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February 2021
Mid-winter in Sheepshead Bay and Manhattan Beach
Leader: Peter Dorosh Participants strictly limited to 8 to allow for social distancing. Current club members will receive priority. Focus: Sea ducks, grebes and gulls, possible alcids, general waterfowl Registrar: Peter Dorosh email Prosbird@aol.com or Prosbird@Gmail.com Registration Period: February 7th -February 11th Note: There may be an option to try Coney Island depending on time and weather. Time and meeting place will be provided upon registration. Please note there will be no car pooling for this trip due to COVID-19 protocols. Participants can use public…
Find out more »March 2021
The Game’s Afoot for Timberdoodles in Green-wood Cemetery
Leaders: Dennis Hrehowsik and Bobbi Manian Participants strictly limited to 8 to allow for social distancing. Current club members will receive priority. Focus: The fun search for American Woodcock is the hoped-for prize; also early spring migrants and late migrating winter species Registrar: Dennis Hrehowsik, email deepseagangster@gmail.com Registration Period: March 7th-March 11th Time and meeting place will be provided upon registration. Please note there will be no car pooling for this trip due to COVID-19 protocols.…
Find out more »April 2021
Prospect Park Saturday Spring Migration Walks
Leader: Dennis Hrehowsik We are excited to announce we will be reviving our spring migration walks with COVID-19 protocols in place. We are requiring participants to register in advance. Each walk is strictly limited to 20 participants. Walk-ups will NOT be permitted. Masks which cover nose and mouth will be required to be worn at all times. The Saturday walks will start at the park entrance at Ocean Avenue and Parkside Avenue. Meeting time will be provided upon registration. REGISTRATION: …
Find out more »Prospect Park Tuesday Spring Migration Walks
Leader: Bobbi Manian We are excited to announce we will be reviving our spring migration walks with COVID-19 protocols in place. We are requiring participants to register in advance. Each walk is strictly limited to 20 participants. Walk-ups will NOT be permitted. Masks which cover nose and mouth will be required to be worn at all times. The Tuesday walks will start at the Vanderbilt Playground entrance. Meeting time will be provided upon registration. REGISTRATION: Registration is by email only,…
Find out more »Prospect Park Thursday Spring Migration Walks
Leaders: Tom Stephenson, Karen O'Hearn, and others TBA We are excited to announce we will be reviving our spring migration walks with COVID-19 protocols in place. We are requiring participants to register in advance. The Thursday walks will be divided into two groups, each with no more than 20 participants and one leader. If enough people leave early, the two walks may recombine if numbers permit. Walk-ups will NOT be permitted. Masks which cover nose and mouth will be required…
Find out more »A Green-wood Cemetery Spring Odyssey
Leader: Ed Crowne Participants strictly limited to 15. Current club members will receive priority. Focus: The peak of spring's migration: warblers, orioles, flycatchers, vireos, sparrows Registrar: Peter Dorosh email Prosbird@aol.com or Prosbird@Gmail.com Registration Period: April 11th to April 15th Time and meeting place will be provided upon registration. Please note there will be no car pooling for this trip due to COVID-19 protocols. Participants can use public transportation or come in their own car. Masks which cover nose and mouth will be required to be…
Find out more »May 2021
2021 Spring Birdathon
We’re happy to announce the 2021 Brooklyn Bird Club Birdathon, to be held in celebration of World Migratory Bird Day (WMBD) on Saturday, May 8, 2021. The annual Birdathon asks birders to form teams of up to 6 members and count bird species in Brooklyn in support of a cause that helps the birds we love. Everyone is welcome ─ hardcore birders, backyard feeder watchers, and beginners! Like a walkathon, participants collect pledges and donations from friends and family for finding and counting…
Find out more »Fort Greene Park Kids Walk: Advanced
Fort Greene Park in partnership with the Brooklyn Bird Club will bring a birding walk for kids to Fort Greene Park. This Advanced walk is aimed at kids (and their parents) with some prior birding experience but all are welcome. Leader: John Dean Focus: Peak Neotropical Migrants Sign up here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdv7pyL-Vx0ShpKF5VZQCAZaflimrLzJPsYSQ0i46-c0EpQHA/viewform
Find out more »Prospect Park “Big Sit”: Spring Migration Peak
Leader: Ryan Goldberg We are requiring participants to register in advance, limited to 20 participants. Each person must register individually; you may not register additional participants. Walk-ups will NOT be permitted. Masks which cover nose and mouth will be required to be worn at all times. Focus: Watching migrating birds after daybreak from one location; the peak of spring migration: warblers, orioles, flycatchers, vireos, sparrows , raptors, and flyovers Registrar: Ryan Goldberg, email ryan.goldberg@gmail.com Registration Period: May 2nd- May 6th Note: the…
Find out more »Liberty Loop and Wallkill, NY/NJ
Leader: Adelia Honeywood and Chris Laskwoski Participant number limit : 10 Due to COVID, the club will not be arranging car pools. Participants must provide transportation for themselves and members of their family or birding pod. Drivers are not required to take passengers to participate in this trip. Focus: Straddling the New York and New Jersey border, a smorgasbord of migrating passerines and wetland species: warblers, vireos, buntings, American and Least Bitterns, Sora, Virginia Rail, Common Gallinule. Adjacent grasslands offer breeding Bobolink, potential…
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