April Saturday Bird Walk (Allenwood Game Lands)

Saturday, April 15, 2023: Meet at 8AM

This is the rescheduled April monthly Saturday bird walk, originally scheduled for Saturday, April 1. We decided to reschedule the bird walk because the forecast of rain will likely leave the trails flooded. The walk will be led by Michael McGuire.

This is a good location for migrating water, wading, and shore birds with several low lying ponds and wetland areas. The ponds can also be good places to see osprey and bald eagles. The osprey in the picture is from April 2019. By mid-April, we should also start to see some migrating warblers.

Trails are low lying and can often be wet. Water proof boots are suggested. Also expect ticks and dress and prepare accordingly.

Please follow directions below carefully. This location can be hard to find.

Go west on Rt 44 off of Rt 15 at Allenwood about 4.3 miles. Turn north (right) on Mill Rd. Follow Mill Rd north until 1.4 miles until it ends at Alvira Rd. Turn east (right) on Alvira Rd and drive .55 miles until reaching the parking lot on the north (left) side of the road where we will begin our bird walk. Note that Alvira Rd is now gated off after (east of) this parking lot. This means it is no longer possible to drive to this location from the other direction. These are the GPS coordinates of the parking lot/meeting location 41° 8’10.55″N , 76°57’33.36″W

April 2019, photo credit © Michael McGuire