Great opportunity to get some children parents and teachers excited
about birding and nature! Respond directly to Mary Elfner at
melfner@xxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:melfner@xxxxxxxxxxx> Thanks, Diane
Jadlowski, Richmond Audubon Society,
Volunteers needed- April 17th Team Wood Thrush field trip, Dutch Gap,
Richmond, VA
Calling all Team Wood Thrush Volunteers for April 17th Team Wood Thrush
field trip. We need volunteers to help with the students. We ask that
you bring all the extra field guides, binoculars and scopes that you can
spare on that day, as we will have 100+ students, teachers, parents and
volunteers with us, so we need all the help we can get. Dutch Gap has
about 10 pairs of binocs and some Golden Guides, while Amanda is
creating a TogetherGreen Team Wood Thrush checklist of birds specific to
our field trip. We need you onsite ready to roll by 9:30 am. Amanda
and I will be riding the buses with the students, teachers and parents
to the site and will meet you at approximately 10 am. We will then
split the students into 3 different groups of about 30 each to go on 3
unique hikes that will last approximately 40 minutes each. That will
take approximately 2 hours total. Students will then return to the
lawns around the visitors center to eat lunch. Please remember to bring
your lunch so that you can continue to be with the students for more
informal teaching through the lunch hour. If you wish to stay with us
for the afternoon lessons of the Citie of Henricus historical tour and
the Enviroscape lesson that Mark will lead after lunch, by all means
join in the fun. I will have a more organized itinerary as we get
closer to the date. We are excited that you are joining us for our
first ever Team Wood Thrush field trip to Dutch Gap! There is room for
more volunteers, but you all are the ones that have contacted me to date.
Thank you,
Mary A. Elfner
Virginia Audubon
www.audubon.org/bird/iba/virginia
<http://www.audubon.org/bird/iba/virginia>