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October 2025
Overnight Trip: Golden Target Bird #6 in a celebratory year: Where Golden Eagles soar at Hawk Mountain
Note: this is an two-night trip that leaves Thursday at noon. Leader: Peter Dorosh Participant limit: 16; Members and drivers get priority. Focus: In 2025, we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the leader’s birding journey, which began in 1975 with his spark bird, the Scarlet Tanager. To mark this special milestone, the theme of the year’s celebrations will focus on bird species with the name “golden,” along with all birds that continue to inspire joy and wonder. Throughout the year,…
Find out more »November 2025
Autumn’s Birding Allure at Floyd Bennett Field
Leader: Heydi Lopes Participant limit: 16; drivers and members get priority. 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 daniellek97@gmail.com Registration Period: October 26th-October 30th Car Pool Fee: $10 Notes: Bring lunch, water, sunhat, and good walking shoes. The walking is flat and casually…
Find out more »A Tribute to Paul Keim: A nostalgic return to Fort Tilden
Leader: Peter Dorosh Focus: This walk honors Paul Keim, a former president and long-time member of the Brooklyn Bird Club, a friend and mentor to many, who sadly passed away this August. The leader reflects on their four-decade-long friendship, honoring Paul's life with a visit to Gateway's Fort Tilden— a place Paul first introduced him to in the 1980s, during a fall hawk watch. This walk will highlight the beauty around us: on land, in the air, and on the…
Find out more »Jones Beach in Coastal Beauty
Leader: Max Epstein Participant limit: 16 Focus: The focus is primarily coastal waterfowl and gulls, lingering shorebirds, sparrows, dune species, raptors, finches and possible vagrant birds. Registrar: Danielle Khalife daniellek97@gmail.com Registration Period: November 9th-November 13th; drivers and members get priority Carpool fee: $20 Itinerary: During this time when colorful foliage is at Autumn's peak, the plan usually focuses on birding West End, Coast Guard Station, Roosevelt Nature Center area, and Point Lookout. Bring lunch, water, hot beverage and a scope…
Find out more »The conclusion to a golden year: American Goldfinch claims Prospect Park as Lucky “Golden Bird” #8 in a celebratory year
Meet 7:30 at The Bartel Pritchard park entrance, Prospect Park Leader: Peter Dorosh In 2025, we will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the leader’s birding journey, which began in 1975 with his first spark bird, the Scarlet Tanager. To mark this special milestone, the theme of the year’s celebrations will focus on bird species with the name “golden,” along with all birds that continue to inspire joy and wonder. Throughout the year, seven “golden” bird species will be featured in…
Find out more »December 2025
Will You Be Our Gull Friend? (A Gull Identification Workshop in Coney Island)
Meet 9:30 AM at the Stillwell Avenue Bath House. https://goo.gl/maps/YtU66srpc7v1Sejq5 Leaders: Dennis Hrehowsik and Bobbi Manian Focus: Brush up on your Gull ID skills in time for the Christmas Bird Count! Join Bobbi Manian and Dennis Hrehowsik at Coney Island for a gull ID workshop. Notes: This is a public transit trip with no registration required (no car pools arrangements.) Bring a scope if you have one and dress for windy, likely chilly conditions. Bring water , snacks and sunscreen if necessary. The…
Find out more »Staten Island Hotspots and Waterways
Leader: Tom Preston Participant limit: 16 members Focus: We will visit several locations in Staten Island on this trip. There is good birding year round on the island. In winter coastal spots are often productive, but we will visit inland areas too.The exact spots will be finalized later, based on conditions and reports. Staten Island has many productive and easily accessible birding spots, we will visit a number of them. Registrar: JoAnn Preston email jocrochet@verizon.net Members and drivers get priority.…
Find out more »January 2026
New Year’s Day Walk in Prospect Park
Meet at 9 am at the feeders on Breeze Hill (same location as Smorgasburg) https://www.prospectpark.org/location/breeze-hill/ NO REGISTRATION REQUIRED Leader: Karen O'Hearn Focus: Celebrating the new year with the beauty of birds, friendship and renewed spirit.
Find out more »Frosty Beginnings at Coney Island
Meet 8:00 AM at Dunkin Donuts at the street entrance of Stillwell Avenue train station. (https://maps.app.goo.gl/yMvBuL8z7VH9Xevq8 ) Leader: Chris Laskowski Focus: Primarily coastal waterfowl and ducks, gulls and beach habitat species Note: There is a good amount of walking. Dress warmly for the cold season. Bring lunch and scope if you have one. This is a public transportation trip. Check train alerts in case there is an interruption. If inclement weather occurs, check BBC Facebook or Peter’s blog Prospect Sightings…
Find out more »A Finchy winter walk in Green-wood Cemetery (Rain Date)
(Due to rain forecast this walk is moved from Saturday the 10th to Sunday the 11th.) Meet 8:30 am inside the Arch main entrance (25th Street and 5th Avenue). No registration necessary. Leader: Megan Thornton Focus: Winter is a quiet time but hidden among the bare trees and frozen ground, birds are around. For this themed walk, based on last autumn's finch forecast we hope to see winter finches among the woodpeckers, nuthatches, titmice, hawks and whatever else is around.…
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