Hello all -
Be sure to join us this Thursday for our February member meeting at St.
Luke's Lutheran Church at Custis Road and Chippenham Parkway. Coffee and
conversation at 6:30, with the program at 7. Our presenter is Richmond
Audubon Board Member Abby Walter who will talk about the research she is
doing on Red-Headed Woodpeckers at Fort A.P. Hill. Hope to see you on
Thursday!
Program Details:
Program: Native Woodpecker Species in Virginia
Presented by: Abby Walter
When: Thursday, February 15th, coffee and conversation at 6:30 p.m.,
Program begins at 7 p.m.
Where: St. Luke's Lutheran Church, 7757 Chippenham Pkwy.
This presentation will start by discussing all of the native woodpecker
species in Virginia before describing her Master’s research with Red-headed
Woodpeckers (RHWO) at Fort A.P. Hill with Virginia Commonwealth University
in Dr. Bulluck’s Avian Ecology Lab. We have put GPS tags on RHWO and have
tracked their breeding season movements. I am also investigating parental
behaviors in RHWO, since the species is monomorphic and there isn’t much
known about the roles that males and females have in rearing offspring.
