[DVOC] Weekly Digest - Number 08-19 - 5/4/08

Sun May 4 08:30:57 PDT 2008

The Delaware Valley Ornithological Club  (DVOC) Weekly Digest

Upcoming Meeting (Details and directions at  <http://www.dvoc.org/>
www.dvoc.org)
Thursday May 15, 7:30 pm, at the Academy of Natural Sciences,
Philadelphia PA
Program - Debi Shearwater- "Penguins of the World"
World Series of Birding Report

Raising Money for the DVOC Conservation Fund - World Series of Birding
Donation/Pledge Form (attached)
Your annual dues (or in the case of life members, the interest from the
life membership dues payment) goes to club operating expenses. This
includes speaker fees, facility rental, insurance, publications, and
other similar expenses. None of this money goes to support DVOC
conservation initiatives. Money for conservation initiatives is raised
at this time of the year in conjunction with the New Jersey Audubon's
World Series of Birding (May 10, 2008). Information on what raised money
will be used for this year is available at
http://www.dvoc.org/Misc/Donating.htm. All money raised by the Club
stays with the Club and is spent by the Club on conservation
initiatives.
Now is the time to make a donation or to pledge an amount per species
seen by the team! 
Download the Pledge/Donation form at
http://www.dvoc.org/WSB/WSB2008/2008WSBPledge.pdf or use the attached
copy.
Information on DVOC's team - the Nikon/DVOC Lagerhead Shrikes is
available at http://www.dvoc.org/WSB/WSB.htm

National Geographic On-line Article About The World Series of Birding.
The National Geographic Magazine covered the 2007 World Series of
Birding. The article has been posted on-line at
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2008/04/world-series-birding/mel-white
-text
Members of the DVOC team figure prominently in the story.

World Series of Birding - Scouting help needed and appreciated
Our team has started scouting for the May 10th event. All club members
are encouraged to help scout for the event. If you can or will be
spending any time birding in New Jersey on the days before Saturday May
10th, please contact Bert Filemyr (afilemyr AT comcast.net). Your help
will be appreciated!
Check out the scouting pages at
http://www.dvoc.org/WSB/WSB2008/ScoutingNotes2008.htm

Planning for the Meeting of June 4
"Big Day/May Run Reports - this is a DVOC tradition - get your team
together, pick a date and location, and see how many birds you can find
in a 24-hour period.
Please send your results to Frank Windfelder (fwindfelder AT yahoo.com)
and/or to Debbie Beer (debbeer AT hotmail.com).

Upcoming Field Trips: (Details and directions at  <http://www.dvoc.org>
www.dvoc.org under "Field Trips")
May 9-11 (Friday-Sunday) - Birding Southern Delaware and into Maryland 
This weekend trip starts at Bombay Hook NWR on Friday morning and works
south to Trap Pond State Park where you can camp or you can motel
nearby. Saturday we bird Nanticoke WMA and areas around Seaford before
returning to Trap Pond. Sunday, we bird the Cypress Swamps in DE and MD,
then head north to the bayside areas. Interspersed throughout is a
gourmet tour trying local delicacies such as crab, scrapple and muskrat.
Yummy. Let me know in advance if you intend to come. Alternate contact
(April 12-May 4): Bob Horton
Leader: Colin Campbell 
May 17 (Saturday) - Carpenter's Woods, Philadelphia, PA
Spring migrants in Carpenter's Woods. Please meet at 6:30 AM at the
intersection of Wayne Ave. and Sedgwick St. (the bus stop). We'll 
walk around and through the Woods until 11:00 or 12:00, or until we run
out of birds.
Leader: Erica Brendel 
May 18 (Sunday) - Ridley Creek State Park, PA
For breeders and spring migrants. Expected: warblers, including
Kentucky, Hooded and Louisiana Waterthrush; thrushes (possibly including
Swainson's), vireos, flycatchers and many others. Meet at 6:30 AM at the
Ridley Creek bridge on Gradyville Road (near Newtown Square, PA). We
will bird until 11:00 or noon, depending on when the birds give out.
Leader: Art McMorris 
May 19 (Monday) - Gloucester County "Run", NJ - Weekday!
We will spend most of the morning at Glassboro Woods WMA looking for
southern swamp breeders such as Kentucky, Prothonotary, and Hooded
Warblers, Acadian Flycatcher and Scarlet Tanager. For the afternoon, we
will hit a couple "off the beaten" path areas in the county for
additional breeding birds.
We will meet at 7:00AM at Glassboro Woods WMA on Carpenter - the west
(Rt. 47) end. Pull into the parking area by the gate.
Leader: Sandra Keller

Event at the Academy of Natural Sciences
Kenn Kaufman is going to visit the Academy at 2:30 pm on Saturday May 10
in honor of International Migratory Bird Day and will present an
illustrated lecture, on "Wings of the Imagination: Why We Need Birds.
Afterwards, he will sign copies of his new book, "Flights Against the
Sunset".

DVOC Website of the Week
http://www.dvoc.org/WSB/WSB2008/ScoutingNotes2008.htm - WSB Scouting
Notes

Recent Website Enhancements
Delaware Rails Field Trip Report
Swamp Sparrow Ornithological Study
Minutes of the April 17, 2008 Meeting
Delaware Valley RBA
Kacir's Montgomery County Big Year
Howard Goldfine Personal Page (new member)

Items Available for Purchase at DVOC Meetings
DVOC car window stickers - $1 each
"Birders Conservation Handbook: 100 North American Birds at Risk" by Dr.
Jeff Wells - only $25 (limited supply)
"Song of the Blue Ocean" by Dr. Carl Safina - signed by author - A $17
value now only $12 (limited supply)

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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>
http://www.dvoc.org/RBA/Current/Active/Index.htm
It is also available at 215 240 7547
Report your sightings to  <mailto:rba at dvoc.com> rba at dvoc.com or 215 240
7547
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>
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/nikondvoc
 <http://www.cafepress.com/dvoc> 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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