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Next
Meeting -
Thursday
May 15, 2008 - 7:30 pm
Held at the Academy
of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA
Directions
to the Meeting
Directions to the informal
pre-meeting dinner
Program - Debi Shearwater- "Penguins of the World"
Everyone sees penguins in a different way. Ocean adventurers,
exceptional divers and amazing survivors, penguins have managed to adapt
to the harshest climate on earth, spending their lives in the frigid
sea and on ice and snow-covered slopes. Join Debra Shearwater for an
in-depth look at these appealing creatures. Using slides, she will discuss
every species of penguin in the world, 18 in all. She will explain their
adaptations to a life at sea, their behavioral adaptations and breeding
and courtship. Debra has personally traveled to all of the world's penguin
centers and captured thousands of images of these very special and delightful
of all birds!
DVOC World Series team report
(no Ornithological Study)
Upcoming Event at the Academy of
Natural Sciences
Kenn Kaufman is going to visit
the Academy at 2:30 pm on Saturday May 10 in honor of International
Migratory Bird Day and will present an illustrated lecture, on "Wings
of the Imagination: Why We Need Birds. Afterwards, he will sign
copies of his new book, "Flights Against the Sunset". |
Full
2008 Meeting Schedule
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Field Trips -
May
9-11 (Friday-Sunday) - Birding Southern Delaware and into Maryland
This weekend trip starts at Bombay Hook NWR on Friday morning and works
south to Trap Pond State Park where you can camp or you can motel nearby.
Saturday we bird Nanticoke WMA and areas around Seaford before returning
to Trap Pond. Sunday, we bird the Cypress Swamps in DE and MD, then
head north to the bayside areas. Interspersed throughout is a gourmet
tour trying local delicacies such as crab, scrapple and muskrat. Yummy.
Let me know in advance if you intend to come. Alternate contact (April
12-May 4): Bob Horton
Leader: Colin Campbell
Alternate contact (April 12-May 4): Bob
Horton
2008 Trip Information
(*.pdf)
2007
Field Trip Report
2006
Field Trip Report
2005
Field Trip Report
2004
Field Trip Report
May
17 (Saturday) - Carpenter's Woods, Philadelphia, PA
Spring migrants in Carpenter's Woods. Please meet at 6:30 AM at the
intersection of Wayne Ave. and Sedgwick St. (the bus stop). We'll
walk around and through the Woods until 11:00 or 12:00, or until we
run out of birds.
Leader: Erica Brendel
2007
Field Trip Report
2006
Field Trip Report
May
18 (Sunday) - Ridley Creek State Park, PA
For breeders and spring migrants. Expected: warblers, including Kentucky,
Hooded and Louisiana Waterthrush; thrushes (possibly including Swainson's),
vireos, flycatchers and many others. Meet at 6:30 AM at the Ridley Creek
bridge on Gradyville Road (near Newtown Square, PA). We will bird until
11:00 or noon, depending on when the birds give out.
Leader: Art McMorris
2007
Field Trip Report
MAY
19 (Monday) – Gloucester County "Run", NJ - Weekday!
We will spend most of the morning at Glassboro Woods WMA looking for
southern swamp breeders such as Kentucky, Prothonotary, and Hooded Warblers,
Acadian Flycatcher and Scarlet Tanager. For the afternoon, we will hit
a couple "off the beaten" path areas in the county for additional
breeding birds.
We will meet at 7:00AM at Glassboro Woods WMA on Carpenter - the west
(Rt. 47) end. Pull into the parking area by the gate.
Leader: Sandra Keller
Full
2008 Field Trip Schedule
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