[DVOC] Weekly Digest - Number 08-03 - 1/20/08

Sun Jan 20 14:28:46 PST 2008

The Delaware Valley Ornithological Club  (DVOC) Weekly Digest

Upcoming Field Trip: (Details and directions at  <http://www.dvoc.org/>
www.dvoc.org under "Field Trips") 

Saturday January 26 - Cape May, NJ

Meet 8:30 am at the Wawa Parking Lot (Rtes 47 and 347) for seabirds and
wintering waterfowl. Dress for the weather and bring lunch and scopes. We
will end the day at Jake's Landing Road looking for short-eared owls.

Leader: Martin Selzer

>From the 1/17 meeting
Friends of Heinz Wildlife Refuge at Tinicum -
http://www.friendsoftinicummarsh.org/
Chickadee Quiz by Howard B. Eskin -
http://www.howardsview.com/Chickadee/Chickadee.html
Words and music to "Let Me Fish off Cape St. Mary's" (mentioned by the
speaker) - http://www.wordplay.com/songs/mary.html

2008 Dues!
DVOC dues for 2008 are due. Annual dues are still only $25 and are quite a
bargain.  
Plus for only $375, you can enjoy the benefits of membership for the rest of
your life and never have to write another check.......at least not for dues.
The $375 life membership is payable in three annual installments of $125
each? Why not start this year! Life membership monies are transferred to the
Club endowment and benefit the Club on a permanent basis.
To pay your dues, you can send in your payment now (all dues notices have
been mailed) or pay your dues in person at the 2/7 DVOC meeting
Make your check payable to "DVOC" and mailed to Bert Filemyr, DVOC
Treasurer, 1314 Lenore Road, Meadowbrook PA 19046

Dr. Jeff Wells's book is still available.
The club still has a couple of copies of "Birders Conservation Handbook: 100
North American Birds at Risk". We have arranged for a very special price of
on $25 per copy ($35 list price). Pick up a copy at the next meeting. Once
our supply is gone you will have to pay retail to get this outstanding book!

Vulture Roost
Club member Chuck Hetzel would like to bring everyone's attention to a major
vulture roost in Philadelphia. He reports "From 130 Spring Lane  (where it
is dirt) in Philadelphia look SW just over the white farm house in the
trees. The vultures seem to congregate there in the late afternoon. My count
on the Philly Census was only 41 but I think there are more later in the
day. 3/4 of that number are Black Vultures."

Upcoming Meeting (Details and directions at  <http://www.dvoc.org/>
www.dvoc.org)
Thursday February 7, 7:30 pm, at the Academy of Natural Sciences,
Philadelphia PA
Program - Nathan Gregory, a graduate student at Princeton University. -
"Impacts of Controlled Fires and Traditional Livestock Grazing on Bird
Communities in Kenya"
When many people think of East Africa, they think of savannas - open,
rolling grasslands with scattered trees and abundant wildlife. What they may
not realize is that savannas are the products of a long history of human
influence in the form of controlled fire and livestock grazing using bomas,
temporary thorn-scrub corrals.
Nathan has been investigating how the two components of traditional
pastoralism, fire and grazing using bomas, affect bird abundance,diversity,
and community composition. Pastoralism as a way of life is declining, and
this could have important consequences for conservation.  
Ornithological Study - Debbie Beer - Sexing Bald Eagles

Delaware Breeding Bird Atlas
Delaware is beginning a five year breeding bird atlas and an official
website will be available shortly. Until such time the Club has been asked
to post information on the Club's website. Check out
http://www.dvoc.org/DelValBirding/DelawareBBA/Index.htm

DVOC Website Page of the Week
http://www.dvoc.org/DelValBirding/MonthlyBirding/February.htm - February
birding recommendations

Old Laruses
As you can see, several old Laruses have been scanned and posted on the
website. If anyone has copies of Laruses that are not posted, please
consider lending them to the webmaster for scanning and posting. (contact
webmaster at dvoc.org)

Recent Website Enhancements
2007 Bombay Hook Christmas Count Summary
Old Laruses
Pelagic Christmas Count Field Trip Report
Minutes of the January 3, 3008  meeting
Black-capped vs. Carolina Chickadee Ornithological Study
Peter Burns Personal Page (new member)
Erin Quinn Personal Page (new member)
Jason Loghry Personal Page (new member)

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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>
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  <http://www.dvoc.org/>
www.dvoc.org

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