Three Rivers Birding Club
Next 3RBC Membership Meeting(s)

Our next meeting is Wednesday, February 3, 2010 at the Phipps Garden Center. The "focus" for the meeting will turn to our members and their photographs. Everyone is encouraged to go through their files and pick 15 of their best to share on-screen. More ...

New Announcements! (2/2/2010)

Three Rivers Birding Club History 2009

January/February 2010 Peregrine Newsletter

Minutes from December 9, 2009 Membership Meeting

The 2010 Membership Meetings have been scheduled. There have been some departures from first Wednesdays. See below.

Comlete abstracts of the presentations made at the Wilson Ornithological Society and Association of Field Ornithologists joint meeting in Pittsburgh in May, 2009 are now available.
Click here for the summary.

Jim Valimont trip report on
American Birding Association Regional Conference in Minot, ND

Pennsylvania Audubon has given the Audubon Society of Western Pennsylvania a grant to create a Western Pennsylvania Birding Trail. Nomination forms for sites to be included in the trail are at the ASWP web site.

Pennsylvania Birds magazine: See what you've been missing! By Geoff Malosh, Editor of Pennsylvania Birds. I am pleased to announce that we will now be publishing previews of the current issue of Pennsylvania Birds online, which will consist of the cover,table of contents, and a featured article. Now anyone who does not subscribe or perhaps does not even know about PSO can actually see a little bit of what they've been missing, and hopefully be encouraged to join PSO! Browse to: http://www.pabirds.org/pabirds/pb_sample.html
Read more from Geoff about Pennsylvania Birds.

Previous Announcements

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New Links

The following links have been added to Useful Links and/or Other Organizations pages. These links will be removed from the homepage after a period of time, but will remain on the link pages listed above.

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Additional Items of Interest

  • It's not too early to think about Magee Marsh!!! A new article in Birding Magazine from the ABA by Kenn Kaufmann summarizes the story of this birding hotspot. It also hints at a new addition to the festivities - the newly named "Biggest Week In American Birding", 11 days of activities focusing on all things bird. Click here for a PDF copy of the article.
    Click here for all the information for this year's outing to Magee Marsh - Friday, May 7, 2010 through Sunday, May 9, 2010.

  • Important alert from Bird Watcher's Digest and The Backyards Bird Newsletter!!! If you receive subscription offers or renewals from anyone claiming to represent these publications, please alert BWD. There are several "magazine publisher representatives" that are fraudulently billing for these publications. Click here for full story

  • Directions to Imperial Grasslands (by Mike Fialkovich)

  • A New Pennsylvania Field Guide

  • Audubon Society of Western Pennsylvania (Beechwood Farms) Outings and Events.

  • Check out What's New (12/10/2009)

    Reminders & Alerts...

  • 3RBC Membership Form Brochure

  • Are you driving to the next outing alone? Why not ride with others or offer to drive. All you need to do is post a message in the Car Pool Discussion Forum. What better way to get acquainted with other 3RBC members!

  • At membership meetings, bring in old bird-related magazines books, etc. that are no longer wanted, and set them on a table for anyone to take, free. If the materials are not taken, please take them home.

  • Frick Park birders: Please record your sightings in the journal located in the mailbox on the side of the garden shed near the (old) nature center.

    • Miscellany

  • Not a subscriber to Bird Watcher's Digest? Why not subscribe and the club will receive 50% of the subscription fee.

  • Going to Frick Park or the Shenango Reservoir — Download/print the Bird Checklists! Checklist of Birds for Frick Park, Harrison Hills and Shenango!

  • How many species would you have seen if you attended all of the outings up until September 2009?

    • Alert!

    Due to spamming on the discussion forums, effective immediately web site addresses are not allowed in posts.  Should you need to post a web site address, please contact the webmaster.  Sorry for the inconvenience.

    Membership Meetings for 2010:

    Note your calendars - the dates for the 2010 Membership Meetings have been set. Pay special attention to the days listed, as a couple of the meetings depart from the usual first Wednesday scheduling. Titles and topics of the programs will follow.

    February 3 Members' Photography Night

    April 5 (Monday)

    June 2

    August 11 (second Wednesday)

    October 6

    December 8
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