field trips / Hawk watches
General information Everyone is welcome to join, no matter what your level of birding ability; field trips are free and open to members and non-members alike. Reminders for getting the most out of a trip. Bring binoculars! Bring lunch and refreshments for all day trips. Dress for the weather. Don’t have binoculars? They are available for loan: contact Michael Bochnik.
Weather updates will be posted here. Michael Bochnik leads field trips.
Saturday, February 28, 2026
8 AM Jones Beach, West End II
Coast Guard Station
Meet at the Boat Basin parking lot, next to the Coast Guard Station in the West End section. We’ll search for wintering birds in the bay, ocean and the dunes
Sunday March 22, 2026
8 AM Croton Point Park
Meet at the dirt parking lot next to the ball field as you first enter the park.
Wednesday Spring Birding Series led by Michael Bochnik
Starting April 1, meet at 7 AM Wednesdays (except May 6) at local area hotspots for spring migration.
April 1 Five Island Park, New Rochelle
April 8 Larchmont Reservoir, Larchmont
April 15 Tibbetts Brook Park, Yonkers
April 22 Marshlands Conservancy, Rye
April 29 Nature Study Woods, New Rochelle, Webster Avenue at Flandreau Ave
May 13 Rockefeller State Park, Pleasantville
May 20 Cranberry Lake, West Harrison
May 27 Pelham Bay Park, Bronx, Southern Meadow/Zone, Stadium Ave
June 3 Muscoot Farm, Sommers/Katonah
Check our web site at www.hras.org for changes/weather cancellations
Saturday, April, 18 2026
8 AM Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, Queens
Cross Bay Blvd, Broad Channel, NY
We will look for early spring migrants such as Osprey and phoebe’s as well as lingering winter water fowl, Snow Geese.
Saturday May 2
8 AM Central Park
Meet at the corner of W 77th Street and Central Park West near the Humboldt statue, Early warblers may include Nashville, Louisiana Waterthrush and Northern Parula.
Cape May Trip
Sunday May 3 to Wednesday May 6, 2026
Sunday - Meet at 9 am Forsythe (Brigantine) National Wildlife Refuge (2.5-3 hr drive
Make your own reservation:
Three nights
May 3 to Wednesday May 6, 2026 at
The Jetty Motel
2nd and Beach Avenue, Cape May, NJ 08204
OR any other favorite holel.
We will bird the Cape May area Monday and Tuesday. Wed May 6 - we will head home at stop at the Stone Harbor Blvd--The Wetlands Institute
Then bird the heron rookery at the Ocean City Welcome Center 300 W 9th Street, Ocean City, NJ
Please let Michael Bochnik know if you will be on the trip at bochnikm@cs.com
Saturday, May 9, 2026
HRAS Birdathon
Teams set out to see as manty bird species as possible to raise money for the chapter
(Rain Date Sunday May 17)
Sunday, May 10, 2026
Mother’s Day Warbler Walk
9 AM Lenoir Nature Preserve
19 Dudley Street
Bird walk to celebrate Mother’s Day.
Saturday May 16
8 AM Hillside Woods
Meet at the Tennis/Pool parking lot
Hight of spring migration
Saturday June 6, 2026
Shawangunk Grasslands NWR , Ulster
Hoagerburgh Rd, Wallkill, NY
Grasslands Bird; Bobolink. Eastern Meadowlark, Grasshopper and Savannah Sparrows.
Sunday, Jun 28, 2026
7 AM Nickerson Beach
Lido Blvd, Lido Beach NY
0.7 miles west of Loop Parkway
Look for nesting Piping Plover, American Oystercatcher and Black Skimmer