Delaware-Otsego Audubon Society (DOAS)
Established in 1968 – A Chapter of the National Audubon Society since 1970
DOAS NEWS
5 Day Outdoor & Environmental Education Training, June 10 to 14, 2024
Delaware-Otsego Audubon Society (DOAS) will host a 5-day Intensive Outdoor and Environmental Education Training this June (6/10-6/14) in Oneonta, NY
DOAS Summer Day Camp 2024
Registration is Now Available for Audubon Day Camp 2024John G. New Audubon Summer Day Camp For more information contact: Susan
2024 Camp (& EE) Programs – Details Soon
Email S.OHANDLEY@DOAS.US with a message so we can email you as soon as information is available. We are looking forward
UPCOMING PROGRAMS
May
18mayAll DayDOAS Big Day Bird Count 2024(All Day: Saturday)(GMT-04:00)
Event Details
Saturday, May 18 is this year’s Big Day for DOAS. The Big Day is a group effort in which birders, working alone, in pairs, or in small
Event Details
Saturday, May 18 is this year’s Big Day for DOAS.
The Big Day is a group effort in which birders, working alone, in pairs, or in small groups, can maintain social distance and adopt infection-avoidance procedures while enjoying the outdoors. We will try to locate as many bird species as we can in a single fun day on Saturday May 20. Birders can spend any amount of time they choose within that 24 hours, and report on their efforts to the Big Day coordinator, Charlie Scheim.
Everyone is welcome, novice or experienced. If you are interested and have not participated before, please contact Charlie at 607-434-4880 (voice or text) or scheimc@hartwick.edu to get information on joining in the fun.
DOAS Bird Checklist – revised 2020.
DOAS BIG DAY BIRD COUNT RULES (Modified from ABA):
A Big Day Count is a single-team effort in which the primary objectives are (1) to identify as many bird species as possible during a single calendar day and (2) to strive to have all team members identify all species recorded.
Counting
- Count only species listed in a recognized field guide.
- Birds must be conclusively identified by sight or sound. Use common sense: if in doubt about the bird’s identity, don’t count it.
- An introduced species may be counted.
- Birds counted must be alive, wild, and unrestrained. Domestic species are not to be included. Birds attracted to tape-recorders or feeders may be counted. Injured birds may be counted if wild and unrestrained. Eggs do not count as birds.
Time – All counting must be within a single 24-hour period, on a single calendar day, determined by where the Count begins or ends.
Area– Any geographic area within the region served by DOAS may be covered. A team’s coverage area may overlap that of other teams.
Travel – Travel may be by any means, provided that all participants remain within direct voice-contact distance during all travel (except for separate motorized travel or for “timeouts” for gas, food, rest, etc.).
Participants
- Any number of participants may constitute a team.
- Nonparticipating companions may accompany the team and may record or may drive vehicles.
Conduct
Each participant must:
- remain within direct voice-contact distance of all other participants at all times, except during time-outs.
- make every reasonable effort to identify personally and to help other team members identify every species counted by the team.
- count only birds personally and unquestionably identified.
- review the Big Day Count Rules before the start of the Count.
Outside Information
- During the Count, teams must make every reasonable effort to avoid receiving bird-finding help from nonparticipants.
- Any information received prior to the Count may be used during the Count.
- Ethics– Each participant should strive to maintain proper birding ethics at all times.
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Time
May 18, 2024 All Day(GMT-04:00)
Location
Various Locations as per DOAS
25may8:00 am10:00 amWest Branch Preserve Bird Walk8:00 am - 10:00 am(GMT-04:00)
Event Details
Charlie Scheim and Sandy Bright will lead a bird walk on Saturday, May 25, 2024, 8am at the West Branch Preserve, located in the Town
Event Details
Charlie Scheim and Sandy Bright will lead a bird walk on Saturday, May 25, 2024, 8am at the West Branch Preserve, located in the Town of Hamden, about 10 miles southeast of Delhi. Meet at 8 AM at the preserve entrance and parking area, on NY Rt10, about 0.9 miles west of the intersection with County Route 26. The parking area is adjacent to the Watershed Agricultural Council building at 33195 NY-10. The walk will be on unpaved and at times uneven paths through the fields and forests of the Preserve and will likely last about 1.5 hours. There will be a certain amount of moderate uphill and downhill walking. There are no restrooms at the preserve and no resting benches along the path. For more information, contact Charlie Scheim at 607-434- 4880 or scheimc@hartwick.edu. See website below for more information. https://www.nature.org/en-us/get-involved/how-to-help/places-we-protect/eny-west-branch-nature-preserve/?en_txn1=bl.ch_ny.eg.x.g
The walk will be on unpaved and at times uneven paths through the fields and forests of the Preserve and will likely last about 1.5 hours. There will be a certain amount of moderate uphill and downhill walking. There are no restrooms at the preserve and no resting benches along the path.
Image: Scarlet Tanager, Photographer Unknown.
Time
May 25, 2024 8:00 am - 10:00 am(GMT-04:00)
Location
West Branch Preserve
NY-10
29may8:00 am10:00 amPine Lake Bird Walk8:00 am - 10:00 am(GMT-04:00)
Event Details
Join long-time birders and DOAS members Suzanne Gaynor and Sarah Root on Wednesday, May 29 from 8:00-10:00am at Hartwick College’s Pine Lake Environmental campus in
Event Details
Join long-time birders and DOAS members Suzanne Gaynor and Sarah Root on Wednesday, May 29 from 8:00-10:00am at Hartwick College’s Pine Lake Environmental campus in Davenport Center. We can expect warblers, ducks, other songbirds, and possible Bald Eagles who nest nearby.
Meet at 8am in the Pine Lake parking lot at 1894 Charlotte Creek Rd, Oneonta, NY. Contact Suzanne Gaynor at 607-435-2939 for more information.
This will be a 1 1/2-mile walk past a variety of habitats including Pine Lake, Charlotte Creek, woods, a swamp, and open field. There is one moderate climb and much of the walking is on uneven woodland trails. Sturdy footwear is recommended. A restroom is available at the start and end of the walk.
Image: Yellow Warbler on native Willow Tree by Keith Williams, Flickr CC(NC2.0)
Time
May 29, 2024 8:00 am - 10:00 am(GMT-04:00)
Location
Pine Lake Environmental Campus
1894 Charlotte Creek Road
Some Favorite Photos from our Facebook Page
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Delaware-Otsego Audubon Society
P.O. Box 544
Oneonta, NY 13820
(607) 397-3815
info@doas.us
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