This year's Birding Cup from Shaver's Creek Environmental Center will raise money for the restoration and management of 25 acres of grassland habitat at the Musser Gap Greenway.
The 2025 Birding Cup, Shaver's Creek's annual fundraiser, will take place from 7 p.m. May 2 to 7 p.m. May 3. Registration for the Birding Cup ends Sunday, April 27, and donations are accepted until June 30.
Birders of all skill levels can participate in the cup, with the goal of identifying as many species as possible in 24 hours. Anyone can join non-competitively as part of the global birding community, while local participants can compete to identify birds in seven central Pennsylvania counties.
Donations from birders and those who support them will go toward the grassland habitat planting and restoration - a collaborative project between Shaver's Creek, the Penn State Department of Landscape Architecture and the Russell E. Larson Agricultural Research Center - that will take place at the southern end of the Penn State-owned land next to Rothrock State Forest.
The Musser Gap Greenway, which is managed by Shaver's Creek, comprises 355 acres of forest and farmland in Centre County between downtown State College and the forest.
