Annual Meeting
One of
the most popular events on the NY birder's calendar. Held at a different
location in New York State each year, it is an opportunity for birders
from all over the state to meet, exchange ideas, socialize, and bird together.
The annual business meeting, a papers session, identification workshops,
and a banquet with a prominent speaker are part of the event. And, yes,
some great field trips!
The 59th Annual Meeting was hosted
by the Delaware-Otsego
Audubon Society the weekend of September
29 - October 1, 2006 at the Morris Hall Conference
Center of SUNY at Oneonta, NY.
Looking ahead:
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The 61st Annual Meeting will
be hosted by the Rochester
Birding Association the
weekend of September 19-21, 2008 at
the Marriott Rochester Airport in Rochester,
NY. The featured speaker will be Peter Harrison,
author of over a dozen books including Seabirds: An Identification
Guide. More
information will be posted as it becomes available. |
Read reports and view photos taken at these Annual
Meetings:
Read the Minutes of these Annual Meetings:
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59th Annual Meeting, 2006 |
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58th Annual Meeting, 2005 |
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57th Annual Meeting, 2004 |
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56th Annual Meeting, 2003 |
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55th Annual Meeting, 2002 |
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54th Annual Meeting, 2001 |
Field
Trips
 4/17/08
Local Club/Organization Field Trips
| As a service to members of NYSOA, we publish some of
the scheduled field trips of our member clubs/organizations. The intent is to inform
all NYSOA members about availability of trips to a variety of good
birding areas within New York State. This will allow interested people
to participate in field trips with birders who are knowledgeable about
an area and the birds likely to be present. It is important for anyone
interested in participating in a field trip with a group that you
check the sponsoring club/organization's website using the link provided to confirm
date/time and to find information about availability, any cost, restrictions,
etc.
Note:
Many member clubs/organizations around the state offer exciting
field trips regularly, and we can list only a few of them.
For information on additional trips in the areas that interest you,
take a look at our Member Clubs/Organizations
page, where you will find a map of New York State and a list of
bird clubs/organizations in each region, along with contact information
and links to individual club/organization websites. |
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Member clubs/organizations that would like NYSOA to announce a field trip in NY
Birders and on this website, please contact the
well in advance of the trip so that the announcement can be included
with adequate notice.
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Date |
Location / Description |
For More Information |
Apr. 20, 2008
Sunday |
Braddock Bay Hawk Lookout
This trip combines birders from the Buffalo Ornithological
Society and the Rochester Birding Association for observing the
spring hawk flight along the south shore of Lake Ontario. Migrating
songbirds are also an attraction.
Leaders: Bob Spahn (585-671-5690) and Mike Zebahazy |
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May 3, 2008
Saturday |
Jamaica Bay National Wildlife
Refuge
The Huntington Audubon Society and
the Volunteers For Wildlife will join to visit
Jamaica Bay, internationally known as a
premier birding spot in the United States.
Leader: Stella Miller (516-695-0763) |
Huntington
Audubon Society
&
Volunteers for Wildlife |
May 11, 2008
Sunday |
Central Park
The Great South Bay Audubon
Society will lead a trip to New York City’s
famous spring birding scene—Central
Park.
Leader: Peter Murphy
Contact: Great South Bay Audubon Society
(631-563-7716) |
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May
24,
2008
Saturday
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Bashakill Wildlife Management
Area
Ralph T. Waterman Bird Club will
visit
this prime wetland complex in Sullivan
County for late spring migrants and resident
birds.
Leaders: Ken and Carol Fredericks
(845-452-7619) |
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May 24, 2008
Saturday
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Vanderwhacker Mt. Trail
Wetlands
Three-quarters of a mile hike on the trail to
Vanderwhacker Mountain in Essex County
will lead to a wetlands created by beaver.
Expected birds include: Olive-sided Flycatcher,
Canada Warbler, Rusty Blackbird,
and Lincoln’s Sparrow. This is a joint trip
of the High Peaks Audubon Society/Saint Lawrence Audubon Society
and the Laurentian Chapter of the Adirondack
Mountain Club.
Leader: Joan Collins (315-261-4246)
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June 7, 2008
Saturday |
Garden City Bird Sanctuary,
8am
From a neglected and trash filled stormwater basin, a protected nine
acre nature preserve is flourishing. Please join us for a stroll
around this beautiful sanctuary. Information: 516-695-0763 Directions: from
the east: Jericho Turnpike West. Make left onto Denton
Avenue South in Garden City. Denton becomes Tanners Pond Road. Look
for sign for sanctuary on right. Park on street. Coming
from the west, make right onto Denton. |
Huntington
Audubon Society
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June 14, 2008
Saturday
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Slide Mountain
June 14, 2008 A hike up the Catskills’ highest peak in Ulster
County will search for Mourning Warbler and Bicknell’s Thrush
among other things. This hike sponsored by the Edgar A. Mearns Bird
Club. Leader: Christine Guarino (845-798-8314) |
Edgar A. Mearns Bird Club |
Read
about past field trips (and see some photos,
too!)
Other
Events
New York State Breeding Bird
Atlas Exhibit, October 3, 2008 through May 2009, New
York State Museum. An exhibit on New York’s
Breeding Bird Atlas project is scheduled to open at the New York
State Museum on October 3, 2008. The exhibit
will include information on the usefulness
of atlases, how data collection is accomplished,
and the results from the 2000-2005
atlas in New York. Original artwork will be included
along with bird mounts, tools of atlasing,
stories of atlasers, and a “virtual atlasing”
kiosk. An opening reception will be
scheduled in November or December.
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Last
Updated 4/18/08
