Sunday, January 22, 2012, 3:00 pm

Dr. Anita Collins, “Beyond honey bees: the 400 species of native bees in PA.”  Dr. Collins is collaborating on a survey of the native bees east of the Mississippi.  Lehigh Gap Nature Center is one of her study sights.  The Junior Naturalists have been helping out and we’ve found some interesting species.  Come learn what makes a bee.

 

Sunday, February 26, 2012, 3:00 pm  

Dr. Carol Mapes, Kutztown University, “ Common Plant Galls of Pennsylvania.”  This talk will be an introduction to the fascinating topic of insect and mite-induced galls on plants. Dr. Mapes is an authority on plant galls and the arthropods that cause them.

 

Thursday, March 22, 2012, 7:30 pm

Dave Levandusky, Photographer, “Photographing the 3 Ponds.”  Join us for a casual evening with Dave and his photos of his adventures at LGNC’S  Three Ponds refuge. Dave will give a few tips on improving your wildlife photography followed by a slide show of some of the creatures big and small that he sees!  And feel free to ask any question you may have and Dave will be happy to help you out!

 

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Friday, September 16, 2011

Evening Session

(Great Hall, Osprey House)

*7:00 pm-8:30 pm: Hawk Migration and Identification workshop

Saturday, September 17, 2011

Morning Sessions

7:00-9:15 am: Bird walk: warblers and other neotropical migrants (meet at Osprey House)

8:00-9:15 am: Family bird walk along the Prairie Warbler Trail (meet at Osprey House)

9:30-noon: Hawk migration observation at Bake Oven Knob (meet at Osprey House at 9:15)

9:30-noon: Live amphibians and reptiles of the Appalachians (Ecology Lab, Osprey House)

10:00-11:00 am: Live birds of prey (Osprey House decks near pond)

*11:00 -11:40 am Waterthrush Research: from the Delaware Water Gap to the Tropics, Dr. Terry Master, East Stroudsburg University (Presentation in the Great Hall, Osprey House

11:45 am -12:15 pm Lunch (food and beverages will be available for purchase

*12:15 -1:45 pm: Monarch butterfly migration and tagging (meet at Osprey House porch)

Afternoon Sessions

Great Hall Presentations: 1:00-5:00 pm

*1:00-5:00 pm: Kittatinny Ridge Conservation Display in Great Hall

*1:45-2:25 pm: Eastern PA Phenology Project, Dr. Diane Husic, Moravian College

*2:30-3:10 pm: Bat migration and conservation, Dr. Sandy Whidden, East Stroudsburg University

*3:15-4:00 pm: Gardening for migration, Dr. Barbara Malt, Lehigh Valley Audubon Society and Amy Weidensaul, Audubon PA

*4:00-5:00 pm: Teacher workshop follow-up

Family and kid friendly events: 1:00-4:00 pm

1:00-1:30 pm: Habitat Garden walk -plants, pollinators, songbirds, hummingbirds (meet on Osprey House porch)

1:30-2:00 pm: Life in a drop of water – Laboratory session with pond water and microscopes (Ecology Lab, Osprey House)

2:00-3:00 pm: Migration crafts (Ecology Lab, Osprey House)

3:00-4:00 pm: Butterfly observation and Monarch butterfly tagging (meet on Osprey House porch)

Evening Program (Great Hall, Osprey House)

7:00 pm: Keynote Speaker: Pete Dunne, Cape May Bird Observatory: “On the Shoulders of Giants“

Non-members: $15 | Members: $10

 

Sunday, September 18, 2011

 

Morning Sessions

7:30 am: Bird walk and hawk migration observation at Hawk Mountain (meet at Osprey House at 6:45 or Hawk Mt. at 7:30)

8:00 am-4:00 pm: Hawk Migration observation on your own at Bake Oven Knob (volunteer counter will be at lookout to interpret the flight)

9:30 am: Live amphibians and reptiles of the Appalachians (Ecology Lab, Osprey House)

10:00 am: Habitat Garden walk (meet on Osprey House porch)

11:00 am: Monarch butterfly migration and tagging (meet on Osprey House porch)

12:30-1:00: Lunch (food and beverages will be available for purchase)

Afternoon Sessions

Great Hall Presentations: 1:00-4:00 pm

1:00-4:00 pm: Kittatinny Ridge Conservation Display in Great Hall

*1:00-2:00 pm: Audubon at Home by Steve Saffier, National Audubon Society

*2:00-2:20 pm: LGNC Habitat Garden through the seasons, Dan Kunkle

*2:20-2:40 pm: Bird Identification, Dr. Diane Husic

*2:40-3:00 pm: Butterflies of Eastern Pennsylvania, Corey Husic

*3:00-4:00 pm: Teacher workshop follow-up

Family and kid friendly events: 1:00-3:00 pm

1:00-2:00 pm: Life in a drop of water – Laboratory session with pond water and microscopes

2:00-3:00 pm: Migration crafts

* denotes teacher workshop session

 

This LGNC event is being developed in partnership with the Lehigh Valley Greenways Conservation Landscape Initiative and Audubon PA.  Funding is provided in part by Lehigh County, the Audubon TogetherGreen Fellows Program, and a grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Bureau of Recreation and Conservation, Environmental Stewardship Fund, administered by Delaware & Lehigh National Heritage Corridor, Inc.