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Member Meeting – Local Birding and Wildlife Adventures
Dan Dunn will talk about how he got into birding, his wildlife adventures and his passion for wildlife photography. He will show photos of Hawks, Eagles, Owls, Elk, and local birds, including some seen on club field trips. Dan is a graduate of the New York Institute of Photography, previous owner/operator of American Reflections Photography doing Environmental Portraiture of Families and Children, weddings equine and equestrian photography, previous member of the Southern Tier Professional Photographers Society of New York and former…
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Bird Song Class at Aqua-Terra
The Naturalists’ Club of Broome County will lead three Bird Song Classes in May. Join a club naturalist for a Saturday morning, and learn to identify birds by their song as well as by sight. Bring your binoculars and dress for the weather, including possibly muddy conditions. Classes start at 8 AM and will last 3-4 hours. Attend one, two or all four sessions. Classes are FREE for all so bring a friend! Victor Lamoureux will lead this trip at…
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Bird Song Class at BU Nature Preserve
The Naturalists’ Club of Broome County will lead three Bird Song Classes in May. Join a club naturalist for a Saturday morning, and learn to identify birds by their song as well as by sight. Bring your binoculars and dress for the weather, including possibly muddy conditions. Classes start at 8 AM and will last 3-4 hours. Attend one, two or all three sessions. Classes are FREE for all so bring a friend! Julian Shepherd will lead this walk at the Binghamton University…
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Bird Song Class at Upper Lisle Park
The Naturalists’ Club of Broome County will lead three Bird Song Classes in May. Join a club naturalist for a Saturday morning, and learn to identify birds by their song as well as by sight. Bring your binoculars and dress for the weather, including possibly muddy conditions. Classes start at 8 AM and will last 3-4 hours. Attend one, two or all three sessions. Classes are FREE for all so bring a friend! Jon Weeks will lead this trip to Upper Lisle.…
Find out more »General Meeting: Notes from a Roadside Naturalist
MEMBER PROGRAM WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27 7:15pm - Vestal Library, Vestal, NY NOTES FROM A ROADSIDE NATURALIST A crowd favorite, Rick Bunting will return this September to show some of his amazing photographs and give some of the highlights of the past year. Rick is a great storyteller and he will have a wide-variety of wildlife and flora pictures to share. His time in the field is filled with wonderful observations that he loves sharing. Rick Bunting is Professor Emeritus from…
Find out more »Harvest Dinner
Club members are invited to join us for our Annual Harvest Dinner! Please bring a dish to pass. Your food contributions should contain 8 to 10 servings for each 2 people in your party. Bring the prepared hot and cold dishes wrapped to place on the serving tables. Please remember to bring YOUR OWN TABLE SERVICE, NAPKINS AND SERVING UTENSILS. We're excited to have Stephen Kress as our speaker this year. His program, Saving Seabirds: New Lessons from Puffins, is…
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Field Trip – Franklin Mountain Hawkwatch
We will take a trip to the Delaware-Otsego Audubon Society Sanctuary located on Franklin Mountain near Oneonta, NY. Please dress warmly as it can be quite cold and windy. Please contact Robert Grajewski, 775-5041 or rgrajewsk@verizon.net for more information. Franklin Mt. Hawkwatch daily data is available at the Hawkcount website. Meet at Oakdale Mall, pole #6 at the back of Sears at 8:00am. Volunteer drivers may be necessary. Please consider volunteering if you are able.
Find out more »Member Meeting – Forest Pests
Kevin Mathers will talk about two non-native forest insect pests, the emerald ash borer and hemlock woolly adelgid. Both have recently infested the trees in the Southern Tier of NY and Northern Tier of PA. Ash and hemlock trees are common in our forests and their demise will likely lead to significant ecological impacts. This presentation and discussion will provide some background information on these insects, their current status, and some thoughts on how they may alter our forest ecosystems.…
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Member Meeting – NatureTrek Exhibit
In lieu of our normal Wednesday December meeting, our meeting will be moved to THURSDAY evening, DECEMBER 14. This is for an EXCLUSIVE, "first-look" at the new NatureTrek exhibit at the Roberson Museum and Science Center. The exhibit features realistic dioramas of local habitats and utilizes the taxidermy of Lee Loomis throughout. Rick Marsi, who consulted on the exhibit, will be on hand to give some remarks. The exhibit will not be open until early 2018, so this is an…
Find out more »Member Meeting – An Accidental Big Year
Club member Carolyn Cooper will present her topic: Accidental Big Year: Birding Festival and Nature Travel Tips from my Nomadic Wanderings. When your best-laid plans go awry, sometimes you just have to wing it. In a tale resembling Innocents Abroad meets Into the Wild, Carolyn Cooper recounts how 2015 accidentally became her Big Year as she crisscrosses the country from the Pacific Northwest to Texas to Southern California and through the Southwest looking for a new home — and new…
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