Delaware Valley Ornithological Club
Time: 7:36pm
Call To Order:
President: George Armistead
VP: Linda Widdop; Secretary: Gregg Gorton
Attendees:
Members present: 47; guests present: 2 (Dieter Schifferli, Randall Sindlinger)
Reports from Council:
none
Committee Reports:
Membership:
Bonnie Witmer
New members: Tom Johnson, Owen Sindler, Barlow Herbst
New applicants: Daniel Long, Chris Richter
Conservation:
Nothing to report
Nominating:
Art McMorris
Slate of Nominees for 2020-2021
President – Linda Widdop; VP – Gregg Gorton; Secretary – Barb Bassett; Treasurer – Marty Dellwo; Councilors-at-Large: Katrina Rakowski, Dan Efroymson (with Navin Sasikumar & Barb Bassett rotating off)
No other nominations were put forward
Banquet:
Lauren Diamond thanked everyone who helped!
Field Trips:
Linda Widdop:
December 7, [email protected]:00 am – 10:00 am
Trip Leader – Keith Russell
3401 Reservoir Drive, Philadelphia, PA, 19121
BirdPhilly Walk – Poquessing Park North
December 8, [email protected]
Trip Leader – Holger Pflicke
BirdPhilly Walk: Pennypack on the Delaware
Dedc 12, [email protected]
Trip Leader: Holger Pflicke
Conowingo Dam
Dec 21, [email protected]
Trip Leader: Cliff Hence
Meet at 2569 Shures Landing Rd., Darlington, MD
–>Please contact Linda Widdop if you want to lead a trip outside Philadelphia: Linda@techimpact.org
–>Please contact Tony Croasdale if you want to lead a walk inside Philadelphia (for DVOC’s BirdPhilly initiative): Tony.croasdale@gmail.com
Details for all walks/trips can be found at:
https://dvoc.org/activities/field-trips/ and http://birdphilly.org/events.html
Up-coming Program:
Photo Contest
December 19, [email protected]:30pm
Linda Widdop
Submit your photos by December 13th at 11:59pm
Announcements:
Gregg Gorton: Members’ Night will be on January 9, 2020–one week later than usual. Per tradition, it will be a pot-luck affair. Bert Filemyr will give a talk on some aspect of DVOC history. Location: Discovery Center.
Chris Walters: The Philadelphia Mid-Winter Bird Census will be on January 11, 2020. Please contact Keith Russell if you would like to participate: Keith. Russell6@verizon.net
Local Notes:
Barb Bassett – at Beach Plum Farm, Cape May: Mountain Bluebird. At field across from the Beanery, Cape May: Harris’ Sparrow, Grasshopper Sparrow and Western-type Flycatcher (DNA analysis of its poop is ongoing).
Tori Sindlinger & Katrina Rakowski – Tori found a Bufflehead at Woodlands Cemetery (on the river), which is the first record in eBird for that site; and they had Wilson’s Snipe, Red-shouldered Hawk, and Common Gallinule at Heinz NWR.
Evening Program:
Birds in Winter: Surviving the Most Challenging Season
Speaker: Roger Pasquier
Roger provided a wealth of information about how birds adapt during the cold season, illustrated with images of many birds. He drew from his new book of the same title, which he made available for sale to members.
Meeting adjourned at 9:07pm
After-meeting Gathering at Cherry Street Tavern:
After the formal meeting, twenty-some club members enjoyed beverages and bird-chat.
