October
Wednesday, October 15, 7:00 pm - October Meeting
Location: Virginia Wesleyan University, Greer Environmental Science Building, Room 255
5817 Wesleyan Drive, Virginia Beach, Virginia 23455
PLEASE NOTE: Our October meeting place and time has changed for the month of October only. This will be a joint meeting with the Virginia Beach Audubon Society. We will meet at Virginia Wesleyan University, Greer Environmental Science Building at 7 pm.
Our speakers for this month are Karen and Steve McCurdy, co-presidents of the Butterfly Society of Virginia. Karen and Steve have been active members and volunteers of the Butterfly Society of Virginia since moving to Virginia Beach in 2003 and have served jointly on the BSV Board since 2009, currently as Co-Presidents. They have also served as docents at NBG’s native butterfly house since 2010. They became Certified Virginia Master Naturalists in 2016 and have been active in the Tidewater Chapter since then. In 2023, they were invited by Dr. Chip Taylor, Director of Monarch Watch, to serve as Monarch Conservation Specialists. They have enjoyed raising butterflies and moths for over 30 years.The title of their talk is: "The Marvelous Monarch and Its Magical Migration".
Saturday, October 18 - Merchants Millpond State Park, NC
Meet at 8:00 at the Visitor Center, 176 Millpond Rd, Gatesville NC 27938
Additional details to follow.
See Field Trips for all the details
Saturday, October 18, 8:00am - Regular monthly bird walk - Weyanoke Sanctuary
The sanctuary is open once a month for a guided bird walk, except during our summer break (June, July, August). The sanctuary is located at 1509 Armistead Bridge Road in the West Ghent neighborhood in Norfolk. From Hampton Blvd. turn west onto Gates Avenue. Follow to the end of Gates, turn right onto Armistead Bridge Road and follow a short distance. The Sanctuary gate is on the left. There is plenty of parking by the field on the right.
To check out recent and past sightings at the sanctuary go to its eBird Hotspot site at https://ebird.org/hotspot/L469614
November
Saturday, November 15 - Grandview Nature Preserve, Hampton
Meet at 8:00 at the preserve entrance at the end of State Park Drive, Hampton. Park along the right side of the road.
Additional details to follow.
Saturday, November 15, 8:00am - Regular monthly bird walk - Weyanoke Sanctuary
The sanctuary is open once a month for a guided bird walk, except during our summer break (June, July, August). The sanctuary is located at 1509 Armistead Bridge Road in the West Ghent neighborhood in Norfolk. From Hampton Blvd. turn west onto Gates Avenue. Follow to the end of Gates, turn right onto Armistead Bridge Road and follow a short distance. The Sanctuary gate is on the left. There is plenty of parking by the field on the right.
To check out recent and past sightings at the sanctuary go to its eBird Hotspot site at https://ebird.org/hotspot/L469614