Apr
14
Mon
2025
Apr 14 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
- Topic 1 Annual business meeting and elections. All chapter members welcome.
- Topic 2: Radio-tracking Passerines in Early Successional Habitat
- Presented by: Grace Muench
- 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=84905985659
Meeting ID: 721 120 3928
Passcode: cardinal20
Apr
19
Sat
2025
- 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.
Apr
26
Sat
2025
- 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
28
Mon
2025
- 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=87840755485
Meeting ID: 721 120 3928
Passcode: cardinal20
Apr 28 @ 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=87840755485
Meeting ID: 721 120 3928
Passcode: cardinal20
May
3
Sat
2025
- Horse Valley for SPRING MIGRANTS. Bring lunch and binoculars. Many stops, in and out of cars frequently. Please try to carpool. Not a lot of walking.
- Meet at: North Pointe Center, US 11 north of Chambersburg.
- Destination: Horse Valley area
- Leaders: Valerie Barnes, 717-352-4397 or Donna Hocker, 717-491-2171.
- 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
8
Thu
2025
May 8 @ 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, 717-532-9723 or 717-658-8765.
- 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 Sunnyway Foods 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
10
Sat
2025
- 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