AUDUBON PROGRAM: WHAT IS THAT BIRD

AT MY FEEDER

(WITH JAMES V. BROWN LIBRARY)

WHERE: James V. Brown Library’s Lowry Room

WHEN: Saturday, Nov. 1 from 10:30 a.m. to noon

NOTES: Get ready to welcome and learn about the winter birds that are likely to visit your feeders in the city. What are their names? What colors and patterns help us identify them? What do birds like to eat?

You will learn to use binoculars and how to download the free Merlin bird identification app on your phone. This program is presented by experienced birders from the Lycoming County Audubon Chapter.

Registration is required through the James V. Brown Library.

AUDUBON EVENT: RIDER PARK BIRDWALK

WHERE: 1769 Caleb Creek Road in Trout Run

WHEN: Saturday, Nov. 1 at 8 a.m.

NOTES: Hike with Rider Park manager Sara Street and members of the Lycoming Audubon Society as we look and listen for a variety of species of birds in the woods and meadows of the Allegheny Ridge. The walk follows moderate grades on mostly grassy trails.

Those interested will meet at the yellow gate near the main parking area.

AUDUBON EVENT:

OHL/MCELHATTEN

RESERVOIR BIRDWALK

WHERE: Valero gas station located at the interchange of PA 477 and Interstate 80

WHEN: Saturday, Nov. 8 at 9 a.m.

NOTES: Our final Saturday trip of the season will be in southern Clinton County. We will walk along the edge of this 100-acre lake and search for winter species, possibly including finches, raptors, migrating waterfowl and perhaps even shore birds.

Wearing blaze orange this time of the year is always wise as a precaution. Join the Audubon Society for this relatively flat walk along the water and woods.

See the Lycoming Audubon Society website for more details.

VOLUNTEER WITH

LYCOMING AUDUBON: ROBERT PORTER

ALLEN NATURAL AREA

WHERE: Robert Porter Allen Natural Area (meet at the South Williamsport side; park at the soccer field at the end of East Mountain Ave.)

WHEN: Sunday, Nov. 9 from 1-4 p.m.

NOTES: Lycoming Audubon has several volunteer workdays planned for Robert Porter Allen Natural Area. This fall we are focusing on removing invasive plants and planting native trees and shrubs. Please bring your enthusiasm, work boots and work clothes. Light refreshments will be served. We will plant bareroot trees at the entrance to RPANA.

AUDUBON EVENT:

CHAPTER MEETING

WHERE: Taber Museum (858 West Fourth Street in Williamsport)

WHEN: Wednesday, Nov. 19 at 6:30 p.m.

NOTES: Join Lycoming Audubon Society as finch expert Matthew Young introduces us to the 43 finches of the United States and Canada, from feeder-favorite goldfinches to red crossbill tribes, to least known mountain-top black rosyfinches to endangered Hawaiian honeycreepers.

This program is based on the information-backet book “Stokes Guide to Finches of the United States and Canada” by Lillian Stokes, best-selling author of 35 Stokes guides and co-authored by Young.

Learn detailed finch identification, language, behavior, irruptions, specialized maps and foraging charts on crossbills, how to conserve finches and much more.