September 8, 2018    Saturday 1:00 PM   
"Attracting Butterflies and Monarch Tagging" at Coventry Mall in Pottstown, PA. A presentation on how to attract butterflies will be given by Ron Richael, urban butterfly gardener for the past 25 years, from Pottstown, PA. Ron will also bring a cage full of Monarchs that will be tagged and released in order to track their ourney to Mexico. Come and watch the Monarchs take off on their migration to Mexico! As a special attraction Ron will unveil his rare 2018 butterfly photo collection. Please meet at Center Court between Boscov's and Kohl's for the event.

September 14, 2018         Friday 7:30 pm 2018    Social 1/2 Hour 7:00-7:30 pm.
"Discover One Bird - Save a Thousand!" by Doug Wechsler. In 1997, an odd bird, later named the Jocotoco antpitta, was discovered in cloud forest of the Andes Mountains of Ecuador. Scientists rushed to learn more about the bird and found themselves in a race to save it. Cascading events led to the establishment of a chain of bird reserves and conservation action across the globe. Doug Wechsler will recount this fascinating history and will talk about bird conservation in Ecuador today. His beautiful images focus on the biodiversity of the Ecuador reserves run by the Jocotoco Conservation Foundation.
Held at the Nolde Forest Environmental Education Center, on PA-625 2 miles south of PA-724. 2910 New Holland Road, Reading, PA. All welcome. Free.

This insect (a plant hopper native to SE Asia) was discovered for the first time in North America in September 2014. It is a potential threat to an array of plants from herbaceous plants to trees, not only locally, but for the continent.

Outside by Mike Slater is a nature column which appears weekly in the Berks Country insert of the Wednesday Reading Eagle.

The Weekend section of the Thursday issue of the Reading Eagle includes a "To Do" list which includes natural history activities.