Ecologic Role of Menhaden in the Bay
May
17
2:00 PM14:00
Event

Ecologic Role of Menhaden in the Bay

The Northern Neck Audubon Chapter is sponsoring the Chesapeake Bay Foundation’s Will Poston at their monthly membership meeting on Sunday, May 17, from 2-4 Grace Episcopal Church in Kilmarnock.  Ken Knull, NNAS Acting President said everyone is welcome and that Will's presentation will cover the ecologic role of menhaden in the Bay, the science and management processes, warning signs facing this critically important forage fish, the impact on the Osprey population and upcoming management changes. 

Will is a lifelong fisherman, hunter, and conservationist, who has leveraged these passions for a career in conservation and fisheries policy. He currently works for the Chesapeake Bay Foundation as its Forage Campaign Manager, primarily working on menhaden issues in the Bay. In this role, Will serves as CBF's point contact on menhaden, coordinating the organization's advocacy, policy, and education efforts around this critical forage fish. Will can be reached at wposton@cbf.org. 

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Jan
30
7:00 PM19:00
Event

NNK and MP Winter Waterfowl Count Zoom Workshop

  • P.O. Box 991 Kilmarnock, VA 22482 (map)
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In preparation for the NNK and MP Winter Waterfowl Count, there will be a Zoom workshop on January 30th, 7:00 PM. The program will cover tips to help determine just what we are seeing, particularly when the species is challenging to identify.

To sign up for the Zoom, contact Jeff Wright, compiler for NNK and MP Winter Waterfowl Count at pec11908@mac.com

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Jan
1
1:00 PM13:00
Event

HICKORY HOLLOW NEW YEAR’S DAY WALK

New Year’s Day is the perfect day to get outside and start the New Year off naturally and focused on plants. A number of years ago our Northern Neck Chapter of the Virginia Native Plant Society started a New Year’s Day Walk at Hickory Hollow Natural Area Preserve but the scourge of Covid forced that to be canceled for the past few years. But alas, the Walk has been reinstated this new year for Sunday, Jan. 1 at 1 pm with the co-sponsorship of the NN Virginia Native Plant society . The temperature is predicted to be in the fifties.

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Nov
1
7:00 PM19:00
Meeting

Audubon Society Christmas Bird Count – History & Your Participation

The Northern Neck Chapter of the National Audubon Society is offering a virtual presentation on Monday, Nov. 1, at 7 pm via Zoom. The speaker will be Kevin Howe, President of the Northern Neck Chapter of Audubon, and a birder and biologist for more than 50 years. The Presentation is titled “Audubon Society Christmas Bird Count – History & Your Participation”.

To participate, please register or learn more, please email nnaudubon@gmail.com

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Old Growth Forest
Apr
5
7:00 PM19:00
Event

Old Growth Forest

This ZOOM program will be presented by Dr. Joan Maloof - author, forest ecologist at Salisbury State University (MD) and founder of the Old Growth Forest Network. Get your notebooks ready as Joan will enlighten us all about Old Growth Forests and why they are so valuable.

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Great Backyard Bird Count 2021
Feb
12
to Feb 15
Event

Great Backyard Bird Count 2021

  • P.O. Box 991 Kilmarnock, VA 22482 (map)
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Since 1998, the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and the National Audubon Society have promoted the first online citizen science project to collect data on wild birds and to display the results in near real time.

For four days each year, February 12-15, participants spend at least 15 minutes per day watching and recording the birds they see. You can watch through a window to your yard, from your favorite secret birding place or some exotic spot where you always wanted to be (although in Covid-19 times, that is pretty much out). You can be by yourself or with family; but, again, Covid protocol prevails The data can be uploaded easily in a variety of methods.

This is a very valuable citizen science project. All information can be found via a search on the web for Audubon Great Backyard Bird Count.

Bird-watching is certainly a joy in which we should all partake more often. The data we collect and record provides scientists with long-term population trends and a better understanding of a species population before one of its annual migrations. PLEASE PARTICIPATE ...AND, feel free to post highlights of your Count on the NNAS list website: nnasnet@freelists.org

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Feb
22
9:00 AM09:00
Bird Walk

Bird Walk at Kendale Farm in Essex County

Meet at the main house of Kendale Farms, Essex County, at 9:00 AM and start the walk shortly thereafter.

More Details Coming.

The Northern Neck Audubon Society will conduct a bird walk on Saturday, February 22, at 9:00 am at Kendale Farm in Essex County. The bird walk will be led by Joe Cooney and Hill Wellford. This beautiful farm, half way between Port Royal and Tappahannock, has fields, woods, salt and fresh water marshes with frontage on Occupacia Creek and the Rappahannock River directly opposite Fones Cliffs.


Possible sightings include Canada Geese, Tundra Swan, Mallards, Buffieheads, Mergansers, Black Ducks, Quail, Wild Turkeys, Northern Harriers, Bald Eagles, Juncos, winter songbirds, Saw-whet Owls, and an Eastern Screech owl in a wood duck box. At Woodpecker Point, there are often sightings of Pileated, Downy, Hairy, Red-bellied and Red-headed Woodpeckers.


The GPS address is 1909 Kendalls Road, Champlain, VA 22438.


Directions are as follows:

From Tappahannock, go 13.2 miles north on Route 17. Turn right onto Route 637 (Layton's Landing Road) and go 1.2 miles. Turn right onto Route 661 (Kendalls Road). Go approximately 1. 7 miles. Turn left into the driveway marked by the white Kendale sign.


From Port Royal, go 13.3 miles south on Route 17. Turn left onto Route 637 (Layton's Landing Road) and go 1.2 miles. Turn right onto Route 661 (Kendalls Road). Go approximately 1.7 miles. Turn left into the driveway marked by the white Kendale sign.


Don't be confused by the sign on 17 that says CHANCE. There used to be a post office there, but it now marks the exit for Route 637. Meet at the house at 9:00 am.


There will be several loaner binoculars available. For programs, events, activities, and information, visit www.northernneckaudubon.org. Northern Neck Audubon bird walks and programs are always open to the public

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Jan
13
9:00 AM09:00
Bird Walk

Bird Walk at Fones Cliffs in Richmond County

Audubon Bird Walk Monday, January 13, at Fones Cliffs, the Newest Tract of the Rappahannock River Valley National Wildlife Refuge


On Monday, January 13, the Northern Neck Audubon (NNAS) Society will conduct a walk at 9:00 a.m. in Richmond County at Fones Cliffs, the newest tract of the Rappahannock River National Wildlife Refuge. This will be a very special opportunity as this will be the first public bird walk on this new refuge site. Fones Cliffs lie within an area designated by the Audubon Society as an Important Bird Area (IBA) with global significance. The Fones Cliffs formation is nationally recognized as having one of the highest concentrations of bald eagles on the entire East Coast and is highlighted in the National Geographic map “Treasured Landscapes of the Chesapeake Bay.” If you google Fones Cliffs, there are fascinating articles on the history of the area including the fact that Captain John Smith was attacked in 1608 by the Rappahannock Indians as he navigated his shallop below the cliffs.


On December 15, Joe Cooney, leader of the walk spotted 17 species of birds, including an American Woodcock, Buffleheads, Hooded Mergansers, 16 Bald Eagles, a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, a Red-bellied Woodpecker, 22 Dark-eyed Juncos, Song Sparrows and 50 Red-winged Blackbirds.


The Address is 850 Carters Wharf Road (Rt. 622), Warsaw, VA 22572. From Warsaw, take Rt. 360 West towards Tappahannock. Go 2.4 miles and turn right onto Newland Road (Rt. 624). Go 11 miles and turn left onto Carters Wharf Road (Rt 622). Go .9 miles and the entrance road will be on your left. The gate for Fones Cliffs will be approximately 100 yards in from Carters Wharf Rd. Follow the gravel road about 5 minutes to the parking area.


There will be several pairs of loaner binoculars available. For NNAS programs, activities, and information, visit the website at www.northernneckaudubon.org. Northern Neck Audubon bird walks and programs are always open to the public.

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