FreeLists / bristol-birds / [Bristol-Birds] Fw: VSO 75th Anniversary Meeting, Lynchburg

["Wallace Coffey" <jwcoffey@xxxxxxxxxx>]

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>
> The Lynchburg Bird Club would like to express our thanks to all of the
> attendees at the 75th Anniversary Meeting of the Virginia Society of
> Ornithology held this past weekend, April 30 to May 2, in Lynchburg.  Over
> 140 individuals participated in the celebration enjoying a diversity of
> field trips, vendors, and scientific paper presentations.  Our scheduled
> banquet speaker, Ian Sinclair from South Africa, was ill and unable to
> attend.  We are very grateful to Dick Peake, who graciously filled in at
the
> last minute to be our presenter at the banquet dinner.  Dick showed
> wonderful photos of birds of South Africa.
>
> In spite of threatening weather throughout the weekend, the field trips
> resulted in an impressive total of 125 species.  Here are some of the
> highlights:  The warblers were present even through the fog on "Warbler
> Road."  Great views were had of CERULEAN, BLACK-THROATED BLUE,
> BLACK-THROATED GREEN, KENTUCKY, HOODED, and WORM-EATING.  Heard were
CANADA
> and BAY-BREASTED among others. Several groups had a total of 16 warblers
and
> 24 species were counted for the event.  At Fleming Mountain birds that had
> just arrived included YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO, EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE,
BLUE-WINGED
> WARBLER, and BLUE GROSBEAK.  Additionally, a SOLITARY SANDPIPER,
SWAINSON'S
> THRUSH, and ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER were seen.  One BANK SWALLOW was seen
at
> the James River Overlook along with the other four expected swallows.  The
> group that went to Claytor Nature Study Center had NORTHERN BOBWHITE,
> RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE, and BOBOLINK.  Participants on
the
> Appomattox trip got excellent views of a BROAD-WINGED HAWK and SUMMER
> TANAGER.  Streaking quickly past was a possible MERLIN.
>
> Everyone enjoyed the birds as well as an entertaining event.
>
>
> A complete species list will follow soon.
>
> Susan Stanton
> Field Trip Chair
> Lynchburg, VA
>
forward by Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN


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