May 2013 »
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[AT] Amphibians (with Peninsula Chapter) - May 1, 2013 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm at VLM Classroom
Basic Training Class with the Peninsula Chapter.
Kory Steele, Virginia Herpetological Society (or
Tim Christensen)
vmnpeninsula@gmail.com
or
Megan Tierney, Chapter Advisor
Virginia Master Naturalists, Peninsula Chapter
101 N. Armistead Avenue, Suite 200
Hampton, VA 23669
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[A1a] Board of Directors Meeting - May 1, 2013 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm at JCC Health & Human Services, 5249 Old Towne Road, Williamsburg, VA
Historic Rivers Chapter Board of Directors meets the First Wednesday of each month in the multipurpose room.
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[E1a] Work at the Ellipse Garden at Freedom Park - May 3, 2013 9:00 am - 1:00 pm at the Ellipse Garden at Freedom Park
Join Gary Driscole (chair) as well as members of the Williamsburg Botanical Garden and the Native Plant Society (including Donna Ware and Jerre Johnson) to help maintain the native plants and gardens that have been installed at the Ellipse Garden. Plan to wear field clothes and appropriate footwear. Gloves are recommended.
Participants receive volunteer service hours under Project Number/Name E1a - Education - Ellipse Garden: Botanical Demonstration and Education Project.
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5Spring Bird Count - May 5, 2013 all day
at Multiple sites around Williamsburg
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[AT] HRBC Bird Walk - May 5, 2013 7:00 am - 10:00 am at Newport News City Park
Led by Jane Frigo. Meet in the parking lot behind the Ranger Station.
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[S2c] Monday Mornings at Colonial National Historic Park - May 6, 2013 10:00 am - 12:00 pm at Colonial National Historic Park
Monday morning work with Dorothy Geyer, Natural Resource Special for Colonial National Historical Park. Anyone interested should contact Dorothy at 757.898.2433 or Dorothy_geyer@nps.gov or Angier Brock at 757.234.6170 or abrock@vcu.edu. Sometimes the group meets at Jamestown Island, sometimes at Yorktown, sometimes along the Parkway, depending on what work most needs getting done.
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[AT] Urban Ecosystems - May 8, 2013 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm at VLM Classroom
Speakers: Michael Poplawski, Director, Newport News Parks & Recreation
Lisa Barlow, President, Wildlife Response, Inc.
vmnpeninsula@gmail.com
or
Megan Tierney, Chapter Advisor
Virginia Master Naturalists, Peninsula Chapter
101 N. Armistead Avenue, Suite 200
Hampton, VA 23669
(757) 727-1401 -
[AT] Monthly meeting - May 8, 2013 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm at JCC Human Services Bldg., 5249 Olde Towne Rd., Williamsburg
First hour counts as Volunteer Service. Program is 7-9. Felice Bond/Seig Koponitz will present a session on butterfly photography. You need not be present at the 6-7 business meeting to enjoy the program.
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[E1a] Work at the Ellipse Garden at Freedom Park - May 10, 2013 9:00 am - 1:00 pm at the Ellipse Garden at Freedom Park
Join Gary Driscole (chair) as well as members of the Williamsburg Botanical Garden and the Native Plant Society (including Donna Ware and Jerre Johnson) to help maintain the native plants and gardens that have been installed at the Ellipse Garden. Plan to wear field clothes and appropriate footwear. Gloves are recommended.
Participants receive volunteer service hours under Project Number/Name E1a - Education - Ellipse Garden: Botanical Demonstration and Education Project.
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[AT] WBC Bird Walk at New Quarter Park - May 11, 2013 8:00 am - 10:00 am at New Quarter Park, 1000 Lakeshead Dr., Williamsburg
Bill Williams will lead. Meet in the parking lot by the park office. Open to the public. Free of charge. If you need to borrow a pair of binoculars, the park office has some. -
[AT] HRBC Field Trip in Richmond - May 11, 2013 8:00 am - 11:00 am at Richmond's Belle Isle and James River Park System
Each May the James River rapids at Belle Isle near downtown Richmond offer a rich bounty of fish – and birds that feed on them. We'll loop up and down over the historic Isle on scenic, rocky, but well-established trails (the more intrepid will be free to boulder scramble, should they dare). Then we'll drive across the River and bird from the elevated platform near the 42nd Street entrance to the Park System; it allows close, canopy level views of warblers on tall trees. Our third stop will focus on the bird blinds at the Wetlands near the Pony Pasture Rapids yet further upstream. If time and energy permit, we'll conclude with a walk in Forest Hill Park, which has a pretty lake that's fed by a fast-moving, rocky stream. Bring lunch and snacks as the trip will run to mid-afternoon.
Meet 8:00 AM Saturday, 11 May 2013, in Richmond on Tredegar Road at the entrance to the Belle Isle footbridge.
Car pool forms at 7:00 AM behind Ranger Station in Newport News Park.
From I64 West, take exit 190 on the left to merge onto
N 5th St toward Downtown/Coliseum/I-95 S/Petersburg.
Drive 1.4 miles on 5th Street toward James River.
Right turn onto Tredegar Street at River.
Park in rough lot where elevated rail line intersects bridge.
If you wish to attend this event, please contact Tom Charlock by phone (757-599-3418) or email (TomCharlock@gmail.com). -
[AT] Spring Wildflower Walk - May 11, 2013 9:00 am - 12:00 pm at Freedom Park
Donna Ware will lead a walk around
Colby Swamp at Freedom Park, where
we hope to see foamflower, log fern and
blue monkshood, among other natives.
Wear shoes that can get wet and expect
about 1.5 miles of walking.
The Park is at 535 Centerville Road
at its intersection with Longhill Road,
Williamsburg. Meet at parking area for the Free Black
Settlement (the left-most/southern-most parking area
associated with the Visitor’s Center).
Please register by emailing Donna Ware at
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[AT] Rain Gardens with Master Gardeners - May 11, 2013 10:00 am - 11:00 am at New Quarter Park, 1000 Lakeshead Drive, Williamsburg
May 11
All About Rain Gardens
Master Gardeners were concerned about runoff from New Quarter Park’s parking lot to Queens Creek, so they built a rain garden to capture and clean it. Come see the rain garden and learn more about how and why you should
create one at home. Get tips on how to fill a low area with a variety of native plants that will absorb and infiltrate the water. Don’t let runoff create ugly eroded soil and polluted waterways.
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[AT] Wildlife Mapping Certification - May 11, 2013 1:00 pm - 6:00 pm at Kitzinger Community Room James City County Library
Classroom Portion: 1:00 to 4:30ish pm
Meet: 1:00 pm
Kitzinger Community Room (far left)
James City County Library
7770 Croaker Road, Williamsburg, Virginia 23188
Bring: Favorite Field Guides
Notebook and Pen/Pencil
Snack and beverage (if you want)
The classroom portion will be held in the library’s Kitzinger Community Room. This room can accommodate 40 or more people and has a kitchen along with coffee maker and refrigerator. The classroom portion consists of five sections, so we will try to fit in a few breaks between sections. You are welcome to eat your snack in the room.
Outdoor Portion: 5:00ish pm to after dark
Meet: Between 5:00 and 5:30 pm
Shelter 1
York River State Park
5526 Riverview Road, Williamsburg, VA 23188
Bring: Binoculars (if possible)
Favorite Field Guides
Field Notebook and Pen/Pencil
Bug Spray (it’s tick season!)
Flashlight and/or headlamp (red light is preferred!)
Your own bag dinner and beverage
Comfy shoes and clothes (suitable for hiking)
HRCVMN badge
The outdoor portion will consist of practicing our new WildlifeMapping skills at various locations within the park as well as practicing our frog and toad call skills after dark. Everyone should bring his or her own bag dinner and beverage—this is not a potluck! If you do not want to bring your own dinner, there are a few fast food restaurants, grocery stores, and convenience stores nearby. Plan to eat between 5:00 and 6:00 pm.
If you have never taken this workshop, you must complete the classroom portion in order to become a certified Wildlife Mapper. We recommend that you participate in the outdoor portion, but it is not required for certification.
If you are already certified, you may participate in either or both portions. The more, the merrier! The workshop and outdoor practice sessions count as advanced training for all who participate.
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[S2c] Monday Mornings at Colonial National Historic Park - May 13, 2013 10:00 am - 12:00 pm at Colonial National Historic Park
Monday morning work with Dorothy Geyer, Natural Resource Special for Colonial National Historical Park. Anyone interested should contact Dorothy at 757.898.2433 or Dorothy_geyer@nps.gov or Angier Brock at 757.234.6170 or abrock@vcu.edu. Sometimes the group meets at Jamestown Island, sometimes at Yorktown, sometimes along the Parkway, depending on what work most needs getting done.
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[AT] Native Plant Society Talk: Reverie: Midwest Images - May 16, 2013 6:45 pm - 8:45 pm at Yorktown Public Library, Route 17
Talk Topic: Reverie: Images from the Prairie, Woodlands and Wetlands of the Midwest
Speakers: Dr Robert Scarth and Dr Linda Scarth : Dr Robert Scarth has a PhD in Animal Genetics/Statistics and is now retired. Dr Linda Scarth has a PhD in Early Childhood Education and an MS in Library Science and is now retired. They are founding members of the IA Native Plant Society and are internationally traveled nature photographers of animals, birds and plants to such places as the Galapagos and the Okawango Delta in Botswana. In 2009 their book, Deep Nature Photograhs from Iowa was published by the University of Iowa Press and funded by the State of Iowa.
On May 15, 2013, they will be speaking to the Bird Club of Williamsburg. Contact Information: scarth@infoline.net In May they will be in VA and their local contact is Claire sink c03sink@aol.com (757)903-4509.
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[E1a] Work at the Ellipse Garden at Freedom Park - May 17, 2013 9:00 am - 1:00 pm at the Ellipse Garden at Freedom Park
Join Gary Driscole (chair) as well as members of the Williamsburg Botanical Garden and the Native Plant Society (including Donna Ware and Jerre Johnson) to help maintain the native plants and gardens that have been installed at the Ellipse Garden. Plan to wear field clothes and appropriate footwear. Gloves are recommended.
Participants receive volunteer service hours under Project Number/Name E1a - Education - Ellipse Garden: Botanical Demonstration and Education Project.
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[AT] WBC Field Trip - May 18, 2013 7:30 am - 1:00 pm at WBC Field Trip
Field Trip to Beaverdam Park, Gloucester, May 18
Category: Monthly Field Trips
On Saturday, 18 May, we will travel to Beaverdam Park for a bird walk through that great and varied habitat, to be led by Gloucester’s own George Harris. This is prime territory for warblers and other birds migrating through and nesting in our region, and no one knows this territory better than George! In addition to an exciting variety of birds commonly found there, the views along the trails we will travel are often breathtaking.
We will meet for carpooling and caravaning to Beaverdam in the Colony Square Shopping Center parking lot (on Jamestown Road, just south of the intersection with Rte 199) and depart at 7:30 am. For those choosing to meet us at Beaverdam Park in Gloucester, we will plan to arrive at the parking lot inside the main park entrance at about 8:30 AM. This should be a relaxed and pleasant bird walk in some of the most varied and productive habitat in our region. No cost to participate and no need to sign up—just come along! Hope you will plan to join us. For any further info needed or questions, feel free to call or email Geoff Giles at tylerandal2 @ aol.com
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[AT] HRBC Bird Walk - May 19, 2013 7:00 am - 10:00 am at Newport News City Park
Bird walk led by Jane Frigo. Meet in the parking lot behind the Ranger Station. -
Wildlife Mapping @ NQP - May 19, 2013 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm at New Quarter Park, 1000 Lakeshead Dr Williamsburg, VA 23185
Meet in the parking lot by the park office.
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Wildlife Mapping @ NQP - May 20, 2013 9:00 am - 11:00 am at New Quarter Park, 1000 Lakeshead Dr Williamsburg, VA
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[S2c] Monday Mornings at Colonial National Historic Park - May 20, 2013 10:00 am - 12:00 pm at Colonial National Historic Park
Monday morning work with Dorothy Geyer, Natural Resource Special for Colonial National Historical Park. Anyone interested should contact Dorothy at 757.898.2433 or Dorothy_geyer@nps.gov or Angier Brock at 757.234.6170 or abrock@vcu.edu. Sometimes the group meets at Jamestown Island, sometimes at Yorktown, sometimes along the Parkway, depending on what work most needs getting done.
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[AT] Peninsula Master Naturalists in Action - May 22, 2013 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm at VLM Classroom
Peninsula Master Naturalists will speak about their projects – past/present/future. Peninsula Basic Training Class.
vmnpeninsula@gmail.com
or
Megan Tierney, Chapter Advisor
Virginia Master Naturalists, Peninsula Chapter
101 N. Armistead Avenue, Suite 200
Hampton, VA 23669
(757) 727-1401
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[AT] Project Underground Workshop - May 23, 2013 9:00 am - 4:00 pm /p>
The Watershed Educators Institute
offers a Project Underground Workshop
Grand Caverns, Grottoes, VA
In the morning participate in and learn Project Underground activities. The Project Underground program offers an interdisciplinary approach to understanding the unique karst environment (a land area that includes sinkholes, springs, sinking streams and caves). The lessons in the guide can be used to teach citizens of all ages about karst topography and the management needs of the karst resources. Use these materials with students in classrooms and in outreach programs with citizens and agency staff.
In the afternoon participate in a Cave and Sink Hole experience at Grand Caverns. Enjoy a hike up cave hill to see sinkholes and natural cave entrances and then explore the underground in Grand Caverns.
Please bring your own lunch, snacks and beverages for this workshop.
To learn more about Grand Caverns go to http://grandcaverns.com/v.php?pg=15
To register go to: https:// http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/projectunderground
For further information contact either Carol Zokaites at carol.zokaites@dcr.virginia.gov or
Page Hutchinson at page.hutchinson@deq.virginia.gov
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at Powhatan Creek
Course Description: Explore the connection of history and ecology as it relates to Jamestown and the lower Chesapeake Bay. This course will be taught in partnership with the National Park Service and includes a paddle on Powhatan Creek.
Cost: $40/participant and includes all field equipment, snacks and experienced staff
Recertification Credits: 8 hours
Participating Teacher's Folder
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[E1a] Work at the Ellipse Garden at Freedom Park - May 24, 2013 9:00 am - 1:00 pm at the Ellipse Garden at Freedom Park
Join Gary Driscole (chair) as well as members of the Williamsburg Botanical Garden and the Native Plant Society (including Donna Ware and Jerre Johnson) to help maintain the native plants and gardens that have been installed at the Ellipse Garden. Plan to wear field clothes and appropriate footwear. Gloves are recommended.
Participants receive volunteer service hours under Project Number/Name E1a - Education - Ellipse Garden: Botanical Demonstration and Education Project.
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[AT] WBC Bird Walk - May 25, 2013 7:00 am - 9:00 am at New Quarter Park
Led by Bill Williams, Williamsburg Bird
Club.
In case of inclement weather, call 890-5840. For additional
information and directions visit our website at http://www.yorkcounty.gov/parksandrec, call the
park office at 757-890-5840, or call York County Parks & Recreation at 757-890-3500. -
[AT] NPS Plant Walk at Mary Turnbull's House - May 25, 2013 9:00 am - 11:00 am at 109 Woodmere Drive, Williamsburg
Mary Turnbull's house and garden at located near Jamestown Road and 199. The wooded property has 84 identified native plants,including a not often found tree, the alternate-leaf dogwood .
To register, contact Mary at 757-810-8382 or
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[AT] Species Diversity of New Quarter Park and the Human Footprint - May 25, 2013 10:00 am - 12:00 pm at New Quarter Park, 1000 Lakeshead Drive, Williamsburg
Species Diversity of New Quarter Park and the Human Footprint
New Quarter Park is one of several locations in the area where Dr. Matthias Leu and his College of William and Mary biology students are collecting data on species diversity. They use scientific models and sampling techniques to collect data that will show how human structures like highways and buildings impact ecological systems. Leu has used similar models to aid conservation
efforts in other areas in the past and is plugging data collected here into a years-long database that is painting a picture of diversity in this region. The data helps scientists understand ecological system characteristic and leads
to their hypotheses on the impact of urbanization. At New Quarter Park, Leu and his students have been surveying six plots for birds, deer, butterflies, and vegetation. Come find out what he’s discovering about diversity at New
Quarter and walk with him over portions of the plots. Hear how New Quarter compares to the region and ask about his hypotheses.
Park Office: 757-890-5840 -
[AT] Virginia Native Plant Society Outing - May 25, 2013 10:00 am - 12:00 pm at Hickory Hollow Natural Area Preserve in Lancaster County
The Northern Neck Chapter of the Virginia Native Plant Society will sponsor a field outing this Saturday. Certified Virginia Master Naturalist (NN Chapter), Ellis Squires, will explain how the unique geology of Hickory Hollow allows some characteristic "mountain plants" to thrive here in "disjunct populations."
Special attention will be given to the tall, stately Kentucky lady's slipper orchid which should be in bloom and is found nowhere else in Virginia. "This has the largest flowers of any lady's slipper," said Squires. "One seen they are never forgotten."
Hickory Hollow is located just southeast of Lancaster Courthouse on Rt. 604 (Regina Road), .3 miles from Rt. 3. All walks are weather permitting. Call Paula Boundy at cell 804-436-4944 if any question
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Wildlife Mapping @ NQP - May 26, 2013 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm at New Quarter Park, 1000 Lakeshead Dr Williamsburg, VA 23185
Meet in the parking lot near the park office.
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[S2c] Monday Mornings at Colonial National Historic Park - May 27, 2013 10:00 am - 12:00 pm at Colonial National Historic Park
Monday morning work with Dorothy Geyer, Natural Resource Special for Colonial National Historical Park. Anyone interested should contact Dorothy at 757.898.2433 or Dorothy_geyer@nps.gov or Angier Brock at 757.234.6170 or abrock@vcu.edu. Sometimes the group meets at Jamestown Island, sometimes at Yorktown, sometimes along the Parkway, depending on what work most needs getting done.
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[E1a] Work at the Ellipse Garden at Freedom Park - May 31, 2013 9:00 am - 1:00 pm at the Ellipse Garden at Freedom Park
Join Gary Driscole (chair) as well as members of the Williamsburg Botanical Garden and the Native Plant Society (including Donna Ware and Jerre Johnson) to help maintain the native plants and gardens that have been installed at the Ellipse Garden. Plan to wear field clothes and appropriate footwear. Gloves are recommended.
Participants receive volunteer service hours under Project Number/Name E1a - Education - Ellipse Garden: Botanical Demonstration and Education Project.
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