Bird watcher James W. Eike's Field notebooks, 1965-1969 : 4-25-65 to 9-17-65

* This project is complete. Thank you to all who helped us transcribe and review this field notebook. * James W. Eike was not a professional ornithologist. He was a U.S. civil servant, working in several different federal organizations over the course of his career. But his passion for birds and bird watching filled his days. Over the course of thirty years, he rarely missed a day recording the birds he saw in northern Virginia and the surrounding areas. His notes include weather conditions and events that stood out to him, such as this from a field notebook in 1969: March 20, 1969: “Haze and overcast […] green heron, bob white […] Neil Armstrong and “Buzz” Aldrin landed on moon! […] Red bellies, downys […]”. A native of Woodbridge, Virginia, Eike joined the Virginia Society of Ornithology (VSO) in 1933, in the year between his graduation from Georgetown University and the beginning of his career as a federal civil servant. Eike was an active member and officer of the VSO for the rest of his life, participating in numerous field trips and bird counts sponsored by the VSO and the Audubon Naturalist Society in addition to his daily bird watching. Help us transcribe this field book of his notes on birds taken in the Falls Church area of Virginia between April and September of 1965.