Niagara River Field Trip – Registration Opens November 21, 2021
Join us on our birding venture along the Niagara River on the US side of the border. (Due to COVID restrictions and requirements, we will not be crossing into Canada this year.)
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Niagara River Old Fort Niagara, Youngstown, NY, United States
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Conesus Lake Area Field Trip – Registration Opens November 27, 2021
Conesus Lake Area Vitale Park, Big Tree Road, NY, United StatesWe’ll be looking for Tundra Swans, Canvasback, Redhead and other waterfowl. This trip is a combination of driving, stopping at overlooks and short walks on trails. It is not handicap/wheelchair accessible.
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Beginner Trip: Nations Road – Registration Opens November 28, 2021
Nations Road 2658-2682 Nations Rd, Avon, NY, United StatesSharpen your skills on wintering hawks and Short-eared Owls. Other wintering birds such as Horned Larks, Snow Buntings, and Lapland Longspurs are often present. This trip is a combination of driving and viewing at stops along roads.
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Irondequoit Bay Outlet & Durand Eastman Park – Year List Jump-Start Field Trip – Registration Opens December 25, 2021
Irondequoit Bay Outlet 5000 Culver Road, Rochester, NY, United StatesGet started on your annual list! We’ll look for winter waterfowl on the Bay, then move to Durand-Eastman Park where we will stroll Log Cabin Road and Zoo Road looking for finches, waxwings, and resident birds.
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Webster Park – Campground Area Field Trip – Registration Opens January 1, 2022
Webster Park - Campground Area 1034 Lake Road, Webster, NY, United StatesIn mature forest and scrubby areas we'll look for overwintering resident birds, lingering migrants such as Hermit Thrush and special winter visitors such as Evening and Pine Grosbeaks, White-winged and Red Crossbills and Bohemian Waxwings.
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Beginner Birder Trip: Mendon Ponds Park Songbird Trail – Registration Opens January 8, 2022
This trip will be a leisurely winter walk along rolling trails (approx. 1-1/2 miles) featuring some very close looks at our winter passerines! Bring your binoculars, some sunflower seeds, and your camera! This is a family-friendly field trip.
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Avon and Lima Rural Tour Field Trip – Registration Opens January 15, 2022
Nations Road 2658-2682 Nations Rd, Avon, NY, United StatesWe’ll search the Nations Road area, looking for Northern Shrikes, hawks, Snow Buntings, and other birds of the fields and farmland in winter. We’ll be mostly driving, with frequent stops along the road.
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Lakeshore Plains West Field Trip – Registration Opens January 23, 2022
Braddock Bay Park 199 East Manitou Road, Greece, NY, United StatesA driving tour of the farm fields and open lands to the west of Rochester, this trip will search for Horned Larks, Snow Buntings, Lapland Longspurs, Northern Shrikes, falcons (possible Merlin or Peregrine) and hawks (hoping for Rough Legged and Northern Harriers) in western Monroe and possibly into Orleans County.
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Winter Waterfowl and Other Possibilities – Registration Opens February 6, 2022
Irondequoit Bay Outlet 5000 Culver Road, Rochester, NY, United StatesStarting at Irondequoit Bay Outlet, we will look for beautiful Long-tailed Ducks, mergansers, scaup and other ducks. We will also concentrate on locating wintering gulls like the occasional Lesser Black Backed, Iceland and Glaucous gulls.
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Lake Shore Marshes East Wildlife Management Area Field Trip – Registration Opens March 5, 2022
Lakeshore Marshes East Wildlife Management Area Broadway Road, North Wolcott, NY, United StatesThis extensive driving tour of the large natural area to our northeast always turns up some great birds! We’ll look for unusual ducks, late winter birds, and interesting migrants like Fox Sparrows.
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Beginner Birder Trip: Owl Woods & Hawk Watch Site – Registration Opens March 19, 2022
Owl Woods 349 Manitou Beach Road, Rochester, NY, United StatesWe’ll look primarily for our smallest visiting owl, the Northern Saw-whet, which returns to this spot on a yearly basis. Long-eared Owls generally put in an appearance, too, although they’re quite shy and great at hiding.
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Woodcock Courtship Flight at Owl Woods Field Trip – Registration Opens April 2, 2022
Owl Woods 349 Manitou Beach Road, Rochester, NY, United StatesThis will be an evening trip for woodcock courtship flight. If you’ve never seen this spectacle, prepare to be amazed: birds call noisily from the ground in grassy fields before spiraling rapidly up high, descending back down in a zigzagging noisy frenzy, only to start the cycle anew. An amazing sight!
