- Outreach: Fun day for beginning birders. Easy walks with seasoned birding buddies, fun activities for children.
- Bring binoculars or use loaners.
- 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
- Conservation Count and fundraiser organized by Pennsylvania Society for Ornithology (PSO)
- All day for 1-4 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
- Field Trip: Join us at Pine Grove Furnace State Park as we look for fall migrants and learn about the secret history of the area. Meet in the parking lot of the Park office at the intersection of Rt. 233 and Centerville Rd. We will bird the area and then drive a short distance to Camp Michaux, site of a Civilian Conservation Corps camp, a World War II Prisoner of War camp, and a church camp. We will also check out the nearby bird blinds newly installed by the Bureau of Forestry.Update: The leader of the Camp Michaux Recognition and Development project for the Cumberland County Historical Society has volunteered to lead us on a historical tour, which will follow our birding outing at Pine Grove Furnace State Park. Please join us for this unique opportunity to learn about the natural and human history of the area.
Wear sturdy shoes. Bring binoculars.
- Location: Pine Grove Furnace State Park
- Leader: Contact in advance: John Greer.
- Program: Project SNOWstorm
- Zoom or in-person meeting. Presenter will be at a remote location.
- Presented by: NEW PRESENTER! Scott Weidensaul
- Organized by: Lisa Coombs
- Location: St. Luke Evangelical Lutheran Church
Zoom info: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/7211203928?pwd=RXNwMjZpQVNvSHJGRld3cWZFQjJiZz09
Meeting ID: 721 120 3928
Passcode: cardinal20
The Art Sale to benefit Conococheague Audubon is expected to continue through January 17 at Wallspace Gallery and Framing, 1769 Lincoln Way East, Chambersburg, PA 17202. Members James and Deborah Wheeling are selling 140 fine art bird prints collected over 50 years and will generously donate all proceeds to CAS. Many prints are numbered and signed. 34 artists are represented, including Robert Bateman, Guy Coheleach, Ray Harm, and Roger Tory Peterson. Most prints are unframed, but approximately 16 framed prints are still hanging at Wallspace. Regular gallery hours are Tues-Fri 10-4:30, Sat 10-2; other times by appointment, 717-264-7210. Browse the catalog online at Wallspace.com or in person at the gallery.
Dr. Doug Tallamy, will present his program Nature’s Best Hope, at the Luhrs Performing Arts Center, 475 Lancaster Dr., Shippensburg. This event is in conjunction with Shippensburg State University’s participation in the Worldwide Climate and Justice Education Week, held April 1-8th, and is funded partly by Pepsi Sustainability Funds. Free and open to the public. No reservations required.
- Annual Business Meeting: Elections. Need a quorum, so please vote! All chapter members welcome.
- See who and what we’re voting for and how to vote
- Main Program: Make Your Yard a Living Bird Feeder – Bird Friendly Natives for Home Landscapes
- In-person meeting. Also available via Zoom.
- Presented by: Rebecca Shubert, Native Niche
- Organized by: Anne St. John
- Location: St. Luke Evangelical Lutheran Church
- Also available via Zoom
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/7211203928?pwd=RXNwMjZpQVNvSHJGRld3cWZFQjJiZz09
Meeting ID: 721 120 3928
Passcode: cardinal20
- 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
- Citizen Science – Breeding Bird Blitz and PA Bird Atlas
- Presented by: Vern Gauthier
- Organized 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
Meeting ID: 721 120 3928
Passcode: cardinal20