2021 Annual Meeting – IN PERSON!!
The BBC board of directors met recently and decided to hold our regular annual meeting in May, with some significant changes that reflect the ongoing, though improving, situation with COVID19.
The meeting will be held at 7 pm on Tuesday, May 11, at the PWC Pavilion at Beckley Creek Park (the picnic shelter/restroom facility near the visitor center and across from the playground).
Social distancing will be observed and we strongly encourage everyone to wear masks unless you are addressing the group. We further encourage everyone to get vaccinated in advance of the meeting if you plan to attend.
This will be a business meeting only. Because we are meeting outdoors, we will not be having a program. As a further pandemic precaution, there will not be a hospitality time after the meeting.
IT IS IMPORTANT THAT YOU ATTEND THIS MEETING, AS WE WILL BE ELECTING OFFICERS AND BOARD MEMBERS. THERE ALSO WILL BE A VOTE ON IMPORTANT BY-LAW AMENDMENTS. THOSE AMENDMENTS CANNOT BE ENACTED UNLESS A QUORUM OF MEMBERS – ABOUT 30 VOTING MEMBERS - IS PRESENT.
Big News for Beckham and Pandemic
It’s too soon to declare the COVID19 pandemic over, but things are getting better. Therefore, the BBC board has decided to move – slowly and carefully – toward a resumption of regular club activities. We will begin with field trips in September. There will, however, be some restrictions. Trips will be limited to 12 participants, including leaders. Advance registration with the leader will be required. We will provide more details in the summer, as we get a better sense of what the state of coronavirus transmission will be in the fall.
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church has not yet announced when its building will reopen, which means that we do not know when the BBC will regain access to our regular meeting facility. We are hoping for the fall, but it may well be 2022 before we are back to regular programming. The BBC board decided at its March meeting that it will not be possible to have an annual dinner this year. We had considered moving this year’s dinner to the fall, but with the continuing uncertainty over the safety of indoor activities, the prudent course of action is to wait until March of 2022. The board is working on booking an exciting speaker for that date.
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church has not yet announced when its building will reopen, which means that we do not know when the BBC will regain access to our regular meeting facility. We are hoping for the fall, but it may well be 2022 before we are back to regular programming. The BBC board decided at its March meeting that it will not be possible to have an annual dinner this year. We had considered moving this year’s dinner to the fall, but with the continuing uncertainty over the safety of indoor activities, the prudent course of action is to wait until March of 2022. The board is working on booking an exciting speaker for that date.
2020 BBC BIRDATHON
Your donations are very important to the different groups BBC have accepted as recipients of our birdathon money. Even if you did not receive an email or phone call please consider giving a donation – NO AMOUNT IS TOO SMALL. Make your check payable to Beckham Bird Club. If you have not been contacted send your contribution to the post office box address: Beckham Bird Club, P.O. Box 5301, Louisville, KY 40255-0301. Otherwise send it to the person you sponsored. Help us reach $20,000. Thanks so much!!! Thanks to all who have all ready sent in a donation.
Several BBC members took part in the Big Global Day on Saturday, May 9. In the past Jefferson County and Fayette County have had a contest do see who would see the most species. But this year was different the two groups decided to just go out and bird and find as many birds as possible throughout the state. Jefferson County recorded 140 species and 188 species were seen in Kentucky.
Your donations are very important to the different groups BBC have accepted as recipients of our birdathon money. Even if you did not receive an email or phone call please consider giving a donation – NO AMOUNT IS TOO SMALL. Make your check payable to Beckham Bird Club. If you have not been contacted send your contribution to the post office box address: Beckham Bird Club, P.O. Box 5301, Louisville, KY 40255-0301. Otherwise send it to the person you sponsored. Help us reach $20,000. Thanks so much!!! Thanks to all who have all ready sent in a donation.
Several BBC members took part in the Big Global Day on Saturday, May 9. In the past Jefferson County and Fayette County have had a contest do see who would see the most species. But this year was different the two groups decided to just go out and bird and find as many birds as possible throughout the state. Jefferson County recorded 140 species and 188 species were seen in Kentucky.
Birder's Bucket List for 2021
- Come to a BBC meeting if you have never been to one.
- Join in on a field trip if you have never been to one.
- Make plans to go to the March Dinner Meeting at Big Springs Country Club on Tuesday, March 10.
- Join the Kentucky Ornithological Society (KOS).
- Go to one of the KOS weekends in April or September.
- Plan a trip to Magee Marsh in Ohio around the first two weeks of May.
- Donate to the BBC Birdathon.
- Submit your bird list to ebird. It is so easy.
- Subscribe to birdKY
- Take a child birding.
- Keep your cat indoors and encourage others to as well.
- Buy bird friendly (certified shade-grown) coffee.
- Plant native species in your yard.
- Donate your old/unused binoculars and scopes to nature centers, school groups interested in birding.