Valley Forge Audubon Society

06/13/2026

06/12/2026

Friday Funnies

06/10/2026

More photos from Ocean City/Forsythe:
Eastern Kingbird, Great egrets feeding young, Black-crowned Night heron nest, and a Ruddy Turnstone (by Karen Sene), Black Skimmer, Boat-tailed grackle, Marsh wren, and a preening Great Egret (by )

06/10/2026

Chester County is offering a green infrastructure rebate program for residential landowners. Residents must apply by June 30. The program "Catch the Rain" will reimburse 50% of a project up to $2500. Eligible practices include:

Rain gardens
Conservation landscaping
Canopy, riparian buffer, or shade tree plantings
De-paving or permeable pavement retrofits

Project funding is limited and rebates for program participants will be available on a first-come, first-served basis. Only projects that are implemented after acceptance into the program are eligible for rebates.

Chester County Catch the Rain program webpage

06/09/2026

Congratulations to the (PGT) for a successful summer garden tour on June 6. In addition to touring native plant gardens in Phoenixville, many participants registered for our Audubon Bird Friendly Habitat program. Shown in the photo: Ashley Hans and Dave Lutzker of PGT, Marya Kaye and Peggy Gillin from the VFAS Outreach Committee, and Janet Krevenas from . We look forward to partnering with PGT for future events.

06/08/2026

Photos from our field trip to the Ocean City Welcome Center and Forsythe NWR on Friday. Great egrets, Little blue heron, White ibis, Osprey, Yellow-crowned night heron, Glossy ibis, Clapper rail, Black-crowned night heron, and Marsh Wren. All photos by Tony Nastase. We will be showing other photos during the week.