Field Trips, Activities And Meetings
Come enjoy birding and fellowship with The Richmond Audubon Society, we welcome both members and non-members to meetings and field trips. All are FREE unless otherwise noted. Join the RAS Listserv to receive emails of the latest bird sightings and news. ALSO SEE: VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
NOTE: Any late breaking additions or changes to the field trip list can be found here or on the RAS Home Page Banner or on the RAS listserv so check back here for frequent updates.
ALSO SEE: ANNUAL RAS MEETINGS
Sunday, January 1 – Monthly walk at Bryan Park.
Meet at Shelter #1 at 7:45 am. Come explore Bryan Park. Wear longjohns so you’ll be comfortable! For details, contact Sue Ridd at (804) 270-5365.
Saturday, January 7 – Monthly walk at Dutch Gap Conservation Area.
Start the new year off right with Betsy Saunders at a favorite local hotspot. Meet at 8:00am at the first observation platform. 251 Henricus Park Rd Chester, VA. Contact betsyben@juno.com for more information.
Wednesday, January 11 – Second Wednesday Walk.
Join John Coe at Bryan Park. Meet at Shelter #2 at 9:30 am. For details, email johnwcoe@verizon.net or call 276-1397.
Saturday, January 14 – James River Winter Bird Count.
This is our annual species inventory of the James River Park System. The post-foray brunch will be held at the home of Mary Arginteanu and Larry Robinson. There will be a one suet cake entrance fee once again as well as the request of a brunch item and/or beverage to share. Contact Julie Kacmarcik (juliekazz@comcast.net) to participate.
Thursday, January 19 - Membership Meeting
Our annual legislation meeting. Nathan Lott, the Executive Director of the Virginia Conservation Network, will be presenting a program on the key issues in front of the Virginia General Assembly this year. Program begins at 7:00 PM at St. Luke Lutheran Church, 7757 Chippenham Parkway.
January 28, Saturday – Floodwall with Arun Bose.
Meet at 8:00 AM at the Hull Street parking lot. (Map: http://g.co/maps/r5xzc) Call or email Arun Bose for more details. (804) 335-8813, arun1bose@gmail.com.
Sunday, February 5 – Monthly walk at Bryan Park with Sue Ridd.
Meet at shelter #1 at 7:35 am. For details, contact Sue Ridd at (804) 270-5365.
February 3 – 5 – VSO Outer Banks field trip.
See http://www.virginiabirds.net/f_trips.html for details.
Wednesday, February 8 – Second Wednesday Walk.
Join John Coe at the James River Park Floodwall Trail. Meet at 9:30 am at the Semmes Avenue parking lot. (Map: http://g.co/maps/8m248) For details, email johnwcoe@verizon.net or call 276-1397.
Thursday, February 16 - Membership Meeting
David Bryan will describe his work on increasing and improving habitat for Bobwhite Quail in Virginia. am on the key issues in front of the Virginia General Assembly this year. Program begins at 7:00 PM at St. Luke Lutheran Church, 7757 Chippenham Parkway.
February 17 – 20 – Great Backyard Bird Count.
The Great Backyard Bird Count is an annual four-day event that engages bird watchers of all ages in counting birds to create a real-time snapshot of where the birds are across the continent. Get outside, count birds and tell the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology what you saw! Richmond Audubon has two events planned, but any observations are welcome, and the more the better. See http://www.birdsource.org/gbbc/ for details.
Saturday, February 18 – Great Backyard Bird Count program.
Come for any or all segments of this trip . Trip begins with the kickoff of the Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden trips for 2012. Meet Tyler Turpin at 8:00 a.m. in rotunda of Visitor Center. Botanical Gardens trip will end between 9:30 and 9:45 . Then go to James River Park System parking lot next to Tredegar Ironworks at 10:30. We will look at Brown's Island and then depart to meet again at the Pony Pasture Parking Lot at Riverside Drive at 11 :45 a.m and at 12:45 pm we will count at Hugenot Flatwater and then reconvene at 1:30 p.m. for the final stop at the office park pond behind the Stony Point Shopping Center.
Please contact Tyler Turpin at tylerturpin@earthlink.net or 804 317-9478. Cost is $6.00 for non-Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens Members. James River Park portions are free.
Sunday, February 19 – Great Backyard Bird Count Survey at James River National Wildlife Refuge.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Richmond Audubon join forces for this annual survey of wintering birds in a remarkable habitat bordered by Powell’s Creek and the James River. Meet at the refuge information kiosk, 4550 Flowerdew Hundred Road, Hopewell, VA, at 8:00 am. Contact Lewis Barnett (blbarnett3@gmail.com, 804-920-4723) for details.
Saturday, February 25 – Monthly walk at Dutch Gap Conservation Area with Betsy Saunders.
Meet at 8:00 AM at the first observation platform. 251 Henricus Park Rd Chester, VA. Contact betsyben@juno.com for more information. |
