Brooklyn Bird Club Field Trips June-September 2010 Schedule

Information and Registration

No registration is required for Prospect Park or Green-Wood Cemetery trips. For all other trips, advance registration is required; exact location and time of meeting will be provided at time of registration. Car pool fees are required for some trips and should be paid directly to your driver.

In noting the need to make trip registrations more manageable and fair, the BBC council has imposed these guidelines:

  • With the exception of Prospect Park and Green-wood Cemetery trips, a TWO-WEEK registration period will precede all trips.
  • Club members will be given first-priority for all trips except Prospect and Green-wood Cemetery. Nonmembers and guests are welcome on BBC trips but only if there is available space at the end of the registration period. Drivers, whether members or not, will normally have priority over non-drivers.
  • All trips have a limit of 18 people except weekend trips, which are limited to 12 unless otherwise noted. In addition, most car trips require lunch, water, appropriate clothes for seasonal weather, and all the essentials you require for day trips.
  • Please call registrars as early as possible within the registration period, and before 9 p.m. When registering by phone or email, please be sure to leave your phone number(s) so that we may contact you in the event of a schedule change.

    We hope these guidelines will facilitate the registration process in the fairest possible way.

     The registrar and information source for each trip is listed at the end of the trip description.

    Click the Snipe icon to get full information for each trip.


    • snipeSpring Weekend, June 4th - June 7th, Southeast Delmarva: Coastal Delaware and Maryland
    snipeSaturday, June 12th, Doodletown region, Harriman SP
    snipeSaturday, June 19th, Glassboro region, central NJ
    snipeSunday, June 27th, Ward Pound Ridge, NY
    snipeFriday, July 9th Evening Prospect Park Bat walk
    snipeSunday, August 8th, Jamaica Bay Refuge, Queens
    snipeSaturday, August 28th, A shorebird odyssey
    snipeSunday, August 29th, Prospect Park
    snipeSaturday, September 4th, Prospect Park
    snipeSaturday, September 11th, Jamaica Bay Refuge, Queens
    snipeAutumn Weekend, Sept 17th-19th Cape May, NJ
    snipeSunday, September 26th, Queens birding tour

    Prospect Park Bird 2-hour Sunday Walks: In addition to the trips listed above, on the first Sunday of every month the Brooklyn Bird Club participates in the Prospect Park Audubon Center's "First Sunday" two-hour walks. All walks leave from the Prospect Park Audubon Center at the Boathouse at 8 a.m.

    Jumping Birds


    snipeSpring Weekend, June 4th - June 7th

    Southeast Delmarva: Coastal Delaware and Maryland

    Trip Leader: Peter Dorosh

    Focus: breeding birds, waterbirds

    Car Fee: $175.00

    Registrar: Peter Dorosh, Email Prosbird@aol.com or TEXT Message 347-622-3559

    Registration period: Current -May 27th

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    snipeSaturday, June 12th, Doodletown region, Harriman SP

    Trip Leader: Tom Preston

    Focus: breeding birds

    Car Fee: $25.00

    Registrar: Marisa Wohl, email marisaw@earthlink.net or call (718) 596-0285 up to
    9 PM

    Registration period: June 1st - June 10th

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    snipeSaturday, June 19th, Glassboro region, central NJ

    Trip Leader: Sandy Paci

    Focus: breeding southern birds

    Car Fee: $35.00

    Registrar: Sandy Paci, email sandypaci@earthlink.net or Cell: 917-207-6691

    Registration period: June 8th - June 17th

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    snipeSunday, June 27th, Ward Pound Ridge, NY

    Trip Leader: Jerry Layton

    Focus: Butterflies, dragonflies, breeding birds

    Car Fee: $30.00

    Registrar: Donna Evans, email devansny@earthlink.net (preferred) or phone 646.763.0198

    Registration period: June 15th - June 24th

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    snipeFriday, July 9th, Evening Prospect Park Bat walk

    Meet 7:45 PM at the 9th Street park entrance (Lafayette sculpture)

    Trip Leader: Paul Keim

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    snipeSunday, August 8th, Jamaica Bay Refuge, Queens

    Trip Leader: Tom Stephenson

    Focus: shorebirds

    Car Fee: $10.00

    Registrar: Peter Dorosh, Email Prosbird@aol.com or TEXT Message 347-622-3559

    Registration period: July 27th - August 5th

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    snipeSaturday, August 28th, A shorebird odyssey

    Trip Leader: Peter Dorosh

    Focus: shorebirds in various Brooklyn /Queens locations

    Car Fee: $10.00

    Registrar: Peter Dorosh, Email Prosbird@aol.com or TEXT Message 347-622-3559

    Registration period: August 17th - August 26th

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    snipeSunday, August 29th, Prospect Park

    Meet 7 am at Grand Army Plaza entrance (Stranahan Statue)

    Trip Leader: Tom Stephenson

    Focus: early migrating fall passerines,flycatchers, warblers

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    snipeSaturday, September 4th, Prospect Park

    Meet 7 am at Bartel Pritchard Square entrance (16th St and PPSW Ave)

    Trip Leader: Peter Dorosh

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    snipeSaturday, September 11th, Jamaica Bay Refuge, Queens

    Trip Leader: Shane Blodgett

    Focus: shorebirds, waterbirds, fall warblers and passerines

    Car Fee: $10.00

    Registrar: James Cooke, Email james@jamescooke.net or call early 516-739-0647

    Registration period: August 31st - September 9th

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    snipeAutumn Weekend, Sept 17th-19th Cape May, NJ

    Trip Leader: Glenn Davis

    Focus: peak migration, raptors, waterbirds,

    Car Fee: $150.00

    Registrar: Peter Dorosh, Email Prosbird@aol.com or TEXT Message 347-622-3559

    Registration period: July 1st - Sept 8th

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    snipeSunday, September 26th, Queens birding tour

    Trip Leader: Peter Dorosh

    Focus: continuing passerine migration, sparrows

    Car Fee: $15.00

    Registrar: Peter Dorosh, Email Prosbird@aol.com or TEXT Message 347-622-3559

    Registration period: Sept 14th - Sept 23rd

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