From afilemyr at comcast.net Mon Mar 1 14:05:31 2010 From: afilemyr at comcast.net (Bert Filemyr) Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2010 17:05:31 -0500 Subject: [DVOC] FYI - Google AdSense on DVOC.org Message-ID: There is no council action necessary on this matter. This is for information only. 1. Any new revenue for the club is a good thing. No matter how small. We always need to be looking for new revenue sources 2. Having advertisements on a DVOC publication is not a new idea. At one time Larus included advertisements. http://www.dvoc.org/Publications/Larus/LarusArchives/LarusVol29_No1.pdf This was discontinued because it was too much hassle for the editor. The hassle was in chasing down the copy, getting payment, etc. 3. Google runs a program that puts ads on a website. These are targeted ads, meaning they relate to your web site content. The owner of the website gets money if people click on the ads. If no one clicks on the ads we get nothing. People do not need to purchase anything, they just have to click on the ads. 4. You have probably seen these ads in many places on the web. They are all text ads and take up limited space. An example of the Google program can be seen at http://birdingonthe.net/ I have contacted with the webmaster of this site (Jack Siler, club member) and gotten his thoughts and comments on this. 5. This matter has been discussed by the officers and there is a general agreement (general, but not unanimous) that we should put proceed with the Google AdSense program on the Delaware Valley RBA page. 6. We may decide at some point to add the program other pages on the website, but never the main or index page. 7. If this does not work out for us we can easily discontinue the program. The obvious question is "How much can we expect?" There is no answer to that. But it is important that we think small (real small), not large. 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An assortment of ducks and loons should be found in the inlet. The dunes hold ?Ipswich? Sparrow and usually Snow Buntings, and in good years longspurs. Dress warm. Meet at the Lighthouse parking lot at 9:00AM. This DVOC trip is free to members and non-members. Leader: Chris Walters March 14 (Sunday) MIDDLE CREEK WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA, PA Date Change! Birder reports, internet posts, and a scouting trip have revealed that the area remains mostly frozen over. The trip is postponed until Sunday March 14th. We will spend the afternoon into dusk. This will allow birding the ponds, woodland edges, and fields while we experience the evening fly-in of Snow Geese from nearby fields to their night roost in the reservoir. Meeting Place: Middle Creek Visitor?s Center on Museum Road in the Wildlife Management area Meeting time: 1:00pm MARCH 27 (Saturday) ? PINELANDS BIRDING, FRANKIN PARKER PRESERVE, NJ Franklin Parker Preserve is a relatively new reserve made up of old cranberry bogs and pinelands. New Jersey Conservation Foundation's Emile De Vito will meet us in Chatsworth and guide us through this preserve, we will actually be able to drive through the reserve instead of the usual very long hike one needs to do to explore this gem. Franklin Parker Preserve is a really unique piece of habitat. This location came to be known in birding circles for its late summer gull-billed terns and a northern shrike that spent a few weeks there two winters ago. The reserve hosts tundra swans, rough-legged hawks, harriers and bald eagles in the winter, some of which will hopefully still be around. We may also be treated to pipit, Savanna sparrows and merlin. You never know what will turn up in a spot like this. We will meet at the Chatsworth Firehouse (corner of 563 and 532) at 9:00am and carpool into the reserve. After we are done in Franklin Parker Preserve we will try a reliable red-headed woodpecker location in the pinelands, or even go to Tuckerton in time allows. This DVOC trip is free to members and non-members. Leader: Tony Croasdale Interesting Link http://www.vet.upenn.edu/PennVet/News/PennVetExtraArchive/EagleArticle/tabid /1541/Default.aspx - submitted by Martin Dellwo Philadelphia Larus (the DVOC newsletter) Editor Needed The DVOC is currently is looking for a member to edit our newsletter - The Philadelphia Larus. We are looking for something in the order of 4-8 pages to be published twice a year Content would include but not be limited to information about club members, birding locations, conservation issues, a letter from the President perhaps, etc. Anyone interested should contact Frank Windfelder, the DVOC President. (fwindfelder at yahoo.com ) Red-tailed Hawk Nest Web Camera - Franklin Institute, Philadelphia PA This nest is very close to our meeting place at the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia - http://www.ustream.tv/channel/the-franklin-institute-haw-cam Upcoming Meeting Thursday - March 18, 2010 - Held at the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia Check www.dvoc.org for full details Win Shafer, ?Birds of the Appalachian Trail? DVOC member Win Shafer and his son Blake (AKA Birdman and Li?l Wayne) spent 4 1/2 months in 2009 through-hiking the entire 2175 miles of the Appalachian Trail from Springer Mountain, Georgia to Mt. Katahdin, Maine. Being in the mountains and woods in many different life zones during spring migration afforded incomparable opportunities for bird observation. Win will give a travelogue of his unique adventure and birding experience. Ornithological Study - "In the Field: Bonaparte's Gulls and Black-headed Gulls" - Bert Filemyr Looking Ahead - ABA "Bird Fair America" - 2011 In the spirit of the annual British Birdfair (http://www.birdfair.org.uk/) the American Birding Association will be holding Bird Fair America on April 1- 3, 2011 in Valley Forge, PA. There will be much more on this national event as the time draws closer. Recently several officers of the DVOC met with Chuck Bell, member of the ABA Board of Directors, to discuss this event. Any Old DVOC Pictures? If anyone has pictures taken at DVOC meetings, on field trips or during activities from the 1990s or before, it would be great for the club to borrow them and then to share them with club members via the website. If you have anything, contact the webmaster - webmaster at dvoc.org . All borrowed pictures will be scanned and returned. Recent Website Additions (3/5/10) Eye-arcs and Orbital Rings Ornithological Study (3/3/10) Delaware Valley RBA (2/28/10) Minutes of the February 18th meeting 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) ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ 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 It is also available at 215 240 7547 Report your sightings to 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 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 www.dvoc.org -------------------------------------------------------------------- Questions or comments about this weekly digest should be directed to weeklydigest at dvoc.org -------------------------------------------------------------------- You are being sent this message because you are subscribed to the DVOC E-mail list. This is a moderated list used for posting information about the Club, conservation issues in the Delaware Valley area, and alerts of exceptional bird sightings. You can manage your subscription at http://dvoc.com/mailman/listinfo/dvoc_dvoc.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From afilemyr at comcast.net Sun Mar 14 17:27:06 2010 From: afilemyr at comcast.net (Bert Filemyr) Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 20:27:06 -0400 Subject: [DVOC] Weekly Digest - Number 10-10- 3/14/10 Message-ID: The Delaware Valley Ornithological Club (DVOC) Weekly Digest (Send any items for inclusion to weeklydigest at dvoc.org ) Upcoming Meeting This Thursday - March 18, 2010 - Held at the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia Check www.dvoc.org for full details Win Shafer, "Birds of the Appalachian Trail" DVOC member Win Shafer and his son Blake (AKA Birdman and Li'l Wayne) spent 4 1/2 months in 2009 through-hiking the entire 2175 miles of the Appalachian Trail from Springer Mountain, Georgia to Mt. Katahdin, Maine. Being in the mountains and woods in many different life zones during spring migration afforded incomparable opportunities for bird observation. Win will give a travelogue of his unique adventure and birding experience. Ornithological Study - "In the Field: Bonaparte's Gulls and Black-headed Gulls" - Bert Filemyr Upcoming Field Trips March 27 (Saturday) - PINELANDS BIRDING, FRANKIN PARKER PRESERVE, NJ Franklin Parker Preserve is a relatively new reserve made up of old cranberry bogs and pinelands. New Jersey Conservation Foundation's Emile De Vito will meet us in Chatsworth and guide us through this preserve, we will actually be able to drive through the reserve instead of the usual very long hike one needs to do to explore this gem. Franklin Parker Preserve is a really unique piece of habitat. This location came to be known in birding circles for its late summer gull-billed terns and a northern shrike that spent a few weeks there two winters ago. The reserve hosts tundra swans, rough-legged hawks, harriers and bald eagles in the winter, some of which will hopefully still be around. We may also be treated to pipit, Savanna sparrows and merlin. You never know what will turn up in a spot like this. We will meet at the Chatsworth Firehouse (corner of 563 and 532) at 9:00am and carpool into the reserve. After we are done in Franklin Parker Preserve we will try a reliable red-headed woodpecker location in the pinelands, or even go to Tuckerton in time allows. This DVOC trip is free to members and non-members. Leader: Tony Croasdale March 28 (Sunday) - SOUTHWEST NEW JERSEY (PEDRICKTOWN AND MANNINGTON MARSH), NJ For possible winter stragglers such as Ross' Goose, Eurasian Teal, Eurasian Wigeon, Rusty, Brewer's and Yellow-headed Blackbirds, and any early migrants (Ruffs have previously been seen on this trip) as well as being a good time of the year for Cackling Goose, Sandhill Crane, Winter Wren, American Woodcock, Fox Sparrow, Bald Eagle, and any early shorebirds. This DVOC trip is free to members and non-members. Leader: Frank Windfelder April 17 (Saturday) - COASTAL DELAWARE Looking for early migrants and lingering winter visitors. We will begin in new Castle County and head south into Kent County. Bring lunch and scopes. Contact leader the week before for meeting time and place. This DVOC trip is a joint field trip with Wyncote Audubon and is free to members and non-members. Leader: Lynn Jackson Upcoming Movie of Interest. Shooting is expected to begin in May on a movie based on Mark Obmascik's 1998 book The Big Year: A Tale of Man, Nature and Fowl Obsession. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i755f10fb8f89b626 f5c9fe31cc580117 http://www.firstshowing.net/2010/03/11/steve-martin-having-a-big-year-instea d-of-dustin-hoffman/#ixzz0hvJ66TR5 Announcing a New Committee President Frank Windfelder announces the members of the Bob Billings Award Committee. Members are Art McMorris (chairperson), Tom Bailey, Rick Mellon, Hart Rufe, Chris Walters and Frank Windfelder. Bob Billings was long time club member who upon his passing granted the club a sum of money to present an annual award to the member "who has recorded and identified the largest number of birds during the prior calendar year". This committee will work out the details of this new award. Interesting Link http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8560000/8560694.stm - Colin Campbell Philadelphia Larus (the DVOC newsletter) Editor Needed The DVOC is currently is looking for a member to edit our newsletter - The Philadelphia Larus. We are looking for something in the order of 4-8 pages to be published twice a year Content would include but not be limited to information about club members, birding locations, conservation issues, a letter from the President perhaps, etc. Anyone interested should contact Frank Windfelder, the DVOC President. (fwindfelder at yahoo.com ) Recent Website Additions (3/13/10) Cassinia Volume 64 (3/12/10) Climate Change Conservation Corner (3/12/10) Cassinia Volume 52 (3/11/10) Cassinia Volume 66 (3/10/10) Delaware Valley RBA 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) ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ 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 It is also available at 215 240 7547 Report your sightings to 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 Merchandise Available! 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URL: From afilemyr at comcast.net Thu Mar 18 13:16:16 2010 From: afilemyr at comcast.net (Bert Filemyr) Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:16:16 -0400 Subject: [DVOC] Rare Bird Alert - Tufted Duck - Chester County, PA Message-ID: A Tufted Duck was found today in northern Chester County, PA >From the PA Birds list serve " At about noon today Holly Merker found a female TUFTED DUCK in northern Chester County. Here are the directions: From the PA turnpike take route 100 north through the town of Eagle. Pass Park Road (which would take you to Marsh Creek, but don't go there). In about 0.5 miles turn right on Fellowship Road from route 100. At this intersection there is a traffic light, a Lexus dealership, and a large Catholic Church. In less than 0.5 miles, look for a large circular gravel parking lot on the left side of Fellowship Road. Park there. You are overlooking some sewage ponds. The female Tufted Duck has been on the closest pond to the gravel lot. She has a well-developed tuft that is usually visible. These directions were given to me over the phone by Chuck Chalfant. They may need to be refined later today, but I think that they will get you there. Good luck, BOB SCHUTSKY" Further information and updates can be found at http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/PENN.html << Bert Filemyr >> Treasurer Webmaster ---------------------------------------------------------- www.DVOC.org ---------------------------------------------------------- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From afilemyr at comcast.net Sun Mar 21 11:50:05 2010 From: afilemyr at comcast.net (Bert Filemyr) Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2010 14:50:05 -0400 Subject: [DVOC] Weekly Digest - Number 10-11- 3/21/10 Message-ID: The Delaware Valley Ornithological Club (DVOC) Weekly Digest (Send any items for inclusion to weeklydigest at dvoc.org ) Announcing the 2010 Conservation Grant Recipient! This year, 2010, DVOC is thrilled to support the BIRD-SAFE GLASS PROJECT OF JOHN HEINZ NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE AT TINICUM. Through this grant DVOC will partner with John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge and PA Audubon to stimulate public awareness of window strikes and create more demand for window solutions. This will be accomplished through a demonstration project at the Wildlife Center. The center receives 125,000 visitors per year, providing excellent opportunities for education of the public. All funds raised by the DVOC's 2010 World Series of Birding Team will be awarded to John Heinz NWR. If necessary, the Refuge will match our funds up to $3,000 providing sufficient seed money for the project. The project will present visitors with a variety of effective solutions for window and building glass. The displays will demonstrate the use of different materials for different window applications. Additionally, graphics will demonstrate the dynamics of window strikes, benefits and limitations of specific solutions and relative costs. Visitors will be able to observe firsthand the look and feel of bird safe solutions. Printed literature will also be available for visitors to take home. The Nikon / DVOC's Lagerhead Shrike team members are experts in the game of "hit and run" birding. Nine times in the twenty six years of the competition a DVOC team has won the grand prize - the Urner Stone Cup (highest total species identified). The Lagerhead Shrikes do their part; now it is YOUR turn. In order to support this worthy conservation project, we need everyone's support in the form of pledges and contributions. A copy of our 2010 WSB pledge form is available here - http://www.dvoc.org/WSB/WSB2010/2010WSB_PledgeForm.pdf Please be generous in support of our conservation projects. And give or send a copy of this form to a friend! Announcing the 2010 Lagerhead Shrikes and Announcing Their Blog The team is happy to welcome back long-time captain Paul Guris, after being sidelined by illness last year. Paul, Mike Fritz, Bert Filemyr and Zack Baer are as determined as ever to continue and build on past successes in finding species and raising funds for conservation. New this year is a blog for the 2010 Lagerhead Shrikes - http://nikondvoc.blogspot.com/ For those who the term "blog" means little or nothing, let us explain what it is. A blog is an on-line journal that contains postings from team members and others. Between now and the event there will be postings about scouting, planning and execution. It is a way for the team to let people know what goes on behind the scenes. Check the blog often for information about our team! Upcoming Meeting This Thursday - April 1, 2010 - Held at the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia Check www.dvoc.org for full details Bud Cook, "Birds of the Boreal Barrens of Northeast Pennsylvania" The Pocono plateau in northeastern Pennsylvania embodies the region's boreal heritage, harboring species tolerant to cooler temperatures reminiscent of its glacial past. It is a vast landscape of glacial till barrens interspersed with swamps, bogs, marshes and shallow ponds surrounded by red spruce, balsam fir and eastern hemlock - woodlands more characteristic of Canada's northern climate. The bird life has a decidedly northern flavor, including many species that are rare or absent elsewhere in the state. Bud Cook, Director of The Nature Conservancy's Northeastern Pennsylvania Office, will describe the three major barrens sites in the region: Long Pond, Moosic Mountain, and Arbutus Peak. They have many similarities, but each has its own distinctive features, its own rarities. Each has public access, trails and great birding. The Nature Conservancy and other organizations have been actively conserving and managing habitat at each place. Ornithological Study - Chris Walters -"Nesting Strategies of the Little Guys with the Big Guys". Upcoming Field Trips March 27 (Saturday) - PINELANDS BIRDING, FRANKIN PARKER PRESERVE, NJ Franklin Parker Preserve is a relatively new reserve made up of old cranberry bogs and pinelands. New Jersey Conservation Foundation's Emile De Vito will meet us in Chatsworth and guide us through this preserve, we will actually be able to drive through the reserve instead of the usual very long hike one needs to do to explore this gem. Franklin Parker Preserve is a really unique piece of habitat. This location came to be known in birding circles for its late summer gull-billed terns and a northern shrike that spent a few weeks there two winters ago. The reserve hosts tundra swans, rough-legged hawks, harriers and bald eagles in the winter, some of which will hopefully still be around. We may also be treated to pipit, Savanna sparrows and merlin. You never know what will turn up in a spot like this. We will meet at the Chatsworth Firehouse (corner of 563 and 532) at 9:00am and carpool into the reserve. After we are done in Franklin Parker Preserve we will try a reliable red-headed woodpecker location in the pinelands, or even go to Tuckerton in time allows. This DVOC trip is free to members and non-members. Leader: Tony Croasdale March 28 (Sunday) - SOUTHWEST NEW JERSEY (PEDRICKTOWN AND MANNINGTON MARSH), NJ For possible winter stragglers such as Ross' Goose, Eurasian Teal, Eurasian Wigeon, Rusty, Brewer's and Yellow-headed Blackbirds, and any early migrants (Ruffs have previously been seen on this trip) as well as being a good time of the year for Cackling Goose, Sandhill Crane, Winter Wren, American Woodcock, Fox Sparrow, Bald Eagle, and any early shorebirds. This DVOC trip is free to members and non-members. Leader: Frank Windfelder April 17 (Saturday) - COASTAL DELAWARE Looking for early migrants and lingering winter visitors. We will begin in new Castle County and head south into Kent County. Bring lunch and scopes. Contact leader the week before for meeting time and place. This DVOC trip is a joint field trip with Wyncote Audubon and is free to members and non-members. Leader: Lynn Jackson Upcoming Movie of Interest - More Last week we mentioned the movie being made based on Mark Obmascik's 1998 book The Big Year: A Tale of Man, Nature and Fowl Obsession. Here is some further information... Sandy Komito - Owen Wilson Al Levantin - Dustin Hoffman is out and negotiations are going forward with Steve Martin to play Al Levantin's character Greg Miller - Jack Black Directed by David Frankel (Marley & Me; Devil Wears Prada) Produced by Red Hour (Ben Stiller) Fox 2000 is now doing the movie instead of Dreamworks Filming will start in May in Canada "In Development" status upgraded to "pre-production" Release Date set for some time in 2011 >From the 3/18 meeting http://preservationhaddonfield.org Philadelphia Larus (the DVOC newsletter) Editor Needed The DVOC is currently is looking for a member to edit our newsletter - The Philadelphia Larus. We are looking for something in the order of 4-8 pages to be published twice a year Content would include but not be limited to information about club members, birding locations, conservation issues, a letter from the President perhaps, etc. Anyone interested should contact Frank Windfelder, the DVOC President. (fwindfelder at yahoo.com ) Recent Website Additions (3/16/10) Cassinia Volume 59 (3/19/10) Bonaparte's Gulls / Black-headed Gulls Ornithological Study (3/17/10) Delaware Valley RBA (3/16/10) Middle Creek Field Trip Report (3/15/10) Minutes of the March 4th meeting ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------- 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) ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ 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 It is also available at 215 240 7547 Report your sightings to 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 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 www.dvoc.org -------------------------------------------------------------------- Questions or comments about this weekly digest should be directed to weeklydigest at dvoc.org -------------------------------------------------------------------- You are being sent this message because you are subscribed to the DVOC E-mail list. This is a moderated list used for posting information about the Club, conservation issues in the Delaware Valley area, and alerts of exceptional bird sightings. You can manage your subscription at http://dvoc.com/mailman/listinfo/dvoc_dvoc.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From afilemyr at comcast.net Sat Mar 27 23:49:15 2010 From: afilemyr at comcast.net (Bert Filemyr) Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2010 02:49:15 -0400 Subject: [DVOC] Weekly Digest - Number 10-13- 3/28/10 Message-ID: The Delaware Valley Ornithological Club (DVOC) Weekly Digest (Send any items for inclusion to weeklydigest at dvoc.org ) Upcoming Meeting This Thursday - April 1, 2010 - Held at the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia Check www.dvoc.org for full details Bud Cook, "Birds of the Boreal Barrens of Northeast Pennsylvania" The Pocono plateau in northeastern Pennsylvania embodies the region's boreal heritage, harboring species tolerant to cooler temperatures reminiscent of its glacial past. It is a vast landscape of glacial till barrens interspersed with swamps, bogs, marshes and shallow ponds surrounded by red spruce, balsam fir and eastern hemlock - woodlands more characteristic of Canada's northern climate. The bird life has a decidedly northern flavor, including many species that are rare or absent elsewhere in the state. Bud Cook, Director of The Nature Conservancy's Northeastern Pennsylvania Office, will describe the three major barrens sites in the region: Long Pond, Moosic Mountain, and Arbutus Peak. They have many similarities, but each has its own distinctive features, its own rarities. Each has public access, trails and great birding. The Nature Conservancy and other organizations have been actively conserving and managing habitat at each place. Ornithological Study - Chris Walters -"Nesting Strategies of the Little Guys with the Big Guys". Announcing the 2010 Conservation Grant Recipient! This year, 2010, DVOC is thrilled to support the BIRD-SAFE GLASS PROJECT OF JOHN HEINZ NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE AT TINICUM. Through this grant DVOC will partner with John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge and PA Audubon to stimulate public awareness of window strikes and create more demand for window solutions. This will be accomplished through a demonstration project at the Wildlife Center. The center receives 125,000 visitors per year, providing excellent opportunities for education of the public. All funds raised by the DVOC's 2010 World Series of Birding Team will be awarded to John Heinz NWR. If necessary, the Refuge will match our funds up to $3,000 providing sufficient seed money for the project. The project will present visitors with a variety of effective solutions for window and building glass. The displays will demonstrate the use of different materials for different window applications. Additionally, graphics will demonstrate the dynamics of window strikes, benefits and limitations of specific solutions and relative costs. Visitors will be able to observe firsthand the look and feel of bird safe solutions. Printed literature will also be available for visitors to take home. The Nikon / DVOC's Lagerhead Shrike team members are experts in the game of "hit and run" birding. Nine times in the twenty six years of the competition a DVOC team has won the grand prize - the Urner Stone Cup (highest total species identified). The Lagerhead Shrikes do their part; now it is YOUR turn. In order to support this worthy conservation project, we need everyone's support in the form of pledges and contributions. A copy of our 2010 WSB pledge form is available here - http://www.dvoc.org/WSB/WSB2010/2010WSB_PledgeForm.pdf Please be generous in support of our conservation projects. And give or send a copy of this form to a friend! Announcing the 2010 Lagerhead Shrikes and Announcing Their Blog The team is happy to welcome back long-time captain Paul Guris, after being sidelined by illness last year. Paul, Mike Fritz, Bert Filemyr and Zack Baer are as determined as ever to continue and build on past successes in finding species and raising funds for conservation. New this year is a blog for the 2010 Lagerhead Shrikes - http://nikondvoc.blogspot.com/ For those who the term "blog" means little or nothing, let us explain what it is. A blog is an on-line journal that contains postings from team members and others. Between now and the event there will be postings about scouting, planning and execution. It is a way for the team to let people know what goes on behind the scenes. Check the blog often for information about our team! Congratulations to Alan Brady The club congratulates Honorary Member Alan Brady on his recent 90th birthday! An Added Field Trip A field trip has been added to our 2010 schedule. On April 25th DVOC members have been invited to tour Rushton Farm Preserve, and witness in action their newly-established Banding Station, the launching of which was significantly supported by DVOC's 2009 Conservation funds last year. Further details are on the 2010 Field Trip Page - http://www.dvoc.org/FieldTrips/FieldTrips2010/FieldTrips2010.htm Upcoming Field Trips April 17 (Saturday) - COASTAL DELAWARE Looking for early migrants and lingering winter visitors. We will begin in new Castle County and head south into Kent County. Bring lunch and scopes. Contact leader the week before for meeting time and place. This DVOC trip is a joint field trip with Wyncote Audubon and is free to members and non-members. Leader: Lynn Jackson April 18 (Sunday) - RIVERWINDS AND NATIONAL PARK DREDGE SPOILS, NJ A spring morning is planned at Riverwinds and later at the National Park Red Bank Dredge Spoils, both adjacent to Philadelphia in Gloucester County. Jeff has personally seen over 130 species at Riverwinds alone and the dredge spoils is an excellent place for over wintering waterfowl and nesting marsh species. Targets for the morning will be early migrants and nesting bitterns, rails, Moorhen, Coot and Pied-billed Grebe. Meet at 7AM at Riverwinds. This DVOC trip is free to members and non-members. Leader: Jeff Holt April 18 (Sunday) - RAILS AND NOCTURNAL SPECIES AT THE C&D CANAL, NEW CASTLE COUNTY, DE New for 2010 We'll be listening for night birds along Dutch Neck Rd from 3:30 am until the birds stop calling. We'll spend the hours before sunrise listening for calling Sora, Virginia Rail, King Rail, Marsh Wren and Sedge Wren at the 1000 Acre Marsh and Grier's Pond. Though not completely necessary, tall boots may be good to have on hand. Please bring insect repellant, as Grier's Pond is infested with Deer Ticks. Please make all efforts to contact Steve Kacir if you plan on attending. The trip will run through sunrise. In case of unfavorable weather (including high winds), this trip will be rescheduled. If you arrive late, turn left onto Dutch Neck Rd from S. Reedy Point Road where S. Reedy Point Rd ends at the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal. Continue to drive west along Dutch Neck Rd until you see a group of birders. If you get to the intersection of Knightsbridge Rd and Dutch Neck Rd, you are too far west. Meeting Time 3:30AM Meeting place: S Reedy Point Rd at Dutch Neck Rd, South of Delaware City off Route 9 Google Map: This DVOC trip is free to members and non-members. Leader: Steve Kacir Passing of a Member - Franklin H. West It is with profound sorrow that the DVOC announces the passing of Dr. Franklin H. West on March 11, 2010. He joined the club in 1939 and was a Fellow and Life Member. At the time of his passing he had been a club member for 71 years. Frank was on the faculty at Haverford College and led the Sunday May bird walks there for many years. >From the Philadelphia Inquirer March 25, 2010 "Franklin Howard West, 88, of Gwynedd, a retired psychiatrist, died of heart failure March 11 at home. Dr. West graduated from Lower Merion High School, earned a bachelor's degree from Dartmouth College and a medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania, and interned at a military hospital on Long Island, N.Y., while serving in the Navy. After completing his training in psychiatry at the Institute of the Pennsylvania Hospital in West Philadelphia, he remained on the staff there for more than 40 years, retiring in 1990. He was also affiliated with Hahnemann University Hospital. Dr. West loved the arts, especially opera and the Philadelphia Orchestra, said his wife, Margot. He was most comfortable out in nature, stargazing, bird watching and bird calling in Cape May, digging in his garden and giving tours of it, and visiting gardens around the world, his wife said. He was coeditor of Hybrids and Hybridizers: Rhododendron and Azaleas for Eastern North America. An accomplished photographer, Dr. West documented his children's growing up with slides and home movies. His black Labrador, Melody, was his constant companion, his wife said. Dr. West is also survived by sons Thomas and David; daughters Catherine Greer, Janet Wood, and Frances; three stepchildren; 10 grandchildren; and a great-grandson." Nominating Committee - Change Colin Campbell has resigned his post as Chair of the Nominating Committee. Colin has served gallantly and effectively in this role for many years, and we all owe him a debt of thanks. President Frank Windfelder has asked Chris Walters to assume the position of Nominating Committee Chair, and he has accepted. Volunteers needed at Valley Forge National Park http://science.nature.nps.gov/im/units/midn/BirdVolunteer.cfm - submitted by Tom Bailey Interesting Links http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/03/100323111555.htm - submitted by Phil Witmer http://www.ustream.tv/theowlbox - submitted by Connie Goldman Minutes of the March 18th Meeting Minutes of this meeting have been posted on the website. Philadelphia Larus (the DVOC newsletter) Editor Needed The DVOC is currently is looking for a member to edit our newsletter - The Philadelphia Larus. We are looking for something in the order of 4-8 pages to be published twice a year Content would include but not be limited to information about club members, birding locations, conservation issues, a letter from the President perhaps, etc. Anyone interested should contact Frank Windfelder, the DVOC President. (fwindfelder at yahoo.com ) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------- 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) ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ 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. 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