Niagara River Field Trip

Niagara River Old Fort Niagara, Youngstown, NY, United States

CANCELLED due to predicted icy road conditions.

Conesus Lake Area Field Trip

Conesus Lake Area Vitale Park, Big Tree Road, NY, United States

We’ll be looking for Tundra Swan, Canvasback, Redhead, and other waterfowl.

Beginner Trip: Nations Road

Nations Road 2658-2682 Nations Rd, Avon, NY, United States

Sharpen your skills on wintering hawks and Short-eared Owl. Other wintering birds such as Horned Lark, Snow Bunting, and Lapland Longspur are often present.

Avon and Lima Rural Tour Field Trip

Nations Road 2658-2682 Nations Rd, Avon, NY, United States

We’ll search the Nations Road area, looking for Northern Shrike, hawks, Snow Bunting, and other birds of the fields and farmland in winter.

Lakeshore Plains West Field Trip

Braddock Bay Park 199 East Manitou Road, Greece, NY, United States

A driving tour of the farm fields and open lands to the west of Rochester, this trip will search for Snow Buntings, Lapland Longspurs, Northern Shrikes, and hawks in the plains and country roads of western Monroe and Orleans Counties.

Winter Waterfowl and Other Possibilities

Irondequoit Bay Outlet 5000 Culver Road, Rochester, NY, United States

We will look for Long-tailed Ducks, mergansers, scaup and others that may be present.  We will then drive over to Summerville and Charlotte to see what is in the river. 

Lake Shore Marshes East Wildlife Management Area Field Trip

Lakeshore Marshes East Wildlife Management Area Broadway Road, North Wolcott, NY, United States

This 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 Sparrow.

CANCELLED ** Beginner Birder Trip: Owl Woods & Hawk Watch Site

Owl Woods 349 Manitou Beach Road, Rochester, NY, United States

We’ll look primarily for our smallest visiting owl, the Northern Saw-whet, which returns to this spot on a yearly basis. Long-eared Owl generally put in an appearance, too, although they’re quite shy and great at hiding.

***CANCELLED***Woodcock Courtship Flight at Braddock Bay Bird Observatory Field Trip

Braddock Bay Bird Observatory 10 Braddocks Avenue, Hilton, NY, United States

This 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!

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