Hudson River Audubon
Society of Westchester
2009
Hudson River Audubon Society field trips are free. Non-members are welcome
on most trips and are encouraged to join us as members ($20 introductory offer).
Bring binoculars if you have them. Some are available for loan for those
who need them. Dress appropriately for the weather. For more information call Michael Bochnik at (914)
237-9331.
Directions for most trips can be found
below.
Sunday, January 18
New York State Waterfowl Count
Meet at Van Cortlandt Park 7:30 AM
Sunday, February 1, 2009
Owl Prowl
Pelham Bay Park
Meet at Pelham Bay Park at 8:00 AM
Saturday, February 7, 2009
Croton Point Park
Eaglefest
Sunday, March 22, 2009
Edith G Read Sanctuary
Meet at the Sanctuary at 8:00 AM
(Joint trip with BRSS Audubon)
CANCELLED - Sunday, April 26, 2009
Celery Farm, New Jersey
Meet at 7:00 AM at Lenoir for Carpooling
Friday, May 1 to Sunday, May 3, 2009
(Optional 1 day, extension on
Monday, May 4)
Delmarva, two nights in Chincoteague
Friday- Thousand Acre March - breakfast-Bombay Hook,-Little Creek;
Saturday- Milburn Landing, breakfast “My sisters place in Snow Hill” (Unit
#1 Snow Hill, Maryland 21863 Monday, - Saturday: 6:00 am - 8:00 pm) and Shad
Landing, eve chuck walk;
Sunday-Chincoteague- check out- ; Optional Monday, Blackwater NWR
Friday, May 8, 2009
6:00 PM
Tibbetts Brook Park, Yonkers
Evening bird walk at Tibbetts Brook Park
Sunday, May 10, 2009
Mother’s Day, Warbler Walk
Lenoir Nature Preserve Yonkers
8:00 AM
Sunday, May 17, 2009
Bird-a-thon
Sunday, May 24, 2009
Doodletown Road
(Joint trip with Bronx River/Sound Shore & Central Westchester Audubon)
8:00 Am Doodletown
Meet at the Doodletown trailhead on Route
9W, 1.3 miles south of the Bear Mt Bridge.
Doodletown Road in Harriman State Park was once a small community before
becoming parkland. The road has returned to nature and is the best place to find
Cerulean and Hooded Warblers. We're likely to see many other migrants and local
breeders as well. Moderate walk uphill, no restrooms. Pack a small lunch if
you’d like to picnic by the pond after the walk is over.
Sunday, May 31, 2009
Shawangunk Grasslands NWR
Meet at 6:00 AM at Lenoir for car pooling
Lenoir Nature Preserve in Yonkers for car
pooling.
Shawangunk Grasslands NWR, near the Hamlet of Wallkill in Ulster County is a sea
of grassland and home to many grassland species. We will see Eastern
Meadowlarks, Bobolinks and Savannah Sparrows. We may find Upland Sandpipers and
possibly a Grasshopper or Henslow’s Sparrow if we get lucky. Red-headed
Woodpecker is occasionally seen at the nearby Blue Chip Farm.
Bring plenty of water as it could get hot and we will be walking quite a
distance as well.
Directions to Lenoir:
From Saw Mill River Pkwy: Exit at Exit 9, Executive Blvd. Take Executive Blvd.
to North Broadway and turn right. Go 1/4 mile and turn left onto Dudley Street.
Lenoir's parking lot is on the left.
By Bus: Take the # 6 along North Broadway to Dudley Street, one stop north of
Executive Blvd