The Gloucester County Nature Club invites people of all ages to participate in the 16th annual Gloucester County Bird Quest Saturday, May2 from 7 a.m. to 12 noon.
Novices and experienced birders are welcome. Bird Quest is family and child friendly.
Bird Quest starts with a morning of birding. The rules are simple: Identify as many different bird species as you can — by sight or sound — between 7 a.m. and 12 noon, staying in Gloucester County.
You can participate by forming a team of your own, riding on buses led by bird experts or joining any or all of three guided walks led by bird experts who will help identify birds you will see or hear.
At 12:30 p.m. all participants gather at Scotland Run Park, 980 East Academy St., Clayton, NJ, 08322 to report results and for free lunch, t-shirts and prizes.
The cost to participate in Bird Quest is $12 per person. Advance registration is required. For more information, to join a team or reserve a seat on the bus, contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or call 856-582-7000 x110.
For more information go to: www.gcnatureclub.org and click on Bird Quest 2015 .
The Gloucester County Nature Club will meet on Thursday, May 14 at the Holy Nativity Lutheran Church, 3 Lenape Trail, Wenonah, NJ, 08090. Lenape Trail is located just off of Mantua Avenue at Woodbury-Glassboro Road.
Please note the change in the starting time.
The club’s Annual Plant Sale will be held just before the May meeting. It will start at 6 p.m. It is open to the public, so please tell family and friends.
The May program, beginning at 7 p.m., will be “An African Adventure,” presented by Larry A. Lyons.
Join in a photographic safari and explore the diversity and behavior of wildlife that two award-winning South Jersey photographers, Larry Lyons and Patricia Worley, captured during a six-week African adventure.
The presentation will reveal the importance that conservation and management of game reserves has upon preserving the amazing and vulnerable wildlife populations on the African continent.
Meetings are scheduled for the second Thursday of the month, September through June, and are free and open to the public. For more information, please visit www.gcnatureclub.org
Up-to date Field Trip information can also be found on the Meetup website: www.meetup.com/Gloucester-County-Nature-Club.
