Goldfinch Gazette

The Newsletter of the Rockingham Bird Club

Volume XXXII

JANUARY MEETING

DATE: Thursday, January 4, 2007

TIME: 7:00 PM

PLACE: Virginia Mennonite Retirement Community - Rt. 42 North, Harrisonburg, VA

PROGRAM: Our speaker will be Bill Leaning who is a retired veterinarian from New Zealand.  After retirement in 1991, and buying "some serious photographic equipment," he has become a nature photographer. He and his wife, Clare, moved to Earlysville in 1998.  They have just come back from New Zealand and Australia. We will be eating at the Saigon Cafe, 787 Market Street at 5:30 PM. Call me by 3:00 PM on January 4 if you are planning to have dinner with us. – Kay Gibson 249-5287.

Field Trips – Tom Mizell

Saturday, January13 - Lost River Eagles – Diane Holsinger will lead a trip to Lost River in nearby West Virginia to observe Bald Eagles.  If you have a spotting scope, please bring it.  Meet at 8:30 AM at the Shell grocery station in Broadway.  We will want to carpool taking as few cars as necessary as this is a very busy road.  Dress warm and bring lunch or a snack.  If there is enough interest we can eat at the Lost River Grill.  We will check the Kimsey Run Dam for waterfowl and look for the Red-headed Woodpeckers that are usually in the dead trees at the lake.  We will also be looking for Meadowlarks, American Pipits and several species of sparrows.  Be absolutely sure that you call Diane at 896-7132 or email her at dhworkout@yahoo.com if you are going.

Saturday, January 20 - Waterbird-Raptor Census - The 10th Annual Rockingham Waterbird-Raptor Census is scheduled for Saturday, January 20th, with a snow date a week later, January 27th.  It covers the entire county, unlike the Christmas count that takes place in a 15-mile-diameter circle.  If you would like to take part, sign up for the quadrant you prefer to work in at the January 4th RBC meeting, or call John Irvine at 432-2335.  This is a good way to hone your birding skills with these birds, which are more common in our area in winter than in summer (generally speaking).  Over time we build up a greater understanding of these populations in our area.

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