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  • Thousand Acre Swamp Field Trip – Registration Opens May 13, 2021

    Thousand Acre Swamp Jackson Road and Penfield Center Road, Penfield, NY, United States

    Thousand Acre Swamp is a preserve owned by the Nature Conservancy of Western New York. It has a bird checklist of 120 species. This level 2.5-mile walk goes through varied habitats, resulting in a variety of breeding bird species and migrants.

  • Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge Field Trip – Registration Opens May 15, 2021

    Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge, NY, United States

    We will search for Prothonotary Warblers, Yellow-throated Vireos, Cerulean Warblers, and other nesting birds at this local natural treasure.  We’ll drive to various spots in the refuge and take an easy walk along one of the very scenic trails.

  • Norway Road Field Trip – Registration Opens May 16, 2021

    Norway Road Norway Road, Murray, NY, United States

    This unassuming trip usually racks up one of the longest bird lists of the year. From nesting Cerulean Warbler to Purple Martin along the lake, this trip showcases roadside birding in spectacular fashion!

  • Canadice Lake Field Trip – Registration Opens May 22, 2021

    Canadice Lake Canadice Lake, NY, United States

    We’ll go down the east side of the lake for a variety of nesting passerines, especially warblers and vireos. We will make multiple stops as we drive along the road.

  • Ganondagan State Historic Site State Park Field Trip – Registration Opens May 29, 2021

    Ganondagan State Historic Site 1488 NY-444, Victor, NY, United States

    This trip has generated large species lists due to the many habitat types we will travel through. We will start from the parking lot to the longhouse and the meadowlark field and then head down a wide trail through woods, shrubland, and wetland to an overlook in grassland.

  • Letchworth State Park Field Trip – Registration Opens May 30, 2021

    Letchworth State Park Mt. Morris Dam Overlook, NY, United States

    This trip frequently boasts more birds than any other RBA field trip. Of course, it gets an early start! We’ll look for birds not frequently seen on other trips, such as Acadian Flycatcher and Barred Owl.

  • Bergen Swamp Field Trip – Registration Opens June 12, 2021

    Bergen Swamp Hessenthaller Road, Bergen, NY, United States

    A trip to this unique place is by special permit from the Bergen Swamp Preservation Society and will feature nesting birds. The mix of vegetation zones provides secluded nesting habitat for the usual western N.Y. species as well as those more characteristic of the Canadian zone such as Blue-headed Vireo, Hermit Thrush, Magnolia, Blackburnian, Black-and-white, Canada and Nashville Warblers.

  • Odonata Sanctuary Field Trip – Registration Opens June 13, 2021

    Odonata Sanctuary 20 Parrish Road, Honeoye Falls, NY, United States

    The 100 acre privately owned Odonata Sanctuary, 20 Parrish Road, Honeoye Falls, NY 14472, is the former home of Joseph W. Taylor, who was a founder of the American Birding Association and president of Hawk Mountain Association. The sanctuary participates in the Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program (WHIP) that provides nesting acreage for grassland nesting birds such as Eastern Meadowlarks, Bobolinks, and Dickcissels.

  • Barnhart’s Camp and Keeney Swamp Field Trip – Registration Opens June 20, 2021

    Shop 'n Save - Nunda 9045 State Route 408, Nunda, NY, United States

    We will be birding as we drive (and stop) throughout the diverse landscapes of Northern Allegany County, 20 minutes south of Letchworth State Park. Grassland, woodland, pond and swampland species such as Prairie and Mourning Warblers, Eastern Bluebirds, Pied-billed Grebes, and maybe a bittern or two should be seen.