Hudson River Audubon Society of Westchester
A New York Chapter of the National Audubon Society
Serving the communities of Ardsley, Dobbs Ferry,
Hastings-on-Hudson, Irvington and Yonkers

| Programs | Field Trips | Membership  | Join |
| Lenoir Nature Preserve |Lenoir Hawk Watch | Lenoir Butterfly Garden |
| Westchester County Bird Checklist |  Where to Bird in Westchester |
 | Guía a las Aves del Condado de Westchester | 
| Bronx Westchester Christmas Count | Christmas Bird Count Results  |
 | Project FeederWatch | Member Photos | Trip Reports | 
 | Yonkers Butterfly Checklist | Yonkers Dragonfly List |
 | Birding Outside of Westchester County |

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                       Download our  January/February 2010 Newsletter
                                                 November 2009 Newsletter (PDF file)
                                                 October 2009 Newsletter (PDF file)
                                                  September 2009 Newsletter (PDF file)
                                                 Older Newsletters

• Upcoming Chapter Meetings and Programs

  • Wednesday, February 24, 2010
    The Incredible Journey of the Butterflies
    Weather permitting, on 7:00 pm at the Lenoir Nature Preserve, there will be a special showing of a spectacular DVD, entitled The Incredible Journey of the Butterflies.
    This NOVA production stars hundreds of thousands of butterflies. Once a year, a veritable flood of monarch butterflies take to the skies of North America, heading from birthplaces in Canada and the U.S. for two months to a final destination 2,000 miles away in the mountains of Central Mexico. How do they do it — and how even dedicated scientists can’t trick them into going elsewhere — remains a mystery.
    

  • Wednesday, March 24, 2010
    Antarctic
    7 PM
    Lenoir Nature Preserve
    Bernie Wides, Naturalist and Docent at the Hall of Ocean Marine Life at the American Museum of Natural History.

     

• Upcoming Field Trips
  

  • Owl Prowl
    Pelham Bay Park, 
    Saturday, January 30, 2010
    Meet at Pelham Bay Park, Bronx at 8:00 AM (north east corner, or far left as you enter the large parking lot)
    Pelham Bay Park offers you the best chance to see up to four or more species of owls. Great Horned owls may be nesting and both Saw-whet and Long-eared Owls may be hiding in the pines. Barn and Barred Owls are occasionally found as well. The park holds many half-hardies in winter such as Brown Thrasher, Gray Catbird and Hermit Thrush. Fox Sparrows are usually found easily in the woods. 
    Views of the Sound should yield a variety of ducks, loon and grebes. We’ll travel to the southern area of the park where the stadium lights host huge Monk Parakeet nests, and a walk to the base of the old landfill may yield a variety of sparrows in the fields and raptors patrolling the dump for a meal.
    
    We will also have a friendly cupcake bakeoff as well. Taste some of the best cupcakes around and vote for the best.
    (Joint trip with Huntington Audubon)
    
    

  • Eaglefest
    Saturday, February 6, 2010
    
    

  • Jones Beach Strip
    Saturday, March 27, 2010
    Meet at the Coast Guard parking lot at 9AM. A look at late wintering birds and a search for rarities.
    

• Young Naturalist Program (2010)  
  
     Programs take place at Lenoir Nature Preserve, 19 Dudley Street, just off North Broadway in Yonkers, NY.  For more information call Walter Chadwick at 914-237-5791.

  • February 6, 2010 10:00 AM 
    Surviving the Winter
    How do animals survive the cold, ice and snows of winter. What strategies do they use? Why do some animals leave our area in the winter? Why don’t frogs and turtles freeze? What happens to insects in the winter? How do squirrels and deer survive? Learn the answers to these questions and more at Lenoir Nature Preserve. All ages welcome. 
    

  • April 3, 2010 10:00 AM 
    A Walk to Welcome Spring 
    Join us as we take a walk around Lenoir Nature Preserve to see nature awakening after winter. What birds have returned from their winter homes? Which wildflowers are in bloom? Are the salamanders active? Join us as we explore the preserve in search of nature’s wonders. All ages welcome.  

     

• Warblings Chronicles of high school bird watching  Visit a young birder's birding blog
  

• Have a Wild Bird Question? E-mail Michael Bochnik   
  

• A Guide to the Birds of Westchester County - a list of birds found in Westchester and their relative abundance in each season
  

• Where to Bird in Westchester County - descriptions, directions and maps to over 40 places to bird
  
      Birds of Westchester Check List (PDF file)
      Birds of Yonkers Check List (PDF file)
      Guía a las Aves del Condado de Westchester(PDF file)
  
  

• Butterfly Garden - including a list of butterflies found in Yonkers 
  

• Birding Links
  

• Board Members and Committees
  

• Become a Member
  

• Science Watch - Articles from our newsletter by Saul Scheinbach

  • Webcast interviewing Saul 

  • Jan/Feb 2010 - Homing in on How Pigeons Navigate

  • Nov/Dec 2009 - Starling Shenanigins

  • October 2009 - A True Fable

  • September 2009 - What a Cool Bill 

  • June 2009 - Keeping One Eye Open

  • May 2009 - Mom's Perception of Dad Determines Her Children's Sex

  • April 2009 - Little Birds, Big Trips 

  • March 2009 - My Father was a Dinosaur

  • Jan/Feb 2009 - A Pharmacy in the Woods

  • Past Science Watch Articles

   

• In the Wild ... - Articles from our newsletter by Mary Harrington
  

• Excellent information on West Nile and Pesticides
  

• On the Road Again . . . to the Baja, ha ha! 
  

• Past Features

  • Sanibel Island 2009

  • Benjamin Moore Cool Hummingbird Video

  • Puffin, Moose and Bog Trip -An odyssey through Maine, New Hampshire and the Adirondack Park (June 2008)

  • Costa Rica Trip Report (February 2008)

  • Michael Bochnik honored at the Spring State Council Meeting (March 07)

  • Delmarva (May 2006)

  • Texas Trip Report (April 2005)

  • California (January 2005)

  • Arizona Trip Report (May 2003) 

  • Eastern Bluebirds Nest at Lenoir (August 2003)

  • Bahama Wildlife (August 2002) 

  • Bluebirds Return to Yonkers (May 2002)

  • Texas - Rio Grande Trip Report (April 2002) 

  • New York State Breeding bird Atlas Project (New York Dept. of Conservation site)

  • 2001 Rufous Hummingbird Pictures from Lenoir Nature Preserve, Yonkers

  • Calliope Hummingbird Pictures from Fort Tryon Park, Manhattan

  • Delmarva Trip Report (May 2000) 

  • Southwest Trip Report

  • Northern Gannet Diving

  • Dr. Fred Hubbard 
    "Village Naturalist"of Hastings-on-Hudson, 
    Click here for an Obituary and tribute videos 

  • Hawk Release at Benjamin Moore 

  • 
    New York State Young Birders Club
    New York State Ornithological Association

Mike and Kelli's Honeymoon

Citi and Shea (Penguins)

Hudson River Audubon Society
P.O. BOX 616
Yonkers, New York 10703
Telephone (914) 237-9331
Email: BochnikM@cs.com

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