Next bird walk January 28, at 7 a.m. at New Quarter Park

Bill Williams will lead.
The Williamsburg Bird Club and New Quarter Park co-sponsor bird walks at New Quarter Park, 1000 Lakeshead Dr., Williamsburg, twice a month — the second and fourth Saturdays. The second Saturdays we meet at 8 a.m; the fourth Saturdays we meet at 7 a.m. Meet in the parking lot near the park office. Participants can stay as long as they’d like. Generally, the leader will walk about two hours or so, but participants can peel off as they like. Walks are free and open to the public. You need not be a member to join us. Just show up! Google map.

Schedule of upcoming events | More information about bi-weekly bird walks

 
Christmas Bird Count data 2012

Download the Excel file of the bird count data from the December 19, 2012 Christmas Bird Count for the Williamsburg area. Thanks to Bill Williams for tabulating all of this! CBC 2012 data

 
Bird Walk at New Quarter Park, January 14, 2012

Our leader for the morning was Tom McCary! We had a total of nine participants. The bird of the day was the Common Loon foraging in Queens Creek. He gradually moved closer to us from the direction of the York River and everyone finally got good looks at him despite his frequent dives.

We recorded 25 species (listed below as entered in eBird).


Wood Duck  2
Bufflehead  22
Common Loon  1
Double-crested Cormorant  3
Great Blue Heron  1
Turkey Vulture  22
Bald Eagle  2     adults
Red-tailed Hawk  1
Killdeer  2
Ring-billed Gull  3
Mourning Dove  1
Red-headed Woodpecker  3
Downy Woodpecker  4
Northern Flicker  1
American Crow  6
Carolina Chickadee  1
Tufted Titmouse  2
White-breasted Nuthatch  6
Carolina Wren  1
Eastern Bluebird  15
American Robin  50
Yellow-rumped Warbler  30
Dark-eyed Junco  24
Northern Cardinal  1
Rusty Blackbird  1
In the photo below:
seated (l-r): Joyce Lowry, Ginny Carey, Rosemarie Mussler, Shirley Devan
standing: Deb Woodward, Geoff Giles, Tom McCary
not pictured: Margaret Ware, Jeanette Navia

 

 
Can you identify this? Bird ID from Recycle Bin Photos of Joe Piotrowski

Bird ID from Recycle Bin - Photos By Joe Piotrowski
This feature is only on the website and in the electronic version of The Flyer.
Click "Add new comment" to post your guesses.

 

 
UPDATED: Summary of Bird Data through 2011: Williamsburg, James City County, York County, Hog Island WMA, Surry County

Download a .pdf version of Bill Williams' Summary of Local Bird Data through 2011, Williamsburg, James City County, York County, Hog Island WMA, Surry County.

 
WBC Offers Two Bill Williams Nature Camp Scholarships. Deadline January 17, 2012

 

The Williamsburg Bird Club requests applications from Williamsburg, James City County, and York County students in grades 5 to 12 for the Bill Williams Nature Camp Scholarships, two full tuition (approx. $750) scholarships for a two week summer camp program in 2012 at the Nature Camp in Vesuvius, Virginia.

Download the scholarship application form below. The completed form should be submitted along with a 300-word essay about the student’s interest in nature and a letter of recommendation from the student’s science teacher. The application form includes additional details about requirements and camp expectations. Essays will be evaluated for the best age-appropriate expression of interest in nature and anticipated benefit from attending the camp.

The deadline for applications is January 17, 2012. The Williamsburg Bird Club will contact the students who earn the scholarships in early February 2012.

Download scholarship application (.pdf)

 
Parking Permit for Monthly Meetings

 

Please print out and put this parking permit in your car and remember to place it on the driver's side dashboard when you park in front of Phi Beta Kappa Hall, the Muscarelle Museum, or Morton Hall on the evenings of Bird Club meetings. If you happen to forget it,  there will be someone to greet you in the parking lot to provide you with a permit for your car.

If you already have a W&M parking permit as a student, staff, or faculty, you have no worries as long as it is displayed!

Parking tickets from W&M Parking Services can be expensive, so please remember your Bird Club parking permit. We want you to enjoy the Bird Club meetings without worrying about a parking ticket.

 

 

 
Bird ID from Recycle Bin Photos of Joe Piotrowski from Previous Months

Bird ID from Recycle Bin - Photos By Joe Piotrowski

November's Photo

December's bird was a House Sparrow

 

November's Photo

November's bird was a Great Black-backed Gull

 

October's Photo

October's bird was a Snow Goose

 

September's Photo

September's bird was a Field Sparrow

 

August's Photo

August's bird was an Acadian Flycatcher.

June/July's Photo

June/July's bird was an immature Red-Headed Woodpecker

May's Photo

May's Bird was a Black-Crowned Night Heron

April's Photo

April's birds were Red-Winged Blackbirds.

 
Principles of Birding Ethics

Download a copy of the VSO's Principles of Birding Ethics (pdf)

 
 

Upcoming Events

01/28/2012 07:00 - 09:00
Bird Walk @ New Quarter Park

02/11/2012 08:00 - 10:00
Bird Walk @ New Quarter Park

02/15/2012 19:30 - 21:00
Monthly Meeting

02/17/2012
Great Backyard Bird Count

02/18/2012
Great Backyard Bird Count