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<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff size=4><STRONG>The Delaware Valley
Ornithological Club (DVOC) Weekly Digest</STRONG></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2><FONT size=+0><SPAN class=895364922-09022008><STRONG><FONT
size=3>Upcoming Meeting</FONT> <FONT size=2>(Details and directions at
</FONT></STRONG><A href="http://www.dvoc.org/"><FONT
size=2><STRONG>www.dvoc.org</STRONG></FONT></A><FONT
size=2><STRONG>)<BR>Thursday May 15, 7:30 pm, at the Academy of Natural
Sciences, Philadelphia PA</STRONG></FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><SPAN class=895364922-09022008>Program - Debi Shearwater- "Penguins
of the World"<BR></SPAN>W<SPAN class=895364922-09022008>orld Series of Birding
Report</SPAN></STRONG></DIV></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=895364922-09022008><STRONG><FONT size=3>Raising Money for the
DVOC Conservation Fund - World Series of Birding Donation/Pledge Form
(attached)</FONT></STRONG></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2><FONT size=2><SPAN class=895364922-09022008>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 <A
href="http://www.dvoc.org/Misc/Donating.htm">http://www.dvoc.org/Misc/Donating.htm</A>. All
money raised by the Club stays with the Club and is spent by the Club on
conservation initiatives.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2><FONT size=2><SPAN class=895364922-09022008><STRONG>Now is the
time to make a donation or to pledge an amount per species seen by the
team!</STRONG> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2><FONT size=2><SPAN class=895364922-09022008>Download
the Pledge/Donation form at <A
href="http://www.dvoc.org/WSB/WSB2008/2008WSBPledge.pdf">http://www.dvoc.org/WSB/WSB2008/2008WSBPledge.pdf</A> or
use the attached copy.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2><FONT size=2><SPAN class=895364922-09022008>Information on
DVOC's team - the Nikon/DVOC Lagerhead Shrikes is available at <A
href="http://www.dvoc.org/WSB/WSB.htm">http://www.dvoc.org/WSB/WSB.htm</A></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=895364922-09022008><STRONG><FONT size=3>National Geographic
On-line Article About The World Series of Birding.</FONT></STRONG></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2><FONT size=2><SPAN class=895364922-09022008>The National
Geographic Magazine covered the 2007 World Series of Birding. The article has
been posted on-line at <A
href="http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2008/04/world-series-birding/mel-white-text">http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2008/04/world-series-birding/mel-white-text</A></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2><FONT size=2><SPAN class=895364922-09022008>Members of the
DVOC team figure prominently in the story.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=895364922-09022008><STRONG><FONT size=3>World Series of Birding
- Scouting help needed and appreciated</FONT></STRONG></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2><FONT size=2><SPAN class=895364922-09022008>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!</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2><FONT size=2><SPAN class=895364922-09022008>Check out the
scouting pages at <A
href="http://www.dvoc.org/WSB/WSB2008/ScoutingNotes2008.htm">http://www.dvoc.org/WSB/WSB2008/ScoutingNotes2008.htm</A></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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class=895364922-09022008><STRONG><FONT size=3>Planning for the Meeting of June
4<BR></FONT></STRONG></SPAN><SPAN class=895364922-09022008><FONT size=2>"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.<BR>Please send your results to Frank Windfelder (fwindfelder AT
yahoo.com) and/or to Debbie Beer (debbeer AT
hotmail.com).</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial><STRONG><FONT size=3>Upcoming Field Trip<SPAN
class=895364922-09022008>s</SPAN>:</FONT></STRONG> (Details and directions at
</FONT></FONT><A href="http://www.dvoc.org"><FONT face=Arial
size=2>www.dvoc.org</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial size=2> under "Field
Trips")</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial><SPAN class=895364922-09022008><STRONG>May
9-11 (Friday-Sunday) - Birding Southern Delaware and into Maryland</STRONG>
<BR>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<BR>Leader: Colin
Campbell </SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial><SPAN class=895364922-09022008><STRONG>May 17
(Saturday) - Carpenter's Woods, Philadelphia, PA</STRONG><BR>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 <BR>walk around and through the Woods until
11:00 or 12:00, or until we run out of birds.<BR>Leader: Erica Brendel
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<DIV><SPAN class=895364922-09022008><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>May 18
(Sunday) - Ridley Creek State Park, PA</STRONG><BR>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.<BR>Leader: Art McMorris </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>M<SPAN class=895364922-09022008>ay</SPAN>
19 (Monday) – Gloucester County "Run", NJ - Weekday!</STRONG><BR>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.<BR>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.<BR>Leader: Sandra Keller</FONT></DIV></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial><SPAN class=895364922-09022008><STRONG>Event at the
Academy of Natural Sciences</STRONG></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial><SPAN class=895364922-09022008>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".</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial><SPAN class=895364922-09022008><SPAN
class=895364922-09022008><STRONG>DVOC Website of the Week<BR></STRONG><FONT
size=2><A
href="http://www.dvoc.org/WSB/WSB2008/ScoutingNotes2008.htm">http://www.dvoc.org/WSB/WSB2008/ScoutingNotes2008.htm</A> -
WSB Scouting Notes</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial><SPAN class=895364922-09022008><STRONG>Recent Website
Enhancements<BR></STRONG><FONT size=2>Delaware Rails Field Trip
Report</FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><SPAN class=895364922-09022008><FONT size=2>Swamp Sparrow
Ornithological Study<BR>Minutes of the April 17, 2008 Meeting<BR>Delaware Valley
RBA<BR>Kacir's Montgomery County Big Year<BR>Howard Goldfine Personal Page (new
member)</FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=+0><SPAN class=895364922-09022008><FONT face=Arial><STRONG>Items
Available for Purchase at DVOC Meetings</STRONG></FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=+0><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=895364922-09022008>DVOC car window stickers - $1
each</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT size=+0><FONT face=Arial><FONT
size=2><SPAN class=895364922-09022008><BR>"Birders Conservation Handbook: 100
North American Birds at Risk" by Dr. Jeff Wells - only $25 (limited
supply)</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=+0><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=895364922-09022008>"Song of the Blue Ocean" by Dr. Carl Safina - signed by
author - A $17 value now only $12 (limited
supply)</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=+0><FONT size=+0><FONT face=Arial
size=2><BR>____________________________________________________________________________________________________<BR></FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT
face=Arial size=2>Report Your Sightings to the Delaware Valley RBA<BR>The
Delaware Valley RBA is posted on Thursday evenings at </FONT><A
href="http://www.dvoc.org/RBA/Current/Active/Index.htm"><FONT face=Arial
color=#000000
size=2>http://www.dvoc.org/RBA/Current/Active/Index.htm</FONT></A><BR><FONT
face=Arial size=2>It is also available at 215 240 7547<BR>Report your sightings
to </FONT><A href="mailto:rba@dvoc.com"><FONT face=Arial color=#000000
size=2>rba@dvoc.com</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial size=2> or 215 240 7547<BR>The
general guidelines of what to report are on the Delaware Valley Rare Bird Alert
Page - </FONT><A href="http://www.dvoc.org/RBA/Current/Active/Index.htm"><FONT
face=Arial color=#000000
size=2>http://www.dvoc.org/RBA/Current/Active/Index.htm</FONT></A><BR><FONT
face=Arial size=2> <BR>Merchandise Available!<BR>Both DVOC merchandise and
Nikon/DVOC Lagerhead Shrikes merchandise are available at our on-line store.
<BR></FONT><A href="http://www.cafepress.com/nikondvoc"><FONT face=Arial
color=#000000 size=2>http://www.cafepress.com/nikondvoc</FONT></A><BR><A
href="http://www.cafepress.com/dvoc"><FONT face=Arial color=#000000
size=2>http://www.cafepress.com/dvoc</FONT></A><BR><FONT face=Arial
size=2> <BR>Information on the Club and Club activities are at </FONT><A
href="http://www.dvoc.org"><FONT face=Arial color=#000000
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