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Volunteer Opportunity

Appalachian Audubon’s collision monitoring program under Bird Safe Harrisburg will be taking place from August 15-November 15 for fall migration. We need volunteers to either be monitors or transporters (or both!). Please find more information here. Please join our Fall 2025 collision monitoring program volunteer orientation to be held on Zoom on Monday, August 4th at 7pm. Please click here to register.

Help Make your municipality a bird town

We would like to ask our members to reach out if they are familiar with anyone on their township board who might be interested in pursuing Bird Town status.  They can get in touch with Marla Miller or AAS President.

UPCOMING EVENTS & DEADLINES

Friday 8/8/25

MILKWEED MEADOWS TOUR

Join Thomas Keller, Justin Klingler, and Stefan Karkuff as we tour Justin’s property, “Milkweed Meadows.”

Justin Klingler is a phenomenal ecologist and expert in native plants and planting.  Justin has taken a good portion of his property and transitioned it into native plantings from large multi-acre meadows, to beds surrounding his home that are filled with a huge variety of native forbs and shrubs.  His property will be the real destination of the evening and Justin will be doing most of the talking when it comes to native plants and how he transformed his property.

Stefan Karkuff is a Pennsylvania Game Commission (PGC) Avian Recovery Biologist.  In his previous role with NRCS & Pheasants Forever, Stefan worked as an expert in transforming agriculture to native plantings throughout the southcentral region and not only was instrumental in planning and developing hundreds of acres for wildlife and pollinators, but also helped Justin and Thomas transform their own properties.  Stefan has also been doing this on his own property and has an incredible amount of knowledge about natives and native plantings.  Stefan will be talking about his work with native plantings and how developing these habitats can make huge positive changes for our native birds here in Pennsylvania.

Thomas Keller, Justin’s neighbor and PGC Furbearer Biologist, will be (his own words!) “a glorified parking attendant and tractor driver for the night.”  Thomas will provide a brief introduction and talk about the evening plans.  Then we’re going to load everyone up on the hay wagon and take a ride through some grass and pollinator plantings over to Justin’s property where we’ll disembark and talk about tools, planning, and execution on native plantings.  Then we’ll have a walking and talking tour of some meadows while Justin and Stefan share information on native plants and native birds.  At the end of the evening, around 8pm, we’ll make our way back to the hay wagon and get folks back to the parking area to head for home. 

Plan to meet by 6pm at:

65 North Old Stonehouse Road, Carlisle, PA 17015

Parking will be in the front field.  There will be signs for parking and Thomas will be there to help people get situated. 

Registration not necessary. Please contact zachrichard021@gmail.com with any questions!

2025=26 Youth Events

Youth Events DETAILS listed at AAS Youth Events.

September 6, 2025 9:00-10:30 Birding at Vincent DiFilippo Nature Preserve

October 4, 2025 9:00-10:30 Birding Cove Mountain Preserve

November 1, 2025 10:00-11:30 Hawk Watch at Waggoners Gap

January 10, 2026 9:00-10:30 Winter Waterfowl at West Fairview Boat Launch

February 14, 2026 10:00-11:30 Winter Birding at Wildwood

March 7, 2026 9:00-10:30 Birding Childrens Lake

April 2026 TBD 8:30-10:30 Haldman Island with Scott Bills

May 2026 TBD 8:30-10:00 Banding with Sandy Lockerman

2025-26 MONTHLY Presentations will be listed in august 2025

Please check out our programs page for more details.

2025-26 Field Trips

Please check out our field trips page for more details.

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Choose from Regular OR Swiss Decaf, as well as Ground OR Whole Bean.  Send orders to Lorrie at Coffee@appalachianaudubon.org.   

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Join Thomas Keller, Justin Klingler, and Stefan Karkuff as we tour Justin’s property, “Milkweed Meadows.” Justin Klingler is an ecologist and expert in native plants and planting. Justin has taken a good portion of his property an
Join Thomas Keller, Justin Klingler, and Stefan Karkuff as we tour Justin’s property, “Milkweed Meadows.” Justin Klingler is an ecologist and expert in native plants and planting. Justin has taken a good portion of his property and transitioned it into native plantings from large multi-acre meadows, to beds surrounding his home - all filled with a variety of native forbs and shrubs. Stefan Karkuff is a Pennsylvania Game Commission (PGC) Avian Recovery Biologist. Stefan will be discuss his work with native plantings and how developing these habitats can make huge positive changes for our native birds here in Pennsylvania. Thomas Keller, Justin’s neighbor and PGC Furbearer Biologist, will be (his own words!) “a glorified parking attendant and tractor driver for the night.” Thomas will provide a brief introduction and talk about the evening plans. Plan to meet by 6pm at: 65 North Old Stonehouse Road, Carlisle, PA 17015 Parking will be in the front field. There will be signs for parking and Thomas will be there to help people get situated. Registration not necessary. Please contact zachrichard021@gmail.com with any questions! #nativeplants #plantsforbirds #meadow #fieldtrip #JoinUs #hayride Common Milkweed image by David Illig/Flickr (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)
Please join us on zoom for our collision monitoring program's Fall orientation! We will be presenting what we found this past spring and will also be reviewing what it entails to be a volunteer as we prepare for our Fall monitoring season, running fr
Please join us on zoom for our collision monitoring program's Fall orientation! We will be presenting what we found this past spring and will also be reviewing what it entails to be a volunteer as we prepare for our Fall monitoring season, running from August 15-November 15. If you are interested in volunteering for this program, please attend! The link to register can be found on our Linktree in our bio. #collisionmonitoring #birdsafeglass #birdsafe #volunteer #VolunteerOpportunity
Appalachian Audubon helped to partially fund the retrofit of Wildwood Park's Benjamin Olewine III Nature Center with @featherfriendly dots to reduce bird collisions! Dots spaced no more than 2 inches apart horizontally and vertically have been shown
Appalachian Audubon helped to partially fund the retrofit of Wildwood Park's Benjamin Olewine III Nature Center with @featherfriendly dots to reduce bird collisions! Dots spaced no more than 2 inches apart horizontally and vertically have been shown to reduce collisions by at least 95%. This is hopefully one of the many projects that our Bird Safe Harrisburg initiative can lend support. The nature center is now leading by example in our community. Thank you to the @dauphincounty_parksrec maintenance staff for working on the installation. Photos provided by Chris Rebert, Park Manager. #birdcollisionprevention #birdsafe #onebillionbirds
Capital Region Water invites families, educators, and environmental stewards to "DeHart Day: Consider the Source" on Saturday, June 28, 2025, from 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM at the scenic DeHart Dam & Reservoir, 4927 Clarks Valley Rd., Tower C
Capital Region Water invites families, educators, and environmental stewards to "DeHart Day: Consider the Source" on Saturday, June 28, 2025, from 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM at the scenic DeHart Dam & Reservoir, 4927 Clarks Valley Rd., Tower City, PA 17980. This free, public event highlights the critical importance of source water protection, and the vital role that the DeHart Reservoir plays in providing clean drinking water to our city and communities. Guests can look forward to: -Guided hikes with watershed experts -Guided nature & bird walk -Water filtration and pollution prevention demos -Youth activities -Local food trucks and more Appalachian Audubon will be tabling and providing a bird walk at the event! #drinkingwater #birdwalk #conserve
Creating a Pollinator Garden Program: hosted by the Penn State Master Gardeners of Cumberland County, this program will be held on Saturday, June 14, from 9:30am-12pm, at the Penn State Extension office in Carlisle. Create your own pollinator contai
Creating a Pollinator Garden Program: hosted by the Penn State Master Gardeners of Cumberland County, this program will be held on Saturday, June 14, from 9:30am-12pm, at the Penn State Extension office in Carlisle. Create your own pollinator container garden of nectar and larval host plants to take home, tour the Allen Road Pollinator Garden for inspiration, learn about pollinator-friendly native plants, and more. Register for $15 by June 12 at https://extension.psu.edu/creating-a-pollinator-garden or call Penn State Extension Registration Services at 1-877-345-0691. All supplies are included in the registration fee. We would love to have more native plants and pollinators in our communities to help our birds. Thanks! #nativeplants #pollinators Photo by gardener41/Flickr CC BY-SA 2.0
Join Thomas Keller, Justin Klingler, and Stefan Karkuff as we tour Justin’s property, “Milkweed Meadows.” Justin Klingler is an ecologist and expert in native plants and planting. Justin has taken a good portion of his property an Please join us on zoom for our collision monitoring program's Fall orientation! We will be presenting what we found this past spring and will also be reviewing what it entails to be a volunteer as we prepare for our Fall monitoring season, running fr Appalachian Audubon helped to partially fund the retrofit of Wildwood Park's Benjamin Olewine III Nature Center with @featherfriendly dots to reduce bird collisions! Dots spaced no more than 2 inches apart horizontally and vertically have been shown Capital Region Water invites families, educators, and environmental stewards to "DeHart Day: Consider the Source" on Saturday, June 28, 2025, from 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM at the scenic DeHart Dam & Reservoir, 4927 Clarks Valley Rd., Tower C Creating a Pollinator Garden Program: hosted by the Penn State Master Gardeners of Cumberland County, this program will be held on Saturday, June 14, from 9:30am-12pm, at the Penn State Extension office in Carlisle. Create your own pollinator contai