Seven Mountains

Bluebird Birdhouse Workshop
2024-02-17 13:00 - 16:00 (America/Halifax) | Montour Preserve, 700 Preserve Rd, Danville, PA, 17821, United States
Saturday, February 17, 2024 AT 1 PM – 4 PM EST
Register by February 10 by emailing Support@MontourPreserve.org.
The program will begin with an informative presentation on the natural history of bluebirds and their conservation. It will explain why putting up a bluebird nest box is so important and fun.
After the presentation, each child will receive a bluebird nest box kit. Following along step-by-step instructions, each participant will assemble the kit into a bluebird box ready for placement. A handout will provide information on the proper placement, monitoring and care of the box. All materials and tools necessary to build the box will be provided.
Note: Spaces are limited (25) and pre-registration is required. Register by February 10 by emailing Support@MontourPreserve.org.
Presented by: Ritchie and Nancy Heintzelman
Admission: Free (donations accepted)

374 Preserve Rd
Danville, PA 17821

Great Backyard Bird Count - Group Birding Opportunity
2024-02-17 08:00 - 10:00
More information about the Great Background Bird Count (February 16-19).

To Participate with a group on this Saturday 2/17/24 – Everyone is invited to join John Slottterback for his annual Great Backyard Bird Count weekend walk through Catawissa on Saturday, February 17th at 8:00AM

Meet at the parking lot by the River Bridge, Main Street and South 1st Street. We will wander along the Catawissa Creek, cross rt 42 (Main Street), head to the Hollingshead Covered bridge and then hike back through town to check out the River from the Bridge. Be prepared for an invigorating and fun hike. With all the varied habitats almost any of our winter birds and birder friends are possibilities.

Environmental Expo at Montour Preserve
2024-02-10 09:00 - 15:00 | Montour Preserve
Saturday, February 10, 2024 9AM – 3PM EST
A can’t-miss event for the whole family and people of all ages … more than 20 interactive booths with hands-on environmental education activities and info previewing upcoming programs and much more.
374 Preserve Rd
Danville, PA 17821

February First Saturday Bird Walk
2024-02-03 08:15 - 11:15 | Turtle Creek Dog Park, 1225 Supplee Mill Rd, Lewisburg, PA, 17837, United States
Saturday, February 3, 2024 8:15 AM – 11:15 AM
Turtle Creek Dog Park
Walk Leaders are Joe Gyekis and Jessica Sauder

January Seven Mountains Audubon Educational Meeting
2024-01-17 19:00 - 21:00 | East Buffalo Township Municipal Building, 589 Fairground Road, Lewisburg, PA, 7837, United States
Wednesday, 7PM, January 17, 2024

East Buffalo Municipal Building. 589 Fairground Rd, Lewisburg, PA 17837

Ecology and Conservation of the Eastern Hellbender Salamander
Dr. Peter Petokas, a research scientist working in association with The Wetland Trust, will describe hellbender behavior and life history, status of populations throughout the Susquehanna River watershed,
description of the hellbender reintroduction project in the upper Susquehanna River watershed, the use
of new technologies in field ecological and behavioral research, and the pathway to the designation of the
hellbender as the Pennsylvania state amphibian. Learn more at https://www.thewetlandtrust.org/hellbenderrecovery/.

January First Saturday Bird Walk - RB Winter State Park
2024-01-06 09:00 - 11:00
9AM, January 6, 2024
Meet with Walk Leader Mike Anderson at the Parking Area, near the dam.
GPS coordinates (49.99024, -77.19027).

December Show and Tell and 50th Anniversary Celebration of Seven Mountains Audubon
2023-12-20 19:00 - 21:00 | East Buffalo Township Municipal Building, 589 Fairground Road, Lewisburg, PA, 7837, United States
Wednesday, December 20, 2023 AT 7 PM
589 Fairground Rd, Lewisburg, PA

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 20th. 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 are excited to mark Seven Mountains Audubon’s 50th anniversary at this meeting. As a special treat Allen and Joanne Schweinsberg will be with us to share their memories of the history of our chapter. They were involved almost from the start having taken over the Christmas Bird count in 1974! All are welcome and encouraged to share their own memories and highlights from their connection to Seven Mountain’s first half-century.
As part of our refreshments we will have a special sheet cake decorated with the Seven Mountain’s logo and some bird photos. We will have other refreshments too so plan to stay afterward and visit awhile.
Join us at our New meeting location, the East Buffalo Township building, 589 Fairground Road, Lewisburg. 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 20th!

Black Bears in Pennsylvania
2023-11-15 19:00 - 21:00 | East Buffalo Township Municipal Building, 589 Fairground Road, Lewisburg, PA, 7837, United States
Wednesday, November 15 – 7-9PM
East Buffalo Township Municipal Building, 725 Fairground Road, Lewisburg, PA

Warden Sheldon Helm of the PA Game Commission will speak to us about black bears, their biology, and their interactions with the human population. He will discuss what individuals can do to prevent unwanted interactions with black bears, especially as related to the feeding of wild birds. This is a live, in person program and the program will also be live streamed and recorded on the Seven Mountains Audubon Facebook Group page.

November First Saturday Bird Walk
2023-11-04 09:00 - 11:00 | Montour Preserve, 700 Preserve Rd, Danville, PA, 17821, United States
Saturday, November 4
9-11AM
Seven Mountains Audubon’s first Saturday bird walk will be combined with the Wings Over Water Event scheduled for Montour Preserve as listed below. Follow the Directions on the Montour Preserve Event notice at https://www.facebook.com/events/1377079209549166?ref=newsfeed

The annual autumn waterfowl migration will be well under way and this event will provide a great opportunity to observe ducks, geese, and other water birds while they stop at lakes and ponds for a time before moving farther south for the winter.
We will begin at the Goose Cove Overlook on Lake Chillisquaque for a broad overview of the lake. From there, we will make our way to other vantage points around the lake.
Dress for the weather and plan for some walking. Bring binoculars or a spotting scope and a field guide if available.
Led by: Deb Steransky, PA Master Naturalist / MARC Land Steward, and Bert Coulter, PA Master Naturalist
Meeting location: Montour Preserve Goose Cove Overlook parking lot
Family friendly: yes
Pets allowed: no (except service dogs)
Admission: free

October Educational Meeting: "Are You a Birder, Bird Photographer, or Both?"- Dr. Patrick Dorion
2023-10-18 20:00 - 22:00
Wednesday, October 18, 2023 at 7 PM
East Buffalo Township Municipal Building, 589 Fairground Rd, Lewisburg, PA 17837

I think that the title of this talk is a question that the speaker has asked himself. His answer will reflect on his past and present experience. It will give experienced birders and bird photographers a chance to compare notes and for those not currently engaged in bird photography, it may be the inspiration you need to get started.
Dr. Patrick Dorion is a semi-retired, long-time colleague in the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology at Geisinger where he is a staff surgical pathologist and hematopathologist. For many years, he was Director of the Hematology Laboratory (Peripheral blood, bone marrow and coagulation).
He has been a valued mentor, teacher and consultant to many in the laboratory and on the physician staff at Geisinger. He is a member of the Columbia-Montour Photography Club. He and his wife Sue, enjoy birding, photography, kayaking and travel.
This program will be in person and it will also be live-streamed on Seven Mountains Facebook.

Union County Birding Spotlight: Dale's Ridge Trail
2023-10-15 09:00 - 11:00
Sunday October 15, 2023, 9:00 am to about 11:00 am, depending on birdiness
Dale’s Ridge Trail
Trip Co-Leaders: Deepak Iyer and Joe Gyekis

Meet at the main parking lot at Dale’s Ridge beside the bridge and walk along Buffalo Creek and up the side of the bluff, looking for fall migrants as we always do in October! Walking speed will be slow, birder speed, but one part is fairly steep, it’s OK if people just join for the easy part along the creek, and if birding is busy, we might not even scale the slope at all. However, if we’re ambitious and conditions encourage it, the hawkwatching can be good from the powerline cut as the day warms.
https://linnconservancy.org/trails/dales-ridge-trail/

Union County Birding Spotlight: R. B. Winter Bird Walk
2023-10-14 08:00 - 10:00
Saturday October 14, 2023, 8:00 to about 10:00 am
Trip Co-Leaders: Kay Cramer and Joe Gyekis
Meet at the larger parking lot by the Nature Center at R.B. Winter State Park at 8 am.
https://goo.gl/maps/oNsPf7guqMbdir1D6
We will walk in the main park area and along Rapid Run Nature Trail, which is at most a fairly flat 1.3 mile loop, but if the birds keep us busy, we might not go that far. https://www.alltrails.com/…/penn…/rapid-run-nature-trail
We hope to find fall migrants, forest specialties, and generally enjoy the peaceful environs.
Bathroom facilities are available at the parking area.

Union County Birding Spotlight: Spruce Run Road in Bald Eagle State Forest
2023-10-13 08:00 - 10:00
Friday October 13, 2023, 8:00AM to about 10:00AM, depending on birdiness
Trip Leader: Brent Bacon
Drive and stop to get out and bird stop by stop in the fall foliage, looking for fall migrant forest birds.
The starting point would be on Spruce Run Rd, as it enters the state forest at the small parking area at the first point here:
Route link: https://goo.gl/maps/dvGLYSqraX3HcPkUA
Coordinates of starting point: 41.032199, -77.009983
Link for starting point:
https://goo.gl/maps/Ehq9ZCj6TDUxB9wG9
No bathroom facilities available.

Birds, Beasts, and Beauty – The Bountiful Island of Papua New Guinea
2023-09-20 19:00 - 21:00 | East Buffalo Township Municipal Building, 589 Fairground Road, Lewisburg, PA, 7837, United States
Wednesday, September 20 at 7PM
589 Fairground Road, Lewisburg, PA 17837, East Buffalo Township Municipal Building
Note the change in location!
Travel to the South Pacific through Linette Mansberger’s photographic presentation of her 2022 trip to Papua New Guinea. The program will include a tiny bit of geography, a little bit of history, and a bounteous amount of beauty from this island country located just below the equator.
Everyone is welcome to this free event.
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September Saturday Walk
2023-09-09 08:00 - 22:00
Saturday, September 9 at 8AM
Seven Mountains Audubon, will hold its first free public bird walk for the 2023-24 season. Led by Chapter President Bill Tyler, it will be held at Montour Preserve.

August First Saturday Walk
2023-07-30 08:00 - 17:00
Saturday, August 5 at 8AM
Wayne Stahl’s Farm
7732 Col John Kelly Rd, Lewisburg PA 17837
Pollinator garden, wildflower field and a field full of milkweed.

June First Saturday Walk
2023-06-03 08:00 - 10:00
SATURDAY, JUNE 3, 2023 AT 8 AM
Seven Mountains Audubon will hold its June First Saturday Bird Walk at the Snyder County Conservation District’s Trail of Trees, Colony Road, Selinsgrove, PA. The walk will be led by John Peeler.

May Presentation with Falconer Michael Kuriga
2023-05-17 19:00 - 21:00 | Kelly Township Building (551 Zeigler RD), 551 Zeigler RD, Lewisburg, PA, 17837
Michael has been a falconer for over thirty years. He will be talking about the role of falconers in the reintroduction of peregrine falcons.
Wednesday, May 17 – 7PM at the Kelly Township Building (551 Zeigler RD)

May Bird Walk
2023-05-06 08:00 - 10:00
May 6, 2023 at 8AM
Seven Mountains Audubon will hold its May First Saturday Bird Walk on May 6th, 2023, at the United States Penitentiary Training Center at Lewisburg, PA. The walk will be led by Brent Bacon.
Directions:
Take an immediate left after going through the front gate on Wm Penn Drive. Do not go to the Penitentiary. Continue left at the next stop sign and go to the Training Center parking lot,where we will meet.

Birding in Alaska
2023-04-19 19:00 - 2023-05-19 21:00 | Kelly Township Building (551 Zeigler RD), 551 Zeigler RD, Lewisburg, PA, 17837
Wednesday, April 19 at 7PM.
Lauri Shaffer will discuss her recent experience birding in Alaska. The presentation will be in the Kelly Township Municipal building (551 Zeigler Rd) and also be live-streamed with Facebook live.

April Saturday Bird Walk (Allenwood Game Lands)
2023-04-15 08:00 - 10:00 | 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

March Educational Meeting: "Birding Iceland" by Karol Pasquinelli
2023-03-15 19:00 - 21:00 | Kelly Township Building (551 Zeigler RD), 551 Zeigler RD, Lewisburg, PA, 17837
Seven Mountains Audubon Free Monthly Educational program will be held March 15th at 7pm at the Kelly Township Municipal Building, 551 Zeigler Road in Lewisburg. Karol Pasquinelli will present a fascinating look at bird adventuring in her program entitled “Birding Iceland.” This will be an in-person lecture and also will be livestreamed on Seven Mountains Facebook page.

March Saturday Bird Walk (Faylor Lake)
2023-03-04 09:00 - 11:00
Seven Mountains Audubon will hold its March First Saturday Bird Walk March 4th at 9 am at Faylor Lake near Beaver Springs. The walk will focus on migrating waterfowl and shorebirds, and will be led by Kay Cramer.

February Monthly Program (Winter Raptor Survey)
2023-02-15 19:00 - 21:00 | Kelly Township Building (551 Zeigler RD), 551 Zeigler RD, Lewisburg, PA, 17837
Wednesday, February 15 at 7PM
Seven Mountains Audubon’s Free Monthly Educational program will be held February 15th at 7pm at the Kelly Township Building, 551 Zeigler Road in Lewisburg. Greg Grove will give a talk about the Winter Raptor Survey held annually around Pennsylvania. He will bring us up-to-date on raptors found in Central PA, such as hawks, eagles and falcons, and discuss their relative abundance this year. This will be an in person lecture and also will be streamed on Seven Mountains Facebook page.

February Bird Walk (Turtle Creek Dog Park)
2023-02-04 08:00 - 10:00
Seven Mountains Audubon will hold its First Saturday Bird Walk February 4th at Turtle Creek Park (1248 Supplee Mill Rd, Lewisburg, PA). Led by birder Bill Malone, it will begin in the parking lot at 8 a.m. Conditions Saturday morning will likely be very cold and icy. Good winter boots are suggested for those attending.

Owls and the Wonder of the Night
2023-01-18 19:00 - 21:00 | Kelly Township Building (551 Zeigler RD), 551 Zeigler RD, Lewisburg, PA, 17837
Wednesday, January 18 at 7PM
The program will be in person, and also streamed on Facebook Live. Check the Seven Mountains Audubon Group to watch it at 7PM.
The program is:
“Owls and the Wonder of the Night”
Presented by: Joe Southerton
Joe Southerton is a retired Mifflinburg Middle School science teacher. However, for a few weeks in the fall and spring he continues to teach and enjoy working with the Mifflinburg Outdoor Education Program. Joe is married to Marirose, also a retired school teacher and together they have five children all who have careers in the education field. Along with being passionate about the bird world, Joe enjoys astronomy, and all other areas ofnatural history. In particular, he is fascinated with any critter that makes magical and frightening sounds at night.
Kelly Township Building
551 Ziegler Rd, Lewisburg, PA 17837-6319, United States

January First Saturday Walk (Montour Preserve)
2023-01-07 08:00 - 10:00
The first Saturday walk is this Saturday January 7th, Montour Preserve, 8AM Meet at Lower Goose Cove parking lot (closest to the lake and the dam)

December Show & Tell
2022-12-21 19:00 - 21:00 | Kelly Township Building (551 Zeigler RD), 551 Zeigler RD, Lewisburg, PA, 17837
7 p.m. on December 21st
The Seven Mountains chapter of Audubon invites folks to its December meeting and program, which will be a Holiday Show and Tell. Members share photos, stories or other interesting bird-related information. Seven Mountains meets at the Kelly Twp. Building on Ziegler Road in Lewisburg at 7 p.m. on December 21st. The public is very welcome; refreshments will be provided.

Photography Tips, with Mike Anderson
2022-11-16 19:00 - 21:00 | Kelly Township Building (551 Zeigler RD), 551 Zeigler RD, Lewisburg, PA, 17837
Wednesday, November 16 at 7PM
Bird enthusiast and wildlife photographer Mike Anderson will present effective photography tips that he uses in his own amazing work. Mike’s program will be presented in person as well as posted live on our Seven Mountains Audubon Facebook page. We meet at the Kelly Township Building, 551 Zeigler Rd., Lewisburg, PA.

Birding In Alaska (Canceled!)
2022-10-19 19:00 - 21:00 | Kelly Township Building (551 Zeigler RD), 551 Zeigler RD, Lewisburg, PA, 17837
Please note this event now has been canceled!
Seven Mountains Audubon Free Monthly Educational program will be October 19th at 7pm at the Kelly Township Building, 551 Zeigler Road in Lewisburg. Lauri Shaffer, well-known local birder and excellent photographer, will present a travelogue of birds and other creatures from her recent trip to Alaska.
