Membership
Members receive a monthly newsletter, our source of information about upcoming programs and field trips as well as the latest in birding facts and news. Membership is not required to take part in club meetings or club activities.
Join the Club
When you join, we will send you the most recent newsletter
and invite you to our next meeting or field trip. To join the club click here. Note: Memberships
are effective beginning September 1 of the ensuing year.
Memberships received after June 1 will be applied to the
following year.
Programs
Our club meets each second Monday of the month at 7:00 PM, September through May, at the Roanoke Council Garden Club Building at 3640 Colonial Avenue in Roanoke. Speakers present on a wide range of bird-related topics, with photographs, video presentations and occasional live bird exhibits. Meetings are free and guests are always welcomed.
Meetings also cover field sightings of birds in the Roanoke
area. After the meeting we gather for refreshments.
Community Outreach
A representative of the club frequently talks to local clubs, libraries, and community groups
about the bird
club's activities, backyard birding, declining bird species,
and wildlife habitat preservation. If you would like to
arrange for a speaker please contact our president, Drew Daniels at 540-314-6069 or email the club at RVBC2015@outlook.com.
Field Trips
The Roanoke Valley Bird Club organizes a full calendar of
field trips each year. These trips give members a chance
to learn more about birds in the area. As part of the club’s
mission, the information from several of our field trips
is used to keep a census of bird populations in the Roanoke
Valley.
Our field trips include but are not limited to:
• Winter Trip to Highland County
• Spring Trip to Highland County
• Winter Raptor Count
• Pond Hopping
• Big Spring Day
• Warbler Walks
• Evening Woodcock Watch
• Fall Hawk Migration Count
• Sparrow Walk
• Christmas Bird Counts
Club members may also attend overnight field trips sponsored
by the Virginia Society of Ornithology. VSO trips include
Chincoteague, the Eastern Shore, Piney Grove, Mount Rogers,
High Knob, and the Outer Banks.
Hawkwatching
In the fall, club members volunteer to watch the skies for
migrating raptors at Harvey's Knob on the Blue Ridge Parkway.
Bluebird Trail
In the spring and summer, our club sponsors a Bluebird Monitoring
Project along the Blue Ridge Parkway and at two local golf
courses. Club members volunteer to check nest boxes in
order to determine the breeding success of “our” bluebirds.
Members also enjoy getting together to build new boxes
from funds donated to our Adopt a Bluebird program.
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