We are For the Birds!
The Beckham Bird Club, Inc., in existence since 1935, is a nonprofit organization of men, women, and children who are interested in birds, ecology, and nature. It is named for Charles Wickliffe Beckham, the first native Kentuckian to achieve a national reputation as an ornithologist.
Beckham Bird Club members are people who like birds, enjoy watching them, and want to keep in touch with others who also enjoy the sport. Birding can be as relaxing or strenuous as desired. Some prefer backyard birding – others prefer field trips. Either way, birding provides the enthusiast with excitement, the chance to learn, and fun. The Beckham Bird Club welcomes both individuals and families as members.
Field Trip Cancellation
The field trip along River Road for Saturday, December 7, has been cancelled due to the weather.
Renew Your Membership
2014 MEMBERSHIP DUES
It is time to renew your membership for 2014. Since we are going to email The Beckham Observer starting in January 2014 we are sending out renewal notices different this year. In a few days you will receive a postcard to renew your membership and to indicate your preference on how you want to receive the newsletter either by email or postal mail. Due to the rising cost of mailing the newsletter we hope most of you will opt for email. Please fill in the postcard and return it with your renewal check (if it applies) to our post office box address or turn it in at the meeting. Please help us out by returning the renewal notice as soon as possible. All members including life members must return the renewal notice.
CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNTS
This year marks the 114th Christmas Bird Count sponsored by the National Audubon Society. There are no fees. Your participation is needed in one or more of these counts this year. The dates for the local counts are listed below. Since these dates could change due to weather conditions you should sign up to participate at least one week before the count in case the compiler needs to contact you in the event there is a change in the date. If you participated in the Louisville count last year your group leader will be contacting you or you can contact him or her. New participants should contact the compiler.
LOUISVILLE Sunday, December 15
All new participants contact compiler by email or phone. Compiler: Pat Bell – patjanebell@bellsouth.net or 326-9610
LINCOLN’S BIRTH PLACE/HODGENVILLE
Contact compiler: Barbara Woerner – For date and meeting place. Barbara_woerner@hotmail.com or 485-9017
OTTER CREEK Thursday, December 19
All participants email or call compiler Brainard Palmer-Ball (CP) 502-330-3998 or brainard@mindspring.com
BERNHEIM FOREST Saturday, December 21
All participants email or call compiler Brainard Palmer-Ball (CP) 502-330-3998 or brainard@mindspring.com
PARADISE Sunday, December 29
All participants email or call compiler Brainard Palmer-Ball for date. (CP) 502-330-3998 or brainard@mindspring.com
MUSCATATUCK NWR Sunday, January 1
Meet at the Visitor’s center at 7:30 a.m. Call 812-522-4352 for details and confirmation.
Meeting Time and Place
Meetings are held the second Tuesday of each month (except March and June) at 7:00 p.m. at the Clifton Center, 2117 Payne Street off of Frankfort Avenue, in Louisville, KY. (click the link for a Google map) Occasionally our meetings are held at other locations, the newsletter indicates any such changes. Programs are varied and include lectures, discussions, panels, slides, movies and the many phases of ornithological study.
Our next meeting on December 10, 2013. Del Striegel, retired Navy civilian DOD, volunteer at O'Bannon Woods SP, Falls of the Ohio SP and Beckham Bird Club member will give a Power Point Presentation on a Prothonotary Warbler Nest Box Trail in southern Indiana along Blue River on DNR properties (O'Bannon Woods SP and Harrison-Crawford SF).
$500.00 was received from BBC to construct 50 Prothonotary Warbler nest boxes in 2012. Many volunteers and volunteer hours were put into this project. Join us to see volunteers working on project, nestling and adult warbler pictures and other wildlife along the beautiful Blue River.