We needed rain, and we got it. We\u2019re ready for a little sunshine now, please. Our thoughts are with those who really got hit by Hurricane Helene; we were lucky. Fall migrants are still passing through. A Swainson\u2019s Thrush stopped by to eat Burning Bush berries in my back yard. I look forward to seeing one or two every fall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This year the Big Sit<\/a> is scheduled for the weekend of Saturday, October 12, 2024 starting at 12 a.m. midnight and closing Sunday, October 13, at 11:59 p.m. You may bird anywhere. But, all observations must be made from within a circle no more than 17 feet (5.2 meters) in diameter. To participate, register your circle and report your observations via eBird<\/a>. Learn more by visiting the Big Sit website: https:\/\/www.thebigsit.org\/<\/a>. It\u2019s fun to spend several hours sitting in a birdy place, visiting with your co-birders and noshing on snacks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We\u2019ve signed up to host a display table at Tayamentasachta Environmental Center\u2019s<\/a> Apple Festival on Saturday, October 12 from 9 \u2013 3. Please contact Terri Kochert at terri.kochert81@gmail.com<\/a> or 717-264-3692 to help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Entries for our Youth Contests<\/a> are due at the October 14 general meeting. Entries for the “Best Bird Photo of the Year” and “Longest Bird Species List of the Year” contests will be accepted for two age groups: 5 to 15 and 16 to 18. Winners for the cash prizes will be announced at our November 11 meeting. Please arrive a few minutes early for the October meeting so you can submit your entries to Terri Kochert. At the meeting we’ll hear from Andy Markel about Adrenaline Birding; Big Day\/Big Months\/Big Years<\/em>. As usual, the meeting will be held at St. Luke Evangelical Lutheran Church<\/a> at 7 PM.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Five members led 90 seventh-graders from Greencastle-Antrim Middle School on bird walks September 19 at Tayamentasachta. The highlight of the day was a very cooperative Great Horned Owl. Nine members worked to clean up a stretch of Route 997 on September 28. Thanks to all our volunteers! If you would like to help at some future event, please contact Terri Kochert.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you haven\u2019t already, please consider donating to Conococheague Audubon to keep things rolling. Mail your donation to CAS at PO Box 20, Fayetteville, PA 17222. Good birding!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" We needed rain, and we got it. We\u2019re ready for a little sunshine now, please. Our thoughts are with those who really got hit by Hurricane Helene; we were lucky. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[34,32,40],"tags":[52,92,39],"class_list":["post-2973","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-birds","category-monthly-message","category-outreach","tag-birds","tag-contests","tag-donate"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/conococheagueaudubon.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2973","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/conococheagueaudubon.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/conococheagueaudubon.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conococheagueaudubon.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conococheagueaudubon.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2973"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/conococheagueaudubon.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2973\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2975,"href":"https:\/\/conococheagueaudubon.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2973\/revisions\/2975"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/conococheagueaudubon.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conococheagueaudubon.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conococheagueaudubon.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}