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Willistown Winter Family Bird Walk Tomorrow Morning

January 27, 2012 By Communications Team

Please join us tomorrow morning (January 28) from 8- 11am at Rushton Woods Preserve for some wonderful winter birding!   Adults and children of all ages welcome!

 Participants will get a chance to bird the rugged trails of the beautiful Rushton Woods Preserve as well as other private trails through pastoral scenes of Willistown not normally accessible to the public.

Dick Eales with Northern flicker
Dick Eales with newly banded Northern flicker just before release.

The walk will be led by the dynamic Dick Eales, our valued board member and head of our new Bird Conservation Committee, whose favorite past time is traveling the world on birding expeditions.  We already have quite a few people signed up, including expert birders , beginner birders and the ‘I-don’t-know-what-a-birder-is’ birders, but the more the merrier!  There is still time to sign up for this pleasant day of birding camaraderie; just email Lisa Kiziuk (lkr@wctrust.org).

We just visited the preserve this morning, and the place was teeming with birds and  MUD.  Please remember to bring your binoculars and boots!  There will be coffee and refreshments available in the farmshed after the walk.

Screech owl. Copyright Laura Erickson
Screech owl. Copyright Laura Erickson

Hope to see you in the field tomorrow! You never know what wonders winter birding may bring…

~Blake

P.S.  There may be a crooked caravan of Snowy Owl enthusiasts leaving straight from the walk at 11am and heading to Shippensburg to see the Cumberland County Snowy Owl, which has been spotted in a corn field there for the past month.  On the way, we might check out the Prairie Falcon, a large falcon of the arid American West, and Townsend’s Warbler, a Pacific Northwest breeder, both of which have also been hanging out in Cumberland County.  Anyone kooky enough is welcome to tag along  to round up these rarities!

Filed Under: Bird Events Tagged With: birding, Cumberland County, Prairie Falcon, Snowy Owl, Townsend's Warbler, Willistown Conservation Trust

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Our nature preserves are open to the public 365 days per year from sunrise to sunset, providing natural places that offer peace and respite for all. Willistown Conservation Trust owns and manages three nature preserves in the Willistown area - Ashbridge, Kirkwood and Rushton Woods Preserve. We maintain these lands for the … Learn more about our nature preserves.

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