Tap Talks: Barred Owls of Bear Swamp and Minsi Lake
- Length
- 1 hour
- Language
- English
- Note
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About The In-person Workshop
Discover the fascinating world of Barred Owls and the wetlands they call home during this engaging evening with Jim Wilson of Friends of Minsi Lake. Learn how a unique conservation partnership—spanning local Boy Scouts, volunteers from Lehigh Valley Audubon Society and Friends of Minsi Lake, Northampton County Parks staff, and Hawk Mountain Sanctuary biologists—has been providing Barred Owls with nestboxes and monitoring their use across Bear Swamp and the Minsi Lake Greenway since 2020. Through stories of six owl families and the dedicated community behind them, you will gain insight into owl ecology, learn about other owl species of Pennsylvania, and discover how you can create, install, and maintain nestboxes to support these remarkable cavity-nesting birds.
This event is being offered at no charge to participants.
Registering before the event is encouraged and appreciated!
- Master Watershed Stewards
- Watershed coalition members
- General public
- Birders
- Those who love Minsi Lake and its surrounding 1,200-acre greenway
- Barred Owl identification, biology, and ecology
- Why, when, and where the local Barred Owl Conservation Project began
- How the project has benefited local Barred Owls
- Who is involved in this project
- How you can provide nesting and roosting habitat for cavity-nesting owls
- Notes on Pennsylvania's eight different species of owls
- Construction plans for building nest boxes for cavity-nesting owls
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