2024 Youth Events
South Central Pennsylvania Young Birders Club meetings are scheduled for youth at AAS Chapter Meetings (monthly on 3rd Thursday evening from 6:30 to 7:30). There will also be additional events planned for South Central Pennsylvania Young Birders Club members and other young birders who are interested. January and February meetings are conducted online.
A parent/guardian are recommended to attend all field trips and club meetings with participants under the age of 15.
For more information contact Anna at youth@appalachianaudubon.org
Meeting location: Christ Presbyterian Church
421 Deerfield Road
Camp Hill, PA 17011
Park in the lot at the far end of the church.
South Central Pennsylvania Young Birders Club Field Trips
January 2025
Winter Birding at Wildwood Park
When: Sat, Jan 11, 8:00am - 10:00am
Where: 100 Wildwood Way, Harrisburg, PA 17110
Description: We will join the adults at Wildwood Park for a trip led by Rick and Peggy Price. Meet outside the Olewine Nature Center at 8:00 AM to search for year-round resident birds, visiting waterfowl and winter songbirds. At 10:00 AM those who wish may stay for “Birds and Brew” co-hosted by Wildwood Park and AAS, which consists of watching feeder birds from the comfort of the indoors with hot coffee, tea, or hot chocolate for our young birder.
February 2025
Young Birders Movie Night
When: February 22, 6 - 8 pm
Where: 100 Gettysburg Pike, Mechanicsburg, PA 17055
The Young Birders Club and Upper Allen Township are hosting a movie night! Bring your family and friends to watch Migration, a movie about a mallard family migrating from New England to Jamaica. It will be held in their multipurpose room, but you must bring your own chairs or a blanket to sit on. Snacks and refreshments will begin at 6. Enter through the main doors of the township building and follow the signs to the multipurpose room.
March 2025
Birding at Vincent DiFilippo Nature Preserve
When: March 15, 9 - 10:30 am
Where: 110 Sample Bridge Rd, Mechanicsburg, PA 17050
This former golf course is a perfect habitat to see our early spring migrants and raptors. Expect warblers, orioles, swallows, and waterfowl. We will meet in the parking lot and bird the gravel path ~2 miles.
May 2025
Bird Banding with Sandy Lockerman
When: May 17, 8:30 - 10 am
Where: 100 Wildwood Way, Harrisburg, PA 17110
Bird banding is one of the most popular ways of tracking and identifying birds. On this trip, we will learn the ins and outs of songbird banding at Wildwood with bander Sandy Lockerman! To register, please email Anna at youth@appalachianaudubon.org with the number of people in your party.
June 2025
Falcon Watch
When: June TBD
Where: 400 Market St, Harrisburg, PA 17101
Since 2002, peregrine falcons have nested on the Rachel Carson Building in Harrisburg. The Young Birders Club has a special opportunity to observe the young falcons and talk with the volunteers who monitor them. Dates for this event depend on when the falcons hatch, so stay tuned for updates. To register, email youth@appalachianaudubon.org.