Event

Guided Bird Walks

• Multiple Days: 03/13/2018, 03/27/2018, 04/10/2018, 04/24/2018, 05/08/2018, 05/22/2018, 06/12/2018, 06/26/2018, 07/10/2018, 07/24/2018, 08/14/2018, 08/28/2018, 09/11/2018, 09/25/2018, 10/09/2018, 10/23/2018 Friends of Valley Forge Park Location: Artillery Park (tour stop #7), Friends of Valley Forge Park Time: 8:00 AM to 10:00 AM Fee Information: Free
  
  Bird walks are back. Join Mary Ellen and Tom Heisey, avid local birders, on several Tuesday mornings each month for a fascinating bird walk. See or hear different species in a variety of seasons and habitats such as meadow, edge, and woods. Walk is intended for birders of all levels, beginners welcome and encouraged.
  
  What to Expect
  Programs meet in the Artillery Park parking lot on East Inner Line Drive. Each program lasts approximately 2 hours and covers 1.5 miles walking. The walk is mostly along paved trails but includes short sections of gravel and grass. Good walking shoes are recommended. Birding highlights listed below. 
  Download the park map and our birding brochure. 
   
  What to Bring
  Binoculars, hat, water, bug spray and sun protection optional.
  
  Program Times (approx 2 hrs)
  Begins at 8:00 am during March, April, September, and October.
  Begins at 7:30 am from May – August.   
   
  Please check the Valley Forge Park Alliance website for updates. Walks will be canceled during electrical or ice storms. 
  
  Birding Highlights
  March & April
  Early season weather brings a good chance of seeing or hearing most of the park's resident woodpeckers, including the Red-Bellied Woodpecker, Hairy Woodpecker, Downy Woodpecker, Northern Flicker, Pileated Woodpecker, and the Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers.
  
  May is Migration Month!
  Join us to welcome back our summer birds – Baltimore & Orchard Orioles, Eastern Kingbirds, and Scarlet Tanagers as well as looking for seasonal and migrating warblers, Yellow, Red Start, Black-Throated Green, plus more.
  
  June–August
  Park meadows are alive with Song Sparrows, Goldfinches, Eastern Phoebes, Eastern Meadowlarks, Barn Swallows, Mockingbirds, and American Kestrels. Hear Wood Thrushes, Red-eyed Vireos, and Eastern Wood-Pewees on the edges of the Park. Enjoy the fun of observing all the immature birds as they fledge.
  
  September & October
  Join us to say good-bye to the birds that migrate south. Common observations are large flocks of familiar birds as well as birds just passing through. Particular observations include Black & White Warblers, Kinglets, Palm Warblers, Magnolia Warblers, and much more.