Upcoming Events
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Sat, Mar 14, Jackson Park Birdwalk, 9am.
Mar 17, 7pm, "Let''s Get Wild on the Blue Ridge Parkway." EMAS monthly program, Reuter's Center, UNCA, Asheville.
Sat, Mar 21, Black Mountain Birdwalk 9am, Fletcher Park Birdwalk 9am.
Sat, Apr 4, Beaver Lake Birdwalk 9am
Sat, Apr 11, Jackson Park Birdwalk 9am
Sat, Apr 18, Black Mountain Birdwalk 9am, Fletcher Park Birdwalk 9am.
Tue, Apr 21, EMAS General Meeting. Audubon North Carolina Executive Director Heather Hahn will present "Save the Songs: Birds and Climate Change."
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For the latest schedule and any changes:
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After a very icy and cold February, both birds and birders welcome spring! The weather in February was so bad that it disrupted EMAS field trips planned for the
Great Backyard Bird Count. Our own president, Tom Tribble, apparently not daunted by the dropping mercury, traveled on a Ventures February birding trip to Minnesota where the temperature dropped to 42 degrees below zero.
Brrrr! Tom will be happy to hold binoculars without three gloves on again.
Along with our regular first Saturday bird walks at Beaver Lake, we will begin our spring programs with a talk on March 17 by Bob Cherry, wildlife biologist for the Blue Ridge Parkway. Please plan to join us.
Good birding!
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"Let's Get Wild on the
Blue Ridge Parkway"
March 17, 7 p.m.
EMAS General Meeting
Reuter Center, UNC Asheville
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Though most people think of the Blue Ridge Parkway as a long road with beautiful views it's much more than that. With more than 200 species of birds, almost 100 fish species and 2000+ different vascular plants it is one of the most biologically diverse units of the National Park Service. Bob Cherry, Wildlife Biologist for the Blue Ridge Parkway, will share the latest information on the Parkway's increasing list of wildlife and talk about the natural systems they depend on to survive. Join him to learn why the Blue Ridge Parkway is more than just a road.
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Photo Tip # 4: Let there Be Light:
Fill Flash
Text and photos by Alan Lenk
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You've probably heard it said that
photography is all about light. Great light enhances the photographic image, and poor light usually produces disappointing results. Bird photography is no different, in fact, light is critical for bringing out beautiful colors and feather detail of our feathered friends. Fill flash is an effective way to improve the avian image by adding a just little more light to the subject, in addition to ambient light present, resulting in additional and even lighting on the bird, which makes it stand out from the background.
To read Alan's latest tip, and see more of his bird photos, click here.
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CBC Spring Meeting May 1
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The Carolina Bird Club Spring Meeting will be held in Clemson, SC on May 1 & 2, on the shores of Lake Hartwell. Upstate South Carolina boasts a great variety of habitats, including large lakes, fields, foothills, and mountains, and offers some of the best spring migration birding that can be found anywhere in the Carolinas.
Field trips feature locations that regularly produce exciting finds during migration. Birding spots covered include Lake Conestee Nature Park, the Eastatoe Valley, Bad Creek, the Nine Times Preserve, and also boat tours of stunning Lake Jocassee. Evening presentations promise a speaker from the Nature Conservancy and Professor J. Drew Lanham on Evolution of the Birder. Conservationist - How to Make Each Bird Count.
For more information, go to Carolinabirdclub.org.
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Mourning Cloak Butterfly-photo by Doug Johnston
A rare butterfly that overwinters and may be seen on warmish days in late winter.
Question Mark butterfly-photo by Doug Johnston
Another overwintering  butterfly we may stumble upon in the meadow on warm sunny late winter days.
Brown Creeper-Photos by Vin Stanton
Here's a little take from a movie: "I see Brown Creepers!", and not only do I see them, they let me take their picture! Now you see um, now you don't! A small bird well camouflaged except for that big white belly.
 
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