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Feb
14
Fri
2025
Blackwater NWR
Feb 14 – Feb 16 all-day

Binoculars

  • Destination:Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, near Cambridge, Maryland.
  • Auto tour for WATERFOWL.
  • Friday – Sunday, 14 February – 16 February, 2025. Leave from Martins’ home at 9:00 AM Friday.
  • Make your own motel arrangements.
  • Bring scopes, binoculars, and lunch.
  • Leaders: Eric and Rhetta Martin
Map showing location of Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
(near Cambridge, MD)
Feb
24
Mon
2025
Joint Executive Committee / Board of Directors Meeting, February
Feb 24 @ 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/81817133091?pwd=oCaChQg9b4B44HrewsHDjijbGzkNP5.1

Meeting ID: 818 1713 3091
Passcode: 063249

Mar
1
Sat
2025
Middle Creek WMA for Waterfowl
Mar 1 @ 8:00 am – 5:30 pm

Binoculars

Map showing location of Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area
Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area
(near Kleinfeltersville, PA)
Mar
6
Thu
2025
Nature Film: Frogs: The Thin Green Line (CAMS)
Mar 6 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Photo of PBS film case
PBS Film

 

 

  • Nature Film: Frogs: The Thin Green Line, PBS.
  • Scientists try to save populations of frogs, as large-scale die-offs of the amphibian continue around the world.
  • Door prizes, one free youth binoculars prize. No pre-film music.
  • Location: Chambersburg Area Middle School South (CAMS)
Mar
8
Sat
2025
Conservation Clean-Up
Mar 8 @ 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

Mar
13
Thu
2025
American Woodcock
Mar 13 @ 7:15 pm – 8:30 pm
American Woodcock
  • Field Trip: To see and hear the mating rituals of AMERICAN WOODCOCKS at the abandoned Heisey Road Orchard.
  • Head to 5207 Heisey Road, Shippensburg, but park 0.10 mile off of Stillhouse Hollow Rd next to abandoned orchard.
  • Bring flashlight.
  • Be prepared for tall, wet grass.
  • Destination: Heisey Road orchard. Note: birders are welcome, despite the Posted signs.
  • Leader: Bob Keener
Apr
28
Mon
2025
Joint Executive Committee / Board of Directors Meeting, April, Zoom Only
Apr 28 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Joint Executive Committee / Board of Directors Meeting, April, Zoom Only
  • Joint Executive Committee / Board of Directors Meeting, Zoom Only
  • Officers and directors, please plan to participate.
  • Committee chairs are invited but not required.
  • Note: The Field Trip Planning meeting precedes this meeting, starting at 6:30.
  • Only via Zoom
  • Leaders: Valerie Barnes, outgoing President and TBD incoming President
  • Zoom info:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/7211203928?pwd=RXNwMjZpQVNvSHJGRld3cWZFQjJiZz09&omn=87840755485

Meeting ID: 721 120 3928
Passcode: cardinal20

May
3
Sat
2025
Horse Valley for SPRING MIGRANTS
May 3 @ 7:00 am – 12:00 pm
Horse Valley for SPRING MIGRANTS
May
8
Thu
2025
SPRING MIGRANTS – Stillhouse Hollow, Heisey Rd Orchard, local farms
May 8 @ 6:30 am – 12:00 pm
SPRING MIGRANTS - Stillhouse Hollow, Heisey Rd Orchard, local farms
  • Stillhouse Hollow, Heisey Road Orchard, and some local farms for SPRING MIGRANTS. Bring scopes, binoculars, and lunch.
  • Meet: Keener’s home, 5207 Heisey Road, Shippensburg.
  • Destination: area near Heisey Road Orchard.
  • Leader: Bob Keener, 717-532-9723 or 717-658-8765.
May
17
Sat
2025
Fort McCord area for Spring Arrivals/Migrants
May 17 @ 7:00 am – 12:30 pm
NEW DATE! Spring Migrants - Little Cove
  • Field Trip: Fort McCord area for SPRING ARRIVALS/MIGRANTS
  • Bring binoculars and lunch
  • We will make several stops. Some walking.
  • Meeting place: North Pointe Center, US 11 north of Chambersburg.
  • Destination: Fort McCord area in western Franklin County, PA
  • Leader: Bill Oyler
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