- Executive Committee and Board of Directors Meeting
- Committee/project chairs also invited.
- Others welcome.
- Location: St. Luke Evangelical Church, 2695 Luther Dr, Chambersburg, PA 17202.
- Leader: Valerie Barnes, president
- Available via Zoom
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/7211203928?pwd=RXNwMjZpQVNvSHJGRld3cWZFQjJiZz09
Meeting ID: 721 120 3928
Passcode: cardinal20
- 6:45 PM: Youth Contest Bird Photos & Lists due
- 7:00 PM: Main program – Bird Monitoring Project in Michaux State Forest
- Zoom or in-person meeting. Presenter will be at a remote location.
- Presented by: Mike Wright, PA Bureau of Forestry
- Organized by: Sue and John Greer
- Location: St. Luke Evangelical Lutheran Church
Zoom info: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/7211203928?pwd=RXNwMjZpQVNvSHJGRld3cWZFQjJiZz09
Meeting ID: 721 120 3928
Passcode: cardinal20
The Youth Contests for 2021-2022 close today!
Conococheague Audubon Society’s Youth Contests offer opportunities for young people to win a cash prize! Both our “Longest Bird Species List of the Year” and “Best Bird Photo of the Year” contests involve your love of nature and your keen observation skills. The contests will be judged in two different age groups – ages 5 to 15 and ages 16 to 18. See details on the Youth Contest page. The contests started last year on December 1, 2021 and end tonight, when you submit your entries at our regular meeting.
Please note: We need your parent’s/guardian’s permission for you to enter the contest and for us to report selected information about you to our members and the public. Your parent/guardian must also affirm your entries comply with the rules. So, be sure you have the completed necessary forms when you submit your entries.
- Background: Michaux State Forest staff asked CAS to help monitor birds at several specific sites on the Michaux. This is one of two field trips to show participants where the sites are and to explain the monitoring protocols. Expect to see late fall migrants and winter residents.The map below shows where the sites are. On this trip, you will visit some, but not all sites. The Part 2 trip will complete the tour.
- Meet at Mont Alto State Park parking lot on Rt 233 (across from pavilion).
- Bring binoculars, snack, and sturdy walking shoes. Expect an easy approx. 3-mile walk.
- Leader: John Greer
- Additional information about the monitoring project can be found in these files:
- Background: Michaux State Forest staff asked CAS to help monitor birds at several specific sites on the Michaux. This is the second of two field trips to show participants where the sites are and to explain the monitoring protocols. Expect to see late fall migrants and winter residents.The map below shows where the sites are. On this trip, you will visit some, but not all sites. The Part 1 trip started the tour.
- Meet at Mont Alto State Park parking lot on Rt 233 (across from pavilion).
- Bring binoculars, snack, and sturdy walking shoes. Expect an easy approx. 4-mile walk.
- Leader: John Greer
- Additional information about the monitoring project can be found in these files:
- Youth Contest winners announced tonight!
- Main Program: Conococheague Creek Cleanup Project
- Zoom or in-person meeting
- Presented by: Eric Grace
- Organized by: Debby Hook
- Location: St. Luke Evangelical Lutheran Church
Zoom details: tbd
- The Movement Ecology of Vultures: Tracking Nature’s Essential Workers
- Speaker will present via Zoom from a remote location. Attendees may watch in-person at St. Luke or via Zoom from home.
- Presented by: David Barber, Hawk Mountain Sanctuary
- Organized by: Lisa Coombs
- Location: St. Luke Evangelical Lutheran Church
- Zoom info:
- Christmas Bird Count in Franklin/Fulton Counties: Buchanan Trail CBC
- All Day. For information, contact Vern Gauthier
- We’ve scheduled this year’s Christmas Bird Count for Saturday, December 17, 2022. Again, in this year of COVID-19, things will be a little different. To be safe, participants should count only with folks who are not ill and have not been exposed to someone who tested positive for the virus, and should consider wearing masks. If the number of COVID-19 cases spikes dramatically in the weeks leading up to the count, we may cancel it, so please check back here, with your zone captain, or the compiler (Valerie Barnes).
- If you don’t feel comfortable going out, please let your zone captain know well in advance.
- If you live inside our circle, you may want to switch to counting at your feeders this year. See the map below for a view of our circle. If you can’t tell whether you are inside the circle or not, please contact the compiler, Valerie Barnes, or look at the more detailed map. To count at your feeders, please sign up well in advance with Marguerite Fries.
- We will not hold the tally dinner. The compiler will connect with the zone captains to record the results. Results will be posted on our Observation Records page.
- Contact: Valerie Barnes to sign up to count (if you didn’t count last year). Your zone captain should contact you if you counted last year. If you are new to the count, Val will assign you to a zone and the zone captain will contact you.
Download field reporting form
Download feeder reporting form and instructions
Chambersburg Area Christmas Bird Count Circle
Download (9 MB) detailed map
NOT PLANNED in 2022: Tally Dinner to report results of Chambersburg Christmas Bird Count. Due to COVID-19 concerns and lack of staffing at normal venue. Zone captains should forward results to the compiler. We may schedule a Zoom meeting for zone captains to discuss the count.