Past Events › Field Trips

Leader Peter Dorosh Focus: grassland open field species, early spring passerines, ducks, marsh species, raptors Car Pool Fee: $10.00 Registrar:    Peter Dorosh Prosbird@aol.com or Prosbird@gmail.com Registration Period: Feb 29th – March 5th Please review our trip guidelines here: http://brooklynbirdclub.org/information-registration

Leader: Peter Dorosh Focus: early spring birds, woodpeckers, sparrows ducks Car Fee: $15.00                                                                                                                                                                                   Registrar: Peter Dorosh Prosbird@aol.com OR Prosbird@gmail.com Registration Period: March 21st – March 26th Trip synopsis: Our visit will focus on a renowned park that is facing a development threat: a sizable peninsula named Craven Point is under threat for a proposed three-hole golf course by an overzealous billionaire. “Friends of Liberty State Park” is spearheading the fight, along with their supporters and elected representatives to prevent this habitat loss.…

Leaders: Bobbi Manian & Dennis Hrehowsik Focus: Late wintering birds, particularly ducks, gulls and other seabirds Registrar   Janet Schumacher,  email janets33@optonline.net Registration Period: March 28th – April 2nd Trip synopsis: This walk focuses on Brooklyn’s southwest area: Coney Island region and Dreier Offerman (Calvert Vaux) Park

Leader: Jose Garofalo Focus: early spring songbirds and late winter stragglers, gulls, sparrows, raptors, and over-wintering seabirds, early wading birds. Car Pool fee: $22.00 Registrar:   Peter Dorosh Prosbird@aol.com OR Prosbird@gmail.com Registration Period: April 4th – April 9th Trip synopsis: The itinerary includes stops first at Conference House, with follow-up visits to Mt. Loretto and Bloomfield Park (formerly a landfill).

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

Leader: Rob Jett Focus: early spring grassland and thicket birds, open field species, sparrows, raptors, and possible over-wintering seabirds and gulls, early wading birds. Car Pool fee: $10.00 Registrar: Adelia Honey wood, email honeywood5@yahoo.com Registration Period: April 11th – April 16th Reference: https://www.nps.gov/gate/learn/historyculture/floyd-bennett-field.htm https://tinyurl.com/FBFAprillist