Oct
13
Mon
2025
Oct 13 @ 6:45 pm – 8:15 pm

- Topic 1: Youth Contest Bird Photos & Lists due. Submit to Terri Kochert.
- Topic 2: 5 Years of Birding in our Mobile Home
Presented by: MembersJeff and Sue Schmaltz- Available in-person or via Zoom
- Location: St. Luke Evangelical Lutheran Church
- Zoom info
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/7211203928?pwd=RXNwMjZpQVNvSHJGRld3cWZFQjJiZz09&omn=86851214744
Meeting ID: 721 120 3928
Passcode: cardinal20
Nov
10
Mon
2025

Topic 1: Youth Contest Winners announced tonight.
- Topic 2:Big Year 2024
- Presented by: Kyle Rambo
- 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=83501208463
Meeting ID: 721 120 3928
Passcode: cardinal20
Nov
13
Thu
2025

- Nature Film: Journey of the Broad-winged Hawk, PBS.
- Depicts the migration of the Broad-winged Hawk from NH to PA to TX to Ecuador.
- Door prizes, one free youth binoculars prize.
- Location: Chambersburg Area Middle School South (CAMS)
Dec
8
Mon
2025

Program Topic : Adrenaline Birding Big Month
- Presented by: Andy Markel
- Arranged by: John Carter
- Available in-person or via Zoom
- Location: St. Luke Evangelical Lutheran Church
- Zoom info
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/7211203928?pwd=RXNwMjZpQVNvSHJGRld3cWZFQjJiZz09&omn=84991103417
Meeting ID: 721 120 3928
Passcode: cardinal20
Dec
16
Tue
2025
- Christmas Bird Count in Franklin/Fulton Counties: Buchanan Trail CBC
- Contact Vern Gauthier to sign up to count (if you didn’t count last year). Your area captain should contact you if you counted last year. If you are new to the count, Vern will assign you to an area and the area captain will contact you.
- All Day. For any additional information, contact Vern Gauthier
PABT Franklin/Fulton County CBC Map

Dec
20
Sat
2025
- Chambersburg Area Christmas Bird Count is on Saturday, December 20, 2025.
- If you live inside our circle, you may want to count at your feeders this year. See the map below for a view of our circle. If you can’t tell whether you are inside the circle or not, please contact the compiler, Lisa Coombs, or look at the more detailed map. To count at your feeders, please sign up well in advance with Marguerite Fries.
- The compiler will connect with the zone captains to record the results. Results will be posted on our Observation Records page.
- Contact: Lisa Coombs to sign up to count (if you didn’t count last year). Your zone captain should contact you if you counted last year. If you are new to the count, Lisa will assign you to a zone and the zone captain will contact you.
Download field reporting form
Download feeder reporting form and instructions
Chambersburg Area Christmas Bird Count Circle

Download (9 MB) detailed map
Dec
22
Mon
2025
- Christmas Bird Count in York Springs area
- All Day. For information, contact Tim Johnson.
Jan
3
Sat
2026
- Christmas Bird Count in Newville area.
- All Day. For information, contact Vern Gauthier
Jan
12
Mon
2026

- Pot luck dinner and members’ photo show. All are welcome.
- Note the start time is 6 PM.
- Members typically contribute one dinner item (casserole, meat, vegetable, salad, pasta, fruit, rolls, etc.) and/or a dessert. Coffee, tea, and jugs/pots of water will be provided.
- Bring your own table setting, including napkin, flatware, plate, bowl, and mug/cup. Let’s try to avoid plastic and disposable items!
- Bring a few photos you wish to share (no more than 15, please) on a USB thumb drive.
- No Zoom. In-person only.
- Location: St. Luke Evangelical Lutheran Church
Jan
29
Thu
2026
Nature Film: Islands of Wonder: Borneo, PBS.- A journey from Borneo’s rich coral reefs, through lush jungles to its mountainous heart, reveals it is no paradise, and the struggles for survival are the secret to a greater variety of life than found on almost any other island, from orangutans to sun bears and flying snakes.
- Door prizes, one free youth binoculars prize.
- Location: Chambersburg Area Middle School South (CAMS)
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