Beginner Birder Trip: Mendon Ponds Park Songbird Trail
Mendon Ponds Park 95 Douglas Road, Honeoye Falls, NY, United StatesThis trip will be a leisurely winter walk featuring some very close looks at our winter passerines!
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Avon and Lima Rural Tour Field Trip
Nations Road 2658-2682 Nations Rd, Avon, NY, United StatesWe’ll revisit the Nations Road area to look for Northern Shrike, hawks, Snow Bunting, and other birds of the fields and farmland in winter.
January RBA – Young Birder Event – Sunday, January 28, 2018
Private Home Call Andrea Patterson (Cell 585-490-5361) for the address, Rochester, NY, United StatesThis month, we'll be meeting the Carey home for an afternoon of fun. The Carey's live on the Ganargua Creek in Farmington, and their backyard is a fantastic woodlot filled with wintering birds.
February: Andrea Patterson – “What’s In a Name?”
The Clover Center of the Arts and Spirituality/The Baptist Temple 1101 Clover Street, Rochester, NY, United StatesWhy is an Orange-crowned Warbler called by this name when only a tiny bit of orange--rarely seen--exists on its head? Why is a Robin called a Robin when it is in the Thrush family? Come find out when Andrea presents results of her research at the February 8, 2018, Rochester Birding Association monthly meeting.
Beginner Birder Trip: Charlotte, Braddock Bay, and Lakeshore Fields
Charlotte / Ontario Beach Park Charlotte Park, 4800 Lake Avenue, Rochester, NY, United StatesWarmer weather is on its way and with it, bird activity picks up. We’ll check water for ducks, fields for inland birds, and watch the skies for raptors as well.
March: Lynn Braband – “Protecting Yourself from Ticks & Tick-borne Disease”
The Clover Center of the Arts and Spirituality/The Baptist Temple 1101 Clover Street, Rochester, NY, United StatesAs March is ushered in and the snow begins to melt, more of us will be heading out to our favorite birding spots. As we trek through fields and forests in search of birds, we must take precautions against ticks. Come to the March 8, 2018, RBA meeting where Lynn Braband of the New York State Community Integrated Pest Management Program of Cornell University will talk to us about these insects and what we all need to do to keep safe.
Hamlin Beach State Park Field Trip
Hamlin Beach State Park 1 Camp Hill Road, Hamlin, NY, United StatesStarting at Hamlin Beach State Park we will be looking for migrating waterfowl. We will move to Braddock Bay Hawk Watch in hopes of spotting Rough-legged and Red-shouldered Hawk and eagles.
Lake Shore Marshes East Wildlife Management Area Field Trip
Lakeshore Marshes East Wildlife Management Area Broadway Road, North Wolcott, NY, United StatesThis extensive driving tour of the large natural area to our northeast always turns up some great birds! We’ll look for unusual ducks, late winter birds, and interesting migrants like Fox Sparrow.
March RBA – Young Birder Event – Sunday, March 18, 2018
Private Home Call Andrea Patterson (Cell 585-490-5361) for the address, Rochester, NY, United StatesThe weather is always unpredictable in March, so we'll be spending most of our meeting indoors at the home of the Kunz family, who lives right on the lakeshore. We can watch gulls and ducks from their enormous windows, and we can play birding games in the comfort of a warm house.
Beginner Birder Trip: Owl Woods & Hawk Watch Site
Owl Woods 349 Manitou Beach Road, Rochester, NY, United StatesWe’ll look primarily for our smallest visiting owl, the Northern Saw-whet, which returns to this spot on a yearly basis. Long-eared Owl generally put in an appearance, too, although they’re quite shy and great at hiding.
April: Fred Stoss – “Climate Change: Is It All for the Birds, or What?”
The Clover Center of the Arts and Spirituality/The Baptist Temple 1101 Clover Street, Rochester, NY, United StatesClimate Change: Is It All for the Birds, or What? Come find out at the RBA monthly meeting on Thursday, April 12 at 7:00 pm at the Clover Center. Fred Stoss, a local scientist and librarian with more than 35 years of experience in dealing with issues of climate change, and who trained under Al Gore’s “The Climate Project” will present.
Owl Woods (“Pear Orchard”) Woodcock Courtship Flight Field Trip
Owl Woods 349 Manitou Beach Road, Rochester, NY, United StatesThis will be an evening trip for woodcock courtship flight. If you’ve never seen this spectacle, prepare to be amazed: birds call noisily from the ground in grassy fields before spiraling rapidly up high, descending back down in a zig-zagging noisy frenzy only to start the cycle anew.
