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Have You Seen
One of these Lately? |
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| Then you are one of the priviledged few to be hosting a winter hummer. It is most likely a Rufous Hummingbird but could something more exotic. In an effort better understand these birds and their movements, Dwayne Martin one of only 250 hummingbird banders in the world would like to band your winter visitor. Please contact him by clicking on the picture. |
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Monthly Meeting
Thursday,
January 8, 2009
Dinner - 6:30 PM
Program - 7:30 PM
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| What better way to start the New Year than breaking bread with birding colleagues and reminiscing about the past year. So we continue our January tradition of having a potluck dinner and sharing photographs and/or videos of our past adventures. It’s a great time to get to know folks we may not have had an opportunity to spend time with last year. Many friendships have their origins in the dinner. |
| We will start setting up around 6:00 PM aiming to start eating at 6:30 PM. Please bring a dish that will feed 8-10 people plus your own plate, cup and flatware. The club will provide drinks and dessert. While we are chatting and catching up we have the opportunity to peruse an assortment of items donated for our second annual Silent Auction (see the newsletterfor details). |
| After dinner we will once again regale ourselves with photographs and videos taken best photographers in the county – our members!!! It’s your chance to share with everyone special moments you experienced while traveling or just looking out your back window. Photos should be nature oriented, no grandchildren please ;-). We will have slide project, video tape player and computer to play CDs and/or DVDs. If you are bringing digital photos, it is helpful if they are either in a power point presentation or just .jpg files. Any other programs may or may not work on the computer we have. Digital videos should be in a .mov, .wav or .mp3 format. If you have any questions contact Judy Walker. |
| So start off the New Year with fun, fotos and fellowship in the fellowship hall of the Sharon Seventh Day Adventist Church (920 Sharon Amity). Dinner – 6:30 PM Photo – 7:30 PM. |
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| It's that time of year again - to count your blessing and birds!!! Please consider helping out with at least one Christmas Bird Count this season. Even if you can only do a 1/2 day we need all the eyes we can get. Don't worry about you level of expertise. You will be with a leader who will be able to ID the birds you just need to find them. If you think you live within one of the circles and want to count in your own backyard, please contact the coordinator for instructions on how to count and submit your results. Have a safe holiday and enjoy the birds! |
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| Saturday, January 3, 2009: Pee Dee NWR |
| Contact: Judy Walker |
| The Pee Dee Christmas Count is a great way to end the year birding. Every year it produces surprises. One year it was turkey tracks in the snow and lots of sparrows. Another sight to behold is seeing the ducks take off in the morning or watching them come back in at dusk. Because of the wide variety of habitat and its central location we usually have a pretty good list of birds including Bald Eagles, Tundra Swans, and lots and lots of sparrows and ducks |
| If you want to carpool, meet at the McDonalds at Windsor Square Shopping Center at 5:45 AM [on Independence]. Otherwise meet at the Pee Dee Maintenance Building [main entrance off Rt. 52] at 7 AM. Lunch will be provided but you will want to wear lots of layers and bring snack foods and something hot to drive while you are out in the field. |
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