OBX Winter 2025

VSO Winter Weekend 2024

At this year’s Chincoteague trip, we had beautiful weather, including nice breezes, which helped keep the mosquitoes in check. Between the beaches, trails, and boat trips, the 95 enthusiastic participants tallied 129 species.

We couldn’t have asked for more beautiful weather or more enthusiastic participants for the VSO June 7-9 field trip to Southwest Virginia. We tallied 118 species while exploring Grayson Highlands State Park (GHSP) on Friday, Saltville and Hungry Mother State Park (HMSP) on Saturday, and Grindstone Campground on Sunday.

Royal Raffle 2024

VARCOM Secretary Opening Announcement

Mother Nature provided us with beautiful weather and abundant birds for the VSO field trip to the Outer Banks February 2-4, 2024. We had sunny skies every day, which is rare for this always-popular trip. Our 102 enthusiastic participants tallied an astonishing 154 species!

The weather was hot and humid for the VSO annual Chincoteague weekend field trip September 8-10, but that did not deter the record 114 enthusiastic participants from having a fabulous time! Between the beaches, trails, and boat trips we tallied 131 species. Many have already marked their calendar for next year’s trip, Sept. 6-8, 2024!

We couldn’t have asked for more beautiful weather and abundant birds for the 80 participants who attended the first-ever VSO field trip to Gloucester County June 2-4!

While the two local parks, Beaverdam and Woodville, were productive, most people agreed that spending all day Saturday exploring the different areas of Machicomoco State Park was their favorite part of the trip.

Sixty-six species were counted for VSO’s Virginia Beach and Eastern Shore weekend, held December 2-4, 2022.

Charles “Zig” Ziegenfus receives Mitchell A. Byrd Award

Despite weather challenges on Friday (windy) and Saturday (cold), the VSO field trip to the Outer Banks February 3-5, 2023, was a great success. We found a total of 142 species over the weekend.

Close to 100 enthusiastic participants attended the VSO annual Chincoteague weekend field trip on September 9-11, and we tallied 128 species. The weather was beautiful, and a great time was had by all.

A total of 100 species were found over three days of field trips at the Great Dismal Swamp during the 2022 VSO Annual Meeting.