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July 2024
Butterflies and Dragons in Staten Island
Leader: Seth Wollney Participant limit: 16 Focus: A multi-stop tour in one of the best and highly productive boroughs for butterflies and dragonflies led by acclaimed naturalist Seth Wollney. Registrar: Peter Dorosh, email Prosbird@gmail.com & Prosbird@aol.com Registration Period: June 30th-July 4th Club members and drivers get priority. Carpool fee: $20.00 Note: bring close focus binoculars less 6 feet; lunch, plenty of water, sunhat, sunblock. The walk is contingent of course on sunny weather. Websites: https://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/ https://www.insectidentification.org/dragonflies-and-damselflies.php
Find out more »NEW DATE: Summer Birds at the Beach!: Plumb, Arverne and Ft. Tilden
Note: Postponed from earlier date due to weather Leader: Peter Dorosh Registrar: Peter Dorosh, email Prosbird@gmail.com or Prosbird@aol.com Registration Period: July 14th-July 18th Participant limit: 16, members and drivers get priority. Focus: Enjoying the breeding birds of beach habitats--maybe Piping Plover among them--is the focus of this casual trek for the day. Prepare for hot weather with water, sun hat, and sunblock, as well as lunch. Walking should be an estimated 3-4 miles. We will be visiting the highlight of…
Find out more »August 2024
Southward Shorebirds on the move: Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
Leader: Tom Stephenson Focus: the early wave of shorebirds and water birds, marsh species. Registration Period: August 4th-Aug 8th Participant limit: 16 Registrar: Prosbird@gmail.com or prosbird@aol.com This is a car pool trip. Car pool fee: $10 Meeting time will be provided upon end of registration period. Current club members and drivers will receive priority. Each person must register individually; you may not register additional participants. Notes: The East pond is the primary birding location before high tide. On this day…
Find out more »September 2024
Prospect Park Tuesday Fall Migration Walks
Leader: A member of the Brooklyn Bird Club Note: Walks typically go into early afternoon or later if the birding is great. Bring water, snacks and/or a sandwich if you plan to stay the whole duration–but feel free to leave whenever you want. Meet at Vanderbilt Street entrance (near Vanderbilt Playground) at 7:30 am No registration necessary.
Find out more »Wednesday Migration Mornings in Brooklyn Bridge Park
Leader: Mike Yuan Meet at the entrance to Pier 1 at the corner of Furman and Old Fulton Streets https://goo.gl/maps/aGFzdjL5Cwo9MMhQA 7:15-9:15 am No registration necessary.
Find out more »Green-Wood Cemetery: Fall begins
Leader: Rob Jett Focus: The peak "Autumn" migration of neotropical warblers, vireos, buntings and other songbird species along with flycatchers and orioles Group limit: 16 Registrar: Roberta Manian roberta.manian@gmail.com Registration Period: Sept 1-5
Find out more »ISLAND HOPPING: FALL MIGRATION AT GOVERNORS ISLAND
Leader: Ryan Goldberg Participant limit: 20 Focus: Ditch the crowds and hop over to Governors Island at the height of fall migration. Because of its location in the harbor, this 172-acre island is an important stopover for migrants, a fact amplified by its unique mix of historic structures, overgrown lots, grassy fields, mature trees, and native landscaping. Target species will be warblers, sparrows, grassland specialists, migrating raptors, and potential vagrants. On eBird, over 245 species have been reported on the…
Find out more »October 2024
Fort Tilden: Aerial highway of hawks
Leader: Peter Dorosh Participant limit: 16 Note: bring a campstool, lunch, water and snacks as well as a sunhat. Hope for a northwest wind! Focus: A stationary observation of raptors seen overhead at Battery Harris East in one of Autumn's majestic displays: hawk migration Registrar: Peter Dorosh, email Prosbird@gmail.com or Prosbird@aol.com Registration Period: Sept 29th- Oct 3rd Carpool fee: $10.00 Club members and drivers get priority. References: https://www.hmana.org/ https://www.nps.gov/gate/learn/historyculture/fort-tilden.htm
Find out more »A Lovely Autumn Day at Floyd Bennett Field
Leader: Heydi Lopes Participant limit: 16 members Focus: This trip focuses on late fall migrants, particularly sparrows (Emberizidae genus), plus raptors in peak, as well as early winter species, namely arriving water fowl and perhaps late shorebirds. There will be concentration on grassland species and possibly a vagrant species. Registrar: Danielle Khalife, email daniellek97@gmail.com Registration Period: October 13th-October 17th Notes: Bring lunch, plenty of water, insect repellent, and good walking shoes. The walking is flat and casually paced with likely…
Find out more »Journey to Staten Island’s Avian Treasures
Leader: Tom Preston Participant limit: 16 members Focus: This trip focuses on several locations in Staten Island, which will showcase a variety of habitats, including forest, beach, marsh and grassland. We have an excellent chance of seeing a variety of species which will highlight late fall migrants, early winter arrivals and lingering birds from earlier seasons. Sparrows and hawks should be well represented, and waterfowl, late shorebirds and other songbirds will also be sought. Staten Island has many productive and…
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