STATE COLLEGE BIRD CLUB

2015 Spring Calendar for meetings and field trips

Further details of all 2015 field trips will be posted to the State College Bird Club listserv group.

Unless otherwise noted, all regular meetings will be held at 7:00 p.m. in the Meeting Room in the Community Building in the Foxdale Village Retirement Community.

Details of local field trips will be announced on the scbirdcl e-mail list.

Regular Meetings:

January 28, 2015 (Wednesday)
Regular Meeting
7:00 p.m. Foxdale Village Meeting Room
Program: Our guest speaker will be Bob Snyder who will give a program entitled Birds and Animals from South Africa and Mozambique. 

February 25, 2015 (Wednesday)
Regular Meeting
7:00 p.m. Foxdale Village Meeting Room
Program: Our guest speaker will be Kathleen Kolos who will give a program on Saw-whet Owls. 

March 25, 2015 (Wednesday)
Regular Meeting
7:00 p.m. Foxdale Village Meeting Room
Program: Our guest speaker will be Nick Bolgiano who will give a program on Distribution Changes for Red-tailed Hawks, Rough-legged Hawks, and American Kestrels in Eastern North America. 

April 22, 2015 (Wednesday)
Regular Meeting
7:00 p.m. Foxdale Village Meeting Room
Program: Our guest speaker will be Katie Fallon who will give a program on the Cerulean Warbler. 

May 27, 2015 (Wednesday)
The May meeting will be a  potluck picnic at Shaver's creek.

Winter and Spring Field Trips:

March 15th (Sunday) 8:30am - 10:30am
Spring Creek Canyon walk mainly for those who with little or no birding experience, but all birders are welcome.
Meet: 8:30 am in the first parking lot at Fisherman's Paradise
Leader: Alyssia Church
Directions: About 1000 ft south of the Bellefonte I-99 Interchange, turn from Benner Pike (Rte 150) onto Paradise Road. Turn left onto Spring Creek Road. The first parking lot is on the right next to a bridge.

March 21st, 2015 (Saturday)
Bald Eagle State Park: Search for waterfowl and early spring migrants.
Meet: At the Milesburg McDonalds along Rte 150 (Eagle Valley Rd) at 8:00 am.
Leaders: Bob Snyder & Joe Verica




Other Birding Events

Spring 2015 Banding Dates for March, April, May, and June

All banding takes place at the Air Quality Learning and Demonstration Center
in Big Hollow, except Prairie Banding which meets off Big Hollow Road.

(Note time change beginning April 23.)

March 31, Tuesday, 7 am-11 am
April 4, Saturday, 7 am-11 am
April 7, Tuesday, 7 am-11 am
April 9, Thursday, 7 am-11am
April 11, Saturday, 7 am-11 am
April 14, Tuesday, 7 am-11 am
April 20, Monday, 7 am?11 am

April 23, Thursday, 6:30 am?11 am
April 25, Saturday, 6:30 am-11 am
April 27, Monday, 6:30 am-11 am
April 29, Wednesday, 6:30 am-11 am
May 1, Friday, 6:30 am-11 am
May 4, Monday, 6:30 am- 11 am
May 6, Wednesday, 6:30 am-11 am
May 8, Friday, 6:30 am-11 am

May 16, Saturday 9 am Prairie Banding
June 13, Saturday 9 am Prairie Banding

Nick Kerlin, Bander-in-charge
Avian Education,T he Arboretum at Penn State

Millbrook Marsh Birding walks
Tuesdays, April 21, 28, May 5 & 12
Walks are open to all ages with any level of experience. Please dress for the weather and bring binoculars.
In the case of heavy rain, the walk that morning will be cancelled.
Meet: Millbrook Marsh Nature Center at 7:30 AM at the pavilion.
Leaders: Mark Henry & Alyssia Church

Migration Morning at Shaver's Creek
Wednesdays from 7:00 to 8:30 a.m.
April 22, 29, & May 6, 13

2015 Birding Cup at Shaver’s Creek Environmental Center
Friday, May 1, 7:00 p.m. – Saturday, May 2, 7:00 p.m.

PA Migration Count (PAMC)
See above link for details including reports from previous years.
Saturday, May 9
Local compiler/coordinator: Nick Kerlin

Previous schedules:

Spring 2014  Fall 2014
Spring 2013  Fall 2013
Spring 2012  Fall 2012
Spring 2011  Fall 2011
Spring 2010  Fall 2010
Spring 2009  Fall 2009
Spring 2008  Fall 2008
Spring 2007  Fall 2007
Spring 2006  Fall 2006
Spring 2005  Fall 2005