SVBC Members: Annual Meeting on Sunday, Feb. 25th/Miembros de Club de Aves: Reunion anual a 25 de febrero

SVBC members; please join the San Vito Bird Club for our Annual Meeting on Sunday, Feb. 25th at Cascata del Bosco.  Coffee and social time begins at 8:30am.  Meeting begins at 9am.  Following the meeting, another delicious full brunch from Cascata is offered for c6000 (including BLUEBERRY MUFFINS!) and begins at 10:30am.

To attend the Annual Meeting you MUST have your 2018 dues paid in full.  You may do so, if necessary, at the door when you arrive for the meeting.

Aside from regular SVBC business and reports, we will have an excellent and local Keynote speaker, a silent auction of original artwork from SVBC members and an awards ceremony for the Bird Feeder Contest!

Please join us for a fun and informative morning.

Greg Homer–President of the San Vito Bird Club

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Photo by Jo Davidson

It’s That Time Again! The 87th Annual SVBC Bird Feeder Contest

What is it?—The San Vito Bird Club Bird Feeder Contest.  Whoever has the most species of birds come to their bird feeder wins.

When is it?—Begins February 1st and ends 8am on Sunday, February 25th (the day of our Annual Meeting).

Rules?—1. Your bird feeder(s) must be viewable by you, and if you have more than one, all must be viewable from a single spot.  In other words, you can’t have one here and one way out on the other side of the barn.  2. The birds must consume food from your bird feeder or around the bottom of your bird feeder.  3. Whatever food you put on the feeder(s) is up to you.  4. We use the honor system.  If you say you had a Laughing Kookaburra on your feeder, we’ll accept it.  But PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE…be sure you are correctly identifying your birds.  5.  Submit your list to Greg Homer on or before our Annual Meeting on Feb. 25th.  6. First, second and third place submissions receive a prize!

Good luck one and all.  Any questions, contact me (Greg Homer) at eltangaral@gmail.com.

(photo courtesy of Helen LeVasseur)

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Thank You for Your Support!/Gracias por su ayuda!

Many, many thanks to those of you who chose send a financial gift to the San Vito Bird Club in 2017.

Thanks to your generous donations our Detectives de Aves (Bird Sleuth) education program can continue in 2018!  We can continue bringing this wonderful Cornell University curriculum to 5th grade students in the San Vito area.  Click the link below for more info.

Education

If have not yet donated and are able to do so…please do.  We are regularly adding new schools and hope in 2018 to bring another teacher on board.  Click on the link below to send your gift.

Support the Club

This program does some real good, brings joy and pride to a lot of local kids and parents, and who knows…maybe one of our graduates will become the next Alexander Skutch.

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Quiz Bird for Dec. 2017: The Correct ID!

Congratulations to the great Steven Masis Dias for correctly identifying our latest quiz bird as the beautiful Golden-winged Warbler.  A VERY tiny bit of yellow/gold color on the wing is viewable in the first photo below.  A full photo of the Golden-winged Warbler is offered below as well.  (photos courtesy of Jo Davidson)

Steven wins 12 home-baked Snickerdoodle cookies, which can be collected at El Tangaral after Jan. 12th.  Bravo Steven!

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Quiz Bird: Dec. 2017!

Trying to identify this one may turn you upside down; but give it your best shot.

The first correct ID (sent to president@sanvitobirdclub.org) wins one dozen freshly baked Snickerdoodle cookies.  Of course, you must either live in San Vito or come to San Vito to collect the cookies in January 2018.

Winner will be announced on the night before Christmas, 2017.

(Photo courtesy of Jo Davidson.  Taken in November 2017 in Linda Vista.)

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Quiz Bird Contest Winner!/Ganador del concurso de Aves!

Congratulations to SVBC member Jo Davidson for correctly identifying our Quiz Bird: the female Red-breasted Blackbird.

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Felicidades a Jo Davidson para identificar nuestra quiz bird: la hembra de Red-breasted Blackbird (Sturnella militaris).

(photo courtesy of Alison Olivieri, taken near Playa Zancudo)

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P.O.W.-Week #27/F.D.L.S.-Semana #27

Congratulations Gail Hull and me (sort of)./Felicidades a Gail Hull y yo (mas o menos).

THEME: Migrant birds; early arrivals./Migrantes temprano.

PHOTO #1: A Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher.

(photo courtesy of SVBC member Gail Hull; taken at Finca Cantaros)

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Photo #2: Baltimore Oriole. I didn’t actually get a photograph of this bird.  What you see is merely an artist’s rendition.

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3rd Annual Hummingbird Big Sit/Tercero anual dia de colibris (en sillas)!

Please join Greg Homer and the San Vito Bird Club for our 3rd Annual Hummingbird Big Sit…Sunday, August 27th from 7:30am to 9:30am.

Location: Finca Sofia (Lydia Vogt’s place); just inside the gate on the right side of the property.  There is a large garden of Brazilian Cloak bushes (the ones with red and white flowers).  These plants have been especially popular with many species of our hummingbirds.

Please bring a folding chair and something to drink if you wish.  Please park outside the gate on the side of the road, near the gate.

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Por favor unete a nosotros y su guia Greg Homer por el tercero dia de colibirs (en silla); domingo, 27 de septiembre de 7:30am a 9:30am.

Lugar: Finca Sofia (propriedad de Lydia Vogt); el lado derecho immediatamente dentro de los portones.  Hay muchas flores y plantes que son muy popular con los colibris!

Llevar una silla pegable y also para tomar, si quiere.  El parqueo es en el lado del camino cerca de los portones.

(Stripe-throated Hermit photo courtesy of Jo Davidson)

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Quiz Bird Time! Aug. 2017

Be the first one to correctly identify the species of this bird and win a plate of homemade cookies.  This bird was seen and photographed near Playa Zancudo in August of 2017.

Send your response to: president@sanvitobirdclub.org

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Ser el primero en identificar este especies de aves y gana una plata de galletas (hecho en casa).  Esta ave fue vista cerca de Playa Zancudo en agosto de 2017.

Envia su repuesta a: president@sanvitobirdclub.org

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