DVOC and NJ Audubon’s World Series of Birding

A message from team captain Tony Croasdale: On behalf of Katrina, Jeff, Bull and myself I’d like to extend a warm thank you to all who supported our team in NJ Audubon’s World Series of Birding (WSB), our donors, the DVOC, ABA, and Steiner Optics. We came in second in the Carbon Footprint Cup with 129 species biking 73 miles. …

Minutes – May 3, 2018

Delaware Valley Ornithological Club Time: 7:36pm (in BEES Conf Rm) Call To Order: Acting President: Phil Witmer VP: Linda Widdop; Secretary: Gregg Gorton Minutes from last meeting approved as submitted. Attendees: Members present: 23; Guests: Mark Greenberry Reports from Council: none Committee Reports: Membership Committee: Bonnie Witmer New Members: none New applications received: Mark Greenberry Cassinia: Matt Halley –>Please send …

World Series of Birding 2018

On May 12th the Delaware Valley Ornithological Club with The American Birding Association and Steiner Optics will field a team competing in New Jersey Audubon’s World Series of Birding Carbon Footprint Challenge. Katrina Rakowski, Jeff Gorden, Bull Gervasi, and Tony Croasdale will bicycle for 24 hours attempting to identify as many bird species by sight and sound as possible. This …

Minutes – April 19, 2018

Delaware Valley Ornithological Club Time: 7:32pm (in Commons) Call To Order: George Armistead VP: Linda Widdop;  Secretary: Navin Sasikumar, filling in for Gregg Gorton Minutes from last meeting approved as submitted. Attendees Members present: 25; Guests: 4 Reports from Council: none Committee Reports: Membership Committee: Bonnie Witmer New Members: Julie Greenberg, Kris Benarcik New applications received: none Field Trips: Linda …

Temple Ambler EarthFest Presents: Bird Strikes — Global Research, Local Solutions

Wednesday, May 16, 7 p.m., Temple University Ambler, Learning Center Auditorium, 580 Meetinghouse Road, Ambler PA 19002 Register Online (The event is free but we are asking people to register) Temple Ambler EarthFest and Audubon Pennsylvania are partnering to address the critical issue of bird/window collisions. The keynote speaker for the program — Bird Strikes: Global Research, Local Solutions — …

Debbie Beer – Billings 2017 Award Winner

DVOC congratulates Debbie Beer, the winner of the 2017 Bob Billings Big Year competition. Debbie saw 353 species of birds in the DVOC program area in 2017, quite an accomplishment! Included in her total were two vagrants that were firsts for the program area: Black-backed Oriole and Greenshank. The award was presented to Debbie at the April 5 DVOC meeting, …

Minutes – April 5, 2018

Delaware Valley Ornithological Club Time: 7:36pm (in BEES Conf Rm) Call To Order: Marty Dellwo (filling in for Pres. George Armistead) VP: Linda Widdop;  Secretary: Gregg Gorton Minutes from last meeting approved as submitted. Attendees Members present; 37; Guests: 7–Jess Secrest, Becky Laboy, Kris Benarcik, Rick Stehlik, James Burlage, Bob Michener, Karen (Billings) Walter (daughter of Liz and Bob Billings) …