The crow-sized Pileated Woodpecker makes large, oval holes in dead 1 and living trees BirdingBirding which can be seen 3 2 throughout the mature forests of Scarlet Tanager is a South Mountain. species found nesting in undisturbed areas of the .

AroundAround 5 4 6 Look for Eastern Towhees in brushy openings SouthSouth throughout the region.

8 7 MountainMountain Look for Louisiana Waterthrush Red-shouldered Hawks in wet woods are found along the same 10 high quality, headwater along rivers and streams as . streams, and around 9 the edges of large 11 wetland areas.

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Old fields near wetlands The Wood Driving along the roads of Michaux State Forest are ideal places to watch Thrush’s melodic, 13 the March courtship flute-like song can displays of the be heard driving in June, you can hear bird songs drifting out from the 15 14 American Woodcock. along forest roads interior forests. These singing birds are secretive species in June and July. 16 that require large blocks of mountain woodlands to An occasional Common Loon can 17 breed like the Wood Thrush, Veery or Ovenbird. be found visiting the reservoirs of South Mountain, along with the more 18 22. Glatfelter Tract Map common ducks and other water birds. Walking the trails, you may catch a glimpse of the The only North American warbler vibrant yellow and black of a Hooded Warbler or the with an orange throat, the startling crimson of the Scarlet Tanager. You may even Blackburnian Red-headed Warbler can be hear the distant call of the large Pileated Woodpecker. Woodpeckers found nesting in are not common 19 South Mountain’s in south-central conifers. Though the high breeding densities of these “core-forest” , but can be found in 23 species is the reason South Mountain was designated recent timber clearings within 20 as one of the Audubon Society’s Important Bird Areas, Michaux State Forest. see inset there are a great diversity of other types of ecosystems map at 22 right throughout the South Mountain area that offer a wonderful 21 4 array of birdwatching in brushy, field, wetland or Songbird migrants that open-water habitats. nest farther north in Pennsylvania or Canada, like the Black-throated Michaux There are always birds to watch somewhere Blue Warbler, can be found around South in South Mountain any time of the year! Mountain during migration. Hooded Warblers require a healthy forest State Forest understory with dense shrubs for nesting. dcnr.state.pa.us/forestry/stateforests/michaux 1. State Game Lands 169 5. Huntsdale Fish Hatchery & 10. Thompson Hollow Road 16. 22. Glatfelter Tract Acknowledgements: Gameland Road, Newville, PA 17241 Enck’s Mill Pond 215 Forest Road, Shippensburg, PA 17257 101 Pine Grove Road, Fayetteville, PA 17222 660 Mount Hope Road, Fairfield, PA 17320 This 2,500-acre property is a diverse area with 195 Lebo Road, Carlisle, PA 17015 Half way between Shippensburg and With 12 different trails adding up to 10 miles of This site has diverse habitat areas within a Thank you to all who helped wetlands and the Conodoguinet Creek bordering The historic part of the hatchery has abandoned Whitmer roads is a timber cut on the south hiking, you can choose from very easy to more short walking distance. The highlight is several its eastern end, and varied upland habitats. The ponds lined with tall trees; attracting a wide side of Thompson Hollow Road. Look for difficult terrain. Streams, ponds, and varying large blocks of shrub/scrub providing nesting with the identification of sites aquatic habitats bring in wading birds, osprey, variety of water and riparian species. Dabbling Baltimore Orioles and Red-headed Woodpeckers. forest types offer a great variety of birds any habitat for “early successional” forest birds, such waterfowl, and migrating shorebirds, especially ducks are common, and Wood Ducks nest here. Pines are attracting a wide assortment of birds. time of the year. A trail guide and restroom as Eastern Towhee, Indigo Bunting, and Ruffed and review of the guide: when the ponds are low in mid to late summer Black-crowned Night-Heron are found roosting in facilities are available at the park office. Grouse. A short driveway just north of Lower Appalachian Audubon Society, exposing mudflats. The wetlands attract rails, spring and early summer. In migration, look for Download a park map for information and trails: Gum Springs Road leads to a parking area in a and the weedy fields are very good for migrating rails, American Bittern, Osprey, and swallows. 11. Milesburn Road dcnr.state.pa.us/stateparks/findapark/caledonia large scrub area. North along Mt. Hope Road Conococheague Audubon Society, sparrows. American Woodcock can be found in It is also a reliable location for Rusty Blackbird Milesburn Road, Shippensburg, PA 17257 are parking areas for trail access to explore old South Mountain Audubon Society, the spring. Visitors to state game lands should in spring. SR 233 to Pine Rd., east to Sheaffer Following Burd Run, this stretch of Milesburn fields, small ponds, and mature forests. always wear a safety orange vest during hunting Drive. The current hatchery will be on the left. Road is a good place to see or hear warblers in Joe Baker and Mike Wright of PA seasons, and this site could have hunters from Park on right, and walk around Hidden Pond and spring and fall. Two pull off areas by gates are Ruffed Grouse DCNR Bureau of Forestry, and September through February. For more wetland areas on the east side of Sheaffer Drive. safe places to park. finds a natural nesting information: visitcumberlandvalley.com/listings/ The nearby Enck’s Mill Road Pond, located habitat along the special thanks to Mike O’Brien, State-Game-Lands-169 just to the east of Huntsdale, is also worth Glatfelter Tract. checking for migrant waterfowl. This pond can 12. Flatrock Plantation Ramsay Koury, and Bill Oyler.

be observed from the roadside. Return to Pine 992 Ridge Road, Shippensburg, PA DCNR photo 2. Big Spring Creek Greenway Road, turn left (east) and go 0.7 mile and turn A large burn area is slowly growing back Big Spring Road, Newville, PA 17241 left (north) on Enck’s Mill Road. Go 0.2 mile and on the west side of Milesburn Road at the Big Spring Creek Greenway provides for a pull to the side of the road to scan the pond. intersection of Ridge Road. Old field and 17. New Baltimore Road Funding Partners: little bit of everything depending on the season. Restroom facilities at hatchery visitor’s center, scrub species abound, along with Common Recreation Area 23. Strawberry Hill Nature Preserve Because the Big Spring itself doesn’t freeze, winter daily 8:00 AM – 3:30 PM. For more information: Nighthawks, raptors and songbird migrants. 500 Baltimore Road, Fayetteville, PA 17222 1537 Mount Hope Road, Fairfield, PA 17320 is a great season to visit. American Widgeon, visitcumberlandvalley.com/listings/Huntsdale- Look for the yellow gate in the deer exclosure To dead end gate and parking area With ten miles of trails on 609 acres, a diversity Gadwall, American Black Duck, and even State-Fish-Hatchery fence to get inside. Parking area close to Route 30 for several of habitats and birdwatching opportunities Blue-wingedBirding Teal and Cackling Goose may be trail loops through mixed open and forest abound. Restroom facilities. Find information, found mixed in with the Canada Geese and habitat. Kiosk signs show trails that are good directions and a downloadable trail map: Mallards. It is also not unusual to find a variety of 6. King’s Gap Environmental 13. Long Pine Run Reservoir for general birding year round. Restroom facilities strawberryhill.org songbird species that normally winter farther south. Education Center (Rec. Area) nearby at Caledonia State Park office. In the summers, check out the various parking 500 Kings Gap Road, Carlisle, PA 17015 Parking for the reservoir is 1.4 miles up areas along the greenway up to Newville. Sixteen miles of numerous trails Milesburn Road from Pine Grove Road (Rte. 233) Willow Flycatchers are common and both wind through more than 1,400 acres March and November is the best time to see 18. Mt. Cydonia Road/Irishtown Road Yellow-billed and Black-billed Cuckoos can be and many diverse habitats. A great migrating ducks, geese, and other water birds. 700 Mt Cydonia Road, Fayetteville, PA 17222 found. Ospreys are common migrants both spring place to see all the species of In the summer, look for an occasional loon, The north half of the road borders the DCNR photo and fall, and American Bald Eagles make occasional woodpeckers, as well as most along with herons, several species of swallows, Mt. Cydonia Ponds Natural Area, where birding appearances in the fall. Great Blue Herons and of the species of birds that pass through or nest in and Red-shouldered Hawks. Osprey and eagles is restricted to the road only due to the many Belted Kingfishers are plentiful all year long. the forests of South Mountain. Wood Thrushes occasionally appear looking for fish. Trails circle protected vernal ponds. This is a great stretch For more information: visitcumberlandvalley. and Scarlet Tanagers abound. Restroom facilities the lake. for all-around spring and fall migrants, including com/listings/Big-Spring-Creek-Greenway in several places. Download their Recreational Louisiana Waterthrush, Kentucky and other Strawberry Hill Nature Preserve Guide trails map as well as the Common Birds warblers, many species of migrating songbirds. guide from their maps page: dcnr.state.pa.us/ stateparks/findapark/kingsgap

3. Children’s Lake 7. Pine Grove Furnace State Park 14. Old Chambersburg Reservoir 19. Mt. Alto State Park We are a partner of the South Mountain 409Around Front Street, Boiling Springs, PA 17007 1100 Pine Grove Road, Gardners, PA 17324 About 1 mile north of Milesburg Road Mont Alto, PA 17237 Partnership, an alliance of organizations Children’s Lake in downtown Boiling Springs A variety of habitats are found here, including along Pine Grove Road A small park with one, short forested trail. working to preserve and enhance the Birding is a large, spring-fed lake that stays open year- streamside forests, lakes, wet woods, and Along 233, this drained reservoir is in the early This is a good place to find woodland birds cultural and natural assets of the South round for resident and migrant waterfowl. hemlock groves. Find Neotropical migrants, stages of regrowth, with tree seedlings planted and take a rest stop. Picnic and restroom facilities Mountain landscape in Central Pennsylvania. A healthy flock of resident domestic and including thrushes, warblers and tanagers, along along a restored creek. Old field and meadow are available here. For more information: http:// crossbreed ducks and geese are present, as the rail-trail in the Laurel Lake area. The lakes species abound here, including Field Sparrow, dcnr.state.pa.us/stateparks/findapark/montalto This project was financed by a grant from the Around are a few Mute Swans and seasonal migrating are a magnet for waterfowl and wading birds. American Goldfinch, and Tree Swallow. Park Community Conservation Partnerships Program, visitors. Trees surrounding the lake are also Winter birding is good here due to the conifers; alongside 233 at a pull-off by the bridge over Long Environmental Stewardship Fund, under the used by many species of songbirds for nesting look for winter finches, crossbills, and six species Pine Run and follow a scenic, unimproved trail administration of the Department of South and during migration. The Appalachian National of woodpeckers. Restroom facilities in several through a hemlock grove to the old reservoir area. DCNR photo Conservation and Natural Resources, Scenic Trail (A.T.) runs along the lake through places. Download a park map for parking and the town, and makes for a convenient and trail options: dcnr.state.pa.us/stateparks/find- Bureau of Recreation and Conservation. diverse habitat walk south past historic furnace apark/pinegrovefurnace This grant was awarded through the South Mountain remains, through a small riparian woodlands, 20. Old Forge Picnic Area Mountain Partnership with management and through farm lands. For more information: Old Forge Road, 17261 — just south of oversight of the Conservancy. visitcumberlandvalley.com/listings/Children-s-Lake 8. Camp Michaux Staley Road and north of the Camp Penn Michaux Road, Gardners, PA 17324 United Methodist Church This project was also financed in part by a grant At the intersection of Michaux and Bunker Hill Open picnic area along Tumbling Run and from the Cumberland Valley Visitors Bureau. roads are the historic remains of a variety of the Appalachian Trail. This wet forest area For more things to do: VisitCumberlandValley.com buildings spanning nearly 200 years. Clearings is attractive to a high diversity of birds and and trails crisscross this area providing a Singing Field Sparrows are a common creekside trails make it a great place for Southvariety of edge habitat mixed with streams summer sound in the shrubby habitat of birding. Restroom facilities. and conifer forests, resulting in a high variety the Old Chambersburg Reservoir Cumberland Valley Visitor’s Bureau Cumberland Valley of bird species. Walk the A.T. here or download and other field/ young-forest areas. a detailed “walking tour” map: historicalsociety. 21. Gum Springs Road com/uploads/CAMPMRevisedWalkingTour.pdf 638 Gum Springs Road, Fairfield, PA 17320 The combination of open fields and wet areas 4. Mount Holly Marsh Preserve make an attractive habitat for American 1 Yates Street, Mt. Holly Springs, PA 17065 9. Big Flat 15. Quarry Gap Road Woodcock. To watch the courtship display South side of Mt. Holly Springs 2751 Shippensburg Road, Biglerville, PA 17307 Quarry Gap Road, Fayetteville, PA 17222 of males in March, park on north end of This site is a matrix of wetland, meadow, Use the Appalachian Trail parking lot along Bordering the northeast side of Caledonia State Gum Springs Road, walk down the haul road and upland forest habitats with trails winding Shippensburg Road. Walk around perimeter Park and following Hosack Run, Quarry Gap across stream and pipeline to large open area. throughout. Geese, numerous species of ducks of parking lot for open brushy species like Road is a great place to see and hear Wood Woodcocks are most actively displaying and herons, kingfisher, and woodcock are Eastern Towhee, American Goldfinch, and Thrush and Veery, as well as other thrushes dusk-to-dark. common. Raptors include Red-shouldered Grey Catbird; or walk the A.T. in either direction during migration. Due to the wet forest area, Hawk and an occasional Harrier. for forest birds like chickadees, peewees, or other Neotropical songbirds abound. For more information and a trail map: tanagers. Restroom facilities are a half mile south ccpa.net/3650/Mount-Holly-Marsh-Preserve on Shippensburg Road at the Recreation Area. 100 Wildwood Way • Harrisburg, PA 17110 Mountainwww.audubon.org