STATE COLLEGE BIRD CLUB

2012 Fall Calendar for meetings and field trips

Further details of all 2012 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 26, 2012 (Wednesday)
Regular Meeting
7:00 p.m. Foxdale Village Meeting Room
Program:  Our guest speakers will be Nan Butkovich and Nancy Ellen Kiernan and they will give a program entitled “Birding Glacier National Park and Northwest Montana”
 
October 24, 2012 (Wednesday)
Regular Meeting
7:00 p.m. Foxdale Village Meeting Room
Program: Our guest speaker will be Mary Poss who will give a program entitled “The Amazing Bird Diversity in South America”
 
November 14, 2012 (Wednesday)
Regular Meeting
7:00 p.m. Foxdale Village Meeting Room
Program: Our guest speaker will be Dan Brauning who will give a program entitled “Twenty-year review of the nesting birds of Pennsylvania - where to find them and what's coming and going!
 
December 12, 2012 (Wednesday)
7:00 p.m. Foxdale Village Meeting Room
Program: Our guest speaker will be Kelli Hoover who will give a program on her research on Hemlock Woolly Adelgid.



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 1, 2012 (Saturday)
Joe Verica will lead a trip to Scotia Barrens to look for fall warblers and other migrants. Meet at the north side (by retention pools) of the Lowes Parking Lot (intersection of Atherton and Valley Vista) at 6:45 am.

September 22, 2012 (Saturday)
Deb Grim will be leading a trip to the Jacks Mt Hawk Watch. Meet at 10 am at the gravel parking area at the intersection of Rt. 26 and Charter Oak Road (on the other side of Tussey from Pine Grove Mills where you would turn if you were heading to Shaver's Creek). Return around 2 or 3 pm.

October 6, 2012 (Saturday)
Alex Lamoreaux will lead a hawkwatching trip to Jo Hays Vista to look for Peregrine Falcons and other migrating raptors. More details will be posted.

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 State College Bird Club listserv group.



Other Birding Events


September, every Wednesday
Migration Morning Bird Walks at Shaver's Creek

September 7 - October 12, every Friday for 6 weeks
State College Bird Club member Margaret Bittingham and/orNancy Ellen Kiernan will be leading Fall bird walks in the Arboretum at Penn State on six Fridays starting  Friday September 7. Walks will start at 8:00 AM and end at 9:30 AM.   Meet at the Arboretum Pavilion parking area (off Park Avenue across from Law School).  All levels of experience are welcome.

May 31-June 2, 2013
Annual meeting of the Pennsylvania Society of Ornithology in the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton area


Christmas Bird Counts:

December 16, 2012 (Sunday): State College Christmas Bird Count
December 16, 2012 (Sunday): Huntingdon Christmas Bird Count
December 27, 2012 (Thursday): Raystown Christmas Bird Count
January 1, 2013 (Tuesday): Bald Eagle State Park Christmas Bird Count

Previous schedules:

Spring 2012
Spring 2011 Fall 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