Bibbee Nature Club
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The Bibbee Nature Club is dedicated to the observation and study of the natural world near our homes in southeastern West Virginia.
Our purpose is to provide our members an opportunity to enjoy, protect and respect the natural world in which they and their families find themselves. Throughout the year, we offer a variety of observational and learning experiences: lectures, movies, and (of most important) field trips. Our Wild Food Dinner each fall provides a climax to our year.
Please join us. You are welcome at any of our events. If you choose, we would be glad to have you as a member.
COME WALK WITH US!
Our purpose is to provide our members an opportunity to enjoy, protect and respect the natural world in which they and their families find themselves. Throughout the year, we offer a variety of observational and learning experiences: lectures, movies, and (of most important) field trips. Our Wild Food Dinner each fall provides a climax to our year.
Please join us. You are welcome at any of our events. If you choose, we would be glad to have you as a member.
COME WALK WITH US!
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BNC Schedule
2024 BBC Early Spring Event
The BBC Early Spring Event will be held again this year at North Bend State Park March 8th ~ 10th. To learn all about the weekend and the keynote speakers go to our BBC Early Spring Event Page! Online application form is now OPEN! 2023: Schedule (Printable PDF)
BBC Newsletters 2018~2019: Winter Newsletter 2019 January: Eagle Survey Letter |
BNC Eagle Surveys
2023: 18th-Winter Season
3/4/2023 March Eagle Results 1/7/2023 January Eagle Results 2020: 15th-Winter Season 3/2/2020 March Eagle Results 1/11/20 January Eagle Results 2019: 14th-Winter Season 3/2/2019 March Eagle Results 1/12/2019 January Eagle Results |
Bibbee Nature Club Schedule for 2023
January 7, 2023
10AM- 2 PM
Meet at Hinton DQ for tally afterwards.
Winter Eagle Survey
You can join a group to look for eagles wintering in our area.
Locations along Bluestone Lake, New River and Greenbrier River and many points between.
For more information contact: Jim Phillips [email protected]
February 17-20, 2023
Great Backyard Bird Count weekend
Tally birds for the GBBC and enter the data online at Birdcount.org
February
To be determined.
March 4,2023
10 AM -2 PM. Meet at Hinton DQ for tally afterwards.
Winter/Spring Winter Eagle Survey. We are looking for mating and nesting eagle activity.
Locations along Bluestone Lake, New River and Greenbrier River
For more information contact: Jim Phillips [email protected]
April 15, 2023
Ramp Dinner and Festival at Camp Creek State Park. All day event.
May 6, 2023
Spring Migration Bird Count (NAMC). We count bird species for the day. Come join us.
We can use your help if you live within the Pipestem CBC Circle. Please consider counting the birds you see around your house.
May-August 2023
6 AM -Noon
Contact us for the specific dates.
MAPS bird banding at Sandstone Falls (Raleigh Co.) and Wolf Creek (Fayette Co.)
Day use area beyond the Sandstone Falls Parking Lot.
New River Bird Observatory near Oak Hill, WV.
For more information contact: Allen and Mindy Waldron [email protected]
May – September 2023
Second and fourth Saturdays at 9 AM.
Join the birding group at the Grandview NPS for a morning of birding.
Grandview Visitors and Picnic area. Meet near the Visitors Center.
June 2023
To be determined
July 2023
Date and time to be determined.
Blueberries and Birds at Blueberry Hill. Always a great time. Can’t beat berries, birds and friends.
Blueberry Hill near Flat Top, WV.
For more information contact: Mindy Waldron [email protected]
August 26, 2023
We’ll meet at Bellepoint Park in Hinton at 8:00 AM. Bring a lunch.
Trip to Bluestone WMA (Bertha Campground) for birds, plants, butterflies and all things natural. This trip is so amazing with the number of plants, dragonflies, eagles, and butterflies.
Bluestone WMA is located along the New River. If you haven’t been to either Bertha Campground or Bull Falls along the New River, make a point of going to these terrific natural areas.
For more information contact: Mindy Waldron [email protected]
September 2023
10-3 PM.
Hawk Watch on East River Mountain.
East River Mountain in Mercer County near Bluefield WV.
October 7 or 8, 2023
Come and go as your schedule permits. I’m guessing on the date.
The Big Sit is an all-day birding event. We begin at dawn and go until dusk.
Join our group the “DAM SITTERS”.
Mountain Valley Lake in Summers Co. near Jumping Branch, WV
For more information contact: Mindy Waldron [email protected]
November 2023
We’ll be out for most of the day. Join us and stay as long as you can.
Looking for waterfowl around Hinton and the New River.
Bluestone Lake, Mountain Valley Lake and Sandstone Falls.
For more information contact: Mindy Waldron [email protected]
December 16, 2023
Pipestem Christmas Bird Count. All day event.
December TBA, 2023
Raleigh County Christmas Bird Count
For more information contact: Allen Waldron [email protected]
December TBA, 2023
McDowell County Christmas Bird Count
For more information contact: Allen Waldron [email protected]
There are many other Christmas Bird Counts in our area of Southern West Virginia. To learn more, go to our BBC WV CBC Page!
10AM- 2 PM
Meet at Hinton DQ for tally afterwards.
Winter Eagle Survey
You can join a group to look for eagles wintering in our area.
Locations along Bluestone Lake, New River and Greenbrier River and many points between.
For more information contact: Jim Phillips [email protected]
February 17-20, 2023
Great Backyard Bird Count weekend
Tally birds for the GBBC and enter the data online at Birdcount.org
February
To be determined.
March 4,2023
10 AM -2 PM. Meet at Hinton DQ for tally afterwards.
Winter/Spring Winter Eagle Survey. We are looking for mating and nesting eagle activity.
Locations along Bluestone Lake, New River and Greenbrier River
For more information contact: Jim Phillips [email protected]
April 15, 2023
Ramp Dinner and Festival at Camp Creek State Park. All day event.
May 6, 2023
Spring Migration Bird Count (NAMC). We count bird species for the day. Come join us.
We can use your help if you live within the Pipestem CBC Circle. Please consider counting the birds you see around your house.
May-August 2023
6 AM -Noon
Contact us for the specific dates.
MAPS bird banding at Sandstone Falls (Raleigh Co.) and Wolf Creek (Fayette Co.)
Day use area beyond the Sandstone Falls Parking Lot.
New River Bird Observatory near Oak Hill, WV.
For more information contact: Allen and Mindy Waldron [email protected]
May – September 2023
Second and fourth Saturdays at 9 AM.
Join the birding group at the Grandview NPS for a morning of birding.
Grandview Visitors and Picnic area. Meet near the Visitors Center.
June 2023
To be determined
July 2023
Date and time to be determined.
Blueberries and Birds at Blueberry Hill. Always a great time. Can’t beat berries, birds and friends.
Blueberry Hill near Flat Top, WV.
For more information contact: Mindy Waldron [email protected]
August 26, 2023
We’ll meet at Bellepoint Park in Hinton at 8:00 AM. Bring a lunch.
Trip to Bluestone WMA (Bertha Campground) for birds, plants, butterflies and all things natural. This trip is so amazing with the number of plants, dragonflies, eagles, and butterflies.
Bluestone WMA is located along the New River. If you haven’t been to either Bertha Campground or Bull Falls along the New River, make a point of going to these terrific natural areas.
For more information contact: Mindy Waldron [email protected]
September 2023
10-3 PM.
Hawk Watch on East River Mountain.
East River Mountain in Mercer County near Bluefield WV.
October 7 or 8, 2023
Come and go as your schedule permits. I’m guessing on the date.
The Big Sit is an all-day birding event. We begin at dawn and go until dusk.
Join our group the “DAM SITTERS”.
Mountain Valley Lake in Summers Co. near Jumping Branch, WV
For more information contact: Mindy Waldron [email protected]
November 2023
We’ll be out for most of the day. Join us and stay as long as you can.
Looking for waterfowl around Hinton and the New River.
Bluestone Lake, Mountain Valley Lake and Sandstone Falls.
For more information contact: Mindy Waldron [email protected]
December 16, 2023
Pipestem Christmas Bird Count. All day event.
December TBA, 2023
Raleigh County Christmas Bird Count
For more information contact: Allen Waldron [email protected]
December TBA, 2023
McDowell County Christmas Bird Count
For more information contact: Allen Waldron [email protected]
There are many other Christmas Bird Counts in our area of Southern West Virginia. To learn more, go to our BBC WV CBC Page!
If you would like further information on Bibbee Nature Club or the events for 2023, please contact: [email protected]
BNC Christmas Bird Counts:
The Audubon Christmas Bird Count season runs from December 14th - January 5th each year.
Members of the BNC coordinate and compile three Christmas Bird Counts in southeastern West Virginia.
Pipestem Area (WVPA) Compiler Jim Phillips
Raleigh County (WVRC) Compiler Allen Waldron
McDowell County (WVMC) Compiler Allen Waldron
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To see the seasonal results of other Christmas Bird Counts in WV go to our CBC Page.
The Audubon Christmas Bird Count season runs from December 14th - January 5th each year.
Members of the BNC coordinate and compile three Christmas Bird Counts in southeastern West Virginia.
Pipestem Area (WVPA) Compiler Jim Phillips
Raleigh County (WVRC) Compiler Allen Waldron
McDowell County (WVMC) Compiler Allen Waldron
.
To see the seasonal results of other Christmas Bird Counts in WV go to our CBC Page.
BNC ~ Archives
To find past Bibbee Nature Club events, schedules, surveys and more go to the BNC Archives.
To find past Bibbee Nature Club events, schedules, surveys and more go to the BNC Archives.
History of Bibbee
The Bibbee Nature Club was formed in 1978 with 32 charter members.
The club is named in honor of Dr. Paul Cecil Bibbee who was a Professor of Biology at Concord College (University) in Athens, West Virginia. Always devoted to the study of nature, he was a photographer, taxidermist, and ornithologist. His 1947 thesis on the Bewick's Wren earned him a Ph.D. and serves as our inspiration today.
The club is named in honor of Dr. Paul Cecil Bibbee who was a Professor of Biology at Concord College (University) in Athens, West Virginia. Always devoted to the study of nature, he was a photographer, taxidermist, and ornithologist. His 1947 thesis on the Bewick's Wren earned him a Ph.D. and serves as our inspiration today.
Bibbee Nature Club was Conceived
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The Bibbee Nature Club was Conceived when a steering committee of Robert Speich, Mrs. Grady McRae, Mrs. A.G. Timberlake, Joe Thomas, with Oliver Johnson as coordinator was created at a Century Count check-up at the Oliver Johnson’s May 6th, 1973.
A questionnaire was distributed over this area of West Virginia, which had 29 favorable responses. On October 23rd at Pipestem State Park with 36 in attendance, a Constitution and By-Laws Committee was appointed of Mrs. C.D. Harrah, Ms. Hallie Cobb, Mrs. A. G. Timberlake, Stanford Maddy and Oliver Johnson. A nominating committee was elected August 20th at a covered dish supper at Glenwood Park and plans approved for the first annual meeting at Concord College October 7th. Twenty-two of the 32 charter members attended the first annual meeting approved a constitution and by-laws and elected the first officers. The purpose of this organization shall be to provide a medium for its members to enjoy, respect and protect our flora and fauna through organized field trips, programs and learning experiences. Any family or individual (16 years of age) interested in our purposes may become a member by payment of dues. This organization shall be regional in nature. |
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