{"id":856,"date":"2013-03-06T13:07:14","date_gmt":"2013-03-06T13:07:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/biology\/?p=856"},"modified":"2023-09-26T13:47:43","modified_gmt":"2023-09-26T13:47:43","slug":"856","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/biology\/2013\/03\/06\/856\/","title":{"rendered":"Ecology field trip to the Eastern Virginia Birding &amp; Wildlife Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-845 alignleft\" style=\"color: #333333;font-style: normal;line-height: 24px;border-color: #bbbbbb;background-color: #eeeeee\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2013\/02\/Oct2012_01-300x170.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"170\" \/>Dr. Goodman and students in her Ecology class (BIOL 203) took a 3-day field trip to the Eastern Virginia Birding &amp; Wildlife Festival in October of 2012.\u00a0 They stayed in a rustic bunkhouse in Kipotpeke State Park and enjoyed campfire dinner, including first ever smores for a couple students!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2013\/03\/Oct2012_0.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-857\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2013\/03\/Oct2012_0-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Highlights of the trip\u00a0included a keynote lecture by David Allen Sibley, famous for his illustrated bird guides, a visit to the Virginia Aquarium &amp; Marine Science Center, and a workshop \/ field trip to learn about and identify various species of dragonflies.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2013\/03\/Oct2012_1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-859\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2013\/03\/Oct2012_1-300x284.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"284\" \/><\/a>\u00a0We also took a field trip to the Savage Neck Dunes Natural Area Preserve (image below at trailhead), which is one of the few intact Chesapeake Bay coastal dune ecosystems that remain in Virginia.\u00a0 Rare plants and animals there include the federally listed Northeastern B<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2013\/03\/Oct2012_4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-860\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2013\/03\/Oct2012_3-236x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"236\" height=\"300\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-861\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2013\/03\/Oct2012_2-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-862\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2013\/03\/Oct2012_4-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a>each Tiger Beetle (sign below).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Goodman and students in her Ecology class (BIOL 203) took a 3-day field trip to the Eastern Virginia Birding &amp; 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