Wed Jan 18: CHAS MEMBERSHIP MEETING. 7:30 p.m. at St. Paul's Episcopal Church (directions). Guest speaker Dr. Eric Walters will present "The Wacky and Bizarre World of the Cooperatively Breeding Acorn Woodpecker". Dr. Walters is a woodpecker specialist, having worked with 19 of North America's 22 woodpecker species over the past 20 years. He is the leading authority on North American sapsuckers and currently co-directs a long-term study (43 years and counting) of acorn woodpeckers, the longest continuous study of woodpeckers in the world, at the Hastings Reservation in Carmel Valley, California. Dr. Walters received his PhD at Florida State University where he studied the avian community associated with endangered red-cockaded woodpecker cavities. He is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at ODU, having recently moved to the Hampton Roads area from the Laboratory of Ornithology at Cornell University.
Sat. Jan 21: CHAS WINTER BIRD SEED SALE Support Cape Henry Audubon Society by purchasing seed at our Fall Bird Seed Sale. Sale hours will be from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at Southern States at 1764 S. Military Highway in Chesapeake. Thanks for your support.
Sat. Jan 28: CHAS FIELD TRIP to BACK BAY NWR 8:00 a.m.
Jan 27 - 29: VIRGINIA BEACH WINTER WILDLIFE FESTIVAL. For information click here.
February
Wed. Feb 15: CHAS MEMBERSHIP MEETING. 7:30 p.m. at St. Paul's Episcopal Church (directions). Our guest speaker will be the always-entertaining Teta Kain presenting "Along Came a Spider".
Spiders! They are all around us, carrying on with their lives right under our noses and we pay little attention unless a big wolf spider strides across our carpet or a garden spider builds her intricate web in our yard.Spiders are found on every continent in the world except Antarctica and abound in almost every habitat imaginable.
“Along came a Spider” explores the world of the spider as Teta brings us a close-up investigation of this greatly maligned, often feared creature that lives in such close proximity to man. Details of spiders’ lives are caught by Teta’s camera as she details their eating, mating, and predatory habits. As always, she laces her talk with folk lore, scientific facts, myths and mysteries of the spider and spices it up with a few funny stories of her frequent encounters with this very misunderstood animal.
Feb. 17 - 20: GREAT BACKYARD BIRD COUNT. An annual four-day event that engages bird watchers of all ages in counting birds to create a real-time snapshot of where the birds are across the continent. Anyone can participate, from beginning bird watchers to experts. It takes as little as 15 minutes on one day, or you can count for as long as you like each day of the event. It’s free, fun, and easy—and it helps the birds. For more information, click here.