Upcoming Birding & Nature Trips

Below is a list of upcoming nature trips by local birding/conservation groups for Saturday, March 10, 2018 to Sunday, March 11, 2018:

Audubon Center in Prospect Park
Saturday, March 10, 12pm – 1pm
Introduction to Birdwatching
Join Prospect Park Alliance for a birdwatching walk and learn about Prospect magnificent array of birds and how to identify them!

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Brooklyn Bird Club
Sunday, March 11, 2018
Green-Wood Cemetery
Meet 8:00am at main gate entrance 25th Street and 5th Ave.
No registration necessary.
Leader: Matthew Wills
Focus: late winter passerines, woodpeckers, raptors
Nearest Subway: “R” train to 25th Street.
Please review our general trip information and guidelines on this page.

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Green-Wood Cemetery
Sunday, March 11, 2018
Birding in Peace
Just because it’s winter, doesn’t mean that there aren’t interesting birds to discover in Green-Wood. For some bird species that migrate south after the breeding season, Brooklyn is their Miami during the cold months. Spend the early morning exploring the cemetery, looking for overwintering waterfowl, nuthatches, woodpeckers, sparrows, finches and any half-hardy birds that decided to stick around. By February we’ll see some of the early north-bound birds beginning to trickle back into the area.

$10 for members of Green-Wood and BHS / $15 for non-members

Click here for our inclement weather policy.


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Hudson River Audubon Society
Saturday, March 10, 2018
Evening Timberdoodle Walk
Meet: 6:00pm Croton Point Park Ball Field
Look for displaying American Woodcocks
http://hras.org/wtobird/croton.html

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Huntington-Oyster Bay Audubon Society
Sunday, March 11, 2018, 9:00am
Target Rock National Wildlife Refuge
All day trip. Winter waterfowl abound including scoters, eiders, loons, gannets, and numerous pond ducks.
Registration: 631-885-1881

Directions: Take West Neck Rd north out of Huntington, following it along Lloyd Neck and past Caumsett all the way to the end, and watch for the big brown wildlife refuge sign.

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New York Botanical Garden (Bronx)
Saturdays -- 11:00 a.m.
Debbie Becker leads a free bird walk at the Garden every Saturday from 11am to 12:30pm beginning at the Reflecting Pool in the Leon Levy Visitor Center
Meet at the Reflecting Pool at the Leon Levy Visitor Center
Included in All-Garden Pass
Get Tickets

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New York City Audubon Society
Sunday, March 11, 2018, 9am – 4pm
Winter Birds of Barnegat, NJ
Guide: Joe Giunta, Happy Warblers LLC
Explore Barnegat Inlet’s expansive beach to view the winter birds that gather where land, bay, and sea meet. Search for harlequin ducks, horned larks, Lapland longspurs, snow buntings, as well as snowy and short-eared owls. Transport by passenger van included. Limited to 12. $115 (80)
Click here to register

Sunday, March 11, 2018, 9:30am – 11:30am
Winter Birding Along the Hudson: Wave Hill
Guide: Gabriel Willow with Wave Hill
Meet at the Perkins Visitor Center. The Hudson River valley hosts an impressive diversity of bird species, even during the winter months. Come explore the beautiful gardens and woodlands of Wave Hill and observe the hardy birds that spend the winter in this urban oasis. Walks run rain or shine. Ages 10 and up welcome with an adult. See www.wavehill.org for admission rates. NYC Audubon members enjoy two-for-one admission

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North Shore Audubon
Saturday, March 10, 2018, 9:30am – 12:00pm
Stehli Beach
Leader: Lindy - home (516) 628-1315 mobile (516) 343-4646‬

Please inform walk leader that you are attending.
See "Walk Locations" for directions.
Meet in westernmost parking lot.
Wear water-resistant footwear, bring binoculars and drinking water. Wear long pants and socks so you do not touch poison ivy.

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Protectors of Pine Oak Woods
Sunday, March 11, 2018, 6:30pm – 8:00pm
Owl Prowl in the Greenbelt at High Rock Park
Join with Cliff Hagen as he explores the deep woods of Staten Island in search of our nocturnal neighbors. Walk the quiet woods and listen for the whistles and whines of screech owls, the deep hoots of great horned owls and other noises of the night.
Participants will meet at the top of Nevada Avenue.
For more information call Cliff Hagen at 718-313-8591 or email him at chagen72@gmail.com.

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Queens County Bird Club
Sunday, March 11, 2018
Cupsogue Seal Walk
Leader(s): Nancy Tognan and Mike Zito (917) 753-3146
Where: Cupsogue Beach County Park, 906 Dune Rd, Westhampton Beach, NY 11978, (map)

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South Shore Audubon Society
Sunday, March 11, 2018
Alley Pond Park
Take the Long Island Expressway west to Exit 29 (Springfield Blvd.). Turn left onto Springfield Blvd. south. Go five blocks and turn left onto 76th Ave. Quickly turn left into the 76th Ave. parking lot. We will meet at the far end of the lot. For a street map that shows the parking lot (and the entire neighborhood), go to www.nycgovparks.org/parks/alleypondpark/map (Google Maps labels it “Aarya park Parking lot"). For online directions, enter "76th Ave 11364" as the location.
Directions via Google Maps

Bird walks led by a member of SSAS are conducted nearly every Sunday morning from late August through early June. Walks are open to the public and are free of charge. We especially encourage youngsters to attend.
All walks start at 9:00 A.M.
There is no walk if it rains or snows or temperature is below 25°F.
For more information or in case of questionable weather conditions, please phone Joe at 516 467-9498.

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Urban Park Rangers
Sunday, March 11, 2018
Spring Birding at Perkins Visitors Center (in Wave Hill), Bronx
9:30 a.m.–11:00 a.m.
Explore the gardens and woodlands with naturalist Gabriel Willow on a quest to spot both resident and rare birds.
Free!