This trip is cancelled due to leader’s injury.

We will take a leisurely walk along the trail in this linear park, which opened in 2011. The entire trail runs along the former rail line from the old Cynwyd SEPTA Station out onto the Manayunk Bridge, and it has two side branches, one of which we will explore, since it will take us through a shaded forest glade and down to the river.

Meet at the old Barmouth Station entrance to the trail, about 0.8mile north of Cynwyd Station, where there is a parking lot. The trail can also be accessed at that point from a gateway between the Cynwyd Trail and West Laurel Hill Cemetery, which has a parking lot behind its Funeral Home located on the left about 100 yards from the cemetery entrance on Belmont Avenue.

Over about 25 years here, more than 140 bird species have been recorded (though not all have been eBirded), and in the latter part of August we may get lucky with some returning migrants. But we will certainly have a good chance to see the Peregrine Falcons that nest in the steeple of St. John Church across the river, and we will have chances to see songbirds, gulls, waterfowl, and other raptors–so, I would expect about 35 species.

For questions, contact Gregg at HomoAves@gmail.com