Flyer for Buffers for Birders event. Hello, VMNs. There might still be a slight chill in the air some mornings but it seems like Spring is finally here to stay. That means lots of opportunities to get outside so check out what we’ve got this week. As always, you can check out all details (and in some cases more info) at the Bi-weekly email page of the VMN website.
This email includes:
Continuing Education Opportunities
This webinar is shared by Virginia Working Landscapes.
Plight of the Pollinator: Conservation Threats and the Natural History of Virginia's Native Bees
Date: Thursday, April 7, 2022, 3:00–4:00pm EDT
Description: Please join Celia Vuocolo, Private Lands Biologist with Quail Forever and the National Resources Conservation Service, and Sam Droege, Wildlife Biologist with the U.S. Geological Survey to learn about the conservation threats and natural history of Virginia’s native bees, and what you can do to support them. Their presentations will provide an overview of pollination biology, guidelines for creating pollinator habitat and an overview of our most at-risk native bees.
Registration: Free and open to the public, but registration is required.
This in-person program is being put on by the Chesapeake Bay Foundation
Buffers for Birders with CBF
Date: June 11, 2022, 11am-3pm
Location: The Highland Center; Monterey, Virginia
Description: Join the Chesapeake Bay Foundation to learn about how streamside forests can protect local bird species such as the threatened golden-winged warbler.
Link to view event information on Highland Center website
Here is the registration link for this event.
Volunteer Opportunities
#BlackBirdersWeek
The Outreach Committee for the Virginia Society of Ornithology (VSO) is interested in partnering with VMN volunteers and chapters on activities for #BlackBirdersWeek, May 29-June 4, 2022. #BlackBirdersWeek “celebrates and highlights birding as a lifelong learning journey that is enjoyed by Black cultures across the diaspora.” If you are interested in developing an event or program that would fit into the theme, you can promote that activity directly with #BlackBirdersWeek. If you also want to connect to the VSO Outreach Committee (maybe to get some additional expert birders to help), contact Michelle Prysby at mprysby@vt.edu and she’ll connect you. It could be a bird walk, a Zoom event, a takeover of your chapter’s social media on a particular day, or many other kinds of activities. VMN volunteers who are Black and who are interested in developing any sort of birding program for others are especially invited.
Here’s some more info on #BlackBirdersWeek:
“#BlackBirdersWeek is back for another year of events, learning and connection Sunday May 29th-Saturday June 4th, 2022! This year our theme is "Soaring to Greater Heights." We aim this year to celebrate and highlight birding as a lifelong learning journey that is enjoyed by Black cultures across the diaspora.
Please stay tuned and follow us on Twitter and Instagram (@BlackAFinSTEM), or check out our website www.blackafinstem.com as we confirm our official events and materials in the days leading up to the week. If you are planning a bird walk or other celebration for the week, or have an event or program you think would fit into the theme in any way and want to work with us, please reach out to us with details at blackafinstem@gmail.com.
Please feel free to pass this email on to any of your colleagues that would like to be updated on #BlackBirdersWeek as well.
The themes for each day of the week are as follows
Sunday May 29th: #BlackInNature
We kick off the week with our annual #BlackInNature Networking Event. Introduce yourself and meet other Black birders, outdoor lovers and naturalists.
Monday May 30th: #LeavingTheNest
Monday's events are about getting started in birding. How did you first get interested in birds? What is your earliest birding memory or spark bird? Who took you under their wing? If you’ve been at it for a while, how are you being a mentor to someone else?
Tuesday May 31st #LearningToTakeFlight
Tuesday’s events feature activities surrounding your birding identity and when did you feel comfortable enough calling yourself a birder? What is your birding story? What were your first steps into birding on your own?
Wednesday June 1st: #DayOfRoost
Did you know that birds choose where, when, and how to roost carefully? Today's theme is about mental health, prioritizing and choosing when to rest.
Thursday June 2nd: #FlyingTheCoop
Thursday’s theme is about change. When is it time to pivot and “Fly The Coop”? What motivated you to take the leap to go after your passion? What's something you've always wanted to try or challenge yourself with? Learning bird songs, bird banding, traveling to see more birds, bird focused career change, research?
Friday June 3rd: #AsTheCrowFlies
This idiom refers to a path or direction. On Friday June 3rd we will discuss the paths paved and relationships different cultures across the diaspora have with birds and how that has shaped your birding journey.
Saturday June 4th: #LifeLongJourney
On Saturday we discuss how birding is a lifelong journey and the various activities you can participate in according to your age group. We also focus on intergenerational learning and how birding can connect your family.
Thanks again for joining us last year and we can't wait to see you all again for our 3rd year!
Warm regards,
The BlackAFinSTEM Team
BlackAFinSTEM.com
Facebook/ Instagram/ Twitter - @BlackAFinSTEM
The BlackAFInSTEM Collective seeks to support, uplift, and amplify Black Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics professionals in natural resources and the environment through professional development, career connection, and community engagement.
Better Impact
Did you know that there’s a mobile app for Better Impact, our volunteer management system? It’s called My Impact, and it’s a great way to see volunteer opportunities and log your hours right when you are doing them! Get the free app from your app store (Apple or Android.) See https://www.betterimpact.tv/my-impact/.
This email includes:
- Continuing Education Opportunities
- Volunteer Opportunities
- Better Impact info - check out the mobile app
Continuing Education Opportunities
This webinar is shared by Virginia Working Landscapes.
Plight of the Pollinator: Conservation Threats and the Natural History of Virginia's Native Bees
Date: Thursday, April 7, 2022, 3:00–4:00pm EDT
Description: Please join Celia Vuocolo, Private Lands Biologist with Quail Forever and the National Resources Conservation Service, and Sam Droege, Wildlife Biologist with the U.S. Geological Survey to learn about the conservation threats and natural history of Virginia’s native bees, and what you can do to support them. Their presentations will provide an overview of pollination biology, guidelines for creating pollinator habitat and an overview of our most at-risk native bees.
Registration: Free and open to the public, but registration is required.
This in-person program is being put on by the Chesapeake Bay Foundation
Buffers for Birders with CBF
Date: June 11, 2022, 11am-3pm
Location: The Highland Center; Monterey, Virginia
Description: Join the Chesapeake Bay Foundation to learn about how streamside forests can protect local bird species such as the threatened golden-winged warbler.
Link to view event information on Highland Center website
Here is the registration link for this event.
Volunteer Opportunities
#BlackBirdersWeek
The Outreach Committee for the Virginia Society of Ornithology (VSO) is interested in partnering with VMN volunteers and chapters on activities for #BlackBirdersWeek, May 29-June 4, 2022. #BlackBirdersWeek “celebrates and highlights birding as a lifelong learning journey that is enjoyed by Black cultures across the diaspora.” If you are interested in developing an event or program that would fit into the theme, you can promote that activity directly with #BlackBirdersWeek. If you also want to connect to the VSO Outreach Committee (maybe to get some additional expert birders to help), contact Michelle Prysby at mprysby@vt.edu and she’ll connect you. It could be a bird walk, a Zoom event, a takeover of your chapter’s social media on a particular day, or many other kinds of activities. VMN volunteers who are Black and who are interested in developing any sort of birding program for others are especially invited.
Here’s some more info on #BlackBirdersWeek:
“#BlackBirdersWeek is back for another year of events, learning and connection Sunday May 29th-Saturday June 4th, 2022! This year our theme is "Soaring to Greater Heights." We aim this year to celebrate and highlight birding as a lifelong learning journey that is enjoyed by Black cultures across the diaspora.
Please stay tuned and follow us on Twitter and Instagram (@BlackAFinSTEM), or check out our website www.blackafinstem.com as we confirm our official events and materials in the days leading up to the week. If you are planning a bird walk or other celebration for the week, or have an event or program you think would fit into the theme in any way and want to work with us, please reach out to us with details at blackafinstem@gmail.com.
Please feel free to pass this email on to any of your colleagues that would like to be updated on #BlackBirdersWeek as well.
The themes for each day of the week are as follows
Sunday May 29th: #BlackInNature
We kick off the week with our annual #BlackInNature Networking Event. Introduce yourself and meet other Black birders, outdoor lovers and naturalists.
Monday May 30th: #LeavingTheNest
Monday's events are about getting started in birding. How did you first get interested in birds? What is your earliest birding memory or spark bird? Who took you under their wing? If you’ve been at it for a while, how are you being a mentor to someone else?
Tuesday May 31st #LearningToTakeFlight
Tuesday’s events feature activities surrounding your birding identity and when did you feel comfortable enough calling yourself a birder? What is your birding story? What were your first steps into birding on your own?
Wednesday June 1st: #DayOfRoost
Did you know that birds choose where, when, and how to roost carefully? Today's theme is about mental health, prioritizing and choosing when to rest.
Thursday June 2nd: #FlyingTheCoop
Thursday’s theme is about change. When is it time to pivot and “Fly The Coop”? What motivated you to take the leap to go after your passion? What's something you've always wanted to try or challenge yourself with? Learning bird songs, bird banding, traveling to see more birds, bird focused career change, research?
Friday June 3rd: #AsTheCrowFlies
This idiom refers to a path or direction. On Friday June 3rd we will discuss the paths paved and relationships different cultures across the diaspora have with birds and how that has shaped your birding journey.
Saturday June 4th: #LifeLongJourney
On Saturday we discuss how birding is a lifelong journey and the various activities you can participate in according to your age group. We also focus on intergenerational learning and how birding can connect your family.
Thanks again for joining us last year and we can't wait to see you all again for our 3rd year!
Warm regards,
The BlackAFinSTEM Team
BlackAFinSTEM.com
Facebook/ Instagram/ Twitter - @BlackAFinSTEM
The BlackAFInSTEM Collective seeks to support, uplift, and amplify Black Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics professionals in natural resources and the environment through professional development, career connection, and community engagement.
Better Impact
Did you know that there’s a mobile app for Better Impact, our volunteer management system? It’s called My Impact, and it’s a great way to see volunteer opportunities and log your hours right when you are doing them! Get the free app from your app store (Apple or Android.) See https://www.betterimpact.tv/my-impact/.
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