SENECA ROCKS AUDUBON SOCIETY
Short-eared Owl. Video: Steven Chu/Audubon Photography Awards
Upcoming Events
Common Yellowthroat. Photo: Mike Warner/
Audubon Photography Awards.
Join us for these upcoming events. It doesn't matter if you're a beginner, advanced, new, or a regular. We'd love to see you!
June 6 - 7 - Native Plant Sale at Herb and Fiber Festival, Cook Forest Sawmill Center for the Arts
June 6, 9 am - Cook Forest Warbler Walk
with Cook Forest Conservancy, Cook Forest State Park
June 20, 9 am - Birds & Coffee, Brockway
July 11, 9 am- 1 pm - Native Garden Tour in Clarion. Visit 7 gardens. Get ideas, information, and coupons!
August 12, 5-8 pm - Annual Member Picnic, Shelter #6, Clarion County Park. Bring your own place setting and a dish to share.
Nature Programs
Photo courtesy of Melissa Goodwill, Tamarack Wildlife Center.
Our monthly nature programs are always interesting.
We meet at the Clarion Free Library, 644 Main St., Clarion, on the second Wednesday of the month.
The 2026 programs will start at 6:00 pm.
Come early to get a seat and socialize!
September 9 - Birding Pennsylvania's State Parks with Chris Kemmerer, Education and Interpretation Section Chief, Pennsylvania State Parks
Conservation
Our chapter is working to restore and preserve precious bird habitat and to educate the public about ways they can help.
Please join us in our efforts. We each can help.
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Bird-Friendly Habitat - Our team actively promotes native plants for private and public spaces in our area. Our annual native plant sale
was a huge success. Join us for our first ever Native Garden Tour in the Clarion area on July 11, 9 am- 1 pm. It's free!
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Piney Tract (SGL 330) - A former strip mine, it is now an Important Birding Area and a breeding home to many grassland birds.
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Northern Saw-whet Owl Boxes - More than 40 boxes are checked for activity twice each year.
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Go Birding!
Canada Warbler by Meg Kolodick.
The following links will take you to the eBird website for County Hotspots and recent sightings:
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Two great articles by Carole Winslow:
Winter Birding in Clarion County
and
Birding in Clarion County: Rivers, Fields and Forests
Read here:
https://discoverclarioncounty.com/birding-in-clarion-county-rivers-fields-and-forests/
Community Science
We're involved in several community science projects. Anyone is welcome to join us. We'd love to have your company!
Email us if you're interested at senecarocksaudubon@gmail.com
PA Bird Atlas, a 5-year project that started in 2024
Common Nighthawk Watch at Mill Creek Boat Launch and
the Oil City Marina (mid-August - early Sept.)
Education
We educate the public in a variety of ways.
Held in Spring 2026 in cooperation with our local public libraries in Clarion and Forest Counties and Brookville.
Tabling at local events
Presentations to community groups
Shop
Anthology of poems about birds
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$10.00 through SRAS. Also available at Sparrow Books, Fulmer House Books, and Amazon. Available at programs or use this order form and we'll mail you a copy.
Long-sleeved t-shirts with chapter logo. Royal blue or kelly green. $15. Available at programs
or email us at senecarocksaudubon@gmail.com
Wooden bird houses and oriole feeders $12 each. Bat house $20. Email us to purchase.
Birds of Venango County: The status, distribution, and history of the birds of Pennsylvania’s Oil Region, written by Gary Edwards with Jeffrey Hall.
The book is $20 plus $3.50 postage. Address is:
Gary Edwards
224 Meadow Rd. Apt.9
Seneca, PA 16346
Email Gary here for info.