SUMMER DOLDRUMS GOT YOU DOWN? FALL IS ALMOST HERE
Summer is always the slow time for birding in the Louisville area. Breeding season is nearly over (unless you're an American Goldfinch) and the heat and humidity restrict birding to the early morning and evening hours. From late June to mid-August, local birders look ahead to fall migration. Shorebirds are among the earliest arrivals (some start turning up in July). Neotropical migrants begin moving through in early September. By mid-September, most of the neotropical migrants that breed here have headed south. Our over-wintering birds begin arriving shortly thereafter.
As the birds start moving around more, so do birders. The Beckham Bird Club resumes field trips in August. Watch the website for details.
As the birds start moving around more, so do birders. The Beckham Bird Club resumes field trips in August. Watch the website for details.
Thinking about heading south
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Possibly arriving soon
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A MESSAGE FROM THE BBC BOARD
In response to member concerns and after careful consideration, the Beckham Bird Club board has determined that field trips will now be no-smoking and no-vaping events. The current policy of asking participants who smoke and vape to step away from the main group has proven both ineffective and unworkable. Therefore, effective immediately, participants are asked to refrain from smoking or vaping for the duration of the field trip. We thank you in advance for your cooperation.
In response to member concerns and after careful consideration, the Beckham Bird Club board has determined that field trips will now be no-smoking and no-vaping events. The current policy of asking participants who smoke and vape to step away from the main group has proven both ineffective and unworkable. Therefore, effective immediately, participants are asked to refrain from smoking or vaping for the duration of the field trip. We thank you in advance for your cooperation.
2022 BBC BIRDATHON
The BBC has received and approved ten requests for grants from the proceeds of the 2022 Birdathon. In order to come close to fulfilling these requests, we will need to raise a record amount through the Birdathon this year, after raising about $24,000 in 2021. We still need additional contributions. For details of the requests, please visit the Birdathon page.
The BBC has received and approved ten requests for grants from the proceeds of the 2022 Birdathon. In order to come close to fulfilling these requests, we will need to raise a record amount through the Birdathon this year, after raising about $24,000 in 2021. We still need additional contributions. For details of the requests, please visit the Birdathon page.
Birder's Bucket List for 2022
- 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.
- Bring a friend to a meeting or field trip.
- Join the Kentucky Ornithological Society (KOS).
- Go to one of the KOS weekends in April or September.
- Get out and bird in one of Kentucky's least-birded counties. Kentucky has a substantial portion of the counties with the fewest eBird checklists. You can help fix that.
- Plan a trip to Magee Marsh in Ohio around the first two weeks of May.
- Donate to the BBC Birdathon.
- Join eBird and use it to record your observations. It is so easy.
- Subscribe to the birdKY listserv via KOS.
- Take a child birding.
- Familiarize yourself with the American Birding Association's Code of Birding Ethics (there's a handly link above) and adhere to it when 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.