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2023 NYSOA Annual Meeting
& NYS Birders' Conference
This year's annual meeting was hosted by Saw Mill River Audubon September 22-24, 2023 at the Sleepy Hollow Inn and Conference Center in Tarrytown, NY. A new record was set with a total of 337 registrants. In spite of the rainy weather, field trips were held and no one melted!
Field Trip to Glynwood Farm
Highlights of this year's conference included:
- Friday evening photo quiz challenge, created and run by youth members of NYSOA's New York State Young Birders Club. The kids aimed to stump, and they did it well! Groans and laughs all around as teams wrote down their answers. A fun way to kick off the weekend!
- Saturday evening social hour and banquet followed by keynote speaker David Sibley, whose field guide represented a quantum leap for all who bought it when it hit the scene and is still the primary go-to guide for most field birders 23 years later.
- Saturday and Sunday field trips offering visits to a variety of birding hotspots led by local experts.
- Workshops and paper session featuring presentations by students and experts, including Tom Stephenson, famous co-author of The Warbler Guide (another must-have for every serious birder).
- Educational displays and lots of vendors selling birdy stuff!
- NYSOA award presentations.
- NYSOA's Annual Business Meeting
Watch your Inbox for the winter issue of New York Birders, which will feature a full report with some photos taken at the conference. In the meatime, check out the huge photo gallery posted on NYSOA's Facebook page!
NYSOA Objectives
The objectives of the New York State Ornithological
Association are to document the ornithology of New York State; to foster
interest in and appreciation of birds; and to protect birds and their
habitats.
Code of Birding Ethics
NYSOA endorses the Code
of Birding Ethics developed and promoted by the American
Birding Association.
Membership
Individuals as well as clubs/organizations are welcome
to join and will enjoy the benefits of membership, including subscriptions
to NYSOA's quarterly journal, The
Kingbird, and its newsletter, New
York Birders. NYSOA also offers its non-organizational members
a discounted rate that is 25% off the regular
rate for a subscription to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology's Birds
of the World, a superb resource at your fingertips online.
Are you looking for information
about birding in New York State?
Check out our directory of member organizations
with links to websites listing local field trips and other activities!
NYSOA is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.
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