field trips / Hawk watches
Some general information about our trips:
Everyone is welcome to join our field trips, 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.
For Hawk Watches, bring your binoculars and a lawn chair. Use Lenoir Preserve’s south parking lot at 1109 North Broadway, Yonkers, it’s just north of the field behind the Mansion where the Hawk Watches are held.
Michael Bochnik leads field trips and the Hawk Watch.
Field Trip
Saturday, September 27 at 7 AM
Tibbetts Brook Park
355 Midland Ave, Yonkers
Meet at the upper parking lot, make the first right after booth. We’ll search for fall migrants as we walk around both lakes.
Hawk Watches & The Big Sit
For all Hawk Watches: Meet behind the Lenoir Mansion in the Lenoir Nature Preserve. Use Lenoir Preserve’s south parking lot at 1109 North Broadway, Yonkers, it’s right next to the field behind the Mansion where the watch is held. The Hawk Watch will continue through November.
Saturday, September 20: 10 AM Lenoir Hawk Watch
Saturday, September 27: 10 AM Lenoir Hawk Watch
Saturday, October 4: Hawk Day
10 AM Lenoir Hawk Watch
1 PM Master Falconer James Eyring with his trained raptors at 1 PM, behind the Lenoir Nature Center, 19 Dudley St, Yonkers
Saturday, October 11: “The Big Sit” and Hawk Watch
8 AM – 3 PM Lenoir Nature Preserve, Yonkers: behind the Mansion
Meet behind the Lenoir Mansion anytime between 8 AM and 3PM. Rain date Sunday Oct 12. During “The Big Sit” we try to see as many bird species as possible from a stationary place, which will be where we hold our Hawk Watches. Use Lenoir Preserve’s south parking lot at 1109 N. Broadway, Yonkers.
Saturday, October 18: 10 AM Lenoir Hawk Watch
Saturday, October 25: 10 AM Lenoir Hawk Watch