www.dvoc.org > WSB > 2010 Conservation Fund Raising

2010 World Series of Birding

DONATING TO DVOC CONSERVATION EFFORTS IN 2010

Updated March 19, 2010

Click Here for a copy of our 2010 WSB Pledge/Donation Form

Contributions to DVOC are tax-deductible. The DVOC is a 501(c)(3) organization.

Each year DVOC pledges support to a local conservation project. The major source of our conservation funds is the monies raised by pledges and donations related to our record-setting World Series of Birding (WSB) team, the Nikon/DVOC Lagerhead Shrikes. DVOC also welcomes additional monetary donations to help us further our conservation efforts.

In past years, DVOC has supported such Conservation projects as: Rushton Farms Master Banding Station, Scott Weidensaul’s Saw-Whet Owl Banding & Telemetry on Kittatiny Mountain ridge, ornithological internships at the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia, providing mist nets to local banders, preserving a Great Blue Heron rookery with Montgomery County Lands Trust, and more.

This year, 2010, DVOC is thrilled to support the BIRD-SAFE GLASS PROJECT OF JOHN HEINZ NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE AT TINICUM.

Through this grant DVOC will partner with John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge and PA Audubon to stimulate public awareness of window strikes and create more demand for window solutions. This will be accomplished through a demonstration project at the Wildlife Center. The center receives 125, 000 visitors per year, providing excellent opportunities for education of the public.

All funds raised by the DVOC's 2010 World Series of Birding Team will be awarded to John Heinz NWR. If necessary, the Refuge will match our funds up to $3,000 providing sufficient seed money for the project. The project will present visitors with a variety of effective solutions for window and building glass. The displays will demonstrate the use of different materials for different window applications. Additionally, graphics will demonstrate the dynamics of window strikes, benefits and limitations of specific solutions and relative costs. Visitors will be able to observe first hand the look and feel of bird safe solutions. Printed literature will also be available for visitors to take home.

The Nikon / DVOC’s Lagerhead Shrike team members are experts in the game of “hit and run” birding. Nine times in the twenty six years of the competition a DVOC team has won the grand prize - the Urner Stone Cup (highest total species identified). The team is happy to welcome back long-time captain Paul Guris, after being sidelined by illness last year. Paul and the other members - Mike Fritz, Bert Filemyr and Zack Baer - are as determined as ever to uphold their success in finding species and raising funds for conservation. Follow the teams adventure this year at their blog - http://nikondvoc.blogspot.com/

The Lagerhead Shrikes do their part; now it is YOUR turn. In order to support this worthy conservation project, we need everyone’s support in the form of pledges and contributions. Click Here for a copy of our 2010 WSB pledge/donation form. Please be generous in support of our conservation project. And give a copy of this form to a friend!

All checks should be made payable to the Delaware Valley Ornithological Club (DVOC) and mailed to our Conservation Committee at:

Philip Witmer, DVOC Conservation Chair
125 Hathaway Lane
Havertown, PA 19083-1517

Contributions to DVOC are tax-deductible. The DVOC is a 501(c)(3) organization.