Audubon Society Plans Activities

Quittapahilla Audubon Society (QAS) will host its first program of the year on Wednesday, Feb. 22, at 7 p.m. at the Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 723 Lehman St., Lebanon. The event was rescheduled from January. Kayli Thomas, a wildlife biologist at Fort Indiantown Gap, will speak on the history, habitat, and unique ecology of the regal fritillary butterfly. Thomas will also describe the efforts of the Bureau of Environmental Management at Fort Indiantown Gap to monitor this species population and maintain its habitat. Parking is available behind the church off Spruce Street. Visitors should enter the church from the parking lot entrance.

QAS will host an activity at Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area (MCWMA) on Monday, Feb. 27. Attendees will observe snow geese and other migrating birds from Willow Point. Participants should meet at 10 a.m. at the visitor center parking lot. For more information, contact leader Jim Fiorentino at 717-269-0675.

QAS' programs and field trips are suitable for people of all ages and are open to the public with no fee and no registration required. For more information and updates, visit http://www.qasaudubon.org.

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