Mark your calendar for these upcoming birding adventures!

If youve never visited the Great Dismal Swamp, this is the perfect opportunity! This event, to be held May 9-11, is FREE and open to the public.

You cn attend one, two or all three days. Acitivites include bird banding demonstrations (featuring our own Jerri Howe and Nan LaRue!), gided bird walks along Jericho Ditch and Washington Ditch, narrated bus tours, and lots of other family events.

Get the festival brochure and learn how you can participate!

May 16-18, 2008 - VSO Annual Meeting and Mountain Lake Birding Festival

These events will be held together this year. The southwest mountains of Virginia offer some unique birding opportunities! You'll see many species that are rarely if ever in the Hampton Roads area - Least Flycatcher, Blue-headed Vireo, Golden-winged Warbler, Blue-winged Warbler, Blackburnian Warbler, Chestnut-sided Warbler...

You can choose from a wide variety of field trips and workshops. Get all the details and register HERE.