[DVOC] Weekly Digest - Number 08-20 - 5/11/08

Sun May 11 17:23:20 PDT 2008

The Delaware Valley Ornithological Club  (DVOC) Weekly Digest

The World Series of Birding - Results
Here is a quick note about the results. 
The Nikon/DVOC Lagerhead Shrikes identified 229 species in the 2008 WSB
making them the overall winner. 
Remember that the pledges and donations associated with this event are
used by the club for conservation initiatives.The full results are
available at http://www.birdcapemay.org/wsob.shtml

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"
Everyone sees penguins in a different way. Ocean adventurers,
exceptional divers and amazing survivors, penguins have managed to adapt
to the harshest climate on earth, spending their lives in the frigid sea
and on ice and snow-covered slopes. Join Debra Shearwater for an
in-depth look at these appealing creatures. Using slides, she will
discuss every species of penguin in the world, 18 in all. She will
explain their adaptations to a life at sea, their behavioral adaptations
and breeding and courtship. Debra has personally traveled to all of the
world's penguin centers and captured thousands of images of these very
special and delightful of all birds!
Also a World Series of Birding Report by members of the Lagerhead
Shrikes

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.

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 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

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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