Apr
25
Sat
2026
- Work in the native plants garden at NORLO PARK.
- Come and leave when it suits you.
- Bring garden tools and gloves.
- Location: Norlo Park Native Plants Garden
- Contact: Josh Donaldson
Apr
27
Mon
2026

- Field Trip Planning Meeting
- All field trip leaders please plan to participate. Immediately following this meeting, there will be a Joint Executive Committee / Board of Directors meeting.
- Only via Zoom
- Leader: Lisa Coombs, Vice President
- Zoom info:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/7211203928?pwd=RXNwMjZpQVNvSHJGRld3cWZFQjJiZz09&omn=85226168262
Meeting ID: 721 120 3928
Passcode: cardinal20
Apr 27 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm

- 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=85226168262
Meeting ID: 721 120 3928
Passcode: cardinal20
May
2
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.
May
7
Thu
2026
May 7 @ 6:30 am – 12:00 pm

- 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, 717-658-8765.
May
8
Fri
2026

- Field Trip: SPRING MIGRANTS. Note: this is an evening trip, starting at 6:00 PM
- Walk around a pond, meadows and woods.
- Location: Lehman home at 750 Tallow Hill Rd, Chambersburg, PA 17202.
- Leader: Josh Donaldson
May
9
Sat
2026

- Field Trip: Little Cove area for SPRING MIGRANTS
- Meet at the entrance to Buchanan’s Birthplace State Park.
- Bring lunch and binoculars.
- Leaders: Valerie Barnes and Donna Hocker.
- Work in the native plants garden at NORLO PARK.
- Come and leave when it suits you.
- Bring garden tools and gloves.
- Location: Norlo Park Native Plants Garden
- Contact: Josh Donaldson

- Field Trip: 5:00 PM Edenville/Portico Road area for WHIP-POOR-WILLS and BOBOLINKS. Note: This is an evening trip! Whip-poor Wills start calling at or after dusk, so be prepared for a late evening.
- Leave from Weis Markets parking lot, 49 Warm Spring Road, Chambersburg.
- Bring scopes and binoculars.
- Destination: Edenville/Portico Road area (Bobolinks) and farther west (Whip-poor Wills).
- Leaders: Eric and Rhetta Martin, 717-597-8675.
May
11
Mon
2026

- Program: Birds with a Gettysburg Address
- Presented by: Bonnie Portzline
- Note: The final planning session for the Beginning Birders’ Workshop precedes this meeting, starting at 6:30.
- 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=88345284118
Meeting ID: 721 120 3928
Passcode: cardinal20
