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Leader: Steve Nanz Focus: sea ducks, late sparrows, raptors, blackbird migration, possible rarity Registrar: Heidi Steiner email heidi.steiner@verizon.net or call before 8 pm 718- 369-2116 Registration Period: Oct 28th - Nov 2nd  Please review our general trip information and guidelines on this page.

Leaders: Peter Dorosh and Ryan Goldberg Focus: Late sparrows, raptors, upland wetland birds, ducks and seabirds, coastal waterfowl, open space birds, dune relevant species Car fee: $25.00 Registrar: Peter Dorosh, Prosbird@aol.com or text only cell 347-622-3559 Registration Period: Nov 4th  - Nov 9th Note: due to Daylight Savings ending (Nov 5th) the leaders will try to leave by 6 am from rendezvous points; the registrar will instruct on meeting locations.  Please review our general trip information and guidelines on this page.

Leader: Mike Yuan Focus: Coastal waterfowl, dune relevant species, raptors Car fee: $22.00 Registrar: Bob Washburn nyc_bob@earthlink.net Registration Period: Nov 11th  - Nov 16th Please review our general trip information and guidelines on this page.

Leader: Peter Dorosh Focus: Duck species of fresh and salt waters Registrar: Peter Dorosh Prosbird@aol.com or text only cell 347-622-3559 Registration Period: Dec 2nd - Dec 7th Trip Details: The walking tour distance is about 9 miles. Starting at Jamaica Bay Refuge Visitors Center (From A train Broad Channel station), the walk-– after a loop of the West pond and spur trail to the East & Big Johns Ponds --will proceed south along Cross Bay Boulevard and over the bridge where the party…

http://www.audubon.org/conservation/science/christmas-bird-count The great annual winter event that champions citizen science. It is the longest voluntary bird census on the North American continent. Started in 1909 as a protest against the “holiday side hunts” for the largest kill collection by hunters, ornithologist Frank K Chapman organized the census with twenty-seven of his friends and volunteers to count birds; twenty-five Christmas Bird Counts were held that day, tallying 90 species and garnering much media attention. Since then the Christmas Bird Count has…

Leader: Peter Dorosh Focus: Winter species, waterfowl, raptors, ducks, winter songbird residents Car fee :$100.00 Registrar: Peter Dorosh, Prosbird@aol.com or text only cell 347-622-3559 Registration Period: Oct 1st – Dec 30th Note: This is a MEMBERS ONLY weekend trip which begins Saturday morning, focusing on New Jersey’s varied prominent winter locations for bird species diversity. Please register as early as possible within the registration period. Please review our general trip information and guidelines on this page.