Upcoming Field Trips

 
 

Field Trips are limited to 20 People at this time—Please Contact Doug Bloom at (914) 834-5203 for info or to register

September 15, SUNday — Larchmont Reservoir

Meet at 8 AM in upper parking lot at Reservoir. Looking for fall Migrants. Easy walk; portapotty available.

 

October 5, Saturday — Lenoir Preserve hawk watch — Yonkers

Meet at Lenoir at 9:00 AM; looking for hawks in migration and other migrants. Easy walk; no facilities.

 

October 19, Saturday — edith ReAd and Marshlands

Meet at Edith Read parking lot at 8:00 AM looking for late fall migrants. Easy two-mile loop; restrooms

November 9, Saturday — oil city Road — liberty Loop

Meet at 8:30 AM; easy hike; looking for ducks and other migrants. No facilities

 

November 17, Sunday — jamaica bay

Meet at 8:00 AM; easy hike; looking for late fall migrants. Restrooms available

 
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December 22, Sunday- Christmas Bird Count

Contact Doug Bloom to volunteer for this important Bird Survey. You can do a few hours or all day

 

January 1, wednesday — Greenwich Point Park (Hank Weber Memorial Bird Walk)

Meet at 9:30 AM at Greenwich Point near restrooms in main parking lot; easy walk; looking for overwintering waterfowl, shorebirds and songbirds

 

January 12, Sunday — jones beach — wantagh, NY

Meet at 8:00 AM at West End Coast Guard Station parking lot. Looking for alcids and other over-wintering birds (possibly Snowy Owls!); easy walk; restrooms available.

 

January 25, Saturday — Shawangunk Grasslands Nat’l wildlife refuge — wallkill, NY

Meet at 2:30pm at Shawangunk parking lot; looking for over-wintering birds including Short-eared Owls and Harriers; easy walk; portapotty available

 

February 1, Saturday

Eagle fest at Croton Point Park — croton-on-hudson, NY

Details to follow

 

february 8th, Saturday — eagle walk — croton-on-Hudson, NY

Meet at 8:30 am at Croton Point Park parking lot. moderate walk; restrooms possible

 

march 9, Sunday — Edith Read and Rye Marshlands — Rye, NY

Meet at Edith Read Wildlife Sanctuary parking lot at 8:00 AM. Looking for over-wintering ducks and other migrants. Easy walk; restrooms available.

 

march 22, Saturday — Pelham Bay—Orchard Beach

Meet at 8:00 am at Orchard Beach. We will be looking for early migrants. Easy walk

 

april 26, saturday — Ward Pound Ridge

Meet at 8:00 AM at Ward Pound Ridge. Looking for early migrants.

 

May 4, Sunday — central Park in the Ramble

Meet at 7:30 AM at statue at 77th Street across from SE corner of Museum of Natural History. Looking for spring migrants including warblers, vireos, orioles and others. Restrooms available

 

May 10, Saturday — Rockefeller State park

Meet at 8:00 AM in parking lot. Looking for spring migrants. Moderate walk; restrooms.

 

may 17, Saturday—doodletown Road

Meet at 8:00 AM in parking lot on Rte 202 for Doodletown Trail. Looking for warblers and other spring migrants. Moderate walk, some steep stretches; no facilities.

 

may 24, Saturday — Sterling Forest

Meet at 8:00 AM in Visitors Center lot. We will be looking for early migrants — warblers, etc. that are passing through. Moderate walk; restrooms available.