Events

For: Spring migrants

Place: Gordon Natural Area Stadium Road, 8:00 a.m.

Leaders: Lois Bryman (610-701-4613, lbryman25@gmail.com)

Note: There are no bathrooms.  Walk is about 1 mile and should take 1-2 hours. There are some hills.

Directions: Take 926 to New Street (going North). Go approximately 2 miles, make a right on Stadium Road.  At the bottom of Stadium Road, parking is on the left.

For: Waterfowl, snipe

Place: Struble Lake Parking lot, 8:00 a.m.

Leader: Jim Russell (610-399-1580, jrussell73@verizon.net)

Note: This is a half day trip. There is minimal walking involved.

Directions: From Downingtown, take Route 322 west about 7 miles then take a slight right onto Chestnut Tree Road (after Sunoco gas tanks.) In about 3 miles bear left at stop sign onto Morgantown Road. The parking area for Struble Lake is 0.5 miles on the left.

Struble Lake

Marsh Creek State Park

For: Migrants and resident birds

Place: Park at Binky Lee Preserve, 1445 Pikeland Road in Chester Springs, 8:00 a.m.

Leaders: Luc Jacobs (484-706-1999, jacobsluc52@yahoo.com)

Note: This will be a 2 to 3 hour walk covering about 2.5 miles with a decent grade at one point. We will be looking for resident and migrating birds in grass fields, shaded woodland paths and swampy areas.

Directions: Call or email the leader for directions or use the link below.

Binky Lee Preserve

For: Spring migrants, butterflies, etc.

Place: Stroud Preserve parking lot, 8:00 a.m.

Leaders: Barry Blust (610-996-7913, 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 lot is on the right.

Stroud Preserve

For: Migrants and resident birds

Place: Newlin Township Maintenance Building  8:00 a.m.

Leaders: Cathy Huneke (610-368-2275, cathyhuneke@hotmail.com)

Note: From NLT building, we will walk the fields and woods, with some hills. We will walk the Yellow Trail, about 3 miles. Walk should take 3-4 hours. There is a bathroom near the LenFest center.

Directions: Take Rt 842 south toward Unionville. Second road after Barnard's Orchard take a right on to Cannery Road.  The driveway to the Natural Land's Lenfest Center is on the left.  Park by the center.

Cheslen Preserve

For: Migrants and resident birds

Place: Wedgewood Rd. parking lot, 7:45 a.m.

Leader: Bob Murray (610-644-5440, rmurraymmi@gmail.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 bathroom facilities at the Nature Center, which is at the midpoint of the walk. We will finish up before noon.

Note: The park charges a fee of $8 per vehicle.

Directions: Call leader for directions if not carpooling.

Carpooling: Meet at Painters Crossing, PA, on the northwest corner of US Routes 1 and 202. Departure time 7:00 a.m.

White Clay Creek