Durand Eastman Park – Year List Jump-Start Field Trip
Irondequoit Bay Outlet 5000 Culver Road, Rochester, NY, United StatesGet started on your 2018 list! We’ll look for winter finches, waxwings, and resident birds.
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Field Trips
Beginner Birder Trip: Irondequoit Bay, Lakeshore, and Genesee River Outlet
Irondequoit Bay Outlet 5000 Culver Road, Rochester, NY, United StatesIn open areas of water, we’ll look for some of the spectacular waterfowl that visit each winter, and with luck even see a few rarities!
Lakeshore Plains West Field Trip
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 Snow Bunting, Lapland Longspur, Northern Shrike, and hawks in the plains and country roads of western Monroe and Orleans counties.
Beginner Birder Trip: Mendon Ponds Park Songbird Trail
Mendon Ponds Park 95 Douglas Road, Honeoye Falls, NY, United StatesThis trip will be a leisurely winter walk featuring some very close looks at our winter passerines! Bring some sunflower seeds and your camera!
Avon and Lima Rural Tour Field Trip
Nations Road 2658-2682 Nations Rd, Avon, NY, United StatesWe’ll search the Nations Road area, looking for Northern Shrike, hawks, Snow Bunting, and other birds of the fields and farmland in winter.
NEW! Winter Waterfowl and Other Possibilities
Irondequoit Bay Outlet 5000 Culver Road, Rochester, NY, United StatesWe will meet at Irondequoit Bay Outlet at 8:30 a.m. to look for Long-tailed Ducks, mergansers, scaup and others that may be present.
Beginner Birder Trip: Charlotte, Braddock Bay, and Lakeshore Fields
Charlotte / Ontario Beach Park Charlotte Park, 4800 Lake Avenue, Rochester, NY, United StatesWarmer weather is on its way and with it, bird activity picks up. We’ll check water for ducks, fields for inland birds, and watch the skies for raptors as well.
Hamlin Beach State Park Field Trip
Hamlin Beach State Park 1 Camp Hill Road, Hamlin, NY, United StatesWe will gather at Braddock Bay Park and drive to Hamlin Beach State Park where we will be looking for migrating waterfowl as we work our way back east.
Lake Shore Marshes East Wildlife Management Area Field Trip
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 Sparrow.
Beginner Birder Trip: Owl Woods & Hawk Watch Site
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 Owl generally put in an appearance, too, although they’re quite shy and great at hiding.
Owl Woods (“Pear Orchard”) Woodcock Courtship Flight Field Trip
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 zig-zagging noisy frenzy only to start the cycle anew.
High Acres Nature Area Field Trip
High Acres Nature Area (HANA) 425 Perinton Parkway, Fairport, NY, United StatesOver 130 bird species have been observed at HANA including more than 70 that nest in the diverse habitats found there. During this field trip we expect to see at least 40 species returning to nest or on their way to northern nesting grounds.
