Upcoming Events

Slow Birding Canoe Tour with St. Regis Canoe Outfitters- July 12th
Jul
12

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.

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Bird Outing at Point Au Roche
Jul
12

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.

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Bird Outing on Route 30 and Sabattis Circle Road
Jul
22

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.

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Birding Walk on the Roosevelt Truck Trail
Aug
5

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.

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Slow Birding Canoe Tour with St. Regis Canoe Outfitters- Aug 24th
Aug
24

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.

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2025 NYSOA Annual Meeting and New York State Birders Conference
Sep
19
to Sep 21

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.

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Birding walk at Point Au Roche State Park
Jun
10

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.

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19th Annual Adirondack Birding Festival
Jun
5
to Jun 8

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.

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Great Adirondack Birding Celebration
May
30
to Jun 1

Great Adirondack Birding Celebration

  • Paul Smith's College Visitor Interpretive Center (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

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!

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Bird Outing at the Vanderwhacker Mountain Trail
May
21

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).

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Cape May, New Jersey Spring Birding Trip
May
18
to May 22

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.

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Boreal Birding at California Road and Vicinity
May
16

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

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Bird Outing at Ausable Point Campground
Apr
24

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.

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Christmas Bird Count - Ferrisburg, Vermont
Dec
14

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.

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Bird Walk at Ausable Point
Oct
4

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.

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Cape May, NJ Field Trip
Sep
29
to Oct 3

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!

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Bird Walk at Lake Alice WMA
Sep
20

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.

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