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THREE RIVERS BIRDING CLUB HISTORY

2005

DATE EVENT ATTENDEES January 1 Christmas Bird Count in conjunction with ASWP 120 Membership Meeting January 5 Program: An Ocean of Seabirds Not taken by Paul Hess January 9 Outing to Presque Isle State Park / Leaders: Jack and Sue Solomon 14 January 29 Outing to Lawrence County / Leader: Jim Valimont 8 February 12 Outing to Lawrence County / Leader: Mike Fialkovich 8 February 19 Outing to / Leader: Mike Leahy 9 February 27 Outing to Lower Buffalo Creek IBA / Leader: Dan Yagusic ? Membership Meeting March 2 Program: Birds of Prey 90 by Earl Schriver March 5 Outing to Lawrence County / Leader: Bob Machesney 0 (Cancelled due to leader illness) March 15 Outing to the Allegheny Front / Leader: Bill Judd 17 March 16 Outing to Harmarville to see American Woodcocks / Leader: Tommy 12 Byrnes (substitute leader: Gabi Hughes) March 19 Outing to Pymatuning / Leader: Bob VanNewkirk 5 March 20 Outing to Lower Buffalo Creek Watershed IBA / Leader: Chris Knoll 6 March 26 Outing to Lake Arthur, / Leaders: Jack Solomon 20 and Bernie Conley April 6 Outing to Lake Arthur, Moraine State Park / Leaders: Fred and Carol ? McCullough April 9 Outing to with the Todd Bird Club / Leader: 21 Scott Speedy April 10 Outing to the Lower Buffalo Creek Watershed IBA / Leader: Mary 13 Groome April 13 Outing to Harmarville to see American Woodcocks / Leader: Tommy 20 Byrnes April 16 Outing to Presque Isle State Park / Leaderless outing 12 Membership Meeting April 20 Program: Screech Owl Studies 60 by Bill Beatty April 23 Outing to Frick Park / Leaders: Jack and Sue Solomon 10 April 24 Outing to Frick Park / Leaders: Jack and Sue Solomon 5 April 24 Outing to the Lower Buffalo Creek Watershed / Leader: Larry 4 Helgerman April 30 Outing to Harrison Hills Park / Leader: Jim Valimont 14 Outing to to Buffalo Creek Valley / Leader: Brian Shema (joint outing) April 30 Outing to Mingo Creek Park / Leader: George Bercik 9 May 1 Outing to Moraine State Park / Leader: Bob Machesney 4 May 7 Outing to Boyce Park / Leader: Joe Walko 12 May 7-8 Trip to Crane Creek State Park, , with an extended trip to Point 8 Pelee National Park, / Leaders: Jack and Sue Solomon May 8 Outing to Buffalo Creek Valley (North) / Leader: Brian Shema 9 May 11 Outing to Harmarville to see American Woodcocks / Leader: Gabi 18 Hughes May 14 North American Migration Count 42 May 15 Outing to Lower Buffalo Creek Watershed / Leader: Larry Helgerman 8 May 21 Outing to Bell’s Farm / Leader: Ralph Bell 65 May 29 Outing to Lower Buffalo Creek Watershed / Leader: Larry Helgerman 8 June 4 Outing to Pymatuning / Conneaut Area / Leader: Chuck Tague 11 June 11 Outing to / Leader: Mike Fialkovich 8 June 18 Outing to Presque Isle State Park / Leaders: Dan Williams, Ross ? Gallardy June 22 Outing to Bavington State Lands / Leader: Dan Yagusic 6 June 25 Outing to Clarion County / Leader: Mike Leahy ? Membership Meeting Slide Slam Slides were shown by Mike Fialkovich, Pat and Sherron Lynch, Bill July 6 Parker, and Walt Shaffer. 56 There was also a presentation by Brian Shema about a fall trip to the East Coast sponsored by ASWP and a presentation by Ken Kostka from the Purple Martin Preservation Alliance. July 20 Steering Committee Meeting NA July 24 Outing to Lower Buffalo Creek Watershed 25 Leaders: Walt and Dana Shaffer August 9 Outing to Sewickley Heights Park / Leader: Bob VanNewkirk 12 August 13 Outing to the Pymatuning Area, PA, and Conneaut Harbor, OH, for ? shorebirds / Leader: Mark McConaughy. This was a joint outing with the Westmoreland Bird and Nature Club August 20 Outing to Conneaut Harbor, OH for shorebirds / Leaders: Walt and 12 Dana Shaffer September 4 Outing to the Lower Buffalo Creek Watershed / Leader: Larry ? Helgerman September 10 Outing to Presque Isle State Park / Leader: Bob VanNewkirk 4 September 10 Outing to Todd Sanctuary, Butler County / Leader: George Reese 3 September 11 Outing to the Allegheny Front Hawk Watch / Leaders: Tom and Janet 8 Kuehl September 17 Outing to Beechwood Farms Nature Reserve / Leader: Brian Shema 19 (substituted by Dave Liebmann) September 18 Outing to Frick Park / Leader: Ted Floyd 40 Membership Meeting September 19 Program: The Future of Birding 73 by Ted Floyd, Editor of Birding, the journal of the American Birding Association. September 22 Outing to Harrison Hills Park / Leader: Sue Solomon 13 September 24 Outing to Sewickley Heights Park / Leader: Bob VanNewkirk 14 September 24 Outing to the Madjaric Property, Butler County / Leaders: Pat and 11 Sherron Lynch September 25 Outing to Harrison Hills Park / Leader: Sue Solomon 11 September 30 Outing to Harrison Hills Park / Leader: Jack Solomon 12 October 1 Outing to the Buffalo Creek IBA, Butler County / Leader: Brian Shema 10 October 2 Outing to the Lower Buffalo Creek Watershed, Washington County / ? Leader: Larry Helgerman (substituted by Walt and Dana Shaffer) October 15 Outing to Presque Isle State Park / Leader: Bob VanNewkirk 4 October 19 Outing to the Allegheny Front Hawk Watch / Leaders: Jack and Sue 11 Solomon October 23 Outing to Moraine State Park, Fourth Anniversary Club Picnic / 22 Leader: Bob Machesney October 25 Outing to the Allegheny Front Hawk Watch / Leader: Bill Judd 0 (Cancelled due to bad weather) October 29 Outing to the Pymatuning Area / Leader: Bob VanNewkirk 13 October 30 Outing to the Lower Buffalo Creek Watershed, Washington County / 11 Leader: Larry Helgerman Membership Meeting November 2 Program: Panama from the Canopy Tower 90 by Scott Shalaway and Tom Pawlesh November 5 Outing to Yellow Creek State Park / Leader: Margaret Higbee 11 Joint outing with the Todd Bird Club November 13 Outing to the Pymatuning Area / Leader: Bob VanNewkirk 8 November 16 Outing to Moraine State Park / Leaders: Fred and Carol McCullough 7 December 4 Outing to the Southwestern Veteran’s Center in the East Liberty 5 section of Pittsburgh / Leader: Dan Yagusic December 8 Outing to the National Aviary / Leaders: Keepers Terri Roesch and 7 Chris Munch December 31 Pittsburgh Christmas Bird Count in conjunction with ASWP 120