Meetings & Programs
The Agusta Bird Club holds monthly meetings from September through May, and guests are always welcome to join us!
SCHEDULE: Second Monday of each month.
TIME: 7:00 pm – Business Meeting and Program.
LOCATION: Covenant Presbyterian Church, 2001 North Coalter Street, Staunton, VA.
Meetings begin with various business items of discussion such as recent bird sightings, news items or announcements, field trip reports or announcements, and committee updates.
Most meetings include a featured Program (usually live, sometimes virtual) by an expert in areas such as birds and birding, local wildlife or plants, photography, conservation, citizen science, member birding trips, etc.
Our May meeting is in the form of an outdoor picnic social on a Saturday morning at a local park that includes food, drinks and a short bird walk. In December we have a Holiday party at our regular meeting time/place with festive food, drinks, and a fun raffle.
2024-25 Programs:
Sep 2024 Vic Laubach – Using eBird and Merlin to Enhance your Birding Experience (Part 2).
Oct 2024 Ann Cline, Lisa Hamilton, Linda Matkins and Marilyn Nash – Panama birding trip.
Nov 2024 Jeff Wright – Citizen Science, Birding, and Virginia.
Jan 2025 Robyn Puffenbarger – Gardening for Birds and Wildlife.
Feb 2025 Michael Hayslett – Vernal Pool Wildlife.
Mar 2025 Benjamin Van Doren – Nighttime Bird Migration along the Appalachians (Recordings from Rockfish Gap).
Apr 2025 Dick Rowe – Birds and Birding the Greater Rockbridge Co Area.
Recent, Past Programs:
Apr 2024 Robyn Puffenbarger – Robins to Raptors.
Mar 2024 Bruce Peterjohn – Everything You Wanted to Know About Hummingbirds.
Feb 2024 Leslie Sturges – Meet Virginia’s Bats.
Jan 2024 Vic Laubach – Birding in the Galapagos.
Nov 2023 Bobby Whitescarver – Environmental Issues for the Shenandoah Valley.
Oct 2023 Megan Thomas – History of the Richmond Falcon Cam and the Rebound of Virginia’s Peregrine Falcons. (via Zoom)
Sep 2023 Sara Holberg – Keeping Augusta County Bird Friendly (perspectives from a land use planner).
Apr 2023 Vic Laubach – Using eBird and Merlin to Enhance your Birding Experience (Part 1).
Mar 2023 Ashley Peele – Virginia Breeding Bird Atlas.
Feb 2023 Rich Wood – Owls of Virginia.
Jan 2023 Ed Clark – 40th Anniversay of the Wildlife Center of Virginia!