STATE COLLEGE BIRD CLUB

2002 Spring Calendar for meetings and field trips

Details for the events listed below may change. Please check the list shortly before each event, especially the field trips.

PLEASE NOTE THE NEW MEETING PLACE AS OF 2/27/2002:
Room 201 in the new State College Borough Building on South Allen St. which is just down Allen Street a very short distance (south) from Schlow.

January 23, 2002 (Wednesday)
Regular Meeting
7:00 p.m. Schlow Library
Program: "Veracruz and Tussey Mountain Hawk Watches", by Mike Lanzone

January 26, 2002 (Saturday)
Field Trip: Horned Larks, Rough-legged Hawks, and other winter birds
8:00 a.m. until 12:00 p.m.
Leaders: Mark Henry and Roana Fuller
Meet at Westerly Parkway Plaza near Omega Bank

February 24, 2002 (Sunday)
Field Trip: Winter birds and early migrants of Huntingdon County
8:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m.
Leader: Dave Kyler
Meet at North entrance to Stone Valley Recreational area
(the entry road to the Nature Center).
Carpoolers meet at 7:30 a.m. at Westerly Parkway Plaza behind Omega Bank.
In case of inclement weather, the alternate date will be Sunday March 3.

February 27, 2002 (Wednesday)
Regular Meeting
7:00 p.m. Room 201 in the new State College Borough Building on South Allen St.
Program: "Saw-whet Owls", by Jennifer Brackbill, Shaver's Creek Nature Center

March 17, 2002 (Sunday)
Field Trip: Birding at Bald Eagle State Park
8:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m.??
Meet at Bald Eagle Area High School Parking Lot.
(may car-pool at Westerly Parkway Plaza near Omega Bank at 7:30 a.m.)
Leader: Bob Snyder

March 23, 2002 (Saturday)
Field Trip: Local Owls
7:30 p.m. to about 10:00 p.m.
Meet at Westerly Parkway Plaza behind Omega Bank at 7:30 p.pm.
Leader: Jim Dunn

March 27, 2002 (Wednesday)
Regular Meeting
7:00 p.m. Room 201 in the new State College Borough Building on South Allen St.
Program: "Falconry", by Karl Striedieck, local falconer

April 20, 2002 (Saturday)
Field Trip: Bald Eagle State Park (and possibly Curtin wetlands)
8:00 a.m. to noon
Meet at Bald Eagle State Park Office between 7:45 and 8 a.m. at the
(may car-pool at Westerly Parkway Plaza near Omega Bank at 7:00 a.m.)
Leader: Bob Snyder

April 24, 2002 (Wednesday)
Regular Meeting
7:00 p.m. Room 201 in the new State College Borough Building on South Allen St.
Program: "Our Federal Public Lands: Wildlife Habitat or Livestock Pasture?"
by Mike Hudak, Director, Public Lands Without Livestock

April 28, 2002 (Sunday)
Field Trip: Bald Eagle State Park Big Day (waterfowl, spring migrants·)
Contact Eugene Zielinski for information
Midnight until midnight but mostly in the morning
Picnic meeting at noon (pavilion on Skyline Drive)

May 11, 2002 (Saturday)
North American Migration Count
Contact Eugene Zielinski for information

May 22, 2002 (Wednesday)
Regular Meeting
7:00 p.m. Room 201 in the new State College Borough Building on South Allen St.
Program: "Breeding Biology of Louisiana Waterthrush in Pennsylvania",
by Tim O'Connell, past president of the SCBC

May 25, 2002 (Saturday)
Field Trip: Woodcock Displays and Whip-poor-will Calls in the Barrens
8:00 p.m. until 9:30 p.m.
Meet at Giant Plaza (N. Atherton) near Pro-Copy at 8 p.m.
Leader: Jim Dunn

June 2, 2002 (Sunday)
Field Trip: Grassland Sparrows (Clay-colored, Henslows, Vesper, Savannah, Grasshopper)
near Phillipsburg and Hawk Run
7:00 a.m. until noon.
Leader: Molly Heath
Meet at Westerly Parkway Plaza behind Omega Bank

June 9, 2002 (Sunday)
Field Trip: Breeding Birds of the Allegheny Front and Black Moshannon
(breeding birds of woodlands and bogs)
7:00 a.m. until noon
Leader: Molly Heath
Meet at Westerly Parkway Plaza behind Omega Bank at 7:00 a.m.