STATE COLLEGE BIRD CLUB

2011 Fall Calendar for meetings and field trips

Further details of all 2011 field trips will be posted to the State College Bird Club listserv group.

Unless otherwise noted, all regular meetings will be held at 7:00 p.m. in the Meeting Room in the Community Building in the Foxdale Village Retirement Community.

Regular Meetings:

September 28, 2011 (Wednesday)
Regular Meeting
7:00 p.m. Foxdale Village Meeting Room
Program:  Our guest speaker will be Alex Lamoreaux and he will give a program on South Africa birding.

October 26, 2011 (Wednesday)
Regular Meeting
7:00 p.m. Foxdale Village Meeting Room
Program: Our guest speaker will be Margaret Brittingham who will give a program on the effects of Marcellus Shale exploration and development on birds.
 
November 16, 2011 (Wednesday)
Regular Meeting
7:00 p.m. Foxdale Village Meeting Room Program: Our guest speaker will be Mark Henry who will give a program on his birding trip to Panama.

December 14, 2011 (Wednesday)
7:00 p.m. Foxdale Village Meeting Room Program: Our guest speaker will be Fran Maceachren who will give a program on her birding trip to Chile.


Field Trips:

Check this website and the  State College Bird Club listserv group closer to the month of the field trip for official date and time and other details.

September 11, 2011 (Sunday)
Greg Grove will lead a trip to Scotia Barrens to look for fall warblers and other migrants. 

September 17, 2011 (Saturday)
Deb Grim will lead a hawk watching trip to Jack's Mountain. Carpoolers and others depart frrm the Military Museum parking lot in Boalsburg at 9am and return about 3PM.

October (date undetermined)
Millbrook Marsh: late migrants and early northern winter residents

November 6, 2011 (Sunday)
Bob Snyder will lead a trip to Bald Eagle State Park to look for migrating waterfowl, hawks, Bald Eagles.

December 18, 2011 (Sunday)
State College Christmas Bird Count (more information)

January 1, 2012 (Sunday)
Bald Eagle State Park Christmas Bird Count (more information)



Local Hawk Watches:
The Fall Hawk migration is in full swing from September thru December.  Visit the State College Bird Club website to find a listing of the local hawk watches.  Weather conditions for potential good hawk flights will be listed on the SCBC e-mail list serve.

Other Birding Events

May 18?-20?, 2012
Annual meeting of the Pennsylvania Society of Ornithology in Lock Haven

Previous schedules:

Spring 2011
Spring 2010 Fall 2010
Spring 2009 Fall 2009
Spring 2008 Fall 2008
Spring 2007 Fall 2007
Spring 2006 Fall 2006
Spring 2005 Fall 2005