Mon Valley Master Birder Enrollment and First Session

Audubon Society of Western Pennsylvania is bringing their Master Birder Program to the Mon Valley! 

The Master Birder Program is for beginner and intermediate birders alike and will help build your birding knowledge or take it to the next level. The program will consist of 12 lectures occurring in the spring and fall of 2024. The first eight lectures begin March 21 and go through May 9. The remaining lectures will start in September. All lectures will be held in person at the Renzie Park Senior Center (100 Sycamore Dr, McKeesport, PA 15132) with a hybrid online option (Zoom link will be provided to registrants). Weekend outings to Mon Valley community birding hot spots and areas beyond to be announced throughout the course year. 

Graduates of the Mon Valley Master Birder Program will have a detailed understanding of local habitat, bird identification, and behavior along with the desire to share their newfound knowledge with family, friends, and the local community. This program ($450 value) is being offered free of cost to 15 members of the Mon Valley community. A mandatory interest session will be held on February 15; registration for the interest session available at the following link: http://aswp.org/events/12995

This program ($450 value) is being offered free of cost to 15 members of the Mon Valley community. Residents of McKeesport, White Oak, Versailles, South Versailles, and Dravosburg will have the opportunity to register beginning February 16. Enrollment for all other Mon Valley residents will open on March 1. 

All registrants must fill out the form at the following link: https://forms.gle/6tsdVVGUqzoRHV537

This program is being offered for free for 15 residents of the Mon Valley through an Assistance Agreement from the Environmental Protection Agency’s Region III Environmental Education grant.