Spring and Fall Native Plant Sale
AAS holds a Native Plant Sale at Diakon Wilderness Greenhouse every April and September
Silent Auction
AAS holds an annual online silent auction in April/May of each year.
Donations have been received and excitement is building for the Annual Online Silent Auction! Bidding is open and runs through Saturday, May 4 at 10:00 p.m. The auction will be held on the BiddingOwl website:
https://new.biddingowl.com/AppalachianAudubon (please note new BiddingOwl website this year). Highlights of this year’s auction include:
• Tickets to:
o Amish Farm & House, Lancaster
o Bowman’s Hill Wildflower Preserve, New Hope
o Chanticleer Garden, Wayne
o Gettysburg Heritage Center, Gettysburg
o Heinz History Center, Pittsburgh
o Lake Tobias Wildlife Park, Halifax
o Longwood Gardens, Kennett Square
o Mt. Cuba Center, Hockessin, DE
o Museum of the American Revolution, Philadelphia
o National Aviary, Pittsburgh
o National Watch and Clock Museum, Columbia
o Nemours Estate, Wilmington, DE
o Sight and Sound, Lancaster
o The Hershey Story, Hershey
o The National Civil War Museum, Harrisburg
o “Wings Over Water” IMAX film at Whitaker Center, Harrisburg
• Canoe trip from Blue Mt. Outfitters
• Bluebird box with information booklet
• Framed prints
There will be many more items as well as gift cards from restaurants, grocery stores, and local businesses. We encourage all members to participate as bidders. Join the fun, review the site often and bid, bid, bid! Using BiddingOwl is easy — instructions for creating an account and participating are on the website.
We encourage winning bidders to pick up their items at the AAS Annual Celebration, on May 18, 1:00–3:00 p.m. at Lower Allen Community Park. If you can’t come to the Celebration, you may make other arrangements with auction volunteers
for pickup in the Harrisburg and West Shore area. Please note that we are NOT able to ship any items.
All proceeds from the auction will support the chapter’s scholarships for environmental and natural history camps.
These scholarships enable many local young people to experience exciting and life-shaping educational opportunities in Pennsylvania and at Audubon’s Bird Studies Camp on the coast of Maine.
Annual Celebration
AAS holds an annual celebration at the end of May at the Lower Allen Township Park which includes a bird walk and more.
Join Appalachian Audubon Society to celebrate the 2023–2024 year on Saturday, May 18th at the Fernlawn Pavilion at Lower Allen Community Park; 4075 Lisburn Road, Mechanicsburg, PA 17055 from 1:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m. AAS will be hosting a birdwalk, a potluck picnic, an educational program from ZooAmerica, fun activities for kids, and more! Please sign up with your potluck item on this form: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/0/d/1w8l3_tne3HhBntDkjudUBURjWaKj8Ou4/htmlview#gid=3763452. We hope to see you there!
Falcon Watch
Every year Peregrine Falcon’s nest on the top of the Rachel Carson building in Harrisburg. Volunteers help watch and rescue any birds that fledge to ensure their safety.
Learn More and Watch the babies grow: PA Falcon Cam
Bird Seed Fundraiser
AAS partners with Davis Country Living - Mechanicsburg Agway to offer bird seed at a discounted price for November and December.
Birdseed purchases help us raise the funds we need for local education and conservation programs, including:
• Conservation camp scholarships for young people and teachers
• Outstanding monthly programs that are free and open to the public
• Birding and other nature field trips that are available for all ages and levels of experience
• Community education and outreach programs
• Important bird habitat conservation work at Trout Run.
Christmas Bird Count
The nation's longest-running community science bird project fuels Audubon's work throughout the year.
Project Feeder Watch
FeederWatch is a November-April survey of birds that visit backyards, nature centers, community areas, and other locales in North America.
AAS partners with Wildwood Park for Birds and Coffee on the second Saturday, November - April.
Join us from 10–11am on the second Saturday of the month from November through April.
We will be at the bird-viewing area inside the Olewine Nature Center selling and serving bird-friendly coffee, watching birds attracted to the feeders, and recording what we see for Project Feederwatch.