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  • 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.

  • Beginner Trip: Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge – Registration Opens August 1, 2021

    Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge, Seneca Falls, NY, United States

    Learn more about the fall migration of shorebirds in this nearby birding treasure. We’ll visit key spots you’ll want to revisit again and again! There will be a number of stops during this mostly driving trip. Bring binoculars. Restrooms may not be available at the Visitor Center.

  • Beginner Trip: Charlotte & Turning Point Park – Registration Opens August 28, 2021

    Charlotte / Ontario Beach Park Charlotte Park, 4800 Lake Avenue, Rochester, NY, United States

    We’ll be looking for shorebirds, warblers, and other fall migrants along the river and lakeshore. At Charlotte Beach, we’ll look for gulls in many plumages and some shorebirds, too. At Turning Point Park, we will look for the usual suspects and fall migrants. Bring binoculars.