Checklists for each location are handed out at these walks so you can record what you see.
All levels of interest are welcome: children, adults of all ages, novices and advanced.

We will watch for butterflies and host plants, and use viewing jars so you can get a close look.   Some extra nets for use by all in our capture and release. Except for April, there will  be caterpillars brought to see and sometimes to give to attendees to rear to adult butterflies.

April 24, 2010   Saturday 10:00 am
Neversink Mountain - Butterflies etc. Meet at S. 10th and South Street Reading. Park on South Street. This is a joint walk of  the Mengel Natural History Society and the Baird Ornithological Club. Some butterflies fly only in early spring and this is one of the few County locations to see them. Leaders: Karl Gardner, 610-987-3281, Ken Lebo, 610-856-1413, and Ryan  Woolwine, 610-777-2333.

July 10, 2010    Saturday  6:30 to ?? pm.
Picnic and “Moth Night” at Nolde.  Bring a picnic meal and meet at 6:30 PM at the picnic site behind the Nolde headquarters building.  Drink refreshments will be provided. Around 7:30 PM preparations will begin to attract night active insects including moths. Join us for this annual social gathering and the opportunity to see what really goes “bump in the night” Mengel Natural History Society - Baird Ornithological Club. Leaders: Ryan Woolwine (610-777-2333) and Ken Lebo, 610-856-1413.

August  7, 2010   Saturday 10:00 am
Near Lake Ontelaunee. Meet at Dam Breast on PA-73. We often see 20 species on this walk. Mengel Natural History Society - Baird Ornithological Club. Leaders: Ryan Woolwine, 610-777-2333 and Ken Lebo, 610-856-1413, and Karl Gardner, 610-987-3281.

September 4, 2010  Saturday 10:00 am
Wyomissing area. Mengel Natural History Society - Baird Ornithological Club. From Reading Museum go west on Parkside Drive South to Old Mill Rd. Turn right  and continue a few blocks. Park on left in gravel lot at field next to stone building. Leaders: Karl Gardner,  610-987-3281 and Ken Lebo, 610-856-1413.
 
 

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Updated: March 3, 2010.                       2010 Butterfly Walk schedule in PDF format (40 KB).
 

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