September 2010 Outings

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Fridays, September 3 and 24 - Sewickley Heights Borough Park

In collaboration with the Fern Hollow Nature Center at Sewickley Heights Borough Park, this bird walk will be lead by Bob VanNewkirk (412-366-1694 or email at van126@comcast.net). The walk will begin at 8:00 AM starting from the upper parking lot. Birders should be prepared for muddy trails. It is also advisable to bring water and a lunch. We will bird the park and along Little Sewickley Creek Road. Warblers, flycatchers, thrushes, and vireos will be our target species. Directions to the park can be found on the 3RBC's website www.3rbc.org.

Saturday, September 4 - Presque Isle State Park

Join Bob VanNewkirk (412-366-1694 or email at van126@comcast.net) at one of the state's prime locations for seeing fall migrants. Meet at 8:00 AM in the first parking lot on the right as you enter the park. The park is at the north end of Route 832 just west of the city of Erie. Bring a lunch

Saturday, September 11 - Boyce-Mayview Park

Join Shawn Collins (412-721-2526) for an outing to Boyce-Mayview Park. We'll begin our walk at 8:00 AM in a small parking area off of Boyce Road. Travel South 19 past South Hills Village (on your left). Continue on 19 a few miles past Upper St. Clair High School (on right) until you reach Boyce Road; turn right onto Boyce, going past Boyce Middle School and then about 1 mile downhill, going past Friendship Village (on your left). At the bottom of the hill on your right is the entrance to the parking area, adjacent to a small pizza shop.

Sunday, September 12 - Harrison Hills Park

Meet leader Jim Valimont (412-828-5338) at 8:15 AM at this county park off Freeport Road between Natrona Heights and Freeport. As you enter the park, bear left and meet in the first parking lot on the left for this morning walk in search of migrants. Dress for wet grass and mud. Previous fall outings have produced a nice variety of fall migrants, including warblers, and vireos.

Saturday, September 18 - Wingfield Pines

We will meet Cory DeStein (412-953-2667 email cdestein@gmail.com) at 8:00 for our club's first trip to Wingfield Pines. The park is a series of ponds, open fields and forest trails. We should get shorebirds, orioles, warblers, cuckoos, and the usual resident birds. Directions: From Pittsburgh take Route 19 South onto West Liberty Avenue. Go straight onto Washington Road. Turn RIGHT (West) onto Boyce Road. Turn RIGHT on Mayview Road and travel approximately 1.2 miles to the Boyce Mayview REEC environmental center where we will meet at the picnic pavilion. Wingfield Pines is directly across the street.

Sunday, September 19 - Allegheny Front Hawk Watch

This is a joint outing with the Westmoreland Bird and Nature Club. The date should be near the peak of Broad-winged Hawk migration and many other raptor species can be expected. Meet at 11:00 AM at the Hawk Watch. Directions to the site are located on the 3RBC website www.3rbc.org, and on the Allegheny Plateau Audubon site, http://www.alleghenyplateauaudubon.org/hw.html. Also you may contact Dick Byers otusasio@lhtot.com for a map. Bring a lunch and dress warmly. Be prepared for changes in the weather! Allow 2 hours drive time from Pittsburgh.

Saturday, September 25 - Butler Freeport Community Trail

Meet Bobbi Diller (cell 724-355-3229) from the Butler Freeport Community Trail Council for a morning walk to look for fall birds. We will meet at the Laneville trailhead at 7:30 AM. Bobbi will show us her favorite birding spots along the trail. Directions: Travel north on SR 28 to exit 17 Freeport. Turn left onto SR 356 toward Freeport. Follow the road passing the BP station on the left, and some small shops on the right. As you come to the bottom of the hill approximately 1.4 miles from the exit 17, you will come to a "triangle intersection" bear left toward the bridge that goes to Freeport, then at a stop sign turn left on to Old Pike Road. Then bear right on to Main Street. Travel 0.2 mile to Old Mill Road. You will cross Butler Road and pass Skiles Street on the right. At Old Mill Road bear right and travel about 0.1 mile and the parking lot will be on the left at the tail head. (Note: This trail head is at the north end of Laneville.)