Banquet
DVOC Virtual Banquet 2020

The DVOC Banquet is going virtual this year! Join us on November 19 at 6:30pm for a new spin on a beloved tradition.
Our speaker will be Peter Kaestner, a world-renowned independent birder who has spent a lifetime sharing his passion for birds with others. Along the way, he has birded in 174 eBird “countries” and currently holds eBird’s biggest world life list (9075). His IOC list stands at 9290 as of May 2019. Peter is also recognized in the Guinness Book of Records as the first person to see a representative of every bird family in the world.
6:30: BYO Virtual Cocktail/Social Hour
7:00: Opening remarks and Awards
7:45: Presentation by Peter Kaestner
Registration is FREE at the following link:
https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMpf-GupjIvGNxwIeHXPluwmeG63sjP2e8w
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All are welcome. Questions? Email dvocbanquet@gmail.com.
Presentations
The Witmer Stone Award, the Julian K. Potter Award and the Rosalie Edge Conservation Award are presented at the annual banquet.
Past Speakers
2020 | Peter Kaestner | From Zero to 9400--a Life of Birding |
2019 | Jeff Gordon | It’s Too Late to Stop Now: Sharing the Gospel of Birding in the 21st Century |
2018 | Kevin Karlson & Pete Dunne | Birds of Prey |
2017 | Neil Hayward | Lost Among the Birds |
2016 | Katie Fallon | Coffee, Coal, and Cooperation: Saving the Cerulean Warbler |
2015 | Pat and Clay Sutton | Reflections of DVOC |
2014 | Katrina van Grouw | A Very Fine Swan Indeed: Art, Science and ‘The Unfeathered Bird’ |
2013 | Bill Thompson III | The Perils and Pitfalls of Birding |
2012 | Stephen W. Kress |
Restoring Endangered Seabirds: Lessons from Puffins and Terns |
2011 | Kevin Karlson and Dale Rosselet | "The Birds of Cape May" |
2010 | Scott Weidensaul | "Messing Around with Birds (for Fun and Science)” |
2009 | Rick Wright | "The Most Beautiful of the Whole Beautiful Lot: Wood Warblers of the American Southwest" |
2008 | Pat and Clay Sutton | "Birds and Birding at Cape May (a Bird Walk Through Time)" |
2007 | Don Kroodsma | "The Singing Life of Birds" |
2006 | Pete Dunne | "25 Things That Have Changed Birding" |
2005 | Michael Male and Judy Feith | "Bitter Lake NWR" |
2004 | Dr. Carl Safina | "Eye of the Albatross: Visions of Hope & Survival" |
2003 | Kenn Kaufmann | "Birds and the Undiscovered World" |
2002
|
Scott Weidensaul
|
"Raising
the Dead: The Search for Lost Species." |
2001
|
Bill Murphy
|
"The
Birds of Trinidad and Tobago" |
2000
|
Kevin Karlson
|
“For
the Love of Birds” |
1999
|
Julio de
la Torre |
"Owls
of North America" |
1998
|
Peter Mathiessen
|
"Cranes
of the World" |
1997
|
Arthur
Morris |
Bird Photographer
|
1996
|
Steve Hilty
|
"Dreams
and Realites in the American Tropics" |
1995
|
Noel Snyder
|
"Re-introduction
of the Thick-billed Parrot" |
1994
|
Debra Love
Shearwater |
"Through
the Seasons: An Introduction to the Seabirds and Marine Mammals of Monterey Bay" |
1993
|
Dr. Jerome
Jackson |
"America's
Endangered Woodpeckers: The Ivory-billed and the Red-cockaded" |
1992
|
Peter Alden
|
"Birding
Antartica and Patagonia" |
1991
|
Daphne
Gemmill |
"Earthwatch
- Birding Opportunities" |
1990
|
Paul Butler
|
RARE Center
for Tropical Bird Conservation |
1989
|
Emile De
Vito |
"Birding
and Conservation in Costa Rica" |
1988
|
William
Streeter |
"Northeastern
Birds of Prey" |
1987
|
Ray Davis
|
"Florida
Birds " |
1986
|
Jim Brett
|
"From
David's Spring to Wadi Qelt: A Naturalist's Isreal" |
1985
|
Armas Hill
|
"Adventures
in Brazil" |
1984 | Pete Dunne | Ornithological Traditions of Cape May |
1983 | Daniel Roby | "Birds of the Falklands and South Georgia" |
1982 | Len Soucy | |
1981 | Armas Hill | California Birding |
1980 | Ben King | "Birds of Asia" |
1979 | Dr. Kenneth C. Parkes | "Birdwatcher at a Rusty Gate" |
1978 | John C. Yrizarry | "Birds of Tikal" |
1977 | Dr. George Gee | Endangered Species Program |
1976 | Richard A. Rowlett | Sea Birds and Mammals off the Atlantic Coast |
1971 | Dr. Peter Paul Kellogg | Bahama Birds and Bird Songs |
1970 | Dr. Charles Wurster | The Impact of DDT |
Committee Members
Lauren Diamond - Chairperson (dvocbanquet@gmail.com)
Brittany Stewart
Bernice Koplin
Anita Guris
Chris Walters
Bonnie Witmer