Celebrate the Great Outdoors
Dear Members and Friends,
Carbon County, PA is celebrating the great outdoors with a month-long schedule of events, many of them free of charge and some at Lehigh Gap Nature Center. To see the entire schedule, visit the Carbon County Chamber web site at:
http://www.carboncountychamber.org/
and click on the logo on the lower left for Celebrate the Great Outdoors.
To highlight the events at LGNC, I list them below. Hope you can get out and enjoy some of these events.
Dan
Dan Kunkle
Lehigh Gap Nature Center
P.O. Box 198
Slatington, PA 18080
ph/fax 610-760-8889
http://lgnc.org
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Title: Hawk Watching at Bake Oven Knob
Location: Bake Oven Knob (see http://lgnc.org/maps-directions#BOK for directions)
Description: Daily observation of raptor migration along the Kittatinny Ridge
Leader: LGNC interns and volunteers
Come any time throughout the day
When: Daily September 1-30 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Title: Birding at Lehigh Gap Nature Center – FREE
Location: Lehigh Gap Nature Center
Description: Birding for warblers and other fall migrants. Meet at the Osprey
House.
When: Saturday, September 18, 2010, 7:00 AM
Title: Butterfly Tagging at Lehigh Gap Nature Center – FREE
Location: Lehigh Gap Nature Center
Description: Monarch butterfly migration workshop. Come learn and help catch
and tag migrating Monarchs. Programs for children through adults. Meet at the Osprey House.
When: Saturday, September 18, 2010, 10:00 AM to Noon
Title: HawkFest at LGNC – FREE
Location: Lehigh Gap Nature Center
Description: Our annual celebration of hawk migration and Appalachian Mountain
ecology. Learn about the annual fall spectacle of hawks and other raptors
migrating along the Kittatinny Ridge and how to identify raptors. Displays include
live raptors and reptiles and amphibians. Meet at BAKE OVEN KNOB parking lot.
When: Sunday, September 19, 2010, 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Title: Loop Hike on D&L Trail and LGNC Trails
Location: Meeting Place: Osprey House at LGNC. See www.lgnc.org for
directions.
Description: Hike Distance: 6 miles with some moderate uphill walking. Start at
Osprey House heading northwest on the D&L Trail. Hike along the D&L Trail to
Three Ponds Trail. Follow Three Ponds to LNE and Chestnut Oak Trail, back
Prairie Grass Trail and along LNE back to Osprey House.
Meeting Place: Osprey House at LGNC. See www.lgnc.org for directions.
Leader: Jim Gabovitz 610-262-3578 gabby@enter.net
When: Saturday, September 25, 2010, 10:00 AM