January
Saturday, January 10 - Field Trip to Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel (CBBT) and Eastern Shore of Virginia
Pre-registration required. Group size limited to 20. To sign up, see trip details on our Field Trip page
Saturday, January 17, 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
Wednesday, January 21, 7:30 pm - Monthly Meeting - A Bird's Eye View
Our January meeting will be at St. Pauls Episcopal Church, 201 St Pauls Blvd, Norfolk, VA 23510
Our speaker is Heather Powers. Her presentation is titled A Bird’s Eye View, where she will discuss her trip last summer to the Hog Island Audubon Camp in Maine. During the professional development trip to Hog Island Audubon Camp, Heather and her husband Mike, discovered just how restorative it can be to learn and laugh alongside fellow educators. Each day on the island brought a mix of birding, hands-on workshops, and shared moments of wonder and joy that made the experience feel both energizing and deeply grounding. Whether spotting puffins off the rocky coast, watching the supermoon rise on the harbor, or swapping stories around the dinner table, the simple joy of being with people who care about nature—and finding humor in the unexpected—became a reminder that laughter truly is the song of human learning.
Heather Powers has been teaching very young children for 26 years. She holds a master's degree in early Childhood education from Old Dominion University and was an instructor in the Child Development Center for 13 years. She is now in her tenth year of teaching PreK at Saint Patrick Catholic School in Norfolk. Heather is passionate about creating opportunities for her students to experience nature in and out of the classroom.