[DVOC] E-Mail Update - Number 07-26 - 7/8/07

[Bert Filemyr]

The Delaware Valley Ornithological Club  (DVOC) Weekly Update
 
Delaware Valley RBA - A Major Milestone

The Delaware Valley Ornithological Club and the Academy of Natural Sciences
announce the inaugural edition of the new Delaware Valley RBA! This RBA
covers southeastern Pennsylvania, central and southern New Jersey and the
state of Delaware.
Right now the RBA is only available via the web and list serves. Phone
access is coming shortly.
To access the RBA on the DVOC website, go to
<http://www.dvoc.org/RBA/Index.htm> http://www.dvoc.org/RBA/Index.htm
All birders are strongly encouraged to submit reports to
<mailto:rba at dvoc.org> rba at dvoc.org. Submission guidelines are listed on the
RBA page.
Members of the DVOC Rare Bird Alert Committee are Steve Kacir (Chair), Paul
Guris, Tony Croasdale, Rob Hynson, Bert Filemyr, Nate Rice, and Mike Lyman.
Comments and suggestions are appreciated.
 
Upcoming Field Trip: (Details at www.dvoc.org <http://www.dvoc.org/>  under
"Field Trips") 
Saturday July 14 - Bombay Hook and Environs.
Join us to witness the early part of the annual southbound shorebird
migration spectacle. Meet at 7:30AM at the headquarters
Leader: Colin Campbell
 
Summer Reading Club
Looking for something to read this summer? Chris Walters recommends Don
Kroodsma's "The Singing Life of Birds: The Art and Science of Listening to
Birdsong". This book is available  from Amazon.com at $11.53 (new) and $7.53
(used). Several reviews of this book are posted on the Amazon site. Don will
be our banquet speaker this December so this is a good way to learn about
his man's body of work.
Does anyone else have suggestions for summer reading?
 
Upcoming Meeting (Details at www.dvoc.org <http://www.dvoc.org/>  under
"Meetings") 
Thursday August 2, 2007 - 7:30 pm at the Palmyra Cove Nature Center
This is the second of our informal summer meetings
Sarah Thorp "The Delaware River Trail Project in Philadelphia"
Doris McGovern - "Report on the East Park Banding Project"
 
Annual Picnic
Hold Saturday July 21st for our annual club picnic hosted by Anita and Paul
Guris. Complete information is posted on our website.
http://www.dvoc.org/MeetingsPrograms/MeetingsPrograms2007/Picnic%202007/Picn
ic2007.htm
 
Great American Fest - from Debbie Beer - Conservation Chairperson
Check out the GREAT GREEN AMERICA FEST on July 13-15, 2007. Held on the
grounds of the Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire in northern Lancaster County,
the festival is designed to highlight current green practices in all manner
of life, and to give participants strategies to help keep green. Activities,
displays and presentations will be for the whole family. The Festival will
deliver messages of education and awareness through the active participation
of popular entertainers, environmentally conscious groups and businesses,
their displays and participatory events. For more information, go to
<outbind://3-00000000EC06B68206D27F4194BBD7EDD9336C9C44573700/www.greatgreen
americafest.com> www.greatgreenamericafest.com.
 
DVOC Interns at the Academy of Natural Sciences - by Chris Walters - DVOC
President
    I want to report to all that DVOC Council recently decided to use our
World Series of Birding contributions to support not one, but two, summer
interns this year at the Bird Department of the Academy of Natural Sciences.
It is costing DVOC $1000 for each intern. It is great that we were able to
raise enough WSB funds to do that---let me thank everyone who pledged and
contributed to this effort (in fact we raised enough to support an intern
each of the following two summers as well). If you had met the interns, as I
did recently, you would agree that our money is going for a great purpose.
    Our interns are both present and accounted for, working diligently away
under Nate Rice's close eye in the Academy Bird Department. When Nate
introduced them to me yesterday, they were busy working with volunteer (and
Club member) Dana Cohen preparing a Ruddy Duck specimen (what a bloody
mess!). They both expressed delight at their internships and many thanks to
the Club for helping make these possible.
 
Interesting Links 
http://lifestyle.aol.co.uk/go-green/pensioner-finds-rare-albatross-in-his/ar
ticle/20070702071809990001 - submitted by Colin Campbell
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dMBFOiYxT0 - submitted by Colin Campbell
(this is amazing!!)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6262740.stm - submitted by Colin
Campbell
 
Website Enhancements
Windfelder's Philadelphia Big Year (#199)
Delisting of the Bald Eagle Conservation Corner
July Birding Recommendations
Delaware Valley RBA
 
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  <http://www.dvoc.org/>
www.dvoc.org
 
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