Benefits

Club participation provides:

  • an opportunity to support an organisation whose principal aim is the conservation of birds
  • Convivial company in which to pursue your interest in birds
  • All sorts of advice relating to birds and birdwatching
  • Opportunities to participate in useful research in a coordinated way
  • Club nights with guest speakers
  • A monthly newsletter
  • The Annual Bird Report
  • Access to the club’s comprehensive library of books, videos, audio cassettes, CDs and slides which may be borrowed by members
  • A program of field trips to local and exotic destinations
  • a real-time email news list with interesting local sightings (via HBOC’s Hunterbirding news and discussion forum)
  • a hard-copy high quality journal The Whistler that focuses on the birds of the Hunter Region
  • access to online bird images and members’ galleries
  • opportunities to volunteer and make positive personal contributions towards the conservation of native birds
  • A variety of discounts at participating stores – HBOC membership benefits

Access to Newcastle Wetlands Reserve

HBOC members have regained access to Newcastle Wetlands Reserve, where a locked gate was recently installed by NSW Roads & Maritime Services. Contact a committee member for details about how access is able to be achieved.

Handbook of Birds of the World (HBW)

HBOC has a group subscription to HBW, which allows members to have access to an on-line copy of it (with certain restrictions). Contact a committee member for details about how access is able to be achieved.