Berks County Nature

Updated
May 23, 2013

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** Berks County Nature **
Since 2002
Nature 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 Page updated (5/20/13)	Baird Ornithological Club. Page updated (5/20/13)	Berks Mineralogical Society
Butterflies seen by month in 2013 28 species seen. Updated (5/23/13)	Planetarium -Reading Public Museum	Lancaster Butterfly & Entomology Club
Butterfly Walks 2013 Updated (1-22-13)	Reading Public Museum	Birds seen in 2012 (262 species)
Berks County Conservancy	Nolde Forest Environmental Education Center	Yearly Berks Bird & butterfly sightings 2000-12
Hawk Mountain Sanctuary	Monocacy Hill Conservation Association	Blue Mountain Eagle Climbing Club
Pike-Oley-District Preservation Coalition	Berks County Amateur Astronomical Society	Quittapahilla Audubon Society Lebanon County
Virtual Natural History Museum of Southeast Pennsylvania	*Orchids of Berks County, Pennsylvania* by Hans Wilkens A checklist published by the MNHS.	Tulpehocken Chapter - Trout Unlimited
Muhlenberg Botanic Club	Wednesday Botany Walks Updated (5/23/13)	Green Lane Park and Events Brochure
Blue Marsh Lake	Woolly Bears and Look-alikes in Berks Co.	Berks County RECYCLE info

Don't Forget Other Great Local Sources for Natural History are listed below

New: Shows on Mondays for 2013	Reading Planetarium Star shows every Sunday in May and June 2013. 1 p.m. - "Zulu Patrol: Under the Weather" 2 p.m. - "Dynamic Earth" 3 p.m. - "Astromaut" 4 p.m. - "Dark" Weekdays at 4 p.m. in May and June. Different Show Each Day . Mon. - "Zulu Patrol: Under the Weather" . Tues. - "Stars" . Wed. - "Realm of :Light" . Thurs. - "Oasis in Space" . Fri. - "More than Meets the Eye" Check the link for admission and other information. Free to Museum members.
	Wednesday Botany Walks May 22, 2013 Wednesday 2 - 4 pm Neversink Mountain. Meet at the Berks County Conservency parking lot at the end of Klapperthal Rd. From Reading take Perkiomen Ave. east to West Neversink Rd (which is, in spite of the name, on the east end of the mountain.) and turn right. Klapperthal is the last road on the right before Forest Hills Cemetery. There is parking at the end of Klapperthal. There is also some parking about 100 feet away in the cemetery which has it's entrance on West Neversink Rd. Lead by Dr. Susan Munch of Albright College. All welcome
	Wednesday Botany Walks May 29, 2013 Wednesday 2 - 4 pm Birdsboro Reservoir. Access is from the non-Birdsboro end due to the damaged bridge being closed. From Gibraltar (Rt 724 & Gibraltar Road) travel east about 1.6 mi and turn right. Cross the RR tracks and immediately turn left. In a few car lengths the road turns right and becomes Rock Hollow Road. Follow Rock Hollow Road about 3-1/2miles (crossing Cocalico Rd at ~2-1/2 mi.) and turn left at Hay Creek Road. Follow to gate and park.
	Baird Ornithological Club June 15, 2013 7:00 AM Saturday "Middle Creek WMA - Breeding Birds" , 7 AM Meet at the old Pathmark/Giant parking lot, business Rte 222, Shillington for car pooling. Coordinator: Katrina Knight, 610-372-3671. All welcome. Beginners to advanced birders.
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 same address.

Other Great Local Sources for Natural History Activities and Information 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. Rebroadcast on Sunday nights 10:00 p.m. to midnight.
The Weekend section of the Thursday issue of the Reading Eagle includes a "To Do" list which includes natural history activities.
Outside by Mike Slater is a nature column which appears weekly in the Berks Country insert of the Wednesday Reading Eagle. Links to these articles can be found at the Outside page of Berks Country.

Berks County Nature was created January 29, 2002.