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Meet 9 am at the Urban Park Rangers Visitors Center https://tinyurl.com/FtGreeneVCtr Leader: August Davidson-Onsgard  AugustDavidsonOnsgard.com Focus: Spring migration of songbirds at a historic park. No registration necessary. Nearest train stations: DeKalb Avenue station; exit and walk 5 blocks east on DeKalb Avenue; Also Fulton Ave A and G lines, walk north on South Portland Ave Site references: https://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/fort-greene-park ; https://tinyurl.com/FTGreeneMaylist

The Brooklyn Bird Club celebrates World Migratory Bird Day every year by holding a Birdathon, in which members form or join a team and go out and count bird species. Typically participants reach out to friends and family for donations, usually a set amount per bird species counted during the course of the day. This year's designated beneficiary TBD. For more information about the Birdathon and the history behind it, go to https://www.migratorybirdday.org/ Please contact Bobbi Manian roberta.manian@gmail.com if you…

Leader: Peter Dorosh Focus: the peak of migration; with emphasis on shorebirds, songbirds, marsh and water birds, plus early breeding species Car Fee: $110.00 Registrar: Peter Dorosh Prosbird@aol.com or Prosbird@gmail.com Registration Period: April 3rd-– May 8th Trip synopsis: This three day journey ventures primarily to two counties: Cumberland and northwest Cape May with most birding done in the former. With rich breeding territory and beaches that attract shorebirds during the horseshoe crab peak season, hopefully the group will be fortunate to record a good…

Leader: Ed Crowne Focus: late spring migratory birds, breeding water and marsh species Car Fee: $10.00                                                                                                                                                                                   Registrar   Peter Dorosh Prosbird@aol.com OR Prosbird@gmail.com Registration Period: May 16th   – May 21st Please review our trip guidelines here: http://brooklynbirdclub.org/information-registration

Leader: Ryan Goldberg Focus/Trip synopsis: Wawayanda State Park, near the northern border of New Jersey and New York, is one of the state's most important natural heritage sites. At about 1,200 feet elevation, its mixed coniferous-deciduous forests, and Atlantic cedar and rhododendron swamps, attract upwards of 80 different nesting species, and quite a few that typically breed farther north. We'll hope to hear and see many of them, including potential rarities like Cerulean and Golden-winged Warblers. Here's an eBird checklist from last June.…

Leader: Steve Nanz Focus: late spring migratory birds, breeding species Odonata, insects and butterflies Car Fee: $25.00                                                                                                                                                                                     Registrar:   Heidi Steiner-Nanz email heidi.steiner.bklyn@gmail.com or call before 8 pm 718- 369-2116 Registration Period: May 30th   – June 4th Site Profiles:                               https://parks.westchestergov.com/ward-pound-ridge-reservation https://www.dec.ny.gov/outdoor/84520.html http://www.stevewalternature.com/mulberry/lists/wprr_butterflies.htm Please review our trip guidelines here: http://brooklynbirdclub.org/information-registration