Just a reminder of our trip to Occoquan Bay NWR this Saturday, November 28.  We’ll meet in the Refuge parking lot at 8:00 AM.  Please remember to pay the honor-system parking fee of either $2 or $3 at the entrance into the refuge.  A recent report to VA-bird by Kurt Gaskill states that duck numbers are building and there is an impressive diversity of birds to be seen!  Please dress for the weather.

Upcoming news and FBC events:

• The 2009 Chancellorsville Christmas Bird Count is set to be held on Sunday, December 20.  This is our local  CBC and it is coordinated by FBC member, Bev Smith.  If you would like to help with the count, please contact Bev at  The FBC will join the Hampton Roads Bird Club on a winter bird tour of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel (CBBT), Saturday, January 16.  We will access Islands 2, 3 and 4, which are normally closed to the public.  To help cover the cost of the mandatory Police escort there is a $10 fee for each participant.  Please contact me if you are interested in participating, as there is necessary paperwork that needs to be completed by all prior to the trip.  I will supply more details soon.
• The VSO field trip to the Outer Banks is February 5-7.  Trip information will soon be posted on the VSO website, www.virginiabirds.net.

Happy Thanksgiving and I look forward to seeing you on Saturday!

Paul  Nasca
Fredericksburg Birding Club
nasca@gwffoundation.org

Photos from the October Eastern Shore field trip (Mark Miller, Photographer)

Cooper’s Hawk, Kiptopeke State Park

Least Sandpiper, Cape Charles

Snowy Egret, Cape Charles

Birders, Cape Charles