29th Annual Great Backyard Bird Count and Winter Hike
2026-02-14 08:00 - 10:00 (America/New_York) | Honey Hollow Nature Center, 2877 Creamery Road, New Hope, 18938, United States
The Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC) is a community science project launched in the US in 1998 and expanded worldwide in 2013. Join thousands of birders reporting their data over a four-day period. These observations help scientists better understand global bird populations before one of their annual migrations.
Meet at the Visitor Center at 8 am for a brief introduction to the count, and then let’s take a bird walk! Dress for the weather.
This event is free, but registration is required by February 12.
Register here.

126th Christmas Bird Count
2025-12-28 08:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York)
Join the longest-running community science project in North America – The Christmas Bird Count!
This year, the Central Bucks Christmas Bird Count will take place on December 28. We have opportunities for beginning birders, mobility-challenged birders, and folks who want to feeder watch (location-dependent).
Contact Diane by December 22 at dianesmith@bcas.org and put 2025 CBC in the subject line. Let us know how you’d like to participate, and we’ll find a spot for you!
There is no cost to participate in this event. The registration cutoff date is December 22, 2025.

Butterfly Count 2025
2025-07-19 10:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York)
Join us for a community science opportunity as we conduct a survey of the butterflies present at Honey Hollow. Please bring a hat, sunscreen, water, and if you have them – guidebooks and binoculars. We will look for eggs, caterpillars and chrysalis as well as adults in the gardens, meadows and near the pond.

$3 fee supports the North American Butterfly Association
The cutoff date for registration is July 17, 2025.
Sign up here.

Great Backyard Bird Count and Winter Hike
2025-02-15 08:00 - 11:00 (America/New_York)
REGISTER HERE BY 2/13/25.
The Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC) is a community science project launched in 1998 in the US that expanded worldwide in 2013. Join thousands of birders reporting their data over a four-day period. These observations help scientists better understand global bird populations before one of their annual migrations. Meet at the Visitor Center at 8 am for a brief introduction to the count and then let’s take a bird walk! Dress for the weather. FREE

124th Christmas Bird Count
2024-12-29 08:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York)
Join the longest-running community science project in North America – The Christmas Bird Count!
This year the Central Bucks Christmas Bird Count will take place on December 29. We have opportunities for beginning birders, mobility-challenged birders, and folks who want to feeder watch (location-dependent). Please contact Diane at dianesmith@bcas.org and put 2024 CBC in the subject line. Let us know how you’d like to participate and we’ll find a spot for you to do so!
There is no cost to participate in this event. The registration cutoff date is December 20, 2024.

Butterfly Count 2023
2023-07-22 10:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York)
Why count butterflies? Because scientists use the data to understand the big picture of butterfly health including changes over time in population size and distribution, but most of all because it’s fun! Join BCAS on Saturday July 22 at 10am to look for and count eastern tiger swallowtails, monarchs, sulphurs, coppers, cabbage whites and more! Bring binoculars and a field guide if you have them, sunscreen, water and a hat. A camera with a telephoto lens is also welcome.

Fee: $3/person to support the North American Butterfly Association

To Register – https://www.bcas.org/product/butterfly-count-2023/

123rd Christmas Bird Count
2023-01-01 08:00 - 12:00 UTC
Join the longest-running community science project in North America – The Christmas Bird Count!
This year the Central Bucks Christmas Bird Count will take place on January 1, 2023. We have opportunities for beginning birders, mobility challenged birders and folks that want to feeder watch (location dependent). Please contact Diane at dianesmith@bcas.org and put 2022 CBC in the subject line. Let us know how you’d like to participate and we’ll find a spot for you to do so!
There is no cost to participate in this event. Registration cutoff date is December 29, 2022.

BioBlitz
2022-07-22 - 2022-07-24
Bucks County Audubon Society is very excited to host a BioBlitz to take an inventory of the diverse plants and wildlife on our property.
Please check back for more information coming soon!!

Herp Walk and Talk
2022-06-25 10:00 - 12:00 UTC
FREE NATURE WALK!!! Join Kyle Loucks on a Herp Walk and Talk at Bucks Audubon. Kyle is the Southeast regional coordinator for the Pennsylvania Amphibian and Reptile Survey (PARS). He’s spent much of his life studying Bucks County herps and knows Honey Hollow well. Join him as he leaves no stone unturned nor log unlifted nor marsh unwaded in an effort to observe local frogs, snakes, toads, turtles and salamanders.
Space is limited so please register here!

Rain Barrel Workshop
2022-03-26 10:00 - 12:00 UTC
Are you interested in building your own rain barrel to collect rain water on your property? Would you like to learn more about water conservation and storm water management? If so, then join us and the Penn State Bucks County Master Watershed Stewards to build your own rain barrel. Registration will include all supplies, including the rain barrel. You will want to bring a vehicle large enough to transport your rain barrel home. Space is limited so sign up early!

Member Price $65
Non-Member Price $75
Parts Only (so you can build it at home) $50
Presentation on use of Rain Barrels $5.

Register HERE!

Nature Connections Lunch & Learn
2021-05-26 12:00 - 13:00 UTC
Join Bucks Audubon weekly on Wednesdays at 12pm for a ten week virtual Lunch & Learn Series focusing on Community Science, what it is, and how YOU can connect to the great outdoors by being a part of these many great science projects! Program is free, however donations are greatly appreciated and benefit our environmental education programming. All sessions in the series will be recorded and available after each week on our YouTube Channel and Facebook page.
Upon registering, you will be sent a Zoom link (which is good for each week). Register HERE.
Each week features a new speaker and a new topic. This last week features “Firefly Watch” with Heidi Shiver.

Nature Connections Lunch & Learn
2021-05-19 12:00 - 13:00 UTC
Join Bucks Audubon weekly on Wednesdays at 12pm for a ten week virtual Lunch & Learn Series focusing on Community Science, what it is, and how YOU can connect to the great outdoors by being a part of these many great science projects! Program is free, however donations are greatly appreciated and benefit our environmental education programming. All sessions in the series will be recorded and available after each week on our YouTube Channel and Facebook page.
Upon registering, you will be sent a Zoom link (which is good for each week). Register HERE.
Each week features a new speaker and a new topic. This week, we will be joined by Elena Tartaglia, with Bowman’s Hill Wildflower Preserve and founder of National Moth Week, to present “National Moth Week”, a community science collaborative that celebrates the beauty, life cycle, and habitat of moths!

Nature Connections Lunch & Learn
2021-05-12 12:00 - 13:00 UTC
Join Bucks Audubon weekly on Wednesdays at 12pm for a ten week virtual Lunch & Learn Series focusing on Community Science, what it is, and how YOU can connect to the great outdoors by being a part of these many great science projects! Program is free, however donations are greatly appreciated and benefit our environmental education programming. All sessions in the series will be recorded and available after each week on our YouTube Channel and Facebook page.
Upon registering, you will be sent a Zoom link (which is good for each week). Register HERE.
Each week features a new speaker and a new topic. Stay tuned for presenter and topic!

Nature Connections Lunch & Learn
2021-05-05 12:00 - 13:00 UTC
Join Bucks Audubon weekly on Wednesdays at 12pm for a ten week virtual Lunch & Learn Series focusing on Community Science, what it is, and how YOU can connect to the great outdoors by being a part of these many great science projects! Program is free, however donations are greatly appreciated and benefit our environmental education programming. All sessions in the series will be recorded and available after each week on our YouTube Channel and Facebook page.
Upon registering, you will be sent a Zoom link (which is good for each week). Register HERE.
Each week features a new speaker and a new topic. This week features “Climate Watch” with Bob McGarry.

Nature Connections Lunch & Learn
2021-04-28 12:00 - 13:00 UTC
Join Bucks Audubon weekly on Wednesdays at 12pm for a ten week virtual Lunch & Learn Series focusing on Community Science, what it is, and how YOU can connect to the great outdoors by being a part of these many great science projects! Program is free, however donations are greatly appreciated and benefit our environmental education programming. All sessions in the series will be recorded and available after each week on our YouTube Channel and Facebook page.
Upon registering, you will be sent a Zoom link (which is good for each week). Register HERE.!
Each week features a new speaker and a new topic. This week we shall be learning about “Bee Keeping in Your Backyard” with James Romanchek!

Nature Connections Lunch & Learn
2021-04-21 12:00 - 13:00 UTC
Join Bucks Audubon weekly on Wednesdays at 12pm for a ten week virtual Lunch & Learn Series focusing on Community Science, what it is, and how YOU can connect to the great outdoors by being a part of these many great science projects! Program is free, however donations are greatly appreciated and benefit our environmental education programming. All sessions in the series will be recorded and available after each week on our YouTube Channel and Facebook page.
Upon registering, you will be sent a Zoom link (which is good for each week). Register HERE.
Each week features a new speaker and a new topic. This week will feature “Frog Watch” with Danielle from the Philadelphia Zoo.

Nature Connections Lunch & Learn
2021-04-14 12:00 - 13:00 UTC
Join Bucks Audubon weekly on Wednesdays at 12pm for a ten week virtual Lunch & Learn Series focusing on Community Science, what it is, and how YOU can connect to the great outdoors by being a part of these many great science projects! Program is free, however donations are greatly appreciated and benefit our environmental education programming. All sessions in the series will be recorded and available after each week on our YouTube Channel and Facebook page.
Upon registering, you will be sent a Zoom link (which is good for each week). Register HERE.
Each week features a new speaker and a new topic. This week features “Nest Watch” with Diane Smith!

Nature Connections Lunch & Learn
2021-04-07 12:00 - 13:00 UTC
Join Bucks Audubon weekly on Wednesdays at 12pm for a ten week virtual Lunch & Learn Series focusing on Community Science, what it is, and how YOU can connect to the great outdoors by being a part of these many great science projects! Program is free, however donations are greatly appreciated and benefit our environmental education programming. All sessions in the series will be recorded and available after each week on our YouTube Channel and Facebook page.
Upon registering, you will be sent a Zoom link (which is good for each week). Register HERE.
Each week features a new speaker and a new topic. This week will feature “Project Feeder Watch” with Barbara Beck.

Nature Connections Lunch & Learn
2021-03-31 12:00 - 13:00 UTC
Join Bucks Audubon weekly on Wednesdays at 12pm for a ten week virtual Lunch & Learn Series focusing on Community Science, what it is, and how YOU can connect to the great outdoors by being a part of these many great science projects! Program is free, however donations are greatly appreciated and benefit our environmental education programming. All sessions in the series will be recorded and available after each week on our YouTube Channel and Facebook page.
Upon registering, you will be sent a Zoom link (which is good for each week). Register HERE.
Each week features a new speaker and a new topic. This week will feature “Monarch Watch & Waystations” with Sally Coyne.

Nature Connections Lunch & Learn
2021-03-24 12:00 - 13:00 UTC
Join Bucks Audubon weekly on Wednesdays at 12pm for a ten week virtual Lunch & Learn Series focusing on Community Science, what it is, and how YOU can connect to the great outdoors by being a part of these many great science projects! Program is free, however donations are greatly appreciated and benefit our environmental education programming. All sessions in the series will be recorded and available after each week on our YouTube Channel and Facebook page.
Upon registering, you will be sent a Zoom link (which is good for each week). Register HERE.
Each week features a new speaker and a new topic. We kick off the series with a look at iNaturalist during a presentation titled “Nature & Technology” with LeRoy Tabb.

Great Backyard Birdcount
2021-02-13 14:00 - 16:00 UTC
Click Here to Watch the Sightings Roll in Around the World!

Join Bucks Audubon for an afternoon of community science! This project is put on by the National Audubon Society and we are always thrilled to be able to host a count as well. Explore the property and learn all about some winter birds.
Masks required for in-person count. Register for this event HERE.
Audubon PA is also presenting a GBBC Live segment each morning of the GBBC. They will have a different host every half hour to help participants identify birds, sign up for eBird, fill out their checklist, or just chat with a fellow bird nerd!

Great Backyard Bird Count Virtual Presentation
2021-02-11 19:00 - 19:30 UTC
Join Bucks Audubon for an afternoon of community science! This project is put on by the National Audubon Society and we are always thrilled to be able to host a count as well. Explore the property and learn all about some winter birds.
During the virtual presentation, you will learn about proper data collection, how to report your observations, and more about this Community Science program! Once you participate in the training, you can join in on the count anywhere in the world – or join us for our in-person count on February 13th at 2pm!
Register for this virtual program HERE. Admission is free, but donations are welcome and help support our high-quality environmental education programs.
Audubon PA is also presenting a GBBC Live segment each morning of the GBBC. They will have a different host every half hour to help participants identify birds, sign up for eBird, fill out their checklist, or just chat with a fellow bird nerd!

Christmas Bird Count
2020-12-27 08:00 - 12:00 UTC
Participate in one of the longest running Community Science projects put on by the National Audubon Society – the Christmas Bird Count!
Due to COVID restrictions this year, the Christmas Bird Count will operate a little bit differently!
We will gather at the Center at 8 am to start as usual, with masks. Subsequently, these are the rules to follow:

Social distancing and/or masking are required at all times in the field, i.e. when you are out of your car.
Carpooling may only occur within existing family or social pods/groups. That is, if you have a group that you regularly participate with that would like to accompany you on the count that is acceptable.
Activities must comply with all current state and municipal COVID-19 guidelines.

When you have completed your area survey you can drop off your checklist as per usual.

If you are interested in participating, please email Diane Smith at dianesmith@bcas.org for further details.

BioBlitz
2020-10-18 08:00 - 17:00 UTC
Join us for a week-long, socially-distant bioblitz! Come out any time during the week and use iNaturalist to record your observations. Not sure what you’d be seeing or how to use iNaturalist? Join us for our Nature in your Backyard: Lunch & Learn series throughout September where we’ll prep you on how to identify all manners of wildlife, plants, and fungi!
Click here to download the iNaturalist app. Click here for a Birds of Bucks Audubon Checklist.
Pre-registration is required so that we can provide you with the necessary tools for success! Upon registration, you will be given more details about the section of property that you will be searching in and inventory-ing. Register here!

Nature in Your Backyard: Lunch and Learn series
2020-10-14 12:00 - 13:00 UTC
Join us each Wednesday at noon for a lunchtime series highlighting the various flora and fauna of the backyard along with tips for identification! We will learn about mammals, plants, birds, insects, fungi, lichen and more during this series.
October 14th will focus on Fungi & Lichen with Luke Smithson and Dennis Waters.
Register HERE. Upon registration, you will be emailed the Zoom details. Admission is free, however donations are greatly appreciated!
Then, use your newfound knowledge and enthusiasm for nature during our week-long, social-distancing BioBlitz!

Nature in Your Backyard: Lunch and Learn series
2020-10-07 12:00 - 13:00 UTC
Join us each Wednesday at noon for a lunchtime series highlighting the various flora and fauna of the backyard along with tips for identification! We will learn about mammals, plants, birds, insects, fungi, lichen and more during this series.
October 7th will focus on Herbaceous Plants (non-woody) with Sarah Dohle.
Register HERE. Upon registration, you will be emailed the Zoom details. Admission is free, however donations are greatly appreciated!
Then, use your newfound knowledge and enthusiasm for nature during our week-long, social-distancing BioBlitz!

Nature in Your Backyard: Lunch and Learn series
2020-09-30 12:00 - 13:00 UTC
Join us each Wednesday at noon for a lunchtime series highlighting the various flora and fauna of the backyard along with tips for identification! We will learn about mammals, plants, birds, insects, fungi, lichen and more during this series.
September 30th will focus on Mammals with Marissa Jacobs.
Register HERE. Upon registration, you will be emailed the Zoom details. Admission is free, however donations are greatly appreciated!
Then, use your newfound knowledge and enthusiasm for nature during our week-long, social-distancing BioBlitz!

Nature in Your Backyard: Lunch and Learn series
2020-09-23 12:00 - 13:00 UTC
Join us each Wednesday at noon for a lunchtime series highlighting the various flora and fauna of the backyard along with tips for identification! We will learn about mammals, plants, birds, insects, fungi, lichen and more during this series.
September 23rd will focus on Trees & Shrubs with Laura Lutton.
Register HERE. Upon registration, you will be emailed the Zoom details. Admission is free, however donations are greatly appreciated!
Then, use your newfound knowledge and enthusiasm for nature during our week-long, social-distancing BioBlitz!

Nature in Your Backyard: Lunch and Learn series
2020-09-16 12:00 - 13:00 UTC
Join us each Wednesday at noon for a lunchtime series highlighting the various flora and fauna of the backyard along with tips for identification! We will learn about mammals, plants, birds, insects, fungi, lichen and more during this series.
September 16th will focus on Birds with Diane Smith.
Register HERE. Upon registration, you will be emailed the Zoom details. Admission is free, however donations are greatly appreciated!
Then, use your newfound knowledge and enthusiasm for nature during our week-long, social-distancing BioBlitz!

Nature in Your Backyard: Lunch and Learn series
2020-09-09 12:00 - 13:00 UTC
Join us each Wednesday at noon for a lunchtime series highlighting the various flora and fauna of the backyard along with tips for identification! We will learn about mammals, plants, birds, insects, fungi, lichen and more during this series.
September 9th will focus on Insects & Invertebrates with Stacy Carr-Poole.
Register HERE. Upon registration, you will be emailed the Zoom details. Admission is free, however donations are greatly appreciated!
Then, use your newfound knowledge and enthusiasm for nature during our week-long, social-distancing BioBlitz!
