We regret that due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the RBA has decided to cancel this trip.  Potential closures of this facility to the public and the inability to carpool make this trip difficult or impossible at the current time.

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Why a wastewater treatment plant?  Open water and a great location mean that this spot appears regularly on fall birding lists.  We will drive on the banks of the ponds, getting out wherever the birds are congregating.  Discover the great opportunity this spot (and its helpful staff) offers.

Meet at 9:00 a.m. at the wastewater treatment plant at the end of Industrial Blvd., which is off Pearl Street (Route 33) at the western edge of the city of Batavia.  From the NYS Thruway (I-90) at Batavia, exit 48, go south on Route 98 into the city of Batavia.  At the second light (candy store), make a right turn onto Pearl Street (or Genesee Street), which is Route 33.  Go west approximately 0.5 miles to Industrial Blvd. and make a left.  Proceed south past the railroad tracks and straight up the hill and through the open gates to the entrance building of the treatment plant (first building on your left).

Or, from Rochester, take I-490 W, to Exit 2 (Route 33 west).  Follow Route 33 west through Batavia; turn left onto Oak Street (Route 33), stay right at roundabout, continue on Route 33, 0.5 miles to Industrial Blvd., turn left.  Continue straight across the railroad tracks and up the hill.  Turn left into the parking lot of the offices.

We will carpool from the plant offices.