STATE COLLEGE BIRD CLUB

2005 Spring Calendar for meetings and field trips

Details for the events listed below may change and new field trips may be added. Please check the list shortly before each event, especially the field trips.

Unless otherwise noted, all regular meetings will be held at 7:00 p.m. in Room 201 in the State College Borough Building on South Allen Sreet, State College, PA.

January 15, 2005 (Saturday)
** Field Trip: Visit Shaver's Creek feeders and woods. Then search for open country raptors and field birds in Big Valley.
7:30 to early afternoon
Meet at the Omega Bank at the Westerly Parkway shopping center by 7:30 a.m. for carpooling over to the Shaver’s Creek entrance road at 8:00 a.m.
Leader: Greg Grove

January 26, 2005 (Wednesday)
Regular Meeting
7:00 p.m. State College Municipal Building
Program: Our guest speaker will be Margaret Brittingham, who will talk on the Eastern Bluebird research project.

February 6, 2005 (Sunday)
** Field Trip: Open country birds in Centre County (The infamous annual "Manure Chase")
8:00 a.m. to around noon
Meet at the Omega Bank at the Westerly Parkway shopping center by 8:00 a.m.
Leaders: Mark Henry and Roana Fuller

February 23, 2005 (Wednesday)
Regular Meeting
7:00 p.m. State College Municipal Building,
Program: Our guest speaker will be Jacob Kubel, Graduate Student at Penn State, who will talk on Golden Winged Warbler research project.

March 23, 2005 (Wednesday)
Regular Meeting (canceled and re-scheduled for May 25)
7:00 p.m. State College Municipal Building

April 3, 2005 (Sunday)
** Field Trip: Bald Eagle State Park and Curtin Wetland - migrating waterfowl and early spring arrivals
8:00 a.m. - noon
Greg Grove will meet carpoolers in the parking lot near the Omega Bank off Westerly Parkway and depart Westerly Parkway at 7:30 to meet Bob Snyder at the Milesburg MacDonald's at 8:00 am. First stop is Curtin Wetland, the next stop will be Upper Green's Run boat landing, and then the main park.

April 6, 2005 (Wednesday)
** Field Trip: Shaver’s Creek Migration Morning Bird Walk
7:00 – 8:30 a.m.
Meet at the Shaver’s Creek Nature Center

April 13, 2005 (Wednesday)
** Field Trip: Shaver’s Creek Migration Morning Bird Walk
7:00 – 8:30 a.m. 
Meet at the Shaver’s Creek Nature Center

April 20, 2005 (Wednesday)
** Field Trip: Shaver’s Creek Migration Morning Bird Walk
7:00 – 8:30 a.m. 
Meet at the Shaver’s Creek Nature Center.

April 27, 2004 (Wednesday)
Regular Meeting
7:00 p.m. State College Municipal Building,
Program: Our guest speaker will be Elizabeth Goreham, who will give a talk on the Centre County Farmland Trust program.

May 4, 2005 (Wednesday)
** Field Trip: Shaver’s Creek Migration Morning Bird Walk
7:00 – 8:30 a.m. 
Meet at the Shaver’s Creek Nature Center

May 6, 2005 (Friday)
Shaver’s Creek Birding Cup
Visit the Shaver’s Creek Nature Center Website for more details:

May 11, 2005 (Wednesday)
** Field Trip: Shaver’s Creek Migration Morning Bird Walk
7:00 – 8:30 a.m. 
Meet at the Shaver’s Creek Nature Center

May 25, 2005 (Wednesday)
Regular Meeting
7:00 p.m. State College Municipal Building,
Program: Our guest speaker will be Jack Frank, a Nature Photographer, who will give a slide show program.

Other possible field trips with dates to be announced:

- Owls at Bear Meadows
- Waterfowl at BESP and/or elsewhere
- Detweiler Run for breeding warblers etc- May
- Black Moshannon SP