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Updated May 9, 2008 Calendar
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Activities of Organizations in Berks County, Pennsylvania |
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This site contains information about programs, field trips,
exhibits and organizations relating to natural history in
and around Berks County, Pennsylvania. Programs and events are open to
the public.
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Question FOOD TO
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Most of us know about how many food
calories an adult needs per day so in the debate over making ethanol from
corn to replace gasoline wouldn't it be nice to know how many food calories
there are in a gallon of gasoline?
(There is more to food than simply corn and the processes of converting corn to food or of converting corn to ethanol have different efficiencies so this is not the whole story. An important part, however.) For most adults this is the energy in about two weeks of food. |
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Raptors Up Close! -- Interpretive Walk Along the Lookout Trail -- Native Plant Garden Tours -- Hawk Mountain History -- Raptor Study Techniques -- Birding with Binoculars --. Check their web site for details. |
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"Spring Open House" spend a beautiful day o the Hill. Join us for any or all of these hikes. Stop by our display table and enjoy some refreshments. --- 8 am Spring bird walk --- 10 am Walk in the woods - fitness hike. --- 1:30 pm Wildflower walk led by Dr. Susan Munch, botanist, Albright College Geiger Road parking lot. Directions. |
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"First Sundays Open House & Native Plant Sale" A variety of native perennial plants from a local garden center will be on sale. Plant sale web page here. 2 - 3 pm Native Plant WalkJoin Nolde Friends on a walk to discover native wildflowers in bloom. See the particular habitat where they grow, learn how to identify, and share common folklore attributed to many of our wildflowers. Nolde Forest Env. Ed. Center, 2 miles suth of PA-724 on PA-625. Phone 610-796-3699. Email: noldeforestsp@state.pa.us |
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"Neuroptera" by Dr. David Newcomber. This group includes antlions, lacewings, owlflies, fishflies, and the fearsome looking dobsonfly. Kinsey Room at the North Museum (enter at the back door), Lancaster, PA All welcome. |
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"Bird Walk" Join birding experts Jack Holcomb and Joan Silagy on a guided walk through the fields and forests at Blue Marsh Lake. It is easy walking with few hills. Bring your binoculars. The walk should last 1 1/2 hours. Meet at the Visitor Center Pre-registration Required! 610-376-6337. |
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Monthly Club meeting at the Reading Museum auditorium. Tonight's program will be announced. |
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"IMBD Spring Bird Count" Join Bill Uhrich, Baird Ornithological Club, on this annual International Migratory Bird Day count. Resident and neo-tropical migratory birds are tallied for this worldwide event. Meet in the Mansion Parking Area. Relax after the count with a special cup of coffee. "The Migratory Bird Coffee Connection" About 11 am Over 300 bird species migrate annually to the new-world tropics. Habitat decline is a serious threat to their survival but a significant number can utilize the tree cover of shaded coffee plantations. Learn about coffee production, the benefits of shade grown coffee, and tropical forest conservation ? all while conducting your own taste test! Nolde Forest Env. Ed. Center, 2 miles suth of PA-724 on PA-625. Phone 610-796-3699. Email: noldeforestsp@state.pa.us |
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"Bird Walk at "State Game Lands #110, Shartlesville"" Take Shartlesville Road north from the I-78 intersection. Turn left on Forge Dam Road at about 0.3 mile. At 1 mile turn left on Northkill Road and go 0.1 mile to parking lot on the right. We hope these directions are helpful. Coordinator: Kerry Grim. 610-562-4177. |
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"Time Walk - The Building of a Continent" presented by Jeri Jones. This presentation will be a sampling of the recently published book “TimeWalk A Journey through Time in Adams, Lancaster and York Counties, Pennsylvania.” The book is written for the novice reader. The reader will learn much about our landscape and the numerous events that took place here over the past one billion years. Rocks in the three-county area represent two continental collisions and breakups; an ocean and beach environment; a chain of volcanic islands off of the coast of ancient North America and severe erosion and weathering including the Ice Age. |
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"World of Gems & Minerals" Mineral displays, activities, speakers. The only mineralogical show in Berks County. Dozens of vendors with minerals, fossils, jewelry with precious and semi-precious stones, beads, crystals, carvings, and much more. Leesport Farmers Market, Leesport, PA, just off Route 61. Admission $3. |
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"Native Plant Sale" Go Native! Native plants benefit wildlife and are alternatives to invasive exotic plants. Learn more about native plant species and how to use them in your home landscape. Native wildflowers, vines, shrubs, ferns and trees available for purchase. Both Days: Garden Tours, Butterfly and Hummingbird Talks, Helpful Handouts, Expert Advice. Get a FREE raffle ticket with each plant purchase. |
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"Lenape: The Original People" This exhibition -- a unique educational collaboration with educator Dr. James Delle and students from Kutztown University -- will feature explore the rich history of the Lenape. Using artifacts mainly from the Museum’s permanent collection (many found by the Museum’s second Director, Earl Lincoln Poole), visitors will learn about Lenape culture and westward migration after European contact, North American Indian “hot spots” within Berks County, styles of projectile points, historical changes in subsistence, and models of Lenape life, showing tools and objects in use. |
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You are also invited to the butterfly walks found at the link at the top
of the page. |
| You may contact the web master at the above address. |
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Other
Local Sources for Natural History Activities
The Weekend section of the Thursday issue of the Reading Eagle includes a "To Do" list which includes natural history activities. Jack's Backyard, hosted by Jack Holcomb, on Saturdays at 8 to 10 am on WEEU, 830 AM, announces natural history activities at 8 am followed by 2 hours of call-ins and interviews about natural history. |