Sunday, November 20, 2005                  HAWK WATCH 

    Site TBD

Great gathering place for ducks and geese heading south or stopping for the winter months, plus late shorebird migrants.  Meet at 8:30 a.m. Scarsdale Village Hall. This trip will be to either Hook Mountain, Butler Sanctuary in Bedford or Greenwich Audubon Center.

 Monday, December 26 (All Day)              ANNUAL CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT

Join 50,000 other birders all over the country as they conduct this annual bird census.  Help with our count area (Bronx-Westchester Count) as we try to determine what local trends are occurring among local bird populations. Leader: Doug Bloom   Eves:  834-5203.

Sunday, January 8, 2006                 SEA BIRDS 

    Montauk Point Area

Great gathering place for ducks and geese heading south or stopping for the winter months, plus late shorebird migrants.  Meet at 6:30 a.m. Alcids and other wintering sea birds that come in closer. Also seals.

Trip Report

57 species were observed on the Sunday, January 8, Montauk field trip. The day started at 6:30 a.m. with snow showers in Scarsdale, light rain and hail on Montauk Point before becoming sunny and warm. In the air and water surrounding the lighthouse, participants saw eiders, scoters, grebes, loons, gannets, mergansers, gulls, ducks and seals. Stops on the way home, included Teddy Roosevelt County Park in Montauk and Nepeague harbor in Amagansett to see goldeneyes, Dunlin, Black-bellied plovers, Sharp-shinned and Red-tailed hawks and at the pond in Eisenhower Park, Nassau County to spot a rare Greater White-fronted goose and a Barnacle goose, a lifer for trip leader Doug Bloom.

 Sunday, January 29, 2006                  DAYTIME OWL PROWL                    

Pelham Bay   

Meet 8 a.m. at the far left end of the Orchard Beach Parking lot. On this 1- 1 ½ hour daytime owl prowl, we'll be hoping to see Saw-whet, Long-eared, Great Horned and Barred owls. (Cosponsored with Central Westchester Audubon and the Wild Bird Center)

 Saturday, February 11, 2006                      LOOKING FOR EAGLES

    Croton Point Park    

Meet at Wild Bird Center 400 Central Park Ave, Scarsdale at 8:00 a.m. and be back before noon. We'll see Bald Eagles and possibly Golden Eagles. As always, we'll have the spotting scope for good close-up looks.

 February 17-19, 2006                      CAPE ANN WEEKEND

    Cape Ann   

Leave Friday morning and return before Sunday dinner. Our northern most waterfowl trip, we'll be looking for wintering ducks and alcids, including Dovekies, Razorbills, Puffins, King Eiders and Harlequins. Call by Jan. 29 to reserve space.

Sunday, March 5, 2006                   EARLY MIGRANT TRAP

South Jersey   

In the woods, fields and ponds of Columbia County, N.J., this day trip will seek out the early migrants returning north. Many species, including eagles, owls and maybe Sandhill cranes, can be expected.

 Sunday, May 7, 2006                     MIGRANTS ON THE MOVE

CENTRAL PARK – New York City

Great migrant songbird trap!   Green is where the birds go and this is the best spot in New York City to find warblers, egrets and herons, tanagers and more. Meet at the southeast corner of 79^th Street and Central Park West, 7:30 AM

Sunday, May, 21, 2006                   SPRING MIGRATION

Doodletown Road, Bear Mountain Park   

Co-sponsored with Central Westchester Audubon. Good Cerulean warbler habitat