What's New? (4/24/2012)

  The Enlow Fork Total Ecology Extravaganza – Sunday, April 29
Please check the April 2012 outings page for this last minute addition.....

  Environmental Alert - Geneva Marsh
The Three Rivers Birding Club received a news release at the club’s meeting on April 4—an environmental threat of great concern to birders. A proposed plant has been approved to burn tires one and a half miles upwind from the Conneaut/Geneva Marsh area. We must act now to protect this important site. Click here for the full story and suggested ways to take action.

  Silent Spring at 50 Celebration
The Rachel Carson Institute at Chatham University and The National Aviary will present a series of programs and discussions centering on the seminal book by Rachel Carson on Friday May 11 at the Aviary and Saturday May 12 at Chatham University. The event will feature award winning natural history writers, experts in environmental science, media representatives and many more. Scott Weidensaul and Bob Mulvihill are 2 of the names that are familiar to our group.
Click here for the full agenda and registration information for this important conference.

  Settler’s Cabin Park
Bob Mulvihill will guide general bird walks this spring at the Pittsburgh Botanic Garden Property adjacent to Settler’s Cabin Park on the following dates: Sundays April 15, 22, and 29; May 6, 20, and 27. The walks will begin at 8:00am and last for 2-3 hours. Any and all ages and experience levels are welcome. I will always bring extra pairs of binoculars for those who may not have any.

Directions to the Settler’s Cabin Maintenance Barn
Directions from 376 Westbound (Formerly Parkway West):
-Take Exit #61 Ridge Road- Note there are signs for Settler’s Cabin Park, Stay in Left lane.
-Make Left at light on to Campbell’s Run Road
-Go to next light and turn left over bridge onto Ridge Road. .2 Miles
-Follow Settler’s Cabin Park signs and go straight through the light on the other side of the bridge. .3Miles -Once through the light bear to Left onto Ridge Rd.
-You will pass the Settler’s Cabin Park Entrance.
-Turn right onto Cowan Rd., this is at a stop sign, note: there is no street sign; you will need to make another almost immediate right to stay on Cowan Rd. approx 1.1miles
-Turn Right on to Baldwin Rd. at the stop sign, the road will come to a “T” .7 Miles
-follow Baldwin Rd., you will have to make a right on to Pinkerton Rd., approximately ½ mile up on the left you will see a white barn, this is the County Maintenance Facility. You may park in their lot; our trail starts behind the building.

  Diane Machesney and The Wissahickon Nature Club cordially invite members of the Three Rivers Birding Club to a great outing on June 23, 2012 in Mingo Creek Park. This will be a picnic combined with nature and birding walks and a great day with friends and family. Additional invitees include the Botanical Society of Western Pennsylvania and the Westmoreland Bird and Nature Club. Click here to get the whole story on the Wissahickon Nature Club Website.

  The Seneca Rocks Audubon Society, Allegheny RiverStone Center for the Arts, and The Foxburg Inn Hotel will be hosting the “2012 Foxburg Birdfest” on Saturday May 5, 2012 and Sunday May 6, 2012. Birding locales featured will include Piney Tract for sparrows. The deadline for hotel registration and ticket sales is April 2, 2012 Click here for more information.

  The May 2012 issue of the Peregrine is available now on-line.

  Meeting Minutes for April 4, 2012.

  The Biggest Week in American Birding has some changes listed on the website for this year and may affect your planning. The headquarters for events, vendors and lodging has moved to Maumee Bay State Park, west of the popular bird venues at Ottawa NWR and Magee Marsh. Check the Black Swamp Bird Observatory website for more info.

  We were busy in 2011. Mike Fialkovich has compiled a summary of our activities. Click here.
Mike also has posted a list of the birds species seen in Allegheny County in 2011. Click here.

  The Pennsylvania Society for Ornithology has looked at the career of Paul Hess in Pennsylvania Birds, the journal of the organization. Jack Solomon has compiled a list of Paul's contributions and impressive accomplishments.

  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! Read more from Geoff about Pennsylvania Birds.

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