Participating in a Christmas Bird Count is an annual tradition for many birders, and this will be the 116th CBC in Rochester. In a Christmas Bird Count, birders try to count as many birds as possible within a particular “count circle.”
This year marks the 120th count nationwide and the 68th count for the area. The count date is Saturday, December 28, 2019. Birds seen during the count week of December 25 to January 2 may be called in to the leaders for inclusion in the tally.
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In 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!
Come to our Annual Winter Dinner Party at Summerville Presbyterian Church, 4845 St. Paul Blvd., Rochester, NY 14617 at 6:00 PM. To make a reservation, contact Wanda Thistle or call 585-236-1834 to sign up.
This trip will be a leisurely winter walk featuring some very close looks at our winter passerines!
We’ll search the Nations Road area, looking for Northern Shrike, hawks, Snow Bunting, and other birds of the fields and farmland in winter.
Join the Rochester Birding Association for the first Birds and Brews of 2020! The first event of the year will coincide with the Nations Rd birding trip on Saturday, January 25th.
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.
We enjoyed some wonderful presentations at the Annual Dinner in early January. But since there's never enough time to include everyone, we continue with more presentations this month. Come see what else your fellow birders have been up to!
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.
February's Birds & Brews will take place after the Winter Waterfowl Tour on Sunday, February 16th. Meet at 12 noon at at Bill Gray's Tap Room. All are welcome!
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