Event Category: Past Meetings

Meetings are held the third Wednesday of January-May and September-November currently via Zoom. Meetings are free and open to the public.

April Meeting: Student Research

Research Presentations by William and Mary Graduate Students and WBC Grant Recipients

  • Grace Phillips, “The Impact of Deer Overpopulation on Songbird Abundance, Diversity, and Health”
  • Michael Academia, “Ospreys and Fish Shortages: Food Addition Study Increases Nesting Success in Mobjack Bay”
  • Moira Meehan, “Using Science to Save Birds from Collisions: Can Sound Make Bird-safe Windows Even Safer?”
  • Emma Noyelle, “Is Mercury Really a Widespread Problem for Songbirds: the Definitive Review”

March Meeting: Shirley Devan and Prothontary Warblers

Join us March 16 as our own Past President, Shirley Devan, tells us about one of her favorite birds, the Prothonotary Warbler. This colorful presentation will describe the life history of the Prothonotary Warbler, its conservation status, the monitoring and banding programs in James City County as well as other places in the Coastal Plain of Virginia, and the nest site fidelity of these charismatic warblers. Every nest box has a story to tell!

The meeting will start promptly at 6:00 p.m. to allow time for questions and answers before the library closes at 8:00 p.m. The in-person site is the Wil- liamsburg Library Theater at 515 Scotland Street. The meeting will also be accessible via Zoom and recorded for those unable to attend. A Zoom link will be sent by email to all WBC members a few days prior to the meeting. No food and drink (other than water) is allowed in the library theater, and masks are required to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

February Meeting: Bill WIlliams

We hope the February meeting, which will be a joint meeting with the Historic Rivers Chapter of the Virginia Master Naturalists, will be a hybrid in-person/Zoom meeting. If you feel comfortable coming to the Williamsburg Libfrary in person, please come! Otherwise, join us via Zoom. The link will be sent to WBC and HRC members shortly before the meeting.

Our speaker will be long-time member and former WBC President Bill Williams. More details will be added to this when they are firmed up.

January Meeting: Dan Cristol

Dan Cristol from William and Mary will present regarding his 25 years of bird research at W&M which will be a synopsis of every study he has done with his students ranging, from clam-dropping gulls to evolving juncos brains to the effects of deer on birds to mercury pollution. 

This will be a joint meeting with the Historic Rivers Chapter of the Virginia Master Naturalists.