October 31, 2007
Bird Walk at East Park Reservoir

On Saturday November 3rd, gain access to a normally restricted part of Philadelphia, the East Park Reservoir. Pennsylvania Audubon Society’s Keith Russell will be leading a bird walk around the grounds of the East Park Reservoir (EPR).
The East Park Reservoir is actually made up of three basins, only one of which is currently in use to hold drinking water for the city, of the other three basins, one is an urban lake and the other two are left idle with vegetation growing in them. This area has become a haven for wildlife, especially birds. In fact, a family of pied-billed grebes found in the lake this summer may be the first breeding record of this bird ever for Philadelphia. The Fairmount Park system’s 9,200 acres, which contains the EPR, has been designated an Important Bird Area.
PA Audubon Society plans to open an environmental center on the site. Currently Keith Russell, a Philadelphia native, is working to build involvement in the Strawberry Mansion community with the environmental center project. His walk will be an enjoyable and informative trip around the grounds of the reservoir open to all ages.
To join the walk group, meet at the south Entrance to the Reservoir, located on Reservoir Drive, just west of 33rd and Oxford Streets (across from the Disc Golf course and Sedgely Woods).
East Park Reservoir
33rd & Oxford, Philadelphia, PA 19121

















