SENECA ROCKS AUDUBON SOCIETY
Short-eared Owl. Video: Steven Chu/Audubon Photography Awards
Spring Events
Eastern Bluebird. Photo: Carole Carnovale/ Audubon Photography Awards.
Bird Art Competition for Kids!
Now through March 21.
Click above for all of the details, including the rules.
In cooperation with local public libraries in Clarion County, Forest County, and in Brookville.
Spring Bird Walks
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!
March 28, 8 am - Waterfowl Migration Field Trip, Conneaut Marsh to Pymatuning
May 2 - Big Sit at Maple Glen Farm, Sligo. Come and go as you please, morning through early afternoon.
May 9 -16 - Birdathon, our annual fundraiser
May 16, 8 am - Warbler Walk at Oil Creek State Park
May 23, 9 am - Piney Tract Tour (State Game Land #330)
May 30 - Bird and Brew, Cook Forest State Park
June 6, 9 am - Cook Forest Outing, Cook Forest State Park
June 20 - Brockway Bird Walk (more info to come)
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 spring programs will start at 6:00 pm.
Come early to get a seat and hang out!
March 11 - Leave No Trace for Birding with Peggy Butler, founder of the PA Firefly Festival
April 8 - Nocturnal Flight Calls with Dr. Joe Gyekis, lifelong birder and health science instructor, Penn State University​
May 13 - Alaska Birding with Tom Kuehl, Southwestern Regional Coordinator for the PA Bird Atlas 3
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.)
Conservation
Eastern Bluebird. Photo: Andrew Sentipa/Audubon Photography Awards
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.
Bird-Friendly Habitat - Our team actively promotes native plants for private and public spaces in our area. We'll have a table at C&A Trees near Clarion on March 7. Our annual native plant sale at the Herb and Fiber Festival, Cook Forest Sawmill Center, is June 6-7.
Piney Tract (SGL 330) - A former strip mine, it is now an Important Birding Area and a breeding home to many grassland birds.
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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This winter, watch for Evening Grosbeaks, Purple Finches, Pine Siskins, Redpolls, and Red-breasted Nuthatches from the north. Read more about the Winter Finch Forecast.
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/
Education
We educate the public in a variety of ways.
In cooperation with your local public library 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
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.