The Wyncote Audubon Society is one of the oldest nature oriented clubs in North America. We were founded in 1914 as the Wyncote Bird Club and in 1970 we became a chapter of the National Audubon Society. We now have over 2000 members in the Philadelphia / Eastern Montgomery County region.
As a member of National Audubon we firmly support the Audubon Cause:
  • To conserve and support systems of the natural environment
  • To conserve and use renewable energy sources
  • To protect life from radiation and toxic substances and pollution
  • To promote the responsible use of public lands and waters
  • To work to solve local and global environmental problems
  • To address the stablization of World Populations

For membership information

SUPPORT OUR
NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGES

Buy your Duck Stamps for the 2012-13 season. Pick one up at the post office
or buy one on-line at:
The USPS STORE
BUY COLLECTIBLES -
DUCK STAMPS

Next Meeting:
May 17, 2013
ANNUAL MEMBERS MEETING and Election of Officers

" EXPLORING THE WEST WITH JOHN JAMES AUDUBON:THE LAST EXPEDITION "
with Bob Peck

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Both Wyncote Audubon Society and Militia Hill Hawk Watch are currently on Facebook so please visit us there.

On the local level, Wyncote is involved in numerous educational projects. We maintain Crosswicks, a National Audubon Society Sanctuary in Abington Twp., Montgomery Co. PA. and support the Militia Hill Hawk Watch

The Board also occasionally awards the Edward Hicks Parry Award honoring those who have offered distinguished service to Wyncote Audubon.

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE


President

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Jane Henderson

Vice President

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Martin Selzer

Secretary

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Katie Gross

Treasurer

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George Benz

COMMITTEE CHAIRS


Calendar.......... Jane Henderson
Christmas Bird Count... Andy Fayer
Conservation....... Bob Berghier
Crosswicks......... Leigh Altadonna
Dinner....... Marlene Morano (215-342-7996)
Education.......... Greta Brunschwyler
Field Trips........ Martin Selzer
Hawkwatch Liaison ........ Rich Conroy
Hospitality........ Marlene Morano (215-342-7996)
Membership......... Rich Conroy
Programs .......... Jane Henderson
Publicity.......... Ray Rife
Scholarships....... Peter Burns
Website ....... Lynn C. Jackson

Wyncote Audubon’s Annual Dinner – 2012
"The First Frontier” with Scott Weidensaul,
Dinner Speaker

On Sunday, December 2nd the Annual Wyncote Dinner was held at Williamson's Restaurant in Horsham. This was the 7th time we have returned to Williamson’s and the staff there once again did a wonderful time circulating hors d’oeuvres during the social hour before dinner. Chapter President Jane Henderson greeted 83 chapter members and guests, along with our dinner speaker Scott Weidensaul as we all sat down to a delicious dinner before enjoying Scott’s talk about his latest book The First Frontier: The Forgotten History of Struggle, Savagery and Endurance in Early America."

For many, if not most of us, the word "frontier" conjures images of Conestoga wagons and Plains Indians on horseback, but for hundreds of years the frontier lay along the Eastern seaboard – the boundary between complex Native cultures and colonizing Europeans. Scott’s latest literary work and this evening’s glimpse into it was an exploration of this older, wilder, darker period on Eastern history, when the land between the Atlantic and the Appalachians was contested ground – fought over by people who, despite differences of race, birth and language, considered it theirs, and worth dying for. As always Scott was his entertaining and enthralling self.

Kudos to Marlene Morano who once again worked her magic to create a fine festive evening, ensuring that the tables were decorated for the winter season and everyone went home with a chocolate treat!

Please join us next year when ABA President Jeff Gordon will be our Annual Dinner Speaker.

Our 2012 Banquet speaker, Scott Weidensaul