2025 Annual DVOC Picnic, August 17th, noon – 5:30pm. For more information, please see the Weekly Digest or contact president@dvoc.org.
Minutes – May 1, 2025
This was a hybrid meeting, broadcast on Zoom. We had a speaker and a live audience in the BEES classroom and the meeting was broadcast on Zoom. Call to Order: President Barb Bassett Call to Order: 7:30 PM Attendees: 8 in person, 5 on Zoom Perri Strawn moved to approve minutes of the last meeting and Martin Dellwo seconded the …
Black Excellence in Birding Week
The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University is celebrating Black Birders Week with events on Friday May 30th and Saturday May 31: Friday May 30th 5:00 PM-8:00 PM is Dinos After Dark: The Joy of Birding. The museum will be open to the public that evening, with a pay-what-you-wish ticket. Saturday May 31st 6:00 PM-10:00 PM is the 4th …
Minutes – April 3, 2025
This was a hybrid meeting, broadcast on Zoom. We had a speaker and a live audience in the BEES classroom and the meeting was broadcast on Zoom. Call to Order: President Barb Bassett Call to Order: 7:30 PM Attendees: 20 in person, 14 on Zoom The minutes from the last meeting were approved. Committee Reports Field Trips – Linda Widdop …
Minutes – April 17, 2025
This was a hybrid meeting, broadcast on Zoom. We had a speaker and a live audience in the BEES classroom and the meeting was broadcast on Zoom. Call to Order: President Barb Bassett Call to Order: 7:30 PM Attendees: 7 viewers In person: 12 Gregg Gorton moved to approve minutes of the last meeting and Nilesh Shah seconded the motion. …
WSB team Raven LunaChicks supports DVOC
On May 10, 2025, the Raven LunaChicks will compete in the 42nd annual World Series of Birding (WSB), a 24-hour competition to find as many bird species as possible in New Jersey. The all-women, DVOC team – Linda Widdop (captain), Debbie Beer, Lori Gladulich, and Patty Rehn – will criss-cross the state from midnight to midnight, looking for owls, rails, …
Minutes – March 20, 2025
This was a hybrid meeting, broadcast on Zoom. We had a speaker and a live audience in the BEES classroom and the meeting was broadcast on Zoom. Call to Order: President Barb Bassett Call to Order: 7:30 PM Attendees: In person – 19 On Zoom – 11 The minutes from the last meeting were approved. Committee Reports Field Trips – …
Minutes – March 6, 2025
This was a hybrid meeting, broadcast on Zoom. We had a speaker and a live audience in the BEES classroom and the meeting was broadcast on Zoom. Call to Order: President Barb Bassett Call to Order: 7:31 PM Attendees: In person – 9 On Zoom – 11 The minutes from the last meeting were approved. Committee Reports Field Trips – …
Minutes – February 20, 2025
This was a hybrid meeting, broadcast on Zoom. We had a speaker and a live audience in the BEES classroom and the meeting was broadcast on Zoom. Call to Order: President Barb Bassett Call to Order: 7:30 PM Attendees: In person – 20 On Zoom – 24 The minutes from the last meeting were approved. Committee Reports Field Trips – …
New Composite Bird List Available
A composite of the PA, NJ and DE official state bird lists, updated with the most recent changes in the official state lists, has been posted on the Billings page. The list is provided as a convenience for people participating in the Bob Billings Big Year competition and for anyone interested in having the three states’ official lists in one …