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If inclement weather necessitates a cancellation, an email notification will be sent out. You can also call or text the leader David Frye at 248-459-6783. Please do not call any of the trip leaders after 8 pm the night before the field trip in consideration of having to get up early the next day to lead the field trip.
Hawk Watching continues - Located at Harvey's Knob Overlook, milepost 95.3 on the Blue Ridge Parkway. From September through November, our club and the Lynchburg club report data on the hawk migration at Harvey's Knob Overlook on the Blue
Ridge Parkway. All are welcome to join our resident hawk watchers to see how it is done. Bring a lawn chair, binoculars, and a spirit of adventure
for learning about the annual hawk migration. You are welcome to show up any day, arrive and leave when you like, and even though you may not
be ready to ID each hawk as it passes, extra eyes are ALWAYS needed.
DECEMBER 2024
Dec. 7 Saturday Bird Hike - Greenfield 9:00 am. (Note: Winter start time change) Leader: Barry Whitt (540-309-4353) Join us for a Saturday morning bird walk on the Cherry Blossom Trail at Greenfield. This Saturday trip enables folks that are unable to join us at this site when we routinely visit on Wednesdays.
Dec. 11 Wednesday Midweek Walk - Highland Park 9:00 am. Leader: David Frye (248-459-6783) Join us for a Wednesday walk through Roanoke's Highland Park. This multi-use park in the Old Southwest neighborhood has wooded areas as well as park lands that offer a haven to local birds.
Dec. 14 & 15 RVBC Annual Christmas Bird Counts in Roanoke and Fincastle.
Leaders/Compilers: Bill Hunley - Roanoke (wjhunley@gmail.com) and Andrew Newcombe – Fincastle (anewco15@gmail.com).
Volunteers participate in survey counts within their specific assigned territories and forward the results to the compilers.
Dec. 29 Sunday at the Sewage Treatment Plant, 9:00 am. (Note: Winter start time change.) Leaders: Kent Davis (540-353-4500) and Kirk Gardner
(828-216-9170). Where else would you rather be during the Holidays? Join us for a walk around the Sewage Treatment Plant. The entrance to the
STP is by special permit and trip participants must all enter at the same time and stay together with our leaders. This site is one of the best spots
for viewing shorebirds in the Roanoke Valley. The property includes impoundments, sludge ponds, mudflats, riparian habitat and woodlands.
Besides shorebirds, we can expect to see resident hawks and possibly ravens and fish crows. The walking is mostly flat with a short steep trail.
Sturdy waterproof boots are recommended as it often is muddy.
Directions: Meet at the Greenway parking lot off of Bennington Street near the bridge over the Roanoke River; the entrance to the parking area is
between the bridge and Brownlee Avenue. Note that Thirteenth Street SE changes names to Bennington Street at the bridge over the Roanoke
River. After the group has gathered, we will caravan or walk the short distance to the STP, so please arrive minutes early.
January 2025 (A Quick Look Ahead)
Jan. 1 New Year’s Day Bird Count. Everyone is encouraged to start the New Year off right and GO BIRDING!
Jan. 8 Second Wednesday Bird Hike – Greenfield 9:00 am. Leader: David Frye (248-459-6783) Join us for a bird walk on the Cherry Blossom Trail.
We host this trip every other month on Wednesdays and can see the populations of birds changing with the passing of the seasons.
Jan. 11 Catawba Greenway and Whi spering Pines 9:00 am. Leaders: Kirk Gardner (828-216-9170) and Kent Davis (828-216-9170).
Join Kirk and Kent at The Catawba Greenway Trailhead which is located at 5061 Catawba Creek Road.
Jan. 13 RVBC Membership Meeting, Monday 7:00 pm. Roanoke Council of Garden Clubs, 3640 Colonial Avenue, Roanoke, VA 24018.
Featured Program: Puffin Conservation, Presenter, Dr. Stephen Kress. Dr. Kress of Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology returns to give us updates
on the projects with which he is involved relating to the re-establishment of colonies of Atlantic Puffins along the Northeast coast of the US.
Jan. 25 Wild Card Trip–TBA Leader: Barry Whitt (540-309-4353). Barry has plans that are totally dependent upon climactic conditions; however, stay
tuned! If he sees favorable weather, he’ll send out an announcement.
Where else would you rather be during the Holidays? Always a haven for birds in winter!
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