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NYSOA Winter Weekend Coming Up!
Adirondacks, January 31 - February 1, 2026
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Enjoy a weekend of birding trips in the Adirondacks this winter. Participants will look for winter irruptive species such as Bohemian Waxwing, Evening Grosbeak, Pine Grosbeak, Redpoll, Red and White-winged Crossbills, and more, along with year-round boreal residents such as Ruffed Grouse, Black-backed Woodpecker, Canada Jay, and Boreal Chickadee. Food sources are good this year with abundant fruit, and many conifer species have excellent cone crops. For more detailed information, see this year’s “Winter Finch Forecast”: https://finchnetwork.org/winter-finch-forecast-2025-2026
Field Trips: Joan Collins and Mary Beth Warburton will lead field trips on both days. On Saturday and Sunday morning, meet outside the Adirondack Hotel at 7 a.m. (near the bridge over Long Lake on Route 30). Participants can drive in their own vehicles, or car-pool, if they are comfortable, to reduce the number of cars in the train. Registration is required to attend the field trips. See below for instructions.
Social Dinner & Speaker: Gather for dinner and a presentation on Saturday evening at the Adirondack Hotel in Long Lake. We are excited to have Matt Young as our speaker for the weekend event! He will be presenting “The Evening Grosbeak Road to Recovery Project and The Stokes Guide to Finches of the United States and Canada.”
To register, call Mary Beth Warburton at 315-268-0150 or email msmarybeth.warburton@gmail.com. There is a maximum of 25 participants for each field trip. |
NYSOA 78th
Annual Meeting - A Great Success!
This year's annual conference, hosted by Cayuga Bird Club at the Ithaca Downtown Conference Center in September, was
all one could have hoped for! Attendees enjoyed various social, educational, and birding activities, including a paper session, distinguished speakers, NYS Young Birders Club Photo ID Challenge, field trips, vendors, a silent auction, and a banquet dinner.
The draft minutes of the NYSOA business meeting will be published in The Kingbird. NYSOA members can check out the winter issue of our newsletter, New York Birders, for a detailed report and some photos taken at the conference.
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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.
  
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