Berks County Nature

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November 9, 2009
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** Berks County Nature **
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Activities of Organizations in Berks County, Pennsylvania

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. . Mengel Natural History Society .To receive a monthly email notice of programs and field trips sponsored by the Mengel Natural History Society send an email request to

Mengel Natural History Society 2009-2010 Programs (9-19-09)	Baird Ornithological Club. 2009-2010 Programs (9-26-09)	Berks Mineralogical Society Site moving to a new host. Will be available again soon.
Butterflies seen in 2009 (73 species) Updated Sept. 26, 2009	Planetarium -Reading Public Museum	Lancaster Butterfly & Ent. Club
Butterfly Walks 2009	Reading Public Museum	x
Berks County Conservancy	Nolde Forest	Bird & butterfly sightings by year
Hawk Mountain Sanctuary	Monocacy Hill Conservation Association	Blue Mountain Eagle Climbing Club
Pike -Oley-District Preservation Coalition	Berks County Amateur Astronomical Society	Blue Marsh Lake
Virtual Natural History Museum of Southeast Pennsylvania	*Orchids of Berks County, Pennsylvania* by Hans Wilkens A checklist published by the MNHSoc.	Pottstown Butterflies Berks County RECYCLE info
Muhlenberg Botanic Club	.	Green Lane Nature Center

	Reading Planetarium Every Sunday in November. 1 p.m. - "The Zula Patrol: Under the Weather" Type: Star Show 2 p.m. - "Two Small Pieces of Glass" Type: Star Show 3 p.m. - "Clouds of Fire - The Origins of Stars" Type: Star Show Check the link for admission and other information. Free to Museum members.
	Green Lane Park - Montgomery County November 28,, 2009 Sunday 1:00 pm "Waterfowl Watch"Fall migration for ducks, geese, and other water birds should be in full swing at this time. Join us for a close-up look at the migrants and the migration. Ages: 10 and up; meet at the tennis courts and bring binoculars if you have them. We will caravan to 3 different areas. FREE. (610) 270-0215
	Nolde Forest December 6, 2009 Sunday 1:00-4:00 pm "Mansion Open House" Open House 1-4 pm. At 2:00 pm "Critter Ceations" Childern and their accompaning adults create fanciful ornaments entirely from nature's plant parts! Registration required for "Critter Creations." 610-976-3699
	Berks Mineralogical Society December 8, 2010 Tuesday 7:30 PM "Christmas party / Mineral Auction" The annual pot luck dinner followed by mineral etc. auction. Auditorium of the READING PUBLIC MUSEUM.
	Berks County Amateur Astronomical Society December 10, 2010 Thursday 7:30 pm "Election of Officers and Annual Holiday Party" The Club is supplying a deli-tray; please bring a dish to share. Ron Kunkel will talk about supernovae as part of our continuing Introduction to Astronomy segment. Auditorium of the READING PUBLIC MUSEUM.
	Mengel Natural History Society & Baird Ornithological Club December 11, 2009 Friday 7:30 pm "Enraptured by Re-Captures" by Paul Karner. Back by popular demand! Paul will be presenting a program on all recaptures and returns from all species of his banded birds. The data is remarkable since he live traps hawks all fall, maintains one of the few spring Saw Whet banding stations, and spends all his waking hours in May banding migrating passerines. All welcome. Free.
	Butterflies seen in 2009 in Berks As of Sept. 26, 2009 -- The Berks County butterfly list for 2009 is up to 73 species. If you want to help create the list of butterflies seen in Berks County in 2009, send your information (species, date, and approximate location) to . The current list will be at the link above. Last year 67 species were seen. For Lancaster County Butterflies go to Lancaster 2009 Butterflies. <---- Great Spangled Fritillary
How many food calories in a gallon of gasoline?	FOOD to GASOLINE Most of us know 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? Can you skip breakfast and drive to work on the energy you didn't eat? The answer is: the number of food calories in a gallon of gasoline is 31,500. For most adults this is the energy in about two weeks of food. YOU can calculate this. How to calculate page.

Butterfly Enthusiasts There is a small informal group of local butterfly collectors/observers in Berks Co. If you are interested in butterflies and would like to meet this group, contact

. 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.

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.

Berks County Nature was created January 29, 2002.