SENECA ROCKS AUDUBON SOCIETY
Short-eared Owl. Video: Steven Chu/Audubon Photography Awards
Winter Events
Eastern Bluebird. Photo: Carole Carnovale/ 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!
Please pick up your bird seed orders at
J&J Feeds between January 24-31. Thank you!
Clarion Forest Landowner's Conference, February 7,
8 am-noon, at PennWest - Clarion University. $15.
Learn how to support birds and insects with native plants, create a native meadow, and control invasive plants and insects. Stop for more information about native plants and SRAS at our table.
Here is the registration link.
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Great Backyard Bird Count, Feb. 13-16, 2026
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Bird Art Competition for Kids!
In cooperation with your local public library in Clarion and Forest Counties and Brookville. Click above for more details.
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
Christmas Bird Count on Dec. 20, 2025
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. Our next events are our Winter Sowing Class for the public on January 10 and our support of the Clarion Forest Landowner's Conference on February 7. More information under Winter Events section. Join us!
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.