[DVOC] Weekly Digest - Number 09-34 - 8/30/09

Sun Aug 30 11:16:09 PDT 2009

The Delaware Valley Ornithological Club  (DVOC) Weekly Digest 

Upcoming Informal Summer Meeting

Thursday September 3, 7:30 pm at the John Heinz NWR at Tinicum (Please note
this location)

Three Short Presentations 

Aaron Reichlin, DVOC-sponsored intern at the Academy of Natural Sciences,
will tell us about his experiences there this summer.

Judith Keller, "Prevalence of Campylobacter in Wild Bird Populations"

Bert Filemyr, "Spring Birding in Minnesota/North Dakota"

Upcoming Field Trips

September 5 (Saturday) (Rescheduled from September 12) - JOHNSON SOD FARM
FOR GRASS-PIPERS

A field trip to the Johnson Farm's sod fields for an assortment of
shorebirds including plovers and sandpipers. Target birds include Upland
Sandpiper, American Golden-plover, Baird's Sandpiper and Buff-breasted
Sandpiper. Sharp-tailed Sandpiper was seen here in 2003 and Pacific Golden
Plover in 2002. 

This DVOC trip is free to members and non-members. 

Meeting Time: 7:30AM

Meeting Place: The Wawa at Pole Tavern Circle, 749 US-40, Elmer, NJ 08318,
located at the intersection of US-40 and Route 77.

Trip Leader: Steve Kacir 

September 6 (Sunday) - PALMYRA COVE NATURE PARK, NJ 

We will bird for passerines, then go to the cove for waterbirds. It's a good
time for early fall migrants, such as Golden-winged & Mourning Warblers,
Yellow-bellied, Least and Olive-sided Flycatchers. These are rare of course,
but we're bound to find something good. Meet in the parking lot at 6:45 AM

This DVOC trip is free to members and non-members. 

MAXIMUM: 10 participants - email Frank to register

Leader: Frank Windfelder (267-251-1141) 

September 8 (Tuesday) - "CONFUSING FALL BIRDERS" at HIGBEE BEACH WMA, NJ 

Spend a morning birding the fields and forest edges looking for songbird
migrants. We will sort through the fall plumages of the (hopefully) numerous
migrants at this Fall hotspot. With luck we will get to see a huge fallout
of birds, but there should be plenty to see regardless at this time of year.
Emphasis will be on sorting out "confusing fall warblers". The warblers are
not confused, we are. They know who they are, but we are the ones confused
(sometimes anyway). Meet at the main lot at Higbee Beach WMA (the one at the
end of the road) Cape May Point NJ at 7:30 AM 

This DVOC trip is free to members and non-members. 

Leader: Mike Fritz 

Click Here for reports from previous years

September 12 (Saturday) - FORT WASHINGTON STATE PARK, FLOURTOWN DAY USE
AREA, MILL ROAD, FLOURTOWN, PA

For fall migrants. 

This is a joint DVOC / Wyncote Audubon Society field trip and is free to
members and non-members. 

Meet 8 AM. 

Trip Leader: Jane Henderson

A Date to Mark - Thursday November 19th
Annual Banquet

The Banquet Committee has released details of the Annual Banquet!

Complete information is at http://www.dvoc.org/Banquet/Banquet.htm 

The reservation form is available at
http://www.dvoc.org/Banquet/Banquet2009.pdf

Join fellow club members and guests for this always enjoyable event!
This year's speaker is Rick Wright - formerly of ABA, and now the Executive
Director of Wings

"The Most Beautiful of the Whole Beautiful Lot: Wood Warblers of the
American Southwest"

An Interesting Event
Club member Bob Horton calls our attention to a free event. A talk by David
Sibley sponsored by the Hartshorn Arboretum (Short Hills, NJ) on Tuesday
September 22 at 7 pm.

It will be held at Drew University in Madison, NJ

Further information is available at
http://00457a2.netsolhost.com/Arboretum/Sibley.html 

Witmer Stone Wildlife Sanctuary Initiative

At the recent DVOC meeting Mick Jeitner and Linda Rowan made an interesting
and informative presentation about the initiative to re-establish the Witmer
Stone Wildlife Sanctuary in Cape May, New Jersey.

Further information is on the website at
http://www.dvoc.org/Committees/Stone/StoneCommittee.htm

A flyer outlining this project is available at
http://www.dvoc.org/Committees/Stone/Resources/DonationFlyer.pdf 

All tax-deductable donations can be forwarded to the Club Treasurer (Bert
Filemyr)

Cassinia Volume 71 - Distribution
The latest volume of Cassinia (the DVOC's journal) is being distributed..
Copies will be available at the September meetings. At that time, remaining
copies will be mailed. The cost of mailing is significant so make every
effort to pick up your copy or have someone do it for you.

Items Available for Purchase at DVOC Meetings

DVOC Hats - $17 each (or $20 by mail)

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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DVOC is on Facebook. Check out
http://www.facebook.com/pages/DVOC-The-Delaware-Valley-Ornithological-Club/4
9975018421 

The DVOC has a discount program for Birds of North America Online. Check out
http://www.dvoc.org/Membership/DVOC_BNA.htm 

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. 
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Information on the Club and Club activities are at  <http://www.dvoc.org>
www.dvoc.org

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