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 13, Saturday — Liberty loop—Oil city Road
Meet at 8:30am at parking lot. Looking for early fall migrants. Easy walk over two-mile loop; no facilities.
September 27, Saturday — Youth Walk at Larchmont reservoir
Meet at 9:00am; looking for birds in early fall migration. Easy walk; Portapotty available.
(Option to participate in Sheldrake clean-up after the walk)
October 4, Saturday — hawk watch at Greenwich Audubon center
Meet at Greenwich Center parking lot at 8:30am. Looking for late fall migrants. Easy walk; restrooms available
October 19, Sunday — jamaica Bay national wildlife reguge
Meet at 8:30am; easy hike; looking for ducks and other migrants. Restroom facilities available
November 8, Saturday — Larchmont Reservoir
Meet at 8:30am at upper parking lot; easy hike looking for late fall migrants. Portapotty available
November 22, Saturday — Edith Read and Rye Marshlands
Meet at 8:30am at back of Playland parking lot. Easy hike looking for late fall migrants. Facilities available
December 28, 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, Thursday — Greenwich Point Park (Hank Weber Memorial Bird Walk)
Meet at 9:30am at Greenwich Point near restrooms in main parking lot; easy walk; looking for overwintering waterfowl, shorebirds and songbirds
January 18, Sunday — jones beach — wantagh, NY
Meet at 8:00am at West End Coast Guard Station parking lot. Looking for alcids and other over-wintering birds (possibly Snowy Owls!); moderate walk — some along beach; restrooms available.
January 24, Saturday — montauk
Meet at 8:30am a lighthouse parking lot; looking for over-wintering ducks, alcids and other waterfowl
January 31, Saturday — shawangunk Grassland NWR
Meet at 2:30pm in parking lot; looking for over-wintering birds including harriers and short-eared owls; dress warmly!
Easy walk; portapotty
February 1, Sunday — Eagle Walk at Croton Point Park — croton-on-hudson, NY
Meet in parking lot at 8:30am; moderate walk; possible restrooms
february 7th, Saturday
eagle fest — croton-on-Hudson, NY
Feb 8th is snow date
Details to follow
march 7, Saturday — Edith Read and Rye Marshlands
Meet at Edith Read Wildlife Sanctuary parking lot at 8:00am. Looking for late over-wintering ducks and early migrants. Easy walk; restrooms available.
march 21, Saturday — larchmont reservoir
Meet at 8:00am at upper parking lot. We will be looking for early migrants. Easy walk; portapotty
april 12, sunday — youth walk — sheldrake trails
Meet at 9:00am at Sheldrake on Rockland Ave. in Larchmont. Looking migrants and other songbirds.
april 18, saturday — anglefly somers
Meet at 8:00am at Anglefly Preserve. Looking for spring migrants. Moderate walk.
May 3, 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 9, Saturday — Rockefeller State park preserve
Meet at 8:00 AM in parking lot. Looking for spring migrants. Moderate walk; restrooms.
may 16, Saturday — doodletown Road or Teatown Lake reservation
Details to follow
may 24, Sunday — White Memorial - Litchfield CT
Meet at 8:00am in White Memorial parking lot. We will be looking for early migrants — warblers, etc. that are passing through. Moderate walk; restrooms available.