Rain date: April 3

Help with spring clean-up around the Osprey House and refuge — gardening, cleaning nest boxes, trail maintenance, and clean chores. Come for the entire time or a few hours.

Lunch will be provided.

7:00am – Bird walk with Jeff Frantz

9:00am – Habitat Gardens Project work session

11:00am – Habitat Gardening workshop

8:00am – Birding Workshop for Beginners.

10:00am – Herpetology Workshop: Reptiles and Amphibians

Comprehensive bird survey of the Lehigh Gap Nature Center.

5:00am – Owl prowl

7:00am – Teams to cover four different parts of the refuge.

Please PRE-REGISTER by May 4 so we can organize teams. For registration call 610-760-8889 or email lgnc@ptd.net

Meet at the Osprey House by 8:45am to carpool to Lehigh Furnace Gap for a hike back to the Osprey House. Five miles, mostly flat or downhill, sometimes rocky.

Experience great views, good birding, and the blooming of wildflowers such as Pink Lady-Slippers, Pinkster Azalea, and Polygala.

Bring lunch and water.

We will return around 2:00pm.

Leader Corey Husic.

Come to see breeding birds of the refuge including Baltimore and Orchard Orioles, Wood Ducks, Prairie Warblers, and Eastern Wood-Pewees.

In past years, we have seen unusual late spring species including Olive-sided Flycatcher and Worm-eating Warbler. We have also seen the rare River Otter on this spring walk.

A hike from the Osprey House to the communication towers via the Charcoal and North Trails. We will reach the towers near sunset and walk down Translator Lane after dark. In the past, we have heard up to 10 Whip-poor-wills along the road.

This is a six-mile hike. Bring a flashlight.

This is an Allentown Hiking Club/LGNC event.

Leaders: Bob Hoopes and Jim Gabovitz.

Join the Naturalists Club members on a hike to explore the natural history of the LGNC.

Expect a moderate to difficult hike and bring water.

Search for beautiful butterflies and dynamic dragonflies and damselflies. Binoculars and nets will be provided.

Come and see these beautiful insects including Calico Pennants, Twelve-spotted Skimmers, Spicebush Swallowtails, and Orange Bluets!

Potluck Picnic – Bring a dish to share with everyone. See the new visitor and education center and take a tour of Naturalist Brandon Everett’s Prairie Warbler Trail Habitat Project.