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The Great Marsh

For: Spring Migrants & Resident Birds Place: 28 Moores Road, Elverson, PA, 8:00 a.m. Leader: Mike Coulter. If you plan to attend please email the Great Marsh Institute at greatmarshinstitute@gmail.com to let them know to expect you. Note: Join local birding expert Mike Coulter as he guides us through the Great Marsh, an ancient periglacial […]

George Lorimer Nature Preserve, Malvern, PA

For: Vireos, warblers and other passerines Place: Lorimer Preserve parking lot, 8:00 a.m. Rain date: April 25, 2020. Leaders: Grant Lashbrook (610-883-6807) and Dean Lashbrook (610-213-0602, forestgreen39@hotmail.com ) Note: Half-day trip. This is a fairly easy walk of about 2 miles that goes down and back up a slight grade that will take around 3 […]

Birds at Home and Afar

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Bill Barber Bill will present photographs from his home county of Berks County as well as from the many international trips he has taken over the past 10 years. Note: This is a virtual meeting. Zoom signon will start at 7:15 to enable the meeting to begin at 7:30.

Binky Lee Preserve, Chester County, PA

For: Migrants and resident birds Place: Parking lot on Pikeland Road just off Route 113, 8:00 a.m. Leaders: Rick Wolf (610-933-6414, randewolf@icloud.com) Note: This will be a 3 to 4 hour walk covering about 2.5 miles with a decent grade at one point. We will be looking for resident and migrating birds including Bobolinks, Yellow-breasted […]

Stroud Preserve, Chester County, PA

For: Spring migrants, butterflies, etc. Place: Stroud Preserve parking lot, 8:00 a.m. Leader: Barry Blust (610-458-5616, barryblust@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 162 west for about 2 miles and turn left onto North Creek Road. The parking […]

White Clay Creek, Newark, DE

For: Migrants and resident birds Place: Wedgewood Rd. parking lot, 7:45 a.m. Leader: Bob Murray (610-644-5440, rmurray@murraymicro.com) Note: The walk will be on an abandoned railroad bed, along the banks of White Clay Creek, which forms a section of the Mason-Dixon trail. We will cover a total distance of about 3 miles. There will be […]

E.B. Forsythe (Brigantine) NWR, NJ

For: Shorebirds, herons & spring migrants in general. Place: Forsythe NWR Headquarters, 8:00 a.m. Leaders: Tony Fernandes (610-647-7868, jets741@verizon.net) Note: Meet at Forsythe at 8:00 a.m. Minimal walking involved. The trip is a half day trip all within the refuge.  It will not be an all day trip. Directions: Due to Covid concerns, check with […]

The Great Marsh

For: Spring Migrants & Resident Birds Place: 28 Moores Road, Elverson, PA, 7:00 a.m. Leader: Mike Coulter. If you plan to attend please email the Great Marsh Institute at greatmarshinstitute@gmail.com to let them know to expect you. Note: Join local birding expert Mike Coulter as he guides us through the Great Marsh, an ancient periglacial […]

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TBD Note: This is a virtual meeting. Zoom signon will start at 7:15 to enable the meeting to begin at 7:30.

Birding with BQ in Arizona

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Brian Quindlen Southeastern Arizona is a birder’s paradise! On his first-ever trip to this region, BQ and friends made the most of their time exploring as many hotspots as they could fit into five days. Through photography and digiscoping, they were able to observe many of the species that make Arizona a premier birding destination […]

Stroud Preserve, Chester County, PA

For: Summer residents, butterflies, etc. Place: Stroud Preserve parking lot, 8:00 a.m. Leaders: Armas Hill (302-529-1876, Armas@focusonnature.com) 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 […]

East Branch Brandywine Trail, Downingtown, PA – CANCELED

For: Summer residents Place: Lot off Rt. 322 just East of the Railroad Bridge, 8:00 a.m. Leaders: Kris Debolt and Peter Wade (215-219-5637, wadedeb@verizon.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 […]