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Everyone has fun at the zoo, especially the Philadelphia Zoo, America’s very first.

Please join us for our June field trip on Saturday June 25.

See the Field Trips tab above for details.

Rupert Barneby and Dwight Ripley

Prof. Scott Rawlins will present A Tale of Two Botanists at our April meeting. He will offer us a look at the lives and work of two British botanists who conducted the first comprehensive survey of Southwestern U.S. flora. Rupert Barneby and Dwight Ripley were partners in life as well as work for 50 years. Their circle of acquaintances in England included the well-known Auden, Spender, and Isherwood. Everyone is welcome to join us for this presentation. Details are in the Meetings tab above.

(Photo by Stephen Maciejewski)

Join us for one of our perennially popular field trips to the SEPOS International Orchid Show & Sale at Longwood Gardens.

We will be carpooling to Longwood on Sunday March 27.
See details in the Field Trips tab about.

Please join us for a look at an amazing collections of artifacts from China on display at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archeology and Anthropology: Secrets of the Silk Road

Penn Museum is pleased to announce that its landmark exhibition from China, Secrets of the Silk Road, will now open to the public with the full complement of artifacts and mummies for a limited time only, beginning Friday, February 18. Penn Museum will extend day and evening hours to help accommodate those who wish to experience this extraordinary exhibition during its limited run.

We will meet at the museum. For more details see the Field Trips tab above.

Join us at our next meeting for a tavelogue presentation by Michael and Michael. Treat yourself to a vacation in Southeastern Texas –vicariously– with Michael LoFurno and Michael Thompson as they present photos from their January 2011 birding trip to Brownsville, Texas and the lower Rio Grande Valley.

A lush sub-tropical paradise? Well, not exactly, but the birding is indeed exceptional. The Brownsville-McAllen Texas area is a Mecca for birders hoping to add that stray Mexican specimen to their US bird list. It is a perennial meeting place for migrants and vagrants and an indispensable stop for birders doing a Big Year.

For details see the Meetings tab above.

Please join us for one what is becoming an annual trip to the Cumberland County Winter Eagle Festival in Mauricetown, NJ. This festival has provided excellent opportunities to see bald eagles and other birds of prey in the past. Be sure to dress warmly for walks along the fields and forests bordering the Maurice River.

For full details see the Field Trips tab above.

Looking forward to this year’s Philadelphia International Flower Show? How much do you know about it’s theme, Springtime in Paris? Join us as we travel to Temple University’s Ambler Campus for an enlightening lecture on the history of French gardens given by the Director of the Arboretum, Jenny Rose Carey. See the Field Trips tab above for details.

Join us for our January 13 meeting and dive into the beautiful and alien world of Sperm Whales, Mola Molas, and ocean-going lizards. This amazing video presentation will take you away from the winter weather to the fascinating world under the sea. For details see the Meetings tab above.

It is time again for one of our favorite meetings — the Traditional Solstice Celebration Party!

Please join us for this pot-luck party and photo review of the year’s meetings and field trips, narrated by Michael LoFurno.

Stephen asks that you rsvp simply with a phone message stating what dish you will be bringing.
See the Meetings tab above for details.

Like all of our meetings this one is open to everyone. Please bring a friend!