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Sep
2
Mon
2024
Fall Migrants – Heisey Orchard/Michaux SF
Sep 2 @ 7:15 am – 1:00 pm
Fall Migrants - Heisey Orchard/Michaux SF
  • Field Trip: FALL MIGRANTS.
  • Bring binoculars and snack.
  • One mile walk in wet grass at Heisey Orchard. Then by car on Michaux SF roads with additional walk(s) of up to half mile, with trip ending between 12 and 1 PM.
  • Meeting place: Park & Ride, Scotland Exit 20, I-81 northbound.
  • Destinations: Heisey Rd Orchard and Michaux State Forest.
  • Leader: Bill Oyler
Sep
7
Sat
2024
First Saturday Bird Walks
Sep 7 @ 8:00 am – 10:00 am
First Saturday Bird Walks
  • SOAR (Studying Ornithology Around the Region) walks, 8:00 AM first and third Saturdays; various locations in Franklin County.
  • Larry and Sharon Williams, 717-655-7414; see Buttonwood Nature Center, 717-762-0373 for schedule.
Sep
14
Sat
2024
Fall Migrants – CVRT
Sep 14 @ 7:00 am – 9:30 am
Fall Migrants - CVRT
  • Field Trip: For FALL MIGRANTS. Walk along part of  Cumberland Valley Rail Trail in Chambersburg.
  • Bring binoculars.
  • Location: Meet at Big Lots, 184 Southgate Mall, parking lot next to Washington Street Cumberland Valley Rail-Trail. Will carpool to rail-trail parking.
  • Leader: Debby Hook
Sep
21
Sat
2024
Third Saturday Bird Walks
Sep 21 @ 8:00 am – 10:00 am
Third Saturday Bird Walks
  • SOAR (Studying Ornithology Around the Region) walks, 8:00 AM first and third Saturdays; various locations in Franklin County.
  • Larry and Sharon Williams, 717-655-7414; see Buttonwood Nature Center, 717-762-0373 for schedule.
Sep
28
Sat
2024
Conservation Clean-Up
Sep 28 @ 9:00 am – 11:30 am

Work Day: Adopt-A-Highway clean-up on 2 miles of Route 997 (Black Gap Road) west from I-81.  Pick up trash on section with wide shoulders, easy walking.  Supplies provided.

Meet at Scotland Park & Ride, I-81 exit 20.

Sign up with John Greer

Oct
5
Sat
2024
First Saturday Bird Walks
Oct 5 @ 8:00 am – 10:00 am
First Saturday Bird Walks
  • SOAR (Studying Ornithology Around the Region) walks, 8:00 AM first and third Saturdays; various locations in Franklin County.
  • Larry and Sharon Williams, 717-655-7414; see Buttonwood Nature Center, 717-762-0373 for schedule.
Oct
12
Sat
2024
Big Sit
Oct 12 – Oct 13 all-day

The Big Sit!

All or part of the day Saturday and Sunday. Observe birds from within a 17-foot circle anywhere. Report via eBird.

Oct
19
Sat
2024
Third Saturday Bird Walks
Oct 19 @ 8:00 am – 10:00 am
Third Saturday Bird Walks
  • SOAR (Studying Ornithology Around the Region) walks, 8:00 AM first and third Saturdays; various locations in Franklin County.
  • Larry and Sharon Williams, 717-655-7414; see Buttonwood Nature Center, 717-762-0373 for schedule.
Nov
2
Sat
2024
First Saturday Bird Walks
Nov 2 @ 8:00 am – 10:00 am
First Saturday Bird Walks
  • SOAR (Studying Ornithology Around the Region) walks, 8:00 AM first and third Saturdays; various locations in Franklin County.
  • Larry and Sharon Williams, 717-655-7414; see Buttonwood Nature Center, 717-762-0373 for schedule.
Nov
14
Thu
2024
Nature Film: Islands of Wonder: Madagascar (CAMS)
Nov 14 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Photo of PBS film case
PBS Film
  • Nature Film:  Islands of Wonder: Madagascar, PBS.
  • The oldest island on Earth, Madagascar has been isolated longer than any other place in the world. Life here has had time to evolve in unusual ways, resulting in more unique wildlife than possibly any other island on the planet.
  • Door prizes, one free youth binoculars prize. No pre-film music.
  • Location: Chambersburg Area Middle School South (CAMS)
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