eastern Shore of Virginia.)

If you are interested in this program and are not on the Williamsburg Bird Club mailing list, fill out the Contact form and we will send you a link. You do not have to be a WBC member to attend the presentation.

October 19th Meeting: 6:00 p.m. Shawn Dash – Corvids of Virginia

Please join us on Wednesday, 19 Oct, at 6 p.m. for our October meeting. Our speaker will be Dr. Shawn Dash, Associate Professor in Hampton University’s Department of Biological Studies, on the “Corvids of the United States”. Just in time for Halloween, Dr. Dash will provide insights on these “spooky” birds and discuss their unique behaviors and intelligence. This meeting will be in-person at the Williamsburg Regional Library Theater on Scotland Street and via Zoom

Here is the zoom link for the October 19 meeting 
Topic: Williamsburg Club Presentation: Dr. Shawn Dash, “Corvids of the United States.”
Time: Oct 19, 2022 06:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
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Hope to see you Wednesday!

Patty Maloney
Vice President, Programs
Williamsburg Bird Club