Bartramian Audubon Society Meetings

Join us for a low impact bird walk at Jennings. We will look and listen for fall migrants and many of our year-round residents. We have binoculars for your use if you do not have any. Come enjoy being outdoors while the days are still long. 

Brian Shema Operations Director for Audubon Society of Western Pennsylvania has been working in Chimney Swift research for nearly two decades. He is responsible for the largest Chimney Swift conservation program in the country. Discover why Chimney Swifts are in decline and what is being done to increase the population. Come to learn about these wonderful little flyers and what is being done to save them.

Dr. Brian M. Wargo will showcase the esoteric and often unknown activity of Hawkwatching using pictures and stories, which he has documented in his book, Bird!: An Exploration of Hawkwatching. Wargo is currently the Chair of the Board of the Hawk Migration Association (HMA). Previously, he served as the chair for the Education and Conservation committee as well as the Data committee for HMA (formerly HMANA).

For about a decade, he was the Eastern Flyway Editor for Hawk Migration Studies. Wargo is also the Saturday counter at the Allegheny Front Hawk Watch, which is managed by the Allegheny Plateau Audubon Society for which Wargo serves as the President. He created the Junior Hawkwatcher Program which is aimed at getting young people interested in hawkwatching.

This program has been adopted by HMA and is being implemented nationally.

Enjoy good food and good company at our annual holiday potluck; bring a dish to share and your holiday spirit. Our teacher and student scholarship winners will tell us about their experiences at the Hog Island Audubon Camp in Maine.