STATE COLLEGE BIRD CLUB

2014 Spring Calendar for meetings and field trips

Further details of all 2014 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.

Details of local field trips will be announced on the scbirdcl e-mail list.


Regular Meetings:

CANCELED (speaker unable to attend due to weather conditions)
January 22, 2014 (Wednesday)

Regular Meeting
7:00 p.m. Foxdale Village Meeting Room
Program: Our guest speaker will be Katie Fallon who will give a program on the Cerulean Warbler.
 
February 26, 2014 (Wednesday)
Regular Meeting
7:00 p.m. Foxdale Village Meeting Room
Program: Our guest speaker will be Doug Wentzel who give a program on what is happening at Shaver’s Creek.

 
March 26, 2014 (Wednesday)
Regular Meeting
7:00 p.m. Foxdale Village Meeting Room
Program:
Our guest speaker will be Ian Gardner who is a Penn State Graduate student and will give a program on  the "Northern Goshawk Monitoring and Habitat Suitability".
 
April 23, 2014 (Wednesday)
Regular Meeting
7:00 p.m. Foxdale Village Meeting Room
Program:
Our guest speaker will be Nan Butkovich who will give a program on birding around San Diego. 
 
May 28, 2014 (Wednesday)
The May meeting will be a pot luck picnic on the 28th.  Location and starting times to be announced.




Winter and Spring Field Trips: 

March 16, 2014 (Sunday)
Tussey Mountain Hawk Watch
Meet at the parking lot at Jo Hays Vista by 11 am. Hawk watching until 3 pm
Leader: Chad Kauffman (PSO)

March 23, 2014 (Sunday)
Bald Eagle State Park for waterfowl
Meet at the Milesburg McDonalds at 8 am.
Leader: Joe Verica

April 27, 2014 (Sunday)
Toftrees Gamelands to Search for early spring migrants
Meet at the hunter's parking lot behind the American Alehouse on Cricklewood Dr at 7:30 am (DO NOT park in the Alehouse parking lot).
We will do a big loop through the gamelands with a stop by the Toftrees Pond. We should finish up by 10:30 to 11:00 am.
Leader:
Joe Verica



Other Birding Events

Migration Morning Birdwalks at Shaver's Creek 2014 (free and open to all)
Every Wednesday, 7:00 to 8:30 a.m. from April 2 to May 14.

Friday, May 2, 7:00 p.m.–Saturday, May 3, 7:00 p.m.
2014 Shaver's Creek Birding Cup

June 6 through June 8, 2014
Annual meeting of the Pennsylvania Society of Ornithology
at the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford, McKean County

Fridays April 11, 18, 25 and May 2, 9
Arboretum Bird Walks – The Arboretum at Penn State Avian Education program will host Arboretum bird walks starting Friday April 11. Walks 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.
Leaders:
Ron Rovansek and Margaret Brittingham.

Spring Bird Banding dates at the Penn State Arboretum - to be determined


Christmas Bird Counts:

December 15 2013 (Sunday): State College Christmas Bird Count
December 15, 2013 (Sunday): Huntingdon Christmas Bird Count
December 22, 2013 (Sunday): Raystown Christmas Bird Count
December 29, 2013 (Sunday): Bald Eagle State Park Christmas Bird Count


Previous schedules:

Spring 2013  Fall 2013
Spring 2012  Fall 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