Seven Mountains

Furnace Road Trash Pickup (Date Changed to June 21)
2025-06-21 10:00 - 12:00 (America/Halifax)
Saturday June 21, 2025 10AM-Noon
Please note the new date for this rescheduled event.
Meet at 4275 Furnace Road.
Semi-annual Seven Mountains Community Service Event.
Please Volunteer to Help.
Safety Vests, Work Gloves, Trash Bags and Pole gripper devices will be provided.

First Saturday Bird Walk for June - RB Winter State Park. Joe Gyekis is the Walk Leader.
2025-06-07 08:30 - 11:00
Saturday, June 7, 8:30-11AM
Meet in the Parking Lot near the Environmental Learning Center (see map)GPS Coordinates: 40°59’39.7″N 77°11’24.0″W

Re-scheduled Bird Walk at Jeremy Napp Farm (May 31)
2025-05-31 08:00 - 10:00
Saturday May 31, 2025 at 8AM
Re-scheduled previously rained out Bird Walk. This is a new location hosted by Jeremy Napp and Juliana Brafa at Jeremy Napp’s Farm. The Walk Leader is Jessica Sauder.
2052 Felmey Rd, Winfield, PA 17889, United States

May Educational Meeting - Dermatology for Birders by Dr. Eric Hossler
2025-05-21 19:00 - 21:00 | East Buffalo Township Municipal Building, 589 Fairground Road, Lewisburg, PA, 7837, United States
Wednesday May 21, 25 at 7PM
Dr. Eric Hossler will present an illustration and discussion of dermatologic conditions of potential importance to Birders, including Lyme Disease and other skin rashes. In addition to domestic birding, the presentation will also include some conditions like Leishmaniasis and Myiasis that could be encountered on birding trips to Central and South America or other tropical locations. The intent is inform, not alarm you. Dr Hossler is the Director of the Geisinger Dermatology Residency Program which includes 12 Residents in Training. He is a Board-Certified Dermatologist and Dermatopathologist.
789 Fairground Rd, Lewisburg, PA 17837

May First Saturday Bird Walk (United States Penitentiary, Lewisburg)
2025-05-03 08:00 - 10:00
Saturday, May 3, 2025 at 8AM
EVERYONE IS INVITEDDon’t get lost! Go through the Front Gate and take the very first left. When you come to a stop at a “Y” take another left. This will take you down along Buffalo Creek to the Training Center parking lot.
We usually can expect to see some warblers, Red-headed Woodpeckers, both Baltimore Orioles and Orchard Orioles, various ducks, eagles, and other song birds.

United States Penitentiary

2400 Robert F Miller Dr, Lewisburg, PA

"The Beautiful Eastern Bluebird" presented by Dick Hess. Seven Mts. Education Mtg.
2025-04-16 19:00 - 21:00 | East Buffalo Township Municipal Building, 589 Fairground Road, Lewisburg, PA, 7837, United States
Wednesday, April 16, 2025, 7PM
Please join us for “The Beautiful Eastern Bluebird” by Richard “Dick” Hess. Mr. Hess retired from PPL Montour Preserve after 25 years of doing Land Management, public programs and law enforcement with the Pennsylvania Fish Commission. Interested in photography from the age of 10, Dick started taking pictures while in the U.S. Navy, eventually purchasing professional grade equipment and specializing in wildlife photography. Most of his pictures are taken at his farm near Exchange, PA. His photography and this program, which he has refined for several years, are exceptional.
Our meeting place is the East Buffalo Township building, 589 Fairgrounds Road, Lewisburg, PA. We will continue to stream presentations on Facebook Live, but hope to see you in person. Everyone is welcome to this free event and please feel free to bring a friend or two. Stay afterward to enjoy some refreshments and chat.

Cancelled! First Saturday Bird Walk at Jeremy Napp Farm
2025-04-05 08:00 - 10:00
The bird walk scheduled for today has been canceled due to early steady rain.
Saturday, April 5 at 8AM
Seven Mountains Audubon, Monthly First Saturday Bird Walk. This is a new location hosted by Jeremy Napp and Juliana Brafa at Jeremy Napp’s Farm. The Walk Leader is Jessica Sauder.
2050 Felmey Rd, Winfield, PA 17889, United States

Weds. 3/19/25 7PM (Zoom) "The Black Skimmer Project" Seven Mtns Educational Mtg by Elena Duran
2025-03-19 19:00 - 21:00
Elena Duran will present results of a Black Skimmer chick mortalityevent investigation and the implications for the understanding ofemerging zoonotic diseases, coastal bird species management, and conservation. Elena received her B.S. in Wildlife Ecology & Conservation from the University of Florida, followed by her M.S. in Conservation Medicine from the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University. She is currently a PhD candidate at Texas A&M University under Dr. Jacquelyn Grace. Her research involves understanding how environmental stressors (disease, temperature, contaminants) impact avian health and physiology. This will be a Zoom Meeting

To register for this event, please use the following link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/zgZrLKfhR7yYmgL8AWtjsg?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR1TE2-sGC1H5ysnVZgMb6BzmPv011r_0r-Tf1x3T9ePXViMEzDDosfJkB4_aem_tDgz-8HGxxrJsQIJyv4dIQ

March First Saturday Bird Walk at Montour Preserve
2025-03-01 08:00 - 10:00 | Montour Preserve, 700 Preserve Rd, Danville, PA, 17821, United States
Saturday, March 1, 2025 at 8 AM
Walk Leader is Bryce Perles.
Montour Preserve – Lower Goose Cove Parking Lot, where we usually meet.

Link to Video Tribute to Jack McCann/Educational Program
2025-02-26 08:00 - 17:00
Link to video recording of Seven Mountains Audubon Educational Meeting 2/19/25 Tribute to Jack McCann, Announcements, including upcoming programs and The Feature Presentation Antarctica, Falkland Islands and S Georgia Island – a 3 week journey by Cindy Coup. Cindy had wonderful photos and video or birds, other wildlife and scenery to share from this journey.

A Trip to Falkland Islands, South Georgia and Antarctica: Birds, Wildlife, and History by Cindy Coup
2025-02-19 19:00 - 21:00 | East Buffalo Township Municipal Building, 589 Fairground Road, Lewisburg, PA, 7837, United States
Wednesday, February 19 at 7 PM
Seven Mountains Audubon February Educational Meeting – Wednesday February 19, 2025 at 7PM. Cindy Coup will present her trip to the Falkland Islands, South Georgia and Antarctica including birds, wildlife, history, scenery and a summary of the experience.
589 Fairground Rd, Lewisburg, PA 17837-8832, United States

Northwest Winds: Winds of Change, Winds of Hope?
2025-02-05 12:00 - 13:00
Wednesday, February 5, 2025 at 12 PM

Join us for our February Lunch & Learn presentation with Clay Sutton. Clay was the Plenary speaker for our 50th anniversary conference in November in Duluth, MN and we’d like to share his fabulous presentation with the wider hawk-watching community!
Clay Sutton will reflect upon his own 50 years of watching hawks, primarily at Cape May, New Jersey, but also at many of the key raptor watches throughout North America and beyond. He relates “What a long, strange trip it has been,” and how in his wildest dreams he never expected to see, in his lifetime, the changes that he has witnessed. Many changes have been good and for the better, and some not so much. We have benefited greatly from emerging resources, and have been the benefactors of amazing advances in optics, information, and technology. We have all seen changes in the composition of raptor flights, and changes in the very expectations of what we may see. We have experienced significant shifts in the migration phenology and winter ranges of hawks. But what hasn’t changed is the energy, dedication, and enthusiasm of those who annually staff their posts, climbing to mountain outcrops, urban overlooks, sandy beaches, and lighthouses at land’s end to monitor and celebrate the annual passage of birds of prey. Clay will conclude that the 21 st Century may have brought great changes, but that shifting winds will never diminish the need, or our passion, for what we do.
Clay Sutton is a life-long resident of Cape May County, New Jersey, where he has worked as an environmental planner, environmental program administrator, vice-president of an environmental consulting firm specializing in threatened and endangered species. Now “mostly retired,” he spent the last past two decades as a self-employed environmental consultant, field biologist, and naturalist. Clay is a free-lance writer, lecturer, tour leader, and was a long-time instructor for the Institute for Field Ornithology. He first began watching hawks in 1974, and the science and wonder of bird migration has remained his captivating interest.
Clay is a co-author, with Pete Dunne and David Sibley, of the classic Hawks in Flight (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1988; Second Edition, 2012), a complete and holistic guide to raptor identification. Clay has long been proudly associated with HMA, and has been a member since 1979.Clay and his wife Pat Sutton co-authored How to Spot Butterflies (1999), How to Spot Hawks & Eagles (1996), and How to Spot an Owl (1994), all published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Their acclaimed book, Birds and Birding at Cape May (Stackpole Books, 2006, 568 pages), is the in-depth result of their efforts over many years documenting and protecting the migration and the area that they so love. This landmark book is a complete guide to birds and birding for the Cape May region, covering what to see, when, where, and how to go, as well as chronicling the unique and storied ornithological history of the Jersey Cape.
This program is FREE and open to all. Registration is required, please click the link below to register.
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEtd-mgqj4pGdCj7gqvhFwoPz-AFA-Cfwa8#/
For those not able to join via Zoom, we will live stream the program on our HMANA Facebook page as well. Recordings of all programs will be available on our website, hmana.org, following the event.

January Presentation: History of Penn State Herbarium
2025-01-15 19:00 - 21:00 | East Buffalo Township Municipal Building, 589 Fairground Road, Lewisburg, PA, 7837, United States
Wednesday, January 15 at 7PM
Penn State Herbarium Curator Sarah Chamberlain will guide us through the history of the herbarium from its humble beginnings as one of the oldest collections at Penn State to its present position as the third largest herbarium in Pennsylvania. Ms. Chamberlain will discuss why herbarium specimens are important and their current uses for both research and teaching. She will also bring specimens for examination after the presentation. Told with historic photos and sprinkled with humor and interesting stories tying specimens to history, art, entomology, and the “8th Wonder of the World”, this engaging virtual tour of the Penn State Herbarium will convince you herbarium collections are a lot more than just a bunch of dead plants!

Our meeting place is the East Buffalo Township building, 589 Fairgrounds Road, Lewisburg. We will continue to stream presentations on Facebook Live, but hope to see you in person. Everyone is welcome to this free event and please feel free to bring a friend or two. Stay afterward to enjoy some refreshments and chat.

See you on the 15th.

CANCELLED! First Saturday Bird Walk at Glacial Pools Preserve
2024-12-30 08:30 - 2025-01-04 11:30 | Glacial Pools Preserve, 757 Pine Tree Rd, Hughesville, PA, 17737-8884, United States
CANCELLED! Please note this event has now been cancelled!

Jessie Sauder is the Walk Leader. Becky Stugart is the Trail Guide.
757 Pine Tree Rd, Hughesville, PA 17737-8884

December Show & Tell
2024-12-18 19:00 - 21:00 | East Buffalo Township Municipal Building, 589 Fairground Road, Lewisburg, PA, 7837, United States
Wednesday, December 18th 7PM

Greetings everyone – It’s the time of year for us to gather for our Holiday Show-and-Tell program which will be held on Wednesday, December 18th. The meeting begins at 7:00 pm, but the doors will be open earlier.

As is our tradition, we will share all sorts of nature-related items – photographs, books, poems, quotes, crafts or whatever else you can imagine! We hope you will bring something to share with our group. If you prefer not to, still come and enjoy the camaraderie of the season. If you have photographs to share, please try to arrive by around 6:30 so that picture files can be loaded on the computer in advance.

We will have holiday refreshments too so plan to stay afterward and visit awhile.

Join us at our meeting location, the East Buffalo Township building, 589 Fairground Road, Lewisburg. We will continue to stream this and other in person presentations on Facebook Live. Everyone is welcome to this free event and please feel free to come and bring a friend or two.
Happy Holidays – see you on the 18th!

Life in a Nest Box
2024-11-20 19:00 - 21:00 | East Buffalo Township Municipal Building, 589 Fairground Road, Lewisburg, PA, 7837, United States
Wednesday, November 20 at 7PM

American Kestrels and Barn Owls
Jon Kauffman will present an in depth look of the breeding behavior of American Kestrels and Barn Owls through live nestcam footage. Jon promotes conservation through citizen science projects such as Project NestWatch, Monarch Watch, winter raptor surveys, and seasonal hawk watches at Shaver’s Creek Environmental Center. He has served as a hawk-watcher for Tussey Mountain Hawk Watch and has also traveled and worked with other organizations such as Cape May Bird Observatory and Intermountain Bird Observatory in Idaho. When not sitting on a ridgetop observing hawk migration, you can find him exploring new habitats and discovering the interrelationship between the flora and fauna through avian life.

Join us at our meeting location, the East Buffalo Township building, 589 Fairground Road, Lewisburg. We will continue to stream this and other in person presentations on Facebook Live. Everyone is welcome to this free event and please feel free to come and bring a friend or two. Stay afterward to enjoy refreshments and chat.
See you on the 20th!

November Program: Life in a Nest Box
2024-11-20 19:00 - 21:00 | East Buffalo Township Municipal Building, 589 Fairground Road, Lewisburg, PA, 7837, United States
Wednesday, November 20 at 7PM
Life in a Nest Box:American Kestrels and Barn Owls
Jon Kauffman will present an in depth look of the breeding behavior of American Kestrels and Barn Owls through live nestcam footage. Jon promotes conservation through citizen science projects such as Project NestWatch, Monarch Watch, winter raptor surveys, and seasonal hawk watches at Shaver’s Creek Environmental Center. He has served as a hawk-watcher for Tussey Mountain Hawk Watch and has also traveled and worked with other organizations such as Cape May Bird Observatory and Intermountain Bird Observatory in Idaho. When not sitting on a ridgetop observing hawk migration, you can find him exploring new habitats and discovering the interrelationship between the flora and fauna through avian life.

Join us at our meeting location, the East Buffalo Township building, 589 Fairground Road, Lewisburg. We will continue to stream this and other in person presentations on Facebook Live. Everyone is welcome to this free event and please feel free to come and bring a friend or two. Stay afterward to enjoy refreshments and chat.
589 Fairground Rd – Lewisburg, PA

November First Saturday Bird Walk (Trail of Trees)
2024-11-02 08:00 - 22:00
Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024, 8AM
First Saturday Bird Walk for Nov. 2, 2024, 8AM at Trail of Trees. Kay Cramer is the Walk Leader. Everyone is welcome.

2 Salem Glenn Blvd, Selinsgrove, PA 17870-7819, United States

"Borneo: The Land Below the Wind" - Linette Mansbarger
2024-10-16 19:00 - 21:00 | East Buffalo Township Municipal Building, 589 Fairground Road, Lewisburg, PA, 7837, United States
Wednesday, October 16 at 7PM
This presentation takes us to Sabah, Malaysia in Borneo! Orangutans, proboscis monkeys, hornbills, flowerpeckers, spiderhunters, flying frogs, flying lizards, giant squirrels, and giant bumblebees—these are just some of the amazing animals you will meet through the lens of amateur photographer Linette Mansberger as she shares images and information from her 2019 visit to the northern area of the tropical island of Borneo in southeast Asia.

Our meeting place is the East Buffalo Township Municipal Building, 589 Fairgrounds Road, Lewisburg. We will continue to stream presentations on Facebook Live, but hope to see you in person. Everyone is welcome to this free event and please feel free to bring a friend or two. Stay afterward to enjoy some refreshments and chat.

East Buffalo Township Supervisor Building

589 Fairground Rd, Lewisburg, PA 17837-8832, United States

First Saturday Bird Walk: Turtle Creek Park
2024-10-05 08:00 - 10:00
Saturday, October 5 at 8AM
Meet at the Parking Lot.Walk Leader is Bill Malone.
1095 Supplee Mill Rd, Lewisburg, PA 17837, United States

Pennsylvania Bird Atlas
2024-09-19 19:00 - 21:00
September 18, 2024 at 7:00PM
Joe Gyekis will share his experience documenting breeding birds in central Pennsylvania, from the purpose of mapping to the experience of watching courtship, nest building, incubation, and feeding young. Known to many Seven Mountains Audubon members, Joe is a health science professor at Penn State and a lifelong birder, with special interests in local patch listing, nocturnal flight calls, and bird-window collisions. He is the Union County coordinator for the Third Pennsylvania Bird Atlas.
The presentation will also be streamed live on our Facebook Page.
East Buffalo Township Municipal Building
589 Fairground Road
Lewisburg, PA

BIRD WALK CANCELLED! September 6th Saturday Bird Walk
2024-09-07 08:00 - 10:00
BIRD WALK CANCELLED FOR TODAY – DUE TO ANTICIPATED WEATHER CONDITIONS
Saturday, September 6th, 8AM
Montour Preserve
Meet in the Goose Cove Parking Lot (closest to the dam). Start time is 8AM. Walk Leader is Court Harding.

Binocular Workshop for Youth Ages 7-12 - Montour Preserve
2024-05-11 08:30 - 12:00 | Montour Preserve, 700 Preserve Rd, Danville, PA, 17821, United States
Saturday, May 11 2024, 8:30-10 and 10:30-12
Sign up here to register for Binocular Workshop for Youth, ages 7-12.

Learn to properly use Kowa brand Binoculars (provided) – – These are good quality binoculars that have a wide field of view and they were especially designed for youth
Practice using the binoculars in the Visitor Center at the Bird Feeder Windows to observe and identify natural and artificial targets.

Workshop Leader: Bill Tyler – Current Chapter President Seven Mountains Audubon
*Please plan to arrive at the Visitor Centert 10 minutes prior to the start time of your Session.

First Saturday May Bird Walk
2024-05-04 08:00 - 10:00
Saturday, May 4 at 8AM
United States Penitentiary in Lewisburg, 2400 Robert F Miller Dr, Lewisburg, PA 17837, United States
You can arrive between 7:30am – 8:00am.DIRECTIONS:As you enter the front gate to USP Lewisburg, take the very first left, follow that to a Stop sign at a “Y”. Take a left there, also. This will take along Buffalo Creek to the Training Center. Park in the parking lot in front of the Training Center. You can bring binoculars, and cameras. We are usually done with the walk before noon.Any questions feel free to contact Brent Bacon on Facebook messenger.

Iconic Canadian Wilderness Rivers: Alsek, Tatshenshini, Wind, and Nahanni
2024-04-17 19:00 - 21:00 | East Buffalo Township Municipal Building, 589 Fairground Road, Lewisburg, PA, 7837, United States
Wednesday, April 17 at 7PM, East Buffalo Township Building, 589 Fairground Rd, Lewisburg, PA.

Dr. Warren “Abe” Abrahamson
Professor of Biology Emeritus, Bucknell University. Abe, a teacher and researcher at Bucknell University from 1973 until 2012 and a Research Associate of Archbold Biological Station https://www.archbold-station.org/ from 1976 to the present, held Bucknell University’s endowed David Burpee Chair in Plant Genetics from 1983 until his retirement in 2012. Abe’s teaching was recognized with two awards from Bucknell University, the Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching in 1975 & The Class of 1956 Lectureship in 1982, and he was nominated for Baylor University’s Robert Foster Cherry Award in 2007. His commitment to conservation was recognized in 1984 by National Audubon Society’s William Dutcher Award for Outstanding Service to the Audubon Cause at the Regional Level (Mid-Atlantic Region), in 2002 by a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Merrill Linn Land and Waterways Conservancy, and in 2014 by the Science and Conservation Awareness Award from Archbold Biological Station.

Abe enjoys travelling and has participated in expeditions to the Andes Mountains, Amazon basin, as well as 3 trips to Ecuador’s Galapagos Islands (1979, 1990, 2008), Peru (including Machu Picchu), and Brazil. He has rafted or canoed white-water rivers (Tatshenshini, Alsek, Nahanni, and Wind Rivers)

Join us as ecologist and naturalist Warren Abrahamson shares his adventures on four of Canada’s iconic northwestern wilderness rivers — the Nahanni, Tatshenshini, Alsek, & Wind.

The Nahanni River flows through Canada’s deepest river canyons, past hot springs and geological features so unique that the Nahanni River was among the first World Heritage Sites to be declared by the United Nations in 1978.

Part of the world’s largest bio-preserve, the Tatshenshini River flows through the Yukon, British Columbia, Alaska, Glacier Bay National Park, Alsek/Tatshenshini Provincial Park, out to the Gulf of Alaska. It’s home to grizzlies, bald eagles, moose, wolves and more.

The Alsek River has its origins only a short distance from the Tatshenshini but the difference between the two rivers is dramatic. Starting in the rain shadow of some of North America’s tallest peaks, the Alsek River flows through two glacial lakes. Known for grizzly bears, wildflowers, and famed Turnback Canyon. The latter requires a portage assisted by helicopter.

The Wind River is an arctic mountain river and is renowned for its tremendous hiking and whitewater. Paralleling the border of the Yukon and Northwest Territories and ending above the Arctic Circle, the Wind is a crystal-clear remote northern river with superb mountain hiking.

April First Saturday Bird Walk (Montour Preserve)
2024-04-06 08:00 - 10:00 | Montour Preserve, 700 Preserve Rd, Danville, PA, 17821, United States
Saturday, April 6 at 8AM
Seven Mountains Audubon will hold its April First Saturday Bird Walk on April 6th at Montour Preserve. Expert birder and bird photographer Lauri Shaffer will lead the group. Meet at the Goose Cove Parking Lot. The public is welcome. A few pairs of binoculars are available for borrowing.

Woodcock Walk
2024-03-30 18:30 - 21:00
Saturday 3/30/24 – 6:30 PM
It is at Chris Young’s residence. He has created early successional habitat that is great for woodcock. There will be refreshments and some educational information put out prior to the walk

529 Zaners Rohrsburg Rd, Orangeville, PA 17859

A Journey to the Galapagos Islands, Educational Meeting, presented by Jill Largent
2024-03-20 19:00 - 21:00 | East Buffalo Township Municipal Building, 589 Fairground Road, Lewisburg, PA, 7837, United States
Wednesday, March 20, 2024 7-9 PM

“The Galápagos Islands is a volcanic archipelago in the Pacific Ocean. It’s considered one of the world’s foremost destinations for wildlife-viewing. A province of Ecuador, it lies about 1,000km off its coast. Its isolated terrain shelters a diversity of plant and animal species, many found nowhere else. Charles Darwin visited in 1835, and his observation of Galápagos’ species later inspired his theory of evolution.” ― Google
Jill Largent graduated in 1974 from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Albany Medical College with BS in Biomedicine and MD. She trained at Albany Medical Center Hospital in Pediatrics and Pediatric Nephrology. Joined faculty AMC and became Associate Professor in 1979. Joined Geisinger Medical Center in 1990. Retired 2004. Has had lifelong interest in nature. Was active in Seven Mountains Audubon for several years and now mostly hides at home. She is married to longtime Seven Mountains Audubon member John McCann.
589 Fairground Rd, Lewisburg, PA 17837-8832

March First Saturday Bird Walk at Faylor Lake
2024-03-02 08:00 - 11:00
Saturday, March 2, 2024 8-11AM
Bird Walk at Faylor Lake. Walk Leaders – Kay Cramer and Jessie Sauder.
750 Mattern Rd, Beaver Springs, PA 17812

March Educational Meeting (Zoom) - Palmyra Atoll by Matt Miller
2024-02-21 19:00 - 21:00
Wednesday, February 21st at 7 p.m.

Palmyra Atoll: A Paradise in the Pacific. The Palmyra Atoll is a cluster of islands 1,000 miles south of Hawaii, but unlike many Pacific islands, it historically has never had human inhabitants. The site of a small naval base during WWII, today it is jointly managed by The Nature Conservancy and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Take a virtual journey to Palmyra with Matt Miller, editor of The Nature Conservancy’s Cool Green Science, who visited the atoll as part of a fish research project in 2021. Palmyra is an atoll with immense seabird nesting colonies, healthy coral reefs, 12 land crab species including the gigantic coconut crab, sea turtles, sharks, manta rays and more. This diversity was threatened by the presence of invasive rats, eradicated in 2015. Matt will share stories of conservation and hope from Palmyra, today one of the most pristine island ecosystems anywhere in the world.

The zoom link is: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83765201186…
The meeting ID is: 837 6520 1186
The meeting PW is: 422079
