268 KBVSO Speakers Directory
A great resource for clubs and organizations that would like to arrange for a speaker to present a program. The Directory is published each spring as a public service. The VSO has no role in arranging the bookings.
The Directory has been compiled from sources that indicate that the individuals listed have presented well-received programs to bird clubs and similar groups. There are capsule comments that detail each speaker's specialty.
CCB and VSO put all The Raven issues online
Teta Kain has also provided two indexes for all The Raven issues, volumes 1 through 74. There is a Title Index (800 KB) and a Bird Index (2MB), Both are in Rich Text Format.
VSO Archives
In the summer of 2004 the VSO established archives at the University of Virginia's Alderman Memorial Library, in Charlottesville. To view what records are currently in the archives, go to the University of Virginia Library website (www.lib.virginia.edu), and at the link for the Virgo library catalog, type in “Virginia Society of Ornithology”. This will take you to a listing of all VSO materials that currently make up the archives. If you have material you believe should be considered for inclusion in the VSO archives, or know of such materials, please contact either Gene Sattler (434) 582-2229, gsattler_AT_liberty.edu or the VSO President.
Identification
David Sibley's discussion on separating Cackling Goose in the field
http://www.sibleyguides.com/2007/07/identification-of-cackling-and-canada-goose/
Gleanings from the Web
An archive of all of Gene Sattler's incredible quarterly synopsis of birds reported in Virginia gleaned from the internet.
SORA
The Searchable Ornithological Research Archive. This unbelievable resource makes most ornithological
articles published in the major journals searchable and available around the world.
http://elibrary.unm.edu/sora/
OWL
Ornithological Worldwide Literature. From their website: “a compilation of citations and abstracts
from the worldwide scientific literature that pertain to the science of ornithology. A major attraction
is its coverage of the ‘grey’ literature, which are not abstracted by commercial databases
such as Zoological Record or the Science Citation Index.”
http://egizoosrv.zoo.ox.ac.uk/OWL/
Managing Lands in the Piedmont of Virginia for the Benefit of Birds and Other Wildlife
Published by American Bird Conservancy, Piedmont Environmental Council, and Virginia Department of Game & Inland Fisheries; this booklet serves as a guide to creating and managing agricultural, grassland, shrubland, forests, savannas, wetlands and developed areas, and was in part funded by the VSO.
“Beyond the Food Patch: A Guide to Providing Bobwhite Quail Habitat”
Open land habitat management for the Bobwhite Quail in Virginia published by Virginia Department of Game & Inland Fisheries.