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Baird Ornithological Club

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Baird Ornithological Club

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Reading, Pennsylvania

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  • Home
  • Programs-Meetings
  • Field Trips
  • Upcoming Events /partners
  • May Banquet 2023
  • Join or pay dues online
  • Blog & Birdwalk Info
  • The Distelfink
  • History/About Us
  • Christmas Bird Counts
  • Useful Links About Birds
  • Bird-Window Collisions
  • Join/Contact Us
  • Distelfink - Fall 2022

Upcoming Programs and activities

Three Upcoming activities with Ours Partners in Birding -February-April, 2023

Three Upcoming activities with Ours Partners in Birding -February-April, 2023

Meetings


Field trips / Birdwalks


one new Flash Birdwalk added for Friday October 14


Join or Renew your B.O.C. Membership

Three Upcoming activities with Ours Partners in Birding -February-April, 2023

Three Upcoming activities with Ours Partners in Birding -February-April, 2023

Three Upcoming activities with Ours Partners in Birding -February-April, 2023

Birding with Binoculars at Nolde Forest, Sun. Feb. 5, 2023, at 1:30 pm 

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BASICS OF BIRDING, at the Farmhouse in Jim Dietrich Park on Saturday, Feb. 11, 2023 from 1 - 2:30pm.  
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Breakfast with Baird at the Nature Place, with Berks Nature, April 15, 2023

our Newsletter - the Distelfink

Three Upcoming activities with Ours Partners in Birding -February-April, 2023

our Newsletter - the Distelfink

Published digitally twice a year in August and February/March and published on this site.

(A few paper copies are quick-printed for members without access to email)

Read The Distelfink Here

Christmas Bird Counts

Avoiding Bird-glass collisions

our Newsletter - the Distelfink

Map of Christmas Bird Count Circles and Contact information for counts in the Reading Area.






Avoiding Bird-glass collisions

Avoiding Bird-glass collisions

Avoiding Bird-glass collisions

 Birds don't understand glass and it kills a lot of them.


 Even birds that fly away after a window collision, may later die due to the effects of a concussion.
Preventing Bird deaths from window hits is quite possible. 


You can take action to prevent this.


Photo above is a bird's eye view of a window reflecting the environment like a mirror 

 Birds don't understand glass and it kills a lot of them.


 Even birds that fly away after a window collision, may later die due to the effects of a concussion.
Preventing Bird deaths from window hits is quite possible. 


You can take action to prevent this.


Photo above is a bird's eye view of a window reflecting the environment like a mirror when it's brighter outside than inside a building. Note the netting fastened outside the window with spacing to act as a cushion/net to prevent birds from hitting the glass. Photo By Mike Slater






Learn more

Video of the month

Check out this great video of "Everything you wanted to know about birds!"

 School Students in Alaska sharing what they have learned about birds with everyone in the world.

Tuesday Birdwalks & flash Birdwalks

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Blog & Flash Birdwalks

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Distelfink

Distelfink 2021

Distelfink 2020

Distelfink 2019


UseFul Links about Birds

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  • Home
  • Programs-Meetings
  • Field Trips
  • Upcoming Events /partners
  • May Banquet 2023
  • Blog & Birdwalk Info
  • The Distelfink
  • History/About Us
  • Christmas Bird Counts
  • Useful Links About Birds
  • Bird-Window Collisions
  • Join/Contact Us
  • Distelfink - Fall 2022