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