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 States

Daniel 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.

$5.00

RBA Young Birder Event: Christmas Bird Count – Seneca Park

Seneca Park 2222 St. Paul Street, Rochester, NY, United States

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.”

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.

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.

Birds and Brews @ Mortalis Brewing Company

Mortalis Brewing Company 5660 Tec Drive, Avon, NY, United States

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. 

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.

February Meeting: RBA Member Night Presentations

The Clover Center of the Arts and Spirituality/The Baptist Temple 1101 Clover Street, Rochester, NY, United States

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! 

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