
Upcoming Events

Birding Walk at Rugar Woods
Explore this hidden birding gem behind the SUNY Plattsburgh Field house! This outing will traverse the forested and wetland habitats along the Saranac River above the Imperial Mills Dam.

Birding Walk at Norman Ridge Road
Join Betsy Miner and Mar Bodine for an outing along Norman Ridge Road focusing mostly on field birds.

Arthropod Walks at the PSC VIC
Join Paul Smith’s College Professor of Biology and Northern New York Audubon Board Member, Dr. Janet Mihuc, for a walk around the VIC property observing insects, spiders, millipedes, and crustaceans.

Slow Birding Canoe Tour with St. Regis Canoe Outfitters- July 12th
“Slow Birding” encourages you to take your time and observe the behavior of individual birds in their natural habitat. How do you do that from a boat? Great question! This trip is done in war canoes, meaning you can enjoy looking for and watching birds while one guide slowly moves you through the water and the other guide helps you identify what you are seeing.

Bird Outing at Point Au Roche
Enjoy a morning of birding with a walk along the lake! This walk will pass through several shrubby and forested habitats before reaching the tip of Long Point with its panoramic views of Lake Champlain.

Bird Outing on Route 30 and Sabattis Circle Road
We will make a few birding stops in boreal habitat along Route 30 before heading to the William C. Whitney Area. Along Sabattis Circle Road we will make stops at several locations, including the trailhead for Buck Mountain (where there is a port-a-potty), the scenic inlet of Little Tupper Lake, the Round Lake Trailhead, and Sabattis Bog.
Birding Walk on the Roosevelt Truck Trail
Lovely, mature boreal habitat spans the 2.5 mile- long Roosevelt Truck Trail. This wide, road-sized trail runs between 28N and Blue Ridge Road in Minerva. Joan Collins will lead a hike along this route beginning at the Blue Ridge Road trailhead and ending at the Route 28N trailhead.

Slow Birding Canoe Tour with St. Regis Canoe Outfitters- Aug 24th
“Slow Birding” encourages you to take your time and observe the behavior of individual birds in their natural habitat. How do you do that from a boat? Great question! This trip is done in war canoes, meaning you can enjoy looking for and watching birds while one guide slowly moves you through the water and the other guide helps you identify what you are seeing.

2025 NYSOA Annual Meeting and New York State Birders Conference
The 78th annual New York State Ornithological Association (NYSOA) conference will be held in Ithaca NY, hosted by the Cayuga Bird Club, a NYSOA member club. The conference brings together birders from across the state and beyond who come to develop new birding friendships, renew old ones, hear excellent speakers, and explore birding opportunities away from their home turf.

Birding walk at Point Au Roche State Park
Point au Roche is one of Clinton County’s birding hotspots; more than 180 species have been recorded there. Bird sightings in June include Osprey, Eastern Towhee, Marsh Wren, Brown Thrasher, Baltimore Oriole, Great Crested Flycatcher, 5 species of Sparrows, 3 species of Woodpeckers, 5 Warbler species and several species of waterfowl.

Matthew Young: “Exploring the World of Finches”
Join us at the Adirondack Experience on Saturday, June 7, for an evening celebrating the fascinating world of finches! From 4–5 PM.
Reception and Book Signing at the Lakeview Café following the lecture, 5-6:30 PM.

19th Annual Adirondack Birding Festival
The 19th Annual Adirondack Birding Festival will feature 15 field trips, two presentations, and a social dinner. Field trips will include driving safaris, short hikes, longer hikes, several handicap accessible trips, dawn chorus events, and a canoe trip. Three of the trips will be held in IBAs (“Important Bird Areas” designated by Audubon New York): Moose River Plains, William C. Whitney Wilderness Area, and Massawepie Mire. On Friday evening, there will be a social dinner at the Adirondack Hotel in Long Lake.

Great Adirondack Birding Celebration
The GABC will be managed for the first time by Northern NY Audubon! The celebration is designed to introduce birders of all ages and skill levels to the unique boreal bird species and habitats in the Adirondack Park. Check out our GABC page and Facebook for details. Hope to see you there!

Bird Outing at Grasse River Wilderness Preserve
This field trip is co-sponsored between Northern New York Audubon and Northeast Wilderness Trust. Join Janelle Jones, NY Land Steward, for a walk through deciduous forests, past beaver wetlands, and alongside wild stretches of the Grasse River.

Bird Outing at the Vanderwhacker Mountain Trail
After nearly five years closed, Moose Pond Club Road bridge has been repaired and the road is now open! We will hike the first mile (nearly level terrain) on the Vanderwhacker Mountain Trail in mixed forest, and along the wetlands for half the hike (so two miles round-trip).

Cape May, New Jersey Spring Birding Trip
Cape May county, in the southern tip of New Jersey, forms a unique cape that sticks out into both the Delaware Bay and Atlantic Ocean. Its location lends itself to incredible migrations of birds in spring and fall. Come join Brian McAllister as he guides us through the amazing birding hotspots of Cape May, NJ, from early morning until dusk.

Boreal Birding at California Road and Vicinity
Explore several great, seldom visited, birding locations with excellent views that reveal the character of the landscape. Each stop will include a short hike into a spot where we will open our camp chairs to bird in place for 20-30 minutes.
Photo of Alder Flycatcher by Larry Master

Bird Outing at Rugar Woods
Explore this hidden birding gem behind the SUNY Plattsburgh Field House. This walk will traverse the forested and wetland habitats along the Saranac River above the Imperial Mills Dam.

Bird Outing at Crown Point State Historic Site
The walk will cover approximately 2 miles during peak spring migration. We’ll look for songbirds, waterfowl, shorebirds and raptors along the shores of Lake Champlain.

Bird Outing at Heyworth-Mason Park
Join trip leaders Betsy Miner, Mar Bodine, and Ken Adams for a trip around Heyworth-Mason Park that includes open fields and forest along the Little Ausable River.

Introduction to Merlin and eBird Mobile Apps
Description: These free classes are for novice birders who want to learn how to use the Merlin Bird ID app and the eBird mobile app.

Bird Outing at Ausable Point Campground
Spring migration is a fun time to be out birding as you never know what you might find! Birders of all experience levels are welcome. We will walk through the campground looking for early spring migrants. We will also look out on Lake Champlain for waterfowl.

Grassland Conservation and Bird Research at Heaven Hill and the Uihlein Farm
Please join us and NYS OPHRP for a discussion on research conducted on historic lands by Dr. Michale Glennon.

Bird Outing at Point Au Roche State Park
Enjoy a morning of late winter birding with a walk along the lake! This walk will pass through several shrubby and forested habitats before reaching the tip of Long Point with its panoramic views of Lake Champlain.

Car-Birding in Jefferson Co. (Point Peninsula and Cape Vincent)
Join Mary Beth Warburton and Joan Collins for a car-birding trip in west-central Jefferson County including Point Peninsula and Cape Vincent.

Bird Outing at Bloomindale Bog
Join Betsy Miner and Mar Bodine for a birding walk at the Bloomingdale Bog!

Bird Outing at Point Au Roche State Park
Start your 2025 birding with a walk along the lake! This walk will pass through several shrubby and forested habitats before reaching the tip of Long Point with its panoramic views of Lake Champlain.

Christmas Bird Count - Saranac Lake
Contact: Steven Langdon at sflangdon@gmail.com
Note from coordinator: The Saranac Lake CBC is centered in Ray Brook and includes Lake Placid, Saranac Lake, and Bloomingdale.

Christmas Bird Count - Massena - Cornwall
Please contact Eileen Wheeler at eiwheeler@yahoo.com for more information.

Christmas Bird Count - Potsdam - Canton
Please contact Jeff Bolsinger at jsbolsinger@yahoo.com for more information.

“How to Love a Forest” with Ethan Tapper
Northern New York Audubon webinar: How to Love a Forest, with Ethan Tapper, author of the new book “How to Love A Forest”.

Christmas Bird Count - Plattsburgh
Contact: Michael Burgess, michael.b.burgess@plattsburgh.edu
Note from coordinator: The count is centered near the Plattsburgh International Airport, and the circle includes a portion of the western shoreline of Grand Isle, VT, plus numerous exceptional birding hot spots.

Christmas Bird Count - Ferrisburg, Vermont
Contact: Stacy Robinson at maplemeadows@hotmail.com
Note from coordinator: The Ferrisburg, Vermont CBC circle includes portions of New York’s shorelines south of Westport and north to Whallon’s Bay in Essex. It’s comprised of rural roads, woods, and farmland criss-crossed with Champlain Area Trails (CATS). Highlights often include waterfowl, raptors, and wintering songbirds. The circle includes the well known Magic Triangle in Essex offering habitat for field birds like Snow Buntings and Horned Larks. During daylight hours we’ll search for Red-tailed and Rough-legged Hawks or Northern Harriers. But at dusk and dawn we can often find Short-eared Owls out hunting. We will meet at the Westport Boat Launch at 7:30 am.

Christmas Bird Count - Elizabethtown
Date: Saturday, December 14, 2024
Contact: Betsy Miner at 518-651-5527, corgiforest@gmail.com or Mar Bodine at 518-651-1224, marbo59@verizon.net
New birders welcome, Compilation dinner to be decided later.

Snow Goose Migration Watch
Join members of Northern New York Audubon to watch thousands of Snow Geese on the Rec Park water. It is a spectacle you don't want to miss.

Bird Walk at Ausable Point
Join Ken Adams and Betsy Miner as we bird along the road leading into the campground, the marsh overlook, and out onto Lake Champlain. Fall migration is a fun time to be birding as you never know what you might find! Birders of all experience levels are welcome.

Cape May, NJ Field Trip
We will try to repeat our great birding experience this fall but with slightly different bird species. This 5 day/4 night trip will introduce you to the incredible fall migration that is Cape May!

Bird Walk at Crown Point State Historic Site
Enjoy a fun morning of birding at one of our premier hotspots in the Champlain Valley.

Bird Walk at Lake Alice WMA
Join Ken Adams and Betsy Miner at one of Clinton County's birding hotspots, nearly 150 bird species have been recorded here. There is a wide variety of habitats including open water, marsh, field, shrub meadow and mixed forest.