Berks County Nature

Updated
October 15, 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 (9/25/13)	Baird Ornithological Club. Page updated (9-23-13)	Berks Mineralogical Society
Butterflies seen by month in 2013 73 species seen. 20 in October Updated (10-14-13)	Planetarium -Reading Public Museum	Lancaster Butterfly & Entomology Club
Butterfly Walks 2014 Updated (10-15-13)	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 10-14-13)	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

	Reading Planetarium Star shows every Sunday in October, November, & December 2013. 1 p.m. - "Legends of the Night Sky: Orion" 2 p.m. - "Dynamic Earth" 3 p.m. - "STARS" 4 p.m. - "More than Meets the Eye" (Oct & Nov,) "Season of Light" (Dec.) Weekdays at 4 p.m. in October, November, & December 2013. . Mon. - "Our Place in Space" . Tues. - "Light Years from Andromeda" . Wed. - "Astronaut" . Thurs. - "More than Meets the Eye" . Fri . - "Two Small Pieces of Glass" Check the link for admission, conflicts and other information. Free to Museum members.
	Baird Ornithological Club October 11, 2013 Friday 7:30 pm "Birding the British Isles" a photo tour by Ken Haas. Meet at McConnell Hall, Nolde Forest Environmental Education Center on PA-625 south of Reading,, 2 miles south of PA-724. Map showing location. All welcome. Free..
Wednesday Botany Walks	Wednesday Botany Walks October 16, 2013 Wednesday 2 - 4 pm Monocacy Hill - We will take a different trail than last month. Meet at parking lot on Geiger Rd. Drive east on Rt. 422 until coming to the traffic light at Limekiln Road. Turn left on Limekiln Rd. using the jug handle turn. Continue to Monocacy Road and turn right. At Geiger Rd. turn right, travel a short distance, and park in lot on right. You can find more Driving directions and a Trail map at the Monocacy Hill web site. Leader Dr. Susan Munch of Albright College. All welcome.
	Mengel Natural History Society October 25, 2013 Friday 7:30 PM “Western Parks” by Ken Lebo Join the Lebo's on their trip out west visiting 5 National Parks including: Badlands, Mt Rushmore, Glacier, Banff and the Coastal Redwoods. The program will be followed by our Fall Seed Exchange and Giveaway. Meet at McConnell Hall, Nolde Forest Environmental Education Center on PA-625 south of Reading,, 2 miles south of PA-724. Map showing location. All welcome. Free..
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.

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.

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

Berks County Nature was created January 29, 2002.