Durand Eastman Park Field Trip
Durand Eastman Park Lakeshore Boulevard, Rochester, NY, United StatesWaxwings, winter finches, and lingering migrants are possible as well as Snowy Owl. We may visit Irondequoit Bay to look for waterfowl.
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November: Lucy Winters Durkin – “John James Audubon: Birds in Paint and Print”
The Clover Center of the Arts and Spirituality/The Baptist Temple 1101 Clover Street, Rochester, NY, United StatesThe images from John James Audubon's Birds of America are familiar to most birders, but a significant portion of Audubon's work remains almost unknown - the written text that originally accompanied the illustrations.
RBA Young Birder Event: Durand Eastman Park & Irondequoit Bay
Durand Eastman Park Lakeshore Boulevard, Rochester, NY, United StatesWe’ll start by taking a walk through Durand Eastman Park. We’ll likely see a mix of winter passerines like woodpeckers, robins, chickadees, titmice, Cedar Waxwings, finches and cardinals, but with a little luck they’ll be supplemented by something special.
Birds and Brews @ Knucklehead Craft Brewing
Knucklehead Craft Brewing 426 Ridge Road, Webster, NY, United StatesJoin the Rochester Birding Association for the last Birds & Brews of the year! We will be meeting at Knucklehead Craft Brewery this month.
Niagara River Field Trip
Niagara River Old Fort Niagara, Youngstown, NY, United StatesCANCELLED due to predicted icy road conditions.
RBA Young Birder Event: Christmas Bird Count for Kids
Braddock Bay Bird Observatory 10 Braddocks Avenue, Hilton, NY, United StatesFor 119 years, adults have counted birds every winter as part of the annual Christmas Bird Count, and now it’s time for kids to join the fun! The Christmas Bird Count for Kids is a family-friendly bird-watching event that builds bird identification skills and contributes to scientific bird count data.
Conesus Lake Area Field Trip
Conesus Lake Area Vitale Park, Big Tree Road, NY, United StatesWe’ll be looking for Tundra Swan, Canvasback, Redhead, and other waterfowl.
Beginner Trip: Nations Road
Nations Road 2658-2682 Nations Rd, Avon, NY, United StatesSharpen your skills on wintering hawks and Short-eared Owl. Other wintering birds such as Horned Lark, Snow Bunting, and Lapland Longspur are often present.
December: Daniel Baldassarre – “Linking Behavior and Biodiversity in Birds”
The Clover Center of the Arts and Spirituality/The Baptist Temple 1101 Clover Street, Rochester, NY, United StatesDaniel Baldassarre is interested in evolutionary biology and biodiversity, and especially loves studying birds. To study avian biodiversity, he focuses on small populations of birds and looks for connections between unusual behaviors and broad-scale patterns.
Rochester Christmas Bird Count – Sunday, December 15th, 2019
Join us for the 120th Christmas Bird Count of the National Audubon Society and the 116th Rochester CBC. If you cannot bird in the field, watch your feeder and phone results to the area leader. We’ll pair new observers with experienced birders.
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RBA Young Birder Event: Christmas Bird Count – Seneca Park
Seneca Park 2222 St. Paul Street, Rochester, NY, United StatesParticipating 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.”
Little Lakes Christmas Bird Count – Saturday, December 28th, 2019
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.
