April
Saturday, April 4 - Field Trip - Great Dismal Swamp - Washington Ditch
See trip details on our Field Trip page
Wednesday, April 15, 7:00pm - Monthly Meeting - Topic: Lambert's Point Open Space
PLEASE NOTE: Our April meeting will be a joint meeting with the Virginia Beach Audubon Society. We will meet at Virginia Wesleyan University, Greer Environmental Science Building, Room 255, 5817 Wesleyan Drive, Virginia Beach, Virginia 23455 at 7 pm.
Our speaker for April is Brian Friedman. Brian helped to form an advocacy group in June 2023, the Lambert's Point City Park Steering Committee, to encourage the City of Norfolk to conserve the remaining acreage from the former Lambert's Point Golf Course as public green space. Brian leads the stewardship group's volunteer Board of Trustees.
Brian will be talking about the vision for Lambert's Point Open Space, a bird migration stop on The Atlantic Flyway, as a year-round destination for recreation, education, conservation, ecotourism and the visual and performing arts.
Brian is a 1978 graduate of the University of Virginia,and is a founding principal in the American Campus Group, a college marketing firm that manages digital enrollment marketing for universities across the nation. Supported by interest and encouragement from Norfolk residents across the city, Brian also serves on the Boards of The Virginia Stage Company and Friends of the Norfolk Public Library.
Saturday, April 18 - 8:00 am - Bird Walk: Lambert's Point Open Space Tour
Lambert's Point Open Space opened in April 2024, designated as a passive park. The open space, with its miles of walking and running and biking paths crisscrossing acres of rewilding meadows and a coastal highline on The Atlantic Flyway with sweeping views of The Elizabeth River, is a wonderful recreation destination. We will meet at the park entrance - the address is 4301 Powhatan Avenue. Pull into the Lot #43 parking lot on Powhatan Avenue and drive to the back of the parking lot. The park entrance is on your right behind the brick building.
May
Saturday, May 16 - Field Trip - West Neck Natural Area
Note: this trip will be kid-friendly. See trip details on our Field Trip page
Saturday, May 16, 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
