DVOC - Donating

Each year DVOC pledges support to a local conservation project. The major source of our conservation funds is the monies raised by pledges and donations related to our record-setting World Series of Birding (WSB) team, the Nikon/DVOC Lagerhead Shrikes. DVOC also welcomes additional monetary donations to help us further our conservation efforts.

In past years, DVOC has supported such Conservation projects as: Scott Weidensaul’s Saw-Whet Owl Banding and Telemetry on Kittatiny Mountain ridge, ornithological internships at the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia, providing mist nets to local banders, preserving a Great Blue Heron rookery with Montgomery County Lands Trust, and more.

This year, 2009, DVOC is thrilled to support the WILLISTOWN CONSERVATION TRUST BIRD BANDING PROJECT AT RUSHTON PRESERVE. The 190-acre woodland preserve has been identified as one of the most critical sites for bird conservation in Audubon’s Upper Ridley/ Crum Important Bird Area. The Rushton Preserve offers a great opportunity to launch a bird banding station, as it contains diversified habitat - grassland, deciduous woodland, adjacent active small-scale agri fields - to yield a variety of avian observations and data. WCT hopes to augment current bird monitoring efforts while showcasing birds as tools to evaluate land management practices, restoration and conservation efforts. The bird-banding project will serve as a unique community resource, providing educational opportunities, demonstrations and raising awareness of the effects of land-use practices on birds and wildlife.

Willistown Conservation Trust has been established since 1996 as a community based land trust, but it's roots go back more than 25 years when the original grassroots organization was formed in 1979. Their mission is to preserve the open land, rural character, scenic, historical and ecologically significant resources of the Willistown area, which encompasses 24,000 acres in Chester and Delaware Counties in southeastern Pennsylvania. Over 6,000 acres are now preserved through their efforts, which revolve around land protection, stewardship and community outreach and education.

Willistown Conservation Trust owns and manages 3 preserves: Ashbridge, Kirkwood and Rushton Preserve. Rushton Preserve came under their wing in 2007, when the National Audubon Society transferred ownership with conservation easement to WCT. Additional information about the organization can be found on the website: www.wctrust.org.

The Nikon / DVOC’s Lagerhead Shrikes team members are experts in the game of “hit and run” birding. Eight in the twenty-five years of the competition a DVOC team has won the grand prize - the Urner Stone Cup (highest total species identified). This year will be particularly exciting for the Lagerhead Shrikes, as they welcome a new member to the team, while long-time captain Paul Guris takes a break (he hopes to return next year, no worries!)

The Lagerhead Shrikes do their part; now it is YOUR turn. In order to support these worthy conservation projects, we need everyone’s support in the form of pledges and contributions. Click here for a copy of our 2009 WSB pledge form. Please be generous in support of our conservation projects. And give a copy of this form to a friend!

All checks should be made payable to the Delaware Valley Ornithological Club (DVOC) and mailed to our Treasurer at:

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