We connect people to nature. We are a chapter of the National Audubon Society based in southwestern Westchester County, NY. We offer guided field trips; nature walks; feeder and hawk watches, educational programs. At Lenoir Nature Preserve, Yonkers, we have a Butterfly and Hummingbird Garden.
We are an all-volunteer organization. All our activities are free, thanks to volunteers and supporters. You can help us by donating via PayPal.
may / June happenings
Saturday, May 17 HRAS Bird-A-Thon Teams set out to see as manty bird species as possible to raise money for the chapter (rain date May 18). More on the Bird-A-Thon…
Saturday, May 10 at 7 AM Hillside Woods and Its New Deer Exclosure Meet at the tennis court parking lot at the end of Chemka Pool Road, Hastings-on-Hudson. We’ll look for spring migrants, both in and out of the deer exclosure. We’ll note the difference in habitat where deer can’t graze the understory.
Sunday, May 11 at 9 AM Mother’s Day Warbler Walk Meet at the Lenoir Nature Center, 19 Dudley Street, Yonkers. Our annual bird walk in celebration of Mother’s Day.
Wednesday, May 28 at 7 PM Author Randi Minetour talks about her latest book, How Birds Created the World … and Other Stories, about myths and tales involving birds. Lenoir Nature Center,19 Dudley St, Yonkers. More…
Saturday, June 21 at 6:30 AM Nickerson Beach, 880 Lido Blvd, Lido Beach, NY We will look for Piping Plovers, American Oystercatchers and Black Skimmers. More…
Photo: Northern Parula by Darla J Oathout, Audubon Photography Awards