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!