22Nov2025 – Jae Park Bird Hike – Saturday 8:00am Leader: David Frye (248-459-6783) Join us for a trip to a nearby park area that’s relatively under-birded. It will be our first visit here for a while and we're looking to rediscover a local park that can be productive for birds. We'll be looking for late…
Canceled due to weather! December Membership Meeting – 7:00pm Roanoke Council of Garden Clubs, 3640 Colonial Avenue, Roanoke, VA 24018. December’s Membership Meeting will feature our Members and their own beautiful photographic efforts. If you’d wish to show a few of your favorite bird photos, please contact Drew Daniels (and bring a flash drive loaded…
Wednesday at Garst Mill Park -- 9:00am (note start time change -- Winter season) Leader: David Frye (248-459-6783) -- Meet Dave at Garst Mill Park for a stroll along the Greenway within Garst Mill Park. We will be looking for resident songbirds and woodpeckers. The path meanders beside the length of Mud Lick Creek and…
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 respective compilers.
Leader: Kent Davis 540-353-6388 Join us for a walk around the Sewage Treatment Plant. Birders know that they’re in for a treat anytime they have a visit to the sewage settling ponds! It’s a holiday festive occasion! Entrance to the STP is by special permit and trip participants must all enter at the same time…
Everyone is encouraged to start the New Year off right and GO BIRDING! Wherever you are, get out into it and bird!
Saturday 9:00am -- Leaders: Kirk Gardner (828-216-9170) This Saturday trip will involve about a mile of walking on a mostly gravel road as well as small portions of some grassy fields. An option after the walk at Catawba (if time and weather permit) will be to visit nearby Whispering Pines where we have seen some…
Program – “Birds of the World” – Speaker: William Young Birds of the World will show some of the beautiful and unusual birds Bill Young has seen and photographed during his travels. The birds he will show are from the bottom of the world in Antarctica to above 14,000 feet in the Andes to those…
14Jan2026 -- Leader: Dave Frye (248-459-6783) Join us for a mid-December Wednesday bird walk at a local park in Cave Spring. Garst Mill Park flanks Mud Lick Creek and is an easy paved path with interesting bird life. Listen closely and you may hear an Eastern Screech Owl quavering. Directions: From Brambleton Avenue in Cave…
Saturday 9:00am -- Leaders: Alyce and Tim Quinn (540-537-1831) Join Alyce and Tim at Greenfield Lake to begin this multi-destination trip. We will spend the morning visiting local ponds in search of wintering waterfowl and other avian life. Bring your scope if you have one. If we have iffy weather or road conditions we may…