Location: Dorothy Rider Pool Wildlife Sanctuary – 3701 Orchid Place, Emmaus, PA 18049
Friday
Time: 4:30 – 6:00 pm
Trip leader: Brandon Swayser

Distance from hotel: 10 miles, 16-minute drive
Parking: To be determined
Facilities, accessibility: Outhouse and porta-potty available, 1 ADA accessible boardwalk trail, other trails are well-maintained and vary from flat to hilly.
Description: At this local migration hotspot we hope to see warblers, thrushes, and other migrants. This ~80 acre property is surrounded on 3 sides by the Little Lehigh Creek, making riparian bird sightings likely. It features a wetland boardwalk, upland forest habitat, and several meadows. If folks choose to attend the owling event afterwards, time is built-in for them to get dinner at one of several restaurants in Emmaus.

Location: Dorothy Rider Pool Wildlife Sanctuary – 3701 Orchid Place, Emmaus, PA 18049
Friday
Time: 8:00 – 9:30 pm
Trip leader: Wildlands Conservancy education staff

Distance from hotel: 10 miles, 16-minute drive
Parking: To be determined
Facilities, accessibility: presentation will talk place in an ADA accessible building, walk will be on mostly flat, well-maintained trails in the dark. Indoor restrooms available.
Description: $15/person to cover program costs. Wildlands Conservancy will conduct one of their popular “Hoot Hike” programs for our group, which includes a live owl presentation with education ambassador birds, an owling walk on the trails, and s’mores and hot cocoa around a fire. Great Horned and Eastern Screech Owls are commonly encountered on this property.

Location: Leaser Lake North Ramp – Ontelaunee Rd, New Tripoli, PA 18066
Saturday
Time: 7:30 -11:30am
Trip Leader: Frank Dickman

Distance from hotel: 17 miles, 26-minute drive
Parking: Plenty of parking
Facilities, accessibility: Varied terrain and trail conditions, several outhouse restrooms available.
Description: This 540-acre Lehigh County Park and surrounding protected areas contain the highest bird species diversity of any hotpot in Lehigh County. Varied habitats at this site include open water, vegetated lakeshore, grasslands, and elevational forest. Migratory warblers, wading birds, waterfowl, and raptors are all targets here.

Location: Trexler Nature Preserve MTB Access – N Range Utility Rd, Schnecksville, PA 18078
Saturday
Time: 7:30-10:30 am
Trip Leader: Brandon Swayser

Distance from hotel: 7 miles, 16-minute drive
Facilities, accessibility: porta-potty available, dirt trail with slight hills.
Parking: Parking lot fills fast on nice weather weekend mornings, carpooling is recommended.
Description: Trexler Nature Preserve is an expansive, 1500 acre preserve system managed by Lehigh County, and contains an impressive variety of habitats and bird species. At the North Range our target is a resident colony of Red-headed Woodpeckers, as well as American Kestrels, and other grassland/meadow habitat specialists.

Location: Lehigh Valley Zoo parking lot – 5150 Game Preserve Rd, Schnecksville, PA 18078
Saturday
Time: 8-11:30 am
Trip Leader: Jim Funk

Distance from hotel: 8 miles, 18-minute drive
Parking: Plenty of parking
Facilities, accessibility: porta-potty available, flat, ADA accessible trail
Description: Trexler Nature Preserve is an expansive, 1500 acre preserve system managed by Lehigh County, and contains an impressive variety of habitats and bird species. The Covered Bridge Trail is an ADA Accessible trail that circles the Jordan Creek. Migratory warbler, sparrows, and riparian birds are targets here.

Location: 400 Belfast Rd, Nazareth, PA 18064
Saturday
Time: 7:30-11:30 am
Trip Leader: Terry Master

Distance from hotel: 28 miles, 35-minute drive
Parking: Plenty of parking.
Facilities, accessibility: well-maintained trails, some small hills. Outhouse and indoor restrooms.
Description: Jacobsburg State Park features varied habitats including meadows, a large native plant garden, the beautiful Bushkill Creek, and an old growth Hemlock Forest. Species targets include warblers, sparrows, and other migrants.

Location: 8844 Paint Mill Rd, Slatington, PA 18080
Saturday
Time: 8:00-11:30 am
Trip Leader: Dan Kunkle

Distance from hotel: 19 miles, 31 minute drive
Parking: Parking is limited, carpooling is recommended
Facilities, accessibility: indoor restroom, trails range from flat crushed gravel to steep, potentially slippery rock and dirt.
Description: Lehigh Gap Nature Center, located at where the Lehigh River cuts through the Kittatinny Ridge, is the country’s only Nature Center built on a superfund site. Learn from the Nature Center’s founder how this polluted wasteland was transformed into an oasis for wildlife. Migratory passerines and raptors are expected here.

Location: Little Lehigh Parkway – 2901 Fish Hatchery Road, Allentown, PA 18104
Saturday
Time: 7:30 – 10:30 am
Trip Leader: Barbara Malt and Peter Saenger

Distance from hotel: 8 miles, 15 minute drive
Description: The Little Lehigh Parkway is a 629-acre park surrounding the Little Lehigh River in Allentown. Habitats include upland deciduous forest, riparian forest, small wetlands and open fields. Target birds include Bald Eagle, Osprey, Great Blue Heron, Belted Kingfisher as well as migrating songbirds including warblers and thrushes. After visiting the park, we will take a short drive to Muhlenberg College, where Ornithologist Peter Saenger will give you a tour of the impressive specimen museum at the school’s Acopian Center for Ornithology.

Location: Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Visitor Center – 1700 Hawk Mountain Rd, Kempton, PA 19529
Saturday
Time: 6:30-11:00 am
Trip Leader: HMS Staff

Distance from hotel: 23 miles, 32 minute drive
Parking: plenty of parking
Facilities, accessibility: outhouse and indoor restroom available. Steep, rocky trails.
Description: Hawk Mountain is 2600 acre mountain-top bird sanctuary, globally recognized for its world-class raptor migrations and impressive body of conservation work. Hawk Mountain Staff will show us their facilities, and we’ll hike to the North Lookout for some hawk-watching.

Location: 375 Bake Oven Rd, Germansville, PA 18053
Saturday
Time: 7:00-11:30 am
Trip Leader: Corey Husic

Distance from hotel: 15 miles, 26 minute drive
Parking: Plenty of parking 40.744820, -75.738025
The walk from the parking lot to the lookout is about a half mile of uneven terrain.
Description: Bake Oven Knob is located along the Appalachian Trail and is the highest point in Lehigh County. Lehigh Gap Nature Center runs an annual hawkwatch here, and good looks at migratory raptors can be expected with Northwest winds.

Location: 2138 Croasdale Rd, Stroudsburg, PA 18360
Saturday
Time: 7:00-11:00 am
Trip Leader: Jon Mularczyk

Distance from hotel: 50 miles, 1-hour drive
Parking: Plenty of parking
Facilities, accessibility: paved trails, some steep hills. Outhouse restroom available.
Description: We will explore the varied habitats of Cherry Valley NWR’s headquarters tract, located on a restored golf course at the foothills of the Pocono Plateau. Migratory warblers, sparrows, and riparian birds are expected.

Location: 170 N Chapman Rd, Doylestown, PA 18901
Saturday
Time: 7:00-11:00 am
Trip Leader: Greg George

Parking: plenty of parking
Distance from hotel: 35 miles, 1-hour drive
Facilities, accessibility: indoor restrooms and porta-potties. Varied trail surfaces and grade, ranging from rocky with slight hills to paved and flat.
Description: Located around the perimeter of Lake Galena in Bucks County, Peace Valley Park is a top regional birding destination. The Nature Center contains a productive bird blind, many trails, and a nature store. Migrant passerines, waterfowl, waders, and more can be found here.

Location: Leaser Lake North Ramp – Ontelaunee Rd, New Tripoli, PA 18066
Sunday
Time: 7:30 -11:30 am
Trip Leader: Frank Dickman

Distance from hotel: 17 miles, 26-minute drive
Parking: Plenty of parking
Facilities, accessibility: Varied terrain and trail conditions, several outhouse restrooms available.
Description: This 540-acre Lehigh County Park and surrounding protected areas contain the highest bird species diversity of any hotpot in Lehigh County. Varied habitats at this site include open water, vegetated lakeshore, grasslands, and elevational forest. Migratory warblers, wading birds, waterfowl, and raptors are all targets here.

Location: Trexler Nature Preserve MTB Access- N Range Utility Rd, Schnecksville, PA 18078
Sunday
Time: 7:30-10:30 am
Trip Leader: Brandon Swayser

Distance from hotel: 7 miles, 16-minute drive
Facilities, accessibility: porta-potty available, dirt trail with slight hills.
Parking: Parking lot fills fast on nice weather weekend mornings, carpooling is recommended.
Description: Trexler Nature Preserve is an expansive, 1500 acre preserve system managed by Lehigh County, and contains an impressive variety of habitats and bird species. At the North Range our target is a resident colony of Red-headed Woodpeckers, as well as American Kestrels, and other grassland/meadow habitat specialists.

Location: Lehigh Valley Zoo parking lot – 5150 Game Preserve Rd, Schnecksville, PA 18078
Sunday
Time: 8-11:30 am
Trip Leader: Jim Funk

Distance from hotel: 8 miles, 18-minute drive
Parking: Plenty of parking
Facilities, accessibility: porta-potty available, flat, ADA accessible trail
Description: Trexler Nature Preserve is an expansive, 1500 acre preserve system managed by Lehigh County, and contains an impressive variety of habitats and bird species. The Covered Bridge Trail is an ADA Accessible trail that circles the Jordan Creek. Migratory warbler, sparrows, and riparian birds are targets here.

Location: 400 Belfast Rd, Nazareth, PA 18064
Sunday
Time: 7:30-11:30 am
Trip Leader: Terry Master

Distance from hotel: 28 miles, 35-minute drive
Parking: Plenty of parking.
Facilities, accessibility: well-maintained trails, some small hills. Outhouse and indoor restrooms.
Description: Jacobsburg State Park features varied habitats including meadows, a large native plant garden, the beautiful Bushkill Creek, and an old growth Hemlock Forest. Species targets include warblers, sparrows, and other migrants.

Location: 8844 Paint Mill Rd, Slatington, PA 18080
Sunday
Time: 8:00-11:30 am
Trip Leader: Chad Schwartz

Distance from hotel: 19 miles, 31 minute drive
Facilities, accessibility: indoor restroom, trails range from flat crushed gravel to steep, potentially slippery rock and dirt.
Description: Lehigh Gap Nature Center, located at where the Lehigh River cuts through the Kittatinny Ridge, is the country’s only Nature Center built on a superfund site. Learn from the Nature Center’s executive director how this polluted wasteland was transformed into an oasis for wildlife. Migratory passerines and raptors are expected here.

Location: Little Lehigh Parkway- 2901 Fish Hatchery Road, Allentown, PA 18104
Saturday
Time: 7:30 – 10:30 am
Trip Leader: Barbara Malt and Peter Saenger

Distance from hotel: 8 miles, 15 minute drive
The Little Lehigh Parkway is a 629-acre park surrounding the Little Lehigh River in Allentown. Habitats include upland deciduous forest, riparian forest, small wetlands and open fields. Target birds include Bald Eagle, Osprey, Great Blue Heron, Belted Kingfisher as well as migrating songbirds including warblers and thrushes. After visiting the park, we will take a short drive to Muhlenberg College, where Ornithologist Peter Saenger will give you a tour of the impressive specimen museum at the school’s Acopian Center for Ornithology.

Location: Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Visitor Center– 1700 Hawk Mountain Rd, Kempton, PA 19529
Sunday
Time: 6:30-11:00 am
Trip Leader: Hawk Mountain Staff

Distance from hotel: 23 miles, 32 minute drive
Parking: plenty of parking
Facilities, accessibility: outhouse and indoor restroom available. Steep, rocky trails.
Description: Hawk Mountain is 2600 acre mountain-top bird sanctuary, globally recognized for its world-class raptor migrations and impressive body of conservation work. Hawk Mountain Staff will show us their facilities, and we’ll hike to the North Lookout for some hawk-watching.

Location: 375 Bake Oven Rd, Germansville, PA 18053
Sunday
Time: 7:00-11:30 am
Trip Leader: Corey Husic

Distance from hotel: 15 miles, 26 minute drive
Parking: Plenty of parking 40.744820, -75.738025
The walk from the parking lot to the lookout is about a half mile of uneven terrain.
Description: Bake Oven Knob is located along the Appalachian Trail and is the highest point in Lehigh County. Lehigh Gap Nature Center runs an annual hawkwatch here, and good looks at migratory raptors can be expected with Northwest winds.

Location: 49 Blue Mountain Drive, Bangor, PA 18013
Sunday
Time: 7:00-11:00 am
Trip Leader: Northampton County Staff

Distance from hotel: 40 miles, 54 minute drive
Parking: plenty of parking
Facilities, accessibility: Outhouse restrooms available. The main trail we will take is paved and ADA accessible, other trails that may be visited are rocky with many puddles.
Description: The Minsi Lake Greenway is an impressive system of parks managed as wildlife habitat by Northampton County. Wetland and aquatic species like Barred Owl, migratory ducks, waders, Swamp Sparrow, Rusty Blackbirds, and rails are often found here. Other migratory passerines and raptors can also be found. Trip includes Minsi Lake, Bear Swamp Park, and if time allows, Tott’s Gap Conservation Area.

Location: Walt Road Boat Launch 1051 Walt Road, Pennsburg, PA 18073
Sunday
Time: 7:30-11:00 am
Trip Leader: Kevin Crilley

Distance from hotel: 29 miles, 40 minute drive
Parking: Plenty of Parking at Walt Rd. Lot, meet at the flagpole.
Facilities, accessibility: port-a-potties available, mostly flat trails.
Description: The Green Lane Reservoir and County Park complex consists of 3400 acres of land and 870 acres of water, and contains various habitats, including grasslands, wetlands, and several forest types. We will meet at the Walt Road Boat Launch lot, bird here, and then carpool to several other spots in the park, including Church Road Bird Sanctuary- a good spot for rare shorebirds to show up on mudflats in the fall. Waterfowl, grassland/field species, and migrant passerine are also expected.