STATE COLLEGE BIRD CLUB
2007 Spring Calendar for meetings and field trips
Details of all 2007 field trips are currently tentative and will be revised in the next few weeks.
Unless otherwise noted, all regular meetings
will be held at 7:00 p.m. in the Meeting Room of the Schlow Centre Region Library.
Local field trips during Spring Migration will be announced on the scbirdcl e-mail list.
January 27, 2007 (Saturday)
** Field Trip: Visit Big Valley for field birds (Horned Larks etc), raptors, Red-headed Woodpeckers.
7:30 to early afternoon
Meet at the Omega Bank at the Westerly Parkway shopping center by 7:30 a.m. for carpooling. Watch e-mail list for more details.
Leader: Greg Grove
January 24, 2007 (Wednesday)
Regular Meeting
7:00 p.m. Schlow Centre Region Library, Meeting Room
Program: Our guest speaker will be Nick Bolgiano who will talk about "Breeding Birds of Rothrock and Sproul State Forests"
February 24, 2007 (Saturday)
** Event: Birding & Breakfast at Shaver's Creek Nature Center
7:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.
Wake up with the birds and enjoy one of the busiest times of the day for our avian friends! Birding on the trails around the center, followed by a pancake breakfast with our local maple syrup, our home recipe for pancakes, and good coffee.
Fee: $6 non-members; $4 members; $3 kids 12 and under.
February 25, 2007 (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 7:30 a.m.
Leaders: Mark Henry and Roana Fuller
February 28, 2007 (Wednesday)
Regular Meeting
7:00 p.m. Schlow Centre Region Library, Meeting Room
Program: Our guest speaker will be Robyn Graboski, who will give an
update on Centre Wildlife Care.
March ??, 2007
** Field Trip: Search for Owls
An evening trip
March ??, 2007
** Field Trip: Early birds of Huntingdon County
Leaders: ??
March 24-25, 2007 (Saturday-Sunday)
** Event: Maple Harvest Festival
11 a.m. - 4 p.m. Shaver's Creek Nature Center
March 28, 2007 (Wednesday)
Regular Meeting
7:00 p.m. Schlow Centre Region Library, Meeting Room,
Program: Our guest speaker will be Deuane Hoffman, who will talk about
birding the Conejohela Flats in Lancaster County and the basics of shorebird identification.
April 4, 11, 18, 25, and May 2, 9, 2007 (all on Wednesdays)
** Event: Migration Morning Birdwalks with naturalist Doug Wentzel at Shaver's Creek Nature Center
7:00 a.m. to 8:30 a.m.
(no fee; sponsored by Wiscoy Pet Foods
April 22, 2007 (Sunday)
** Field Trip: Migrating waterfowl and early spring arrivals in Bald Eagle State Park and Curtin Wetland
8:00 a.m. - noon
Bob Snyder 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 on Rt 150 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.
Leader: Bob Snyder
April 25, 2007 (Wednesday)
Regular Meeting
7:00 p.m. State College Municipal Building, Room 201
Program: Our guest speaker will be Doug Gross, who will talk on the Bald Eagle recovery in Pennsylvania.
May 2, 9, 2007 (on Wednesdays)
** Event: Migration Morning Birdwalks with naturalist Doug Wentzel at Shaver's Creek Nature Center
7:00 a.m. to 8:30 a.m.
(no fee; sponsored by Wiscoy Pet Foods)
May 23, 2007 (Wednesday)
6:00-8:00 p.m. Millbrook Marsh from 6 – 8 pm
Program: Pot luck Dinner
We will need the following food/drink/utensils items:
Main courses
Desserts
Drinks
Appetizers
Side dishes
plates, silverware, cups
Please let Roana Fuller (email: raf16 AT psu.edu) know if you can come to the pot luck dinner and what you would like to bring.