Norfolk Meeting and 2012 AGM - 27 May

The next club meeting will be in Norfolk at Cley Village Hall on Sunday 27 May 2012.  The meeting will include a selection of talks and a quiz, as well as the 2012 AGM. Full details will be posted on the Events page of the website in due course.

Please note that the last weekend in May is not a Bank Holiday weekend this year.

Updated index for Neotropical Birding, volumes 1–9

Thanks to the efforts of club member Raymond Jeffers, we have a complete index for Neotropical Birding magazine, volumes 1–9. Each article is listed in several ways: by title, by author, by country and by species. Peruse it online or download it to your own computer; just be aware — the file is roughly 11.5 MB in size.

Winning raffle numbers announced

The winning numbers for the recent NBC raffle were drawn and announced at the British Bird Fair in August. All winners have been notified, and all prizes collected. Under UK law, winners’ names cannot be published without their approval, however, we can publish the winning numbers, which were: 1st prize - 00440, 2nd prize - 07872, 3rd prize - 04903.

Neotropical Birding Lodges Network Announced

The Neotropical Bird Club is pleased to announce its ‘Neotropical Birding Lodges Network’ — a group of birding lodges in Central/South America and the Caribbean that offer exciting opportunities for birdwatching and share an interest in promoting bird conservation. Though we’re starting small, we hope the network will continue to grow, and we’re asking for your help. Do you know of a lodge which would make a good addition to our list? If so, please tell us about it! Email the following details to ‘NBC.lodges@gmail.com’: country / lodge name / lodge website / contact name and lodge email address.

Neotropical Birding volume 8 published

The latest volume of Neotropical Birding has just been published, and is being sent to all paid-up members. Take a sneak peak at the table of contents or check out a sample article, Antpitta Paradise: A 2010 Update, to whet your appetite. If you like what you see and you’re not yet a member, or if you haven’t yet paid your dues for this year, join us today to get your copy.

Now available: Cotinga 33 online

The online version of Cotinga 33 is available now; individual articles can be accessed from the table of contents.

Now Available: Back issues of Neotropical Birding

Due to overwhelming demand from both members and non-members, the NBC council has elected to make individual back issues of Neotropical Birding (for those years prior to the current year and last year) available for sale for £9 each. The price includes shipping and handling, and there is no limit on the number of issues you can order. If you’ve missed an issue or two — or if you’d like to share a past issue with a friend — now’s your chance! To place an order, click here.

Helping on Neotropical Birding

Now that Neotropical Birding is well established, we are looking to add new members to our editorial team. If you have ideas for articles that should be commissioned, a flair for design, an eye for an image and/or expertise in copy-editing, please e-mail us at neotropical.birding-at-neotropicalbirdclub.org. (Replace -at- with @; we’re displaying the address this way to help us avoid unwanted spam.)

Photo request: shrike-tyrants Agriornis

Juan Ignacio Areta and colleagues are preparing an identification article on shrike-tyrants Agriornis for Neotropical Birding. To aid their research and for potential publication, please e-mail your photographs of this genus to neotropical.birding-at-neotropicalbirdclub.org. (Replace -at- with @; we’re displaying the address this way to help us avoid unwanted spam.) Please label your images with the species, location, date and your name.

NBC on Facebook

NBC now has its own Facebook Group, entitled Neotropical Bird Club. If you are a Facebook member, please join the group, post photos, and take part in discussions! The URL is http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=31491408108