About Us

CVWO Officers

Brian Taber, President
Bob Reilly
Vice President
Robert Klages, Treasurer
Jenifer Burrows, Secretary

CVWO Board Members
Colette Amici
Bob Anderson
Ruth Beck
Dave Burden
Marty Edmonds
Jerri Howe
Terry Jenkins
Sheila Scoville
John Spahr

CVWO Advisors
Dr. Robert Ake
Dennis Baker
Ruth Boettcher (Virginia Dept. of Game & Inland Fisheries)
Larry Brindza
Dr. Ned Brinkley (Editor, North American Birds)
Dr. Lincoln Brower (Sweet Briar College)
Dr. Mitchell Byrd (Center for Conservation Biology,
____The College of William and Mary)
Dorothy Field (Va. Dept. of Conservation and Recreation,
____Div. of Natural Heritage)
Mark Garland
Fred Hazelwood (Superintendent, First Landing State Park,
____Virginia Dept. of Conservation and Recreation)
Earl Hodnett (Fairfax County Wildlife Biologist, FCPD)
Steve Parker (Virginia Coast Reserve of the Nature Conservancy)
Sue Rice (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Eastern Shore of Virginia NWR)
Sam Sweeney (Kiptopeke State Park,
____Virginia Dept. of Conservation and Recreation)
Dr. Bryan Watts (Center for Conservation Biology,
____The College of William and Mary and Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)

Partner Organizations and Agencies
Bird Conservation Alliance of the American Bird Conservancy
Historic Rivers Chapter of Virginia Master Naturalists
Richmond Audubon Society
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Virginia Beach Audubon Society
Virginia Bird Conservation Initiative
Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation
Virginia Commonwealth University
Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries
Virginia Important Bird Areas Program
Virginia Society of Ornithology
Williamsburg Bird Club
Teaming with Wildlife

For information on Observatory programs or events, please contact Brian Taber at 757-253-1181 or taberzz@aol.com, or write to us at

Coastal Virginia Wildlife Observatory
P.O. Box 1225
Virignia Beach, VA 23451