[DVOC] E-Mail Update - Number 07-33 - 8/25/07

[Bert Filemyr]

The Delaware Valley Ornithological Club  (DVOC) Weekly Update

Upcoming Meeting (Details at www.dvoc.org under "Meetings") 
Saturday September 8th - 10 am 
Held at the Philadelphia Zoo! The third of our three informal summer meetings.
Please note the date, time, and location of this meeting!
We will meet at the Shelly Gate at 10 am. We will enter as a group and admission is free. (Courtesy of the Conservation and Education Departments.). Club member Wendy Lenhart has arranged her schedule to tour us around the bird department a bit and can promise close looks at the Southern Ground Hornbills and Andean Condors at the very least. She will again coordinate some additional animal feedings. More details as available. Consider joining the field trip to East Park Reservoir held before this meeting (7:30 am - 9:30 am) 

A Special Invitation To Our Newer DVOC Members!  
We are offering again an opportunity to tour the Ornithology Department at the Academy of Natural Sciences.  The tour will take place on September 20th, at 6:00pm, before the regular club meeting. For further information about the tour and how to register, go to http://www.dvoc.org/MeetingsPrograms/MeetingsPrograms2007/Resources/BirdLabTour.htm

Upcoming Field Trips: (Details and directions at www.dvoc.org under "Field Trips") 
Saturday September 8 - Bird Banding and Fall Warblers at East Park Reservoir
Plan this as an early start in tandem with the Club's 10 am informal meeting at the Zoo (less than a mile away), followed by a tour of zoo grounds and photo opportunities there. See the banding in progress and explore all the site's oaks/maples/bushes/water edges at the height of the fall warbler migratory season. This is a site of long historical interest to past DVOC stalwarts like Ed Fingerhood and Dave Cutler.
7:30 am - 9:30 am
Leaders Doris McGovern and Chris Walters
Sunday September 9 - Johnson Sod Farm in Cumberland County NJ
For an assortment of shorebirds including plovers and sandpipers. Sharp-tailed Sandpiper in 2003 and Pacific Golden Plover in 2002. Meet on Grier’s Lane, just east of Route 77 at 7:30AM
Leader: Steve Kacir

Silver Lake Nature Center Event
The third annual "Wild About Birds" event will be held at the Silver Lake Nature Center (Bristol, PA) on Saturday September 15th. Full information is available at http://www.dvoc.org/Misc/2007/SLC2007.pdf. Feel free to distribute this flyer to local nature centers.

John James Audubon Audubon Center at Mill Grove Event
An event featuring author Scott Weidensaul will be held on Tuesday September 25th. The John James Audubon Center at Mill Grove is located in Audubon Pa., near Norristown. Full information is available at http://www.dvoc.org/Misc/2007/MillGroveInvitation.pdf. Feel free to distribute this flyer to local nature centers.

DVOC Website Page of the Week
http://www.dvoc.org/DelValBirding/Weather.htm - Links to weather and tide websites

Website Enhancements This Past Week
Windfelder's Philadelphia Big Year (now at #214)
Brigantine Field Trip Report
September Birding Recommendations
DVOC Summer Interns
Ann Lynkowski Personal Page (New member)
Tinicum Field Trip Report

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Report Your Sightings to the Delaware Valley RBA
The Delaware Valley RBA is posted on Thursday evenings at http://www.dvoc.org/RBA/Current/Active/Index.htm
Report your sightings to rba at dvoc.com. 
The general guidelines of what to report are on the Delaware Valley Rare Bird Alert Page - http://www.dvoc.org/RBA/Current/Active/Index.htm

Merchandise Available!
Both DVOC merchandise and Nikon/DVOC Lagerhead Shrikes merchandise are available at our on-line store. 
http://www.cafepress.com/nikondvoc
http://www.cafepress.com/dvoc
  
Information on the Club and Club activities are at www.dvoc.org

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