Overnight Trip: Golden Target Bird #6 in a celebratory year: Where Golden Eagles soar at Hawk Mountain

Note: this is an two-night trip that leaves Thursday at noon.

Leader: Peter Dorosh

Participant limit: 16; Members and drivers get priority.

Focus: In 2025, we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the leader’s birding journey, which began in 1975 with his spark bird, the Scarlet Tanager. To mark this special milestone, the theme of the year’s celebrations will focus on bird species with the name “golden,” along with all birds that continue to inspire joy and wonder. Throughout the year, seven “golden” bird species will be featured in walks and trips, honoring nature, the outdoors, and the many birds that enrich our lives. This crisp fall trip will spotlight the Golden Eagle, an “irregular ”  visitor of mid-autumn hawk migration at the most famous granddaddy venue for watching hawks.  We will also visit New Jersey Merrill Creek Reservoir and Alpha Grasslands on the less favorable wind day.  Overnight accommodation is likely in the area of Allentown, PA.

Registrar: Peter Dorosh Prosbird@gmail.com

Registration Period: October 1st-October 19th

Carpool fee: $50

References: https://www.hawkmountain.org/

https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Golden_Eagle/overview