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Sep
2
Mon
2024
Fall Migrants – Heisey Orchard/Michaux SF
Sep 2 @ 7:15 am – 1:00 pm
Fall Migrants - Heisey Orchard/Michaux SF
  • Field Trip: FALL MIGRANTS.
  • Bring binoculars and snack.
  • One mile walk in wet grass at Heisey Orchard. Then by car on Michaux SF roads with additional walk(s) of up to half mile, with trip ending between 12 and 1 PM.
  • Meeting place: Park & Ride, Scotland Exit 20, I-81 northbound.
  • Destinations: Heisey Rd Orchard and Michaux State Forest.
  • Leader: Bill Oyler
Sep
14
Sat
2024
Fall Migrants – CVRT
Sep 14 @ 7:00 am – 9:30 am
Fall Migrants - CVRT
  • Field Trip: For FALL MIGRANTS. Walk along part of  Cumberland Valley Rail Trail in Chambersburg.
  • Bring binoculars.
  • Location: Meet at Big Lots, 184 Southgate Mall, parking lot next to Washington Street Cumberland Valley Rail-Trail. Will carpool to rail-trail parking.
  • Leader: Debby Hook
Sep
28
Sat
2024
Conservation Clean-Up
Sep 28 @ 9:00 am – 11:30 am

Work Day: Adopt-A-Highway clean-up on 2 miles of Route 997 (Black Gap Road) west from I-81.  Pick up trash on section with wide shoulders, easy walking.  Supplies provided.

Meet at Scotland Park & Ride, I-81 exit 20.

Sign up with John Greer

Feb
14
Fri
2025
Blackwater NWR
Feb 14 – Feb 16 all-day

Binoculars

  • Destination:Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, near Cambridge, Maryland.
  • Auto tour for WATERFOWL.
  • Friday – Sunday, 14 February – 16 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
Map showing location of Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
(near Cambridge, MD)
Mar
1
Sat
2025
Middle Creek WMA for Waterfowl
Mar 1 @ 8:00 am – 5:30 pm

Binoculars

Map showing location of Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area
Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area
(near Kleinfeltersville, PA)
Mar
8
Sat
2025
Conservation Clean-Up
Mar 8 @ 9:00 am – 11:30 am

Work Day: Adopt-A-Highway clean-up on 2 miles of Route 997 (Black Gap Road) west from I-81.  Pick up trash on section with wide shoulders, easy walking.  Supplies provided.

Meet at Scotland Park & Ride, I-81 exit 20.

Sign up with John Greer

Mar
13
Thu
2025
American Woodcock
Mar 13 @ 7:15 pm – 8:30 pm
American Woodcock
  • Field Trip: To see and hear the mating rituals of AMERICAN WOODCOCKS at the abandoned Heisey Road Orchard.
  • 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
Apr
28
Mon
2025
Field Trip Planning Meeting, Zoom Only
Apr 28 @ 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Field Trip Planning Meeting, Zoom Only
  • 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

May
3
Sat
2025
Horse Valley for SPRING MIGRANTS
May 3 @ 7:00 am – 12:00 pm
Horse Valley for SPRING MIGRANTS
May
8
Thu
2025
SPRING MIGRANTS – Stillhouse Hollow, Heisey Rd Orchard, local farms
May 8 @ 6:30 am – 12:00 pm
SPRING MIGRANTS - Stillhouse Hollow, Heisey Rd Orchard, local farms
  • 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.
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