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Leader: Michael Yuan Participant limit: 12 Focus: late peak wave of shorebirds and water birds, marsh species. Registrar: Mike Yuan, email mjyuan@gmail.com Registration Period: August 21st-August 25th. Current club members will receive priority. Each person must register individually; you may not register additional participants. Shorebird reference: http://migratoryshorebirdproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/PFSS_shorebird-ID-slides.pdf Event notes: The East pond is the primary birding location before the late high tide that for this day occurs at 9:49 am. Prepare for a long day under potentially hot sun. Bring…

Meet 7 am at the Target Store, 1598 Flatbush Ave (at the Q35 Bus stop on Avenue H) We will try to take the 7:20 am bus. No registration required. Google maps https://goo.gl/maps/iASNjzz39saXn3WAA For those preferring to come by car, meet in the Aviator Parking lot around 8 a.m.  https://goo.gl/maps/9AGVbhyAN8XQ2uuD9  No car pools will be organized. Leader: Peter Dorosh 347-622-3559 (text only for the early morning of the trip; Inquiries or questions prior trip date please email Prosbird@gmail.com) Focus: The agenda…

Leader: Rob Jett Participant limit: 16 Focus: The peak period of southbound neotropical migrants including warblers, orioles, flycatchers, vireos and more. Registrar: Peter Dorosh Prosbird@aol.com OR prosbird@gmail.com Registration period: Sept 4th-Sept 8th Note: Walk starts promptly, time and meeting place will be provided by registrar. Current club members will receive priority. Each person must register individually; you may not register additional participants. If you need to cancel please do so at least 24 hours in advance so we can offer…

Leader:  Michael Yuan Limit: 15 Focus: Learn the ins and outs of this small-ish park, which has come into its own with its native plantings and innovative horticultural management. This will be a leisurely outing, over flat and paved paths. If attendees are open to it, the group can conclude the walk with a coffee or snack at one of the many establishments in DUMBO/Fulton Ferry. Note:  Nearest Bus stop is B63 and B61 to Columbia and Furman Streets intersection https://new.mta.info/map/5261. Also note…

Leader: Ryan Goldberg Participant limit: 20 Focus: After a very successful spring club trip, check out Governor's Island during prime fall migration. This 172-acre island, part of the borough of Manhattan and a military outpost since before the Revolutionary War, is now open year-round to the public. The Lenape called it Pagganuck, or “Nut Island,” because of its abundance of chestnut, hickory, and oak trees. The island’s geography and its unique mix of historic forts, officers’ houses, weedy fields, mature trees, and native…

Due to tropical storm remnants of Ian this trip is CANCELLED. Meet 7 am at the Target Store, 1598 Flatbush Ave (at the Q35 Bus stop on Avenue H) We will try to take the 7:20 am bus. No registration required. Google maps https://goo.gl/maps/iASNjzz39saXn3WAA For those preferring to come by car, meet at the westernmost parking lot (on Hero Road by the ballfields) around 8:15 a.m. https://goo.gl/maps/BBJ3Pwi4Lku5nxmF6 No car pools will be arranged. Or, if you don't see us there…

Leader: Adelia Harrison Participant limit: 16 Focus: sparrows, raptors, late shorebirds and other waterbirds, early arriving sea birds and winter species. Potential western stray. Registrar: Adelia Harrison  email honeywood5@yahoo.com Registration Period:  October 2nd-October 6th Site profile: https://wildlifeviewingareas.com/viewing-area/jones-beach-state-park/ General October checklist: https://ebird.org/hotspot/L167247?m=10&yr=all&changeDate= NOTE: This will be a carpool trip; drivers will get priority, with top priority to drivers who can stay a full day. All passengers must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Current club members will receive priority over non-members. Each…

Leader: Heydi Lopes Participant limit: 16 members Focus: This trip focuses on late fall migrants, particularly sparrows, raptors in peak swing, and early winter species, namely arriving water fowl and perhaps late shorebirds. There will be concentration on grassland species and possibly a vagrant species. Registrar: Bobbi Manian email roberta.manian@gmail.com Registration Period: October 16th-October 20th Notes: Bring lunch, plenty of water, insect repellent, and good walking shoes. The walking is flat and casually paced with likely 5 miles total distance.…