STATE COLLEGE BIRD CLUB

2004 Spring Calendar for meetings and field trips

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

January 28, 2004 (Wednesday)
Regular Meeting
7:00 p.m. State College Municipal Building,
Program: Our guest speaker will be Tanya Dierolf, a senior at Juniata College, will talk on the institution's Raystown Field Station focusing on its osprey reintroduction project.

February 22, 2004 (Sunday)
** Field Trip: Manure Chase
Carpoolers meet at the Omega Bank at the Westerly Parkway shopping center by 7:30 AM
Leaders: Roana Fuller and Mark Henry
All levels of bird watchers are welcome.

February 25, 2004 (Wednesday)
Regular Meeting
7:00 p.m. State College Municipal Building,
Program: Our guest speaker will be Don Bryant who will talk about Raptors of Kenya

February 28, 2002 (Saturday)
** 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 tentative alternate date will be Sunday Feb. 29.

March 21, 2004 (Sunday)
** Field Trip: Early spring migrants at Bald Eagle State Park
8:00 a.m. until 11:30 a.m. or noon
Carpoolers meet Molly Heath at the Omega Bank at the Westerly Parkway shopping center by 7:30 AM, or meet at the Bald Eagle High School at 8AM.
Leader: Bob Snyder

March 24, 2004 (Wednesday)
Regular Meeting
7:00 p.m. State College Municipal Building,
Program: Our guest speaker will be Bob Mulvihill, will talk on the Pennsylvania Bird Atlas

April 28, 2004 (Wednesday)
Regular Meeting
7:00 p.m. State College Municipal Building,
Program: Our guest speakers will be Fran and Alan MacEachren, will talk on birds of South Africa and Jim Dunn, will talk on birds of Namibia

May 9, 2004 (Sunday)
** Field Trip: Detweiler Run, with a short stop at Bear Meadows.
6:45 a.m. to late morning
Carpoolers meet at the Omega Bank at the Westerly Parkway shopping center and depart at 7:00 a.m.
Leader: Greg Grove

May 15, 2004 (Saturday)
** Field Trip: Scotia Barrens: Warblers.
7:30 a.m. to ???
Carpoolers meet Matt Rockmore at the Omega Bank at the Westerly Parkway shopping center and depart at 7:00 a.m. to arrive at the second entrance to Scotia Pond in the Barrens at 7:30.
Leader: Matt Rockmore

May 26, 2004 (Wednesday)
Regular Meeting
7:00 p.m. State College Municipal Building,
Program: Our guest speaker will be Adam T. Rohnke - Graduate Student at Penn State, will talk on West Nile virus research project

May 29, 2004 (Saturday)
** Field Trip: Breeding Birds of the Allegheny Front and Black Moshannon
(breeding birds of woodlands and bogs, grassland species)
7:30 a.m. until noon
Leader: Molly Heath
Carpoolers meet at Westerly Parkway Plaza behind Omega Bank at 7:00 a.m., or meet at the entrance to Mosse Hanne Trail at Black Moshannon at 7:30.