A reminder to voice your objection to the F&WS plan to gut the Migratory Bird Treaty Act by codifying the removal of penalties against industries for “accidental take” of birds into law. See summary below:https://www.fws.gov/birds/news/200605MBTA.php*Submit your comments by July 20* at the following link (reference Option B):https://www.regulations.gov/comment?D=FWS-HQ-MB-2018-0090-8411
2020 Philadelphia Mid-winter Bird Census Report
The 2020 Philadelphia Mid-winter Bird Census Report is now available here. Ninety-nine participants in 37 parties took part in the 2020 census, recording 109 species and 28,382 individual birds.
LAKEHURST NAVAL AIR STATION FOR UPLAND SANDPIPERS, NJ
Important: Participants MUST sign up by Wednesday, May 8. Please provide Bob Horton with your full name, drivers license number and state, and date of birth. To grant access to the base, the military needs this information in advance of our trip. NOTE: This trip may be canceled based on restrictions due to COVID-19. The grasslands here are the best …
Bombay Hook Christmas Count 2019
Club member Andy Ednie has provided us with these three files related to the most recent Bombay Hook Christmas CountReporthttps://mcusercontent.com/258b7d1caa6e9161aa8c3924a/files/b8e61598-e27e-423c-8a24-6a1b41a07c36/BBCC_2019_1.pdf Fact sheethttps://mcusercontent.com/258b7d1caa6e9161aa8c3924a/files/71b65690-7a59-470a-bb81-bb5243d2254f/BBCC_2019_2.pdf Datahttps://mcusercontent.com/258b7d1caa6e9161aa8c3924a/files/21d36fbe-d7d3-4b06-bdd7-db3462066340/BBCC_2019_3.pdf
Minutes – March 5, 2020 Delaware Valley Ornithological Club
Academy of Natural Sciences – Commons Call to Order: President: Linda Widdop Call to Order: 7:30pmVice-President: Gregg GortonSecretary (for Barb Bassett): Laura Stokley Minutes from last meeting approved as submitted. Attendees: 24 members present Reports from Council Interns Fund: Chris Walters Chris reports that DVOC will support Jenna Souto, for the 2020 Coop in the Ornithology Department for Drexel University …
Bob Billings Big Year Winner
DVOC congratulates Barb Bassett, the winner of the 2019 Bob Billings Big Year award. Barb saw 290 species of birds in the DVOC program area in 2019, almost all of them in New Jersey! The award will be presented to Barb at a future DVOC meeting, with members of Bob Billings’s family present, and Barb will give us a brief talk about …
DVOC Meetings Canceled Until Further Notice
President Linda Widdop has this message: “Looks like the pandemic caught up to us. Our speaker cancelled her trip to Philly and will be rescheduled for later date. Due to that and the fact that we should keep our distance, we have decided to cancel the meeting entirely. Sorry about this. Hopefully we can resume regular scheduling in April. According …
Minutes – Feb 20, 2020 Delaware Valley Ornithological Club
Academy of Natural Sciences – Commons Call to Order: President: Linda Widdop Call to Order: 7:30pmVice-President: Gregg GortonSecretary (for Barb Bassett): Navin Sasikumar Minutes from last meeting approved as submitted. Attendees: 29 members present Reports from Council none Committee Reports: Cassinia: Matt Halley Cassinia is on its way – currently at the layout designer. Trustees: Chris Walters The Intern fund …
Minutes – Feb 6, 2020 Delaware Valley Ornithological Club
Academy of Natural Sciences – BEES Classroom Call to Order: President: Linda Widdop Call to Order: 7:33pmVice President & Secretary (for Barb Bassett): Gregg Gorton Minutes from last meeting approved as submitted. Attendees: 25 members present; 1 guest (Linda Burnet, spouse of speaker) Reports from Council none Committee Reports: Membership Committee: Bonnie Witmer New Members: Theresa O’Malley, Vin Karthik, Karyl …
Minutes – Jan 23, 2020 Delaware Valley Ornithological Club
7:32 PM Academy of Natural Sciences – BEES Classroom Call to Order: President: Linda Widdop Call to Order: 7:32pm Vice President: Gregg Gorton; Secretary: Barb Bassett Minutes from last meeting approved as submitted. Attendees: 38 members present; 1 guest Reports from Council DVOC Trustees’ Report for 2019: Chris Walters gave a summary account of the financial status of the Endowment …