Field Trips

For: Summer residents, butterflies, etc. Place: Okehocking Preserve parking lot, 8:00 a.m. Leaders: Sue Lucas (610-647-4779, sue.lucas@comcast.net) Note: Trip is an approximately two- to three-hour walk covering about 2 miles with some moderate hills. Directions: From West Chester, take Route 3 East.  After passing Route 926, at the next light (DelChester Road) make a u-turn […]

For: Summer residents, butterflies, etc. Place: Stroud Preserve parking lot, 8:00 a.m. Leaders: Bob Pierce (610-594-0625, rwp61@verizon.net) Note: Trip is an approximately two- to three-hour walk covering about 2 miles with some moderate hills. Directions: From West Chester, take Route 162 west for about 2 miles and turn left onto North Creek Road. The parking lot […]

For: Summer residents Place: Lot off Rt. 322 just East of the Railroad Bridge, 8:00 a.m. Leaders: Judy White (610-429-1409, jwhite133@comcast.net) and Pat Messner (484-716-7564, patmessner32@gmail.com) Note: Half-day trip, 2.6 miles of fairly flat paved walkway, with benches and plenty of shade. Directions: From Downingtown, take East Rt.322, go under the railroad bridge and look […]

For: Dickcissel and other sparrows Place: Painters Crossing, 7:00 a.m. Leader: Bob Murray (610-644-5440, rmurray@murraymicro.com) Note: Chino Farms is a privately owned tract of land near Chestertown, MD which has been restored to a native grassland. Nesting bird species include Northern Bobwhite, Grasshopper Sparrow and Dickcissel. Bob will also stop along the way home in […]