- 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)
CHANGE: ZOOM ONLY due to weather concerns.
- Joint Executive Committee and Board of Directors Meeting
- Committee/project chairs also invited.
- Others welcome.
- Only via Zoom
- Leader: Valerie Barnes, president
- Location: Zoom only
- Zoom info:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/7211203928?pwd=RXNwMjZpQVNvSHJGRld3cWZFQjJiZz09&omn=87491677157
Meeting ID: 721 120 3928
Passcode: cardinal20
- Nature Film:Watching Warblers
- Michael & Judy Fleth. This film explores the lives of the 39 warbler species that nest in Eastern North America.
- Door prizes, one free youth binoculars prize.
- Location: Chambersburg Area Middle School South (CAMS)
- 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.
- Destination: Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area, Lancaster County.
- Auto tour for migrants. Hoping for large numbers of Snow Geese and Tundra Swans; also many ducks and other waterfowl.
- Bring scopes, binoculars, and lunch.
- Be prepared to take the PA Turnpike.
- Meeting place: Park & Ride, Scotland, Exit 20, I-81 northbound
- Leaders: Eric and Rhetta Martin
(near Kleinfeltersville, PA)
- Program:
- Presented by: Gabriel Foley
- Arranged by Dave Ebbitt.
- Available in-person or via Zoom
- Location: St. Luke Evangelical Lutheran Church
- Zoom info:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/7211203928?pwd=RXNwMjZpQVNvSHJGRld3cWZFQjJiZz09&omn=84919235627
Meeting ID: 721 120 3928
Passcode: cardinal20
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Eastern Bluebirds There will be an Open House at the bluebird Gazebo by the golf cart kiosk on March 15 and March 16 from 3:00-4:30. There will be free info about bluebird monitoring, attracting bluebirds to your yard, and the latest in nest box and feeder designs. We are also available to arrange tours of the trail for prospective monitors. Contact Lynn and Dorian Runt at adamsmail@centurylink.net or 717-352-2069.
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Eastern Bluebirds There will be an Open House at the bluebird Gazebo by the golf cart kiosk on March 15 and March 16 from 3:00-4:30. There will be free info about bluebird monitoring, attracting bluebirds to your yard, and the latest in nest box and feeder designs. We are also available to arrange tours of the trail for prospective monitors. Contact Lynn and Dorian Runt at adamsmail@centurylink.net or 717-352-2069.
- Field Trip: To see and hear the mating rituals of AMERICAN WOODCOCKS at the abandoned Heisey Road Orchard. Tentative date, pending arrival of birds.
- 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
- 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.