Dec
20
Sat
2025
- 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
Jan
3
Sat
2026
- 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.
Jan
12
Mon
2026
- Pot luck dinner and members’ photo show. All are welcome.
- Note the start time is 6 PM.
- Members typically contribute one dinner item (casserole, meat, vegetable, salad, pasta, fruit, rolls, etc.) and/or a dessert. Coffee, tea, and jugs/pots of water will be provided.
- Bring your own table setting, including napkin, flatware, plate, bowl, and mug/cup. Let’s try to avoid plastic and disposable items!
- Bring a few photos you wish to share (no more than 15, please) on a USB thumb drive.
- No Zoom. In-person only.
- Location: St. Luke Evangelical Lutheran Church
Jan
17
Sat
2026
- 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.
Jan
29
Thu
2026
Nature Film: Islands of Wonder: Borneo, PBS.- A journey from Borneo’s rich coral reefs, through lush jungles to its mountainous heart, reveals it is no paradise, and the struggles for survival are the secret to a greater variety of life than found on almost any other island, from orangutans to sun bears and flying snakes.
- Door prizes, one free youth binoculars prize.
- Location: Chambersburg Area Middle School South (CAMS)
Nature Film: Islands of Wonder: Borneo, PBS.
Feb
7
Sat
2026
- 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.
Feb
9
Mon
2026
- Program: Notes from PA Atlas Observations
- Presented by: Member Doug Powless
- Arranged by: Valerie Barnes
- Available in-person or via Zoom
- Location: St. Luke Evangelical Lutheran Church
- Zoom info:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/7211203928?pwd=RXNwMjZpQVNvSHJGRld3cWZFQjJiZz09&omn=86258641550
Meeting ID: 721 120 3928
Passcode: cardinal20
Feb
20
Fri
2026
- Field Trip
- Destination:Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, near Cambridge, Maryland.
- Auto tour for WATERFOWL.
- Friday – Sunday, 20 February – 22 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
(near Cambridge, MD)
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