Annual Potluck

RAS Annual Potluck and Photo Presentation. 

Recently, on Thursday, Nov 20, 2025, at its monthly Member Meeting, the Richmond Audubon Society (RAS) held its Annual Potluck and Photo Presentation.

This annual event stands as a well-attended and well-appreciated RAS tradition for many years.

About 45 RAS members enjoyed an evening of great food and great bird photos.

Thank you to the First Unitarian Church for serving as a nice venue for our monthly Member Meetings, including this event.  

Thanks, Bare, the church representative, who managed to set up and take down lots of tables and chairs in a successful and timely manner.

Thank you to our RAS Hospitality Chair, Lynne Evans, and her potluck volunteer crew for arranging a nice room atmosphere in which all enjoyed the many and varied potluck offerings.  

Thank you to our RAS President, Alan Wingfield, for coordinating the event.  Alan managed to keep the event on track: we finished around 9:00 pm, which is impressive for a potluck dinner and the propensity of RAS birders to elaborate enthusiastically during the Photo Presentation.

And it was especially impressive because this year we instituted a new wrinkle: Legacy Presenters could present up to 8 photos (compared to the customary 5 photo limit). 

Thank you to our photo presenters for yet another display of wonderful photos.  

We had 16 RAS bird photographers present bird photos from this past year.  Members commented on the incredible quality of bird photos, taken from around Virginia and even around the world.  All enjoyed the stories behind the photos, which were fascinating and fun.

And, finally, thank you to our roughly 45 attendees for coming out and sharing both great food and great bird fellowship.

See y’all next year.

(Report from Mario Grasso, RAS Publicity Chair)