http://groups.yahoo.com/group/potomacaudubon/ Potomac Valley Audubon Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:50:47 GMT Kathy Bilton http://groups.yahoo.com/group/potomacaudubon/message/455 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/potomacaudubon/message/455 Because of the already deplorable condition of Shepherd Grade Road and the new snowstorm that's approaching, NCTC and PVAS have decided to cancel the joint Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:38:57 GMT Kathy Bilton http://groups.yahoo.com/group/potomacaudubon/message/454 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/potomacaudubon/message/454 Bob Dean has asked me to pass along this information to PVAS: Please inform the PVAS faithful that Ruth Ann's visitation will now be from 3-5 and 7-9 on Fri., Sun, 07 Feb 2010 00:03:11 GMT Kathy Bilton http://groups.yahoo.com/group/potomacaudubon/message/453 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/potomacaudubon/message/453 PVAS SUMMER CAMP SUMMER CAMP REGISTRATION WILL OPEN SOON PVAS's Audubon Discovery Camp, a nature-oriented summer day camp for children in the Eastern Panhandle Sat, 06 Feb 2010 22:26:06 GMT Kathy Bilton http://groups.yahoo.com/group/potomacaudubon/message/452 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/potomacaudubon/message/452 Sadly, Ruth Ann Dean, one of PVAS's founding members, has died after a long and courageous struggle with cancer. She passed away last Thursday at her home, Fri, 05 Feb 2010 18:30:04 GMT Kathy Bilton http://groups.yahoo.com/group/potomacaudubon/message/451 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/potomacaudubon/message/451 LEARN HOW TO IDENTIFY TREES IN WINTER The Potomac Valley Audubon Society will offer a winter tree- identification field trip at its Yankauer Nature Preserve in Fri, 05 Feb 2010 04:14:33 GMT Kathy Bilton http://groups.yahoo.com/group/potomacaudubon/message/450 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/potomacaudubon/message/450 Because of the extreme weather conditions that are expected to be prevailing at the time, the birding trip PVAS had scheduled for this Saturday, February 6, Sat, 30 Jan 2010 21:41:37 GMT Kathy Bilton http://groups.yahoo.com/group/potomacaudubon/message/449 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/potomacaudubon/message/449 Once again this year, researchers have organized a "Rusty Blackbird Blitz" to gather citizen input on the status of wintering rusty blackbirds. Rusty blackbird Fri, 29 Jan 2010 19:35:24 GMT Kathy Bilton http://groups.yahoo.com/group/potomacaudubon/message/448 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/potomacaudubon/message/448 WILDLIFE-TRACKING EVENT AT CACAPON STATE PARK The Potomac Valley Audubon Society is sponsoring a special winter wildlife-tracking field trip at Cacapon State Fri, 29 Jan 2010 19:34:48 GMT Kathy Bilton http://groups.yahoo.com/group/potomacaudubon/message/447 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/potomacaudubon/message/447 AUDUBON SOCIETY SETS JEFFERSON COUNTY BIRDING TRIP The Potomac Valley Audubon Society invites its members and interested members of the public to participate Fri, 29 Jan 2010 19:34:00 GMT Kathy Bilton http://groups.yahoo.com/group/potomacaudubon/message/446 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/potomacaudubon/message/446 SIGN UP NOW FOR BEGINNER BIRDING COURSE The Potomac Valley Audubon Society is now accepting applications for its 2010 "Birding 101" course for beginning Tue, 26 Jan 2010 18:59:51 GMT Kathy Bilton http://groups.yahoo.com/group/potomacaudubon/message/445 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/potomacaudubon/message/445 The dates listed in the current PVAS newsletter for the upcoming Great Backyard Bird Count are incorrect. The dates should be February 12-15. PVAS regrets the Mon, 25 Jan 2010 18:33:38 GMT Kathy Bilton http://groups.yahoo.com/group/potomacaudubon/message/444 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/potomacaudubon/message/444 The next PVAS program will be a joint presentation of PVAS and NCTC. On Wednesday, February 10, 2010 at 7:00 pm, author Ned Tillman - Sun, 24 Jan 2010 22:02:31 GMT Kathy Bilton http://groups.yahoo.com/group/potomacaudubon/message/443 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/potomacaudubon/message/443 The other day I sent an email saying there would be a PBS program about the Monarchs on the 27th however I have learned it's on Tuesday the 26th at 8 PM on Fri, 22 Jan 2010 19:57:48 GMT Kathy Bilton http://groups.yahoo.com/group/potomacaudubon/message/442 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/potomacaudubon/message/442 AUDUBON SOCIETY OFFERING "WEE NATURALISTS" PROGRAM The Potomac Valley Audubon Society (PVAS) is offering its "Wee Naturalists" program again in 2010. The Fri, 22 Jan 2010 19:56:08 GMT Kathy Bilton http://groups.yahoo.com/group/potomacaudubon/message/441 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/potomacaudubon/message/441 For those interested, this Monday, Jan. 27, Nova (PBS) will feature a program on monarch migration. Some details are at this website: