Brooklyn Bird Club Field Trips Spring 2012 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.
  • Some trips have limited enrollment, at the discretion of the trip leader. So register early! 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.

    • Jumping Birds


    snipeSunday, March 25th, Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge

    Trip Leader: Bob Washburn
    Car Fee: $12.00 or via public transportation "A" train

    Registrar: James Cooke, email james@jamescooke.net or before 9 PM 516-739-0647
    Registration period: March 13th- March 22nd

    Focus: late winter species, departing ducks, returning marsh waterfowl, sparrows, raptors, early returning spring migrants

    snipeSunday, April 1st, Birding the North Bronx border

    http://www.hras.org/wtobird/twinlakes.html

    http://tinyurl.com/PelhamBayPk

    Trip Leader: Peter Dorosh
    Focus: early spring passerines, raptors, sparrows, late waterfowl, herons and egrets
    Car Fee: $25.00
    Registrar: Peter Dorosh, Email Prosbird@aol.com or TEXT Message 347-622-3559
    Registration period: March 20th - March 29th

    Note: likely locations will be Twin lakes/Nature Study Preserve and Pelham Bay Park

    snipeSaturday, April 7th, Prospect Park

    Meet 8 am at Grand Army Plaza entrance (Stranahan Statue)

    Trip Leader: Tom Stephenson
    Focus: early returning spring passerines, late winter returnees

    snipeSunday, April 15th, "Brooklyn Coast"

    Trip Leader: Tom Preston
    Focus: early Spring passerines, water birds, sparrows, raptors, upland and dune birds
    Car Pool fee: $12.00
    Registrar: Joann Preston , request first via Email jocrochet@verizon.net ; or early evenings cell # 718-344-8420
    Registration period: April 3rd - April 12th


    snipeThursday April 19th Prospect Park Spring series

    Meet 7 am at Grand Army Plaza park entrance (Stranahan Statue)
    Trip Leader: Tom Stephenson

    snipeSaturday, April 21st Northern Nassau County: Caumsett Park & Shu Swamp

    Trip Leader: Sandy Paci
    Focus: Returning Spring passerines; early migration of Neotropical birds
    Car Pool fee: $25.00
    Registrar: Donna Evans, email devansny@earthlink.net (preferred) or cell # 646-763-0198.
    Registration period: April 10th - April 19th

    snipeTuesday April 24th Prospect Park Spring series-Bartel

    Meet 7 am at Bartel Pritchard Square park entrance
    Trip Leader: Rob Bate
    Note: "F" or "G" train stops southbound at Prospect Park-15th St station possibly affected by changes;
    See latest http://www.mta.info/

    snipeThursday April 26th Prospect Park Spring series-GAP

    Meet 7 am at Grand Army Plaza park entrance (Stranahan Statue)
    Trip Leader: Tom Stephenson
    Note: This day is John James Audubon's birthday.

    snipeSaturday, April 28th Prospect Park

    Meet 7 am at Grand Army Plaza entrance (Stranahan Statue)
    Trip Leader: Tom Stephenson
    Focus: peaking Spring passerines migration

    snipeSunday, April 29th Butterfly Meadow "Big Sit" -Prospect Park

    Meet 6:30 am at Prospect Park's Butterfly Meadow on Lookout Hill;
    "Sit" lasts to 9:30-10 am based on bird numbers; or meet earlier 6:15 am at the Vanderbilt Street and Prospect Park Southwest Ave park entrance.
    BIG SIT Location map: http://tinyurl.com/Prosparkgoogle
    Sit Leader: Peter Dorosh
    Focus: peaking Spring passerines migration
    Note: bring a camping or portable chair

    snipeTuesday May 1 Prospect Park Spring series-Bartel

    Meet 7 am at Bartel Pritchard Square park entrance
    Trip Leader: Rob Bate
    Note: "F" or "G" train stops southbound at Prospect Park-15th St station possibly affected by changes;
    See latest http://www.mta.info/

    snipeThursday May 3rd Prospect Park Spring series-GAP
    Meet 7 am at Grand Army Plaza park entrance (Stranahan Statue)
    Trip Leader: Tom Stephenson

    snipeSaturday, May 5th Prospect Park
    Meet 7:00 am at Bartel Pritchard Square park entrance
    Trip Leader: Peter Dorosh


    snipeSunday, May 6th, Greenwood Cemetery

    Meet 8 am at the main gate "castle", 25th Street and 5th Ave
    Trip Leader: Janet Schumacher and friends
    Focus: peaking spring migration
    Note: nearest train is "R" train to 25th Street station; walk south one block to 5th Ave
    Site profile: http://www.green-wood.com/

    snipeTuesday May 8th Prospect Park Spring series-Bartel

    Meet 7 am at Bartel Pritchard Square park entrance
    Trip Leader: Rob Bate
    Note: "F" or "G" train stops southbound at Prospect Park-15th St station possibly affected by changes;
    See latest http://www.mta.info/

    snipeMay 10th Prospect Park Spring series-GAP
    Meet 7 am at Grand Army Plaza park entrance (Stranahan Statue)
    Trip Leader: Tom Stephenson

    snipeSaturday May 12th, "The Birdathon", The 20th Anniversary International Migratory Bird Day

    A global event celebrating the beauty of birds and habitats. This event encourages fundraising for conservation causes. A cause will be discussed and adopted by the Birdathon team members, posted on the Prospect Sightings blog (see www.brooklynbirdclub.org ) prior to the event. This year marks the 20th anniversary of IMBD.

    If you are interested in forming a team with likewise members or friends with encouragement for pledges and fundraising, or need more information, or details on the Prospect Park walk, please contact the BBC Birdathon coordinator Peter Dorosh at Prosbird@aol.com .
    Event profile: www.birdday.org

    snipeSunday, May 13th, Prospect Park

    Meet 7 am at Bartel Pritchard Square park entrance
    Trip Leader: Ed Crowne
    Focus: Spring migration peak
    Note: "F" or "G" train stops southbound at Prospect Park-15th St station possibly affected by changes;
    See latest http://www.mta.info/weekender/lineview.html

    snipeTuesday May 15th Prospect Park Spring series-Bartel

    Meet 7 am at Bartel Pritchard Square park entrance
    Trip Leader: Rob Bate
    Note: "F" or "G" train stops southbound at Prospect Park-15th St station possibly affected by changes;
    See latest http://www.mta.info/

    snipeMay 17th Prospect Park Thursday Spring series-GAP
    Meet 7 am at Grand Army Plaza park entrance (Stranahan Statue)
    Trip Leader: Tom Stephenson

    snipeMay 18th-20th Spring 3-day weekend: Nature of the Jersey Pine Barrens
    Trip leader: Peter Dorosh
    Focus: exploring the natural wonders, habitats, flora, and wildlife within the famed Pine Barrens
    Car fee: $135.00
    Registrar: Peter Dorosh, Email Prosbird@aol.com or TEXT Message 347-622-3559
    Registration period: Early April- May 15th


    snipeSunday, May 20th Prospect Park "Friends Walk"
    Meet 7:30 am at Grand Army Plaza park entrance (Stranahan Statue)
    Note: there is no trip leader for this walk; instead, birders will gather and lead as a group.

    snipeTuesday May 22nd Prospect Park Spring series-Bartel

    Meet 7 am at Bartel Pritchard Square park entrance
    Trip Leader: Rob Bate
    Note: "F" or "G" train stops southbound at Prospect Park-15th St station possibly affected by changes;
    See latest http://www.mta.info/

    snipeMay 24th Prospect Park Thursday Spring series-GAP
    Meet 7 am at Grand Army Plaza park entrance (Stranahan Statue)
    Trip Leader: Tom Stephenson

    snipeSaturday, May 26th, Butterflies, flycatchers and other fine things in Upper Manhattan: Fort Tryon and Inwood Parks

    Meet 8 am at Fort Tryon Park south main entrance Margaret Corbin Circle; north end of Fort Washington Ave
    Subway "A" train to 190th Street station
    Trip Leader: Peter Dorosh, Prosbird@aol.com or 347-622-3559 (text message)
    Focus: peaking spring migration
    NOTE: Extensive walking and high ground with slope paths especially in Inwood Park. Fort Tryon was designed by Prospect Park's own Frederick Olmstead.
    Site Profiles: http://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/forttryonpark
    http://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/inwoodhillpark

    snipeSaturday, June 2nd, Breeding birds of Long Island

    Trip Leader: Rusty Harold
    Focus: This trip will visit 2-3 relatively close new BBC sites (~45 minutes drive east from Grand Army Plaza) that are home to many local breeding species including herons, swallows, sparrows, and shorebirds. Bring scopes and lunch/water/sunscreen, etc
    Car Fee: $30.00
    Registrar: Donna Evans, email devansny@earthlink.net (preferred) or cell # 646-763-0198.
    Registration period: May 22nd - May 31st

    snipeSaturday, June 9th, Jersey grasslands and other "Garden" gems

    Trip Leader: Bob Machover
    Focus: breeding birds of grasslands, deciduous, and riverine habitats in New Jersey
    Car Fee: $35.00
    Registrar: James Cooke, email james@jamescooke.net or before 9 PM 516-739-0647
    Registration period: May 29th - June 7th

    snipeSunday, June 17th, Far Rockaway breeding birds

    Trip Leader: Peter Dorosh
    Car Fee: $12.00
    Focus: Coastal and dune breeding species in Queens County
    Registrar: Peter Dorosh, Email Prosbird@aol.com or TEXT Message 347-622-3559
    Registration period: June 5th - June 14th

    snipeSaturday, June 23th, Insectivora of Staten Island
    Trip Leader: Steve Nanz
    Focus: Insects, especially dragonflies
    Car Pool fee: $22.00
    Registrar: Heidi Steiner email heidi.steiner@verizon.net or call before 8 PM (718) 369-2116
    Registration period: June 12th-June 21st

    snipeSaturday, June 30th, Ward Pound Ridge's Odonata, Lepidoptera, and Aves...in that order
    Trip Leader: Ed Lam
    Focus: Trip focuses mainly on dragonflies, led by one of the premier regional experts
    Car Pool fee: $35.00
    Registrar: Janet Schumacher email janets33@optonline.net
    Registration period: June 19th-June 28th
    Note: Mr. Lam's website http://homepage.mac.com/edlam/

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