Updated
October 26, 2024
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** Berks County Nature **
Since 2002. Now at www.berkscountynature.org.
Nature Activities of Organizations in Berks County, Pennsylvania
This site contains information about programs, field trips, exhibits, and organizations relating to natural history in and around Berks County, Pennsylvania. Programs and events are open to the public.
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Mengel Natural History Society  To receive a monthly email notice of programs and field trips sponsored by the Mengel Natural History Society send an email request to .
Mengel Natural History Society
Updated (October 26, 2024).  
Baird Ornithological Club
BairdOrnithological Club flashbirdwalks
Baird Ornithological Club on Facebook
Lancaster Butterfly & Entomology Club Updated (10-9-24)
Lancaster Butterflies seen by month
in 2024, partial list.

(30 sp, Aug 25+ sp) Updated (8-13-24)
Berks Butterflies seen by
month in 2024

(Partial list 46+ sp) Updated 9-19-24)
Seen by month in 2023 - 58 sp
Planetarium -Reading Public Museum

Reading Public Museum
Berks Birds seen in 2018
(250 species)

Berks County Butterfly Walks 2024  (9-18-23)
Neversink Mountain Butterflies 2017-2023
Yearly Berks Bird & Butterfly
Sightings; 2000-2023

Updated (6-20-23)

Berks Nature
50 years of serving Nature in Berks County
Nolde Forest Environmental
Education Center
Berks Mineralogical Society

Hawk Mountain Sanctuary

Monocacy Hill Conservation Association

  Blue Mountain Eagle Climbing Club
Pike-Oley-District Preservation
Coalition
Berks County Amateur Astronomical Society
Quittapahilla Audubon Society
Lebanon  County
  Blue Marsh Lake
Orchids of Berks County, Pennsylvania by Hans Wilkens
A checklist published by the MNHS.
 Tulpehocken Chapter - Trout Unlimited
  Muhlenberg Botanic Club
  Periodical (17 year) Cicadas
Added to this page 11Jan2021.

 Green Lane Park
and Events Brochure

  Natural Lands
Over 100,000 acres preserved.

 Woolly Bears and Look-alikes in
Berks County, PA
  Blue Mountain Wildlife


 Mid-Atlantic Renewable Energy Association
  Berks County RECYCLE info. New URL, May 2023


Don't Forget Other Great Local Sources for Natural History listed below

  
Mengel Natural History Society
November 12, 2024        Tuesday 7:30 PM     An IN-PERSON meeting.
             This program will be held at the Reading Public Museum
"Recent Discoveries of Fossils, Minerals and Other Natural Wonders in Southeastern Pennsylvania".  Presented by local freelance paleontologist and avid naturalist Michael Szajna. Mike will report on his most recent research and collaborations in the study of Late Triassic fossils. Along the way he has documented a few new mineral sites and photographed many natural wonders including mushrooms, slime molds, lichens and a special favorite, caterpillars. He will bring a slab of shale from SE PA with dinosaur footprints. If you or your children have never touched a 200 million year old fossil, this is your opportunity.
Joint meeting with the Berks Mineralogical Society at their meeting location and day of the week. Enter at the back of the Museum on South Parkside Drive. All welcome. Free.

It has now been 10 years since this pest was discovered in North America.
The SPOTTED LANTERNFLY (Lycorma delicatula)
What to look for
And more at
Management Guide, Identification, and Life Cycle

This insect (a plant hopper native to SE Asia) was discovered for the first time in North America in September 2014. It is a potential threat to an array of plants from herbaceous plants to trees, not only locally, but for the continent.

How many food
calories in a gallon of
gasoline?
FOOD to GASOLINE
Most of us know how many food calories an adult needs per day, so in the debate over making ethanol from corn to replace gasoline, wouldn't it be nice to know how many food calories there are in a gallon of gasoline? Can you skip breakfast and drive to work on the energy you didn't eat?
The answer is: the number of food calories in a gallon of gasoline is 31,500
For most adults this is the energy in about two weeks of food.
YOU can calculate this. How to calculate page.
Butterfly Enthusiasts
There is a small informal group of local butterfly collectors/observers in Berks Co. If you are interested in butterflies and would like to meet this group, contact. You are also invited to the butterfly walks found at the link at the top of the page.
You may contact the web master at the same address.
Other Great Local Sources for Natural History Activities and Information
Jack's Backyard, hosted by Jack Holcomb, on Saturdays at 8 to 10 am on WEEU, 830 AM, announces natural history activities at 8 am followed by 2 hours of call-ins and interviews about natural history.
      Berks County Nature was created January 29, 2002.