Calendar

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
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
14
Mon
2024
Gen Mtg, Oct: Youth Contests; Bird Migration or Tricky Bird IDs
Oct 14 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm

  • Topic 1: Youth Contest Bird Photos & Lists due
  • Topic 2: Our originally-scheduled speaker for this meeting has been under the weather. But we have backup plans! Either Terri Kochert will present Bird Migration or Val Barnes will present Tricky Bird IDs 
  • Presented by: Terri Kochert or Val Barnes
  • Available in-person or via Zoom
  • Location: St. Luke Evangelical Lutheran Church
  • Zoom info

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/7211203928?pwd=RXNwMjZpQVNvSHJGRld3cWZFQjJiZz09&omn=84117623913

Meeting ID: 721 120 3928
Passcode: cardinal20

Nov
11
Mon
2024
Gen Mtg, Nov: Youth Contests; Breeding Bird Surveys in our National Parks: Catoctin’s Top Ten
Nov 11 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm

 

Topic 1: Youth Contest Winners announced tonight.

  • Topic 2: Breeding Bird Surveys in our National Parks: Catoctin’s Top Ten
  • Presented by: Member Becky Loncosky
  • Arranged by: Lisa Coombs
  • Available in-person or via Zoom
  • Location: St. Luke Evangelical Lutheran Church
  • Zoom info

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/7211203928?pwd=RXNwMjZpQVNvSHJGRld3cWZFQjJiZz09&omn=86828574719

Meeting ID: 721 120 3928

Passcode: cardinal20

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)
Nov
18
Mon
2024
Joint Executive Committee / Board of Directors Meeting, November
Nov 18 @ 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm

  • Joint Executive Committee and Board of Directors Meeting
  • Committee/project chairs also invited.
  • Others welcome.
  • In-person or via Zoom
  • Leader: Valerie Barnes, president
  • Zoom info:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/7211203928?pwd=RXNwMjZpQVNvSHJGRld3cWZFQjJiZz09&omn=89459519789

Meeting ID: 721 120 3928
Passcode: cardinal20

Dec
9
Mon
2024
Gen Mtg, Dec: Diversity in the Andes
Dec 9 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Fork-tailed Flycatcher

 

Topic : Diversity in the Andes.

The December program, Diversity in the Andes, will highlight the spectacular plumage of bird species in “the birdiest place in the world.” After learning how folks in Colombia and Ecuador are benefiting from birding tourism, the program will finish with a colorful slide show of beautiful equatorial birds.

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/7211203928?pwd=RXNwMjZpQVNvSHJGRld3cWZFQjJiZz09&omn=86015186971

Meeting ID: 721 120 3928
Passcode: cardinal20

Dec
14
Sat
2024
Chambersburg Christmas Bird Count 2024
Dec 14 all-day
  • Chambersburg Area Christmas Bird Count is on Saturday, December 14, 2024.
  • If you live inside our circle, you may want to count 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 a 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

 

Dec
17
Tue
2024
Buchanan Trail (Franklin/Fulton Counties) Christmas Bird Count 2024
Dec 17 all-day
  • Christmas Bird Count in Franklin/Fulton Counties: Buchanan Trail CBC
  • Contact Vern Gauthier to sign up to count (if you didn’t count last year). Your area captain should contact you if you counted last year. If you are new to the count, Vern will assign you to an area and the area captain will contact you.
  • All Day. For any additional information, contact Vern Gauthier

PABT Franklin/Fulton County CBC Map

PABT Map
PABT Franklin/Fulton CBC Map

 

Dec
28
Sat
2024
Newville Christmas Bird Count 2024
Dec 28 all-day
  • Christmas Bird Count in Newville area.
  • All Day. For information, contact Vern Gauthier
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