Three Rivers Birding Club Outings
Throughout the year, we have many outings to locations in Western Pennsylvania and beyond. For a more comprehensive calendar of birding and other Western Pennsylvania natural history outings and outdoor activities of other groups, see the links at the bottom of this page under the heading of "Events Calendars".
If you are birding one of the areas listed below, download a PDF copy of the birding checklist provided and take it with you:
- Audubon Society of Western Pennsylvania — Beechwood Farms Bird Checklist
- Cook Forest — Cook Forest Bird Checklist
- Erie County, Pennsylvania — Erie County PA Bird Checklist
- Frick Park — Checklist of Birds in Frick Park
- Harrison Hills Park — Harrison Hills Park Bird Checklist
- Oil Creek State Park — Oil Creek State Park Bird Checklist
- Shenango Reservoir — Shenango Bird Checklist
- Westmoreland County — Westmoreland County Bird Checklist
- Yellow Creek State Park — Yellow Creek State Park Bird Checklist
Outings are free and open to the public. In the event of inclement weather, contact the leader in advance to confirm whether the outing is on or canceled. Also, contact the leader with any questions about weather, driving directions, or trail conditions.
In the event of a late cancellation of or a change to any of our outings, please check the Three Rivers Birding Club Facebook page or the "What's New?" section of the Home page of this website for the latest information on outings, cancellations, and other events that could not make our newsletter's deadline.
Area Christmas Bird Counts will be held during December 2019
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Saturday, December 28, 2019 - Pittsburgh Christmas Bird Counts
The Audubon Society of Western Pennsylvania hosts the Pittsburgh Christmas Bird Count (CBC) annually. This year it will held on Saturday, December 28. If you know where you would like to participate, please contact one of the area leaders listed below for instructions on where to meet, or if you prefer to watch your bird feeders, let the leader know of your participation, and he/she can send you the appropriate materials:
• Fox Chapel - Brian Shema, 412-963-6100; bshema@aswp.org
• Franklin Park- Stacey Widenhofer, 412-741-7536; stacey.fhnc@gmail.com
• Hampton Twp. - Brady Porter, 412-337-7397; porterb@duq.edu
• Indiana Twp. - Steve Gosser, 412-855-5220; smgosser@verizon.net
• Kilbuck Twp. and Ohio Twp. - Paul Brown, 412-963-1979; pmbrown1944@gmail.com
• North Park - Meg Scanlon, 724-935-2170; latodami@yahoo.com
• Oakmont and Harmar Twp. - David Yeany II, 814-221-4361; dyeany@paconserve.org
• O'Hara Twp. - Steve Thomas, 412-782-4696; thomassj22@verizon.net
• Penn Hills and Verona - Mike Smith, 412-526-8360; skeetor72@yahoo.com
• Frick and Highland Parks - Mark VanderVen, 425-273-1786; nevrednav@gmail.com
• Pittsburgh (rest of city) - Mike Fialkovich, 412-731-3581; mpfial@verizon.net
• Ross and McCandless Twps. - Bob Machesney, 412-366-7869; remach@aol.com
• Shaler Twp. - Joyce Hoffmann, 412-487-0921; ibird@juno.com
Check the Audubon Society of Western Pennsylvania website near the count date in case an area leader changes.
Other Christmas Bird Counts in the Pittsburgh area include the following:
Saturday, December 14
• South Hills - Nancy Page, 412-221-4795; nanpaul@verizon.net
• Buffalo Creek Valley (Butler County) - George Reese, 724-353-9649; g.reese@gaiconsultants.com
Sunday, December 15
• Buffalo Creek (Washington County) - Larry Helgerman, bobolink1989@gmail.com
Sunday, December 22
• Imperial - Bob Mulvihill, 412-522-5729; robert.mulvihill@aviary.org
Thursday, December 26
• Indiana County - Roger and Margaret Higbee, 724-354-3493; bcoriole@windstream.net
Saturday, January 4, 2020
• South Butler (Allegheny and Butler County) - Chris Kubiak, 412-963-6100; ckubiak@aswp.org
