Plants
Meeting topics
- azaleas
- lady slippers
- trillium
- black locust
- multiflora rose
- mountain laurel
Trip
- Thompson Wildlife Management Area
Service Project
- weed warriors
Birds
Meeting topic
- warblers
- shorebirds
Trips
- Thompson Wildlife Management Area
- late canopy closure makes birds easier to see plus lots of wildflowers
- http://www.mdbird.org for birding trips
- Pine Barrens
- 100,000 acres in Southern New Jersey
- Unique eco-region best experienced from canoe
- Batsto & Mullica perfect for over night canoe trips.
- Wading & Oswego for day trips.
- Batona hiking trail is 50 miles.
- Delaware Bay shorebirds & Horseshoe Crabs
- best on high tide at full or new moon from 5/15 to 6/1.
- Camp at Cape Henalopen State Park – youth area.
Service Project
- Flipping Horseshoe Crabs
Animals
Meeting Topic
- Fantail Darter
Trip
- headwater streams of Monocacy & Patapsco Rivers
Meeting Topic
- Herps
- Carpenter Frogs
- Diamondback Terrapins
- Horseshoe Crabs
Trip
- Pine Barrens – see birds
- Delaware Bay – see birds
- Assateague Island
- Bayside campground good place to see diamondback terrapins.
Service Project
- Field Trip with Mr. Scott
