- Beyond Beauty: Native Plants & Pollinators Event
- Native Plants Garden at Norlo Park (3050 Lincoln Way E, Fayetteville, PA 17222)
- Note: This talk and tour are scheduled to start at 6 PM to try to avoid the heat, or at least have some shade in the garden.
- Our walk will be on lawn grass which may not be dry. Rain or shine.
- Please contact tour host Josh Donaldson with any questions at 717.264.6920
- FREE Presentation: Bird Is a Verb: An Introduction to Birding
- Presented by Conococheague Audubon members Ron George and Tracy Snyder
If you love learning about the natural world and spending time outdoors, come learn about the many joys and challenges of birding, including why we don’t call it “bird watching” anymore and why you should go birding!
Learn how to identify different species, including the tools you need, when and where to look for birds, the keys to observing birds, and the importance of listening to bird calls.
Along the way, you’ll see original photos of one hundred different species–almost all of them taken here in South Central Pennsylvania. This is just a sample of the amazing variety of birds that live in, pass through, and wander into our part of the world!
Location: Alexander Hamilton Memorial Free Library, 45 East Main Street, Waynesboro, PA 17268.
- 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
- Chambersburg Area Christmas Bird Count is on Saturday, December 20, 2025.
- 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, Lisa Coombs, or look at the more detailed map. To count at your feeders, please sign up well in advance with Marguerite Fries.
- The compiler will connect with the zone captains to record the results. Results will be posted on our Observation Records page.
- Contact: Lisa Coombs 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, Lisa 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
- Conservation Count and fundraiser organized by Pennsylvania Society for Ornithology (PSO)
- All day for one or more of the 11 days, Join a team for fundraising opportunities, and/or sponsor one or more teams.
- PSO will select the organizations that will benefit.
- See www.breedingbirdblitz.org for info.
- Contact: Vern Gauthier
- Outreach: Fun day for beginning birders. Easy walks with seasoned birders, fun activities for children. All families, adults, teens, and children age 6 or older (accompanied by parent/guardian) are welcome. Activities include; Bird Walks, Kid’s Corner, Nature Walk, Birding Bingo, Scavenger Hunt, and refreshments. “Birding Buddies” will help participants identify birds.
- Bring binoculars and a field guide if you have them. A few loaners will be available.
- Meet at Visitors Center in Caledonia State Park, Fayetteville. Park in first parking lot beyond Visitors Center.
- Please Pre-register with Dave Cooney, or Janet Tice
- Chambersburg Area Christmas Bird Count is on Saturday, December 19, 2026.
- 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, Lisa Coombs, or look at the more detailed map. To count at your feeders, please sign up well in advance with Marguerite Fries.
- The compiler will connect with the zone captains to record the results. Results will be posted on our Observation Records page.
- Contact: Lisa Coombs 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, Lisa will assign you to a zone and the zone captain will contact you.
Download field reporting form TBS
Download feeder reporting form and instructions TBS
Chambersburg Area Christmas Bird Count Circle
Download (9 MB) detailed map