For order details, visit: https://doas.us/2025-order-bird-seed/

Stock up for the winter months ahead! From now through October 19, the Delaware-Otsego Audubon Society (DOAS) will be accepting orders for bird seed. Our annual bird seed sale will raise funds to support DOAS programs in 2026.

This sale is open to the public—membership isn’t required to order!

Your order directly supports DOAS’s programs! Proceeds will go toward field trips, special events, the Franklin Mountain Hawkwatch, youth programs, and speaker fees for meetings.

DOAS is offering quality, locally sourced bird seed to keep your feeders full throughout the winter. Choose from a variety of seeds, including:

• Black oil sunflower seeds
• Multiple seed blends
• A special woodpecker blend
• Nyjer seeds
• Suet cakes
• And more!

Don’t miss out—and thank you for supporting DOAS!

DOAS is also taking orders for bird-friendly coffee—harvested from coffee plantations that are certified by the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center to meet rigorous standards for a product that is organic, fair trade, and supports habitat biodiversity.

You can also order Feather Friendly Window Decals and Acopian Bird Savers for your home or a great gift for bird-lovers on your holiday list!

• ORDER DEADLINE: SUNDAY, October 19, by 5 p.m.
• PRODUCT PICKUP: SATURDAY, November 1, from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.
• PICKUP LOCATION: VP Supply Corp., 69 Country Club Road, Oneonta, NY.

For order details, visit: https://doas.us/2025-order-bird-seed/

For order details, visit: https://doas.us/2025-order-bird-seed/

Stock up for the winter months ahead! From now through October 19, the Delaware-Otsego Audubon Society (DOAS) will be accepting orders for bird seed. Our annual bird seed sale will raise funds to support DOAS programs in 2026.

This sale is open to the public—membership isn’t required to order!

Your order directly supports DOAS’s programs! Proceeds will go toward field trips, special events, the Franklin Mountain Hawkwatch, youth programs, and speaker fees for meetings.

DOAS is offering quality, locally sourced bird seed to keep your feeders full throughout the winter. Choose from a variety of seeds, including:

• Black oil sunflower seeds
• Multiple seed blends
• A special woodpecker blend
• Nyjer seeds
• Suet cakes
• And more!

Don’t miss out—and thank you for supporting DOAS!

DOAS is also taking orders for bird-friendly coffee—harvested from coffee plantations that are certified by the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center to meet rigorous standards for a product that is organic, fair trade, and supports habitat biodiversity.

You can also order Feather Friendly Window Decals and Acopian Bird Savers for your home or a great gift for bird-lovers on your holiday list!

• ORDER DEADLINE: SUNDAY, October 19, by 5 p.m.
• PRODUCT PICKUP: SATURDAY, November 1, from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.
• PICKUP LOCATION: VP Supply Corp., 69 Country Club Road, Oneonta, NY.

For order details, visit: https://doas.us/2025-order-bird-seed/

Join the Delaware Otsego Audubon Society (DOAS) for this program with Fan Favorite, Rick Bunting on Friday, September 19 at 7:30 p.m. at the Elm Park United Methodist Church, 401 Chestnut Street, Oneonta, NY 13820 or remotely on Zoom. Doors open at 7:00 p.m. This program is free of charge and available to the public.  Refreshments and light snacks will be available.

Nature lover Rick Bunting will once again share his incredible knowledge and passion through his photos and experiences in the natural world. He can take the smallest species and magnify them through his lenses for everyone to appreciate to the maximum degree. Rick shares an amazing variety of birds and other wetland occupants through his daily posts with humor, respect and love. This compilation of 2025 is a must-see for the Delaware Otsego Audubon Society and guests on September 19, 7:30pm at the Elm Park Methodist Church or through ZOOM.

For those who wish to attend the presentation on Zoom, pre-registration is required at https://tinyurl.com/2ssmb45m

About the Presenter

Since his retirement from SUNY Potsdam and the Crane School of Music, Rick Bunting pursues his passion for photography full time. Also an accomplished musician, Rick photographs at home and wherever he travels.

For order details, visit: https://doas.us/2025-order-bird-seed/

Stock up for the winter months ahead! From now through October 19, the Delaware-Otsego Audubon Society (DOAS) will be accepting orders for bird seed. Our annual bird seed sale will raise funds to support DOAS programs in 2026.

This sale is open to the public—membership isn’t required to order!

Your order directly supports DOAS’s programs! Proceeds will go toward field trips, special events, the Franklin Mountain Hawkwatch, youth programs, and speaker fees for meetings.

DOAS is offering quality, locally sourced bird seed to keep your feeders full throughout the winter. Choose from a variety of seeds, including:

• Black oil sunflower seeds
• Multiple seed blends
• A special woodpecker blend
• Nyjer seeds
• Suet cakes
• And more!

Don’t miss out—and thank you for supporting DOAS!

DOAS is also taking orders for bird-friendly coffee—harvested from coffee plantations that are certified by the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center to meet rigorous standards for a product that is organic, fair trade, and supports habitat biodiversity.

You can also order Feather Friendly Window Decals and Acopian Bird Savers for your home or a great gift for bird-lovers on your holiday list!

• ORDER DEADLINE: SUNDAY, October 19, by 5 p.m.
• PRODUCT PICKUP: SATURDAY, November 1, from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.
• PICKUP LOCATION: VP Supply Corp., 69 Country Club Road, Oneonta, NY.

For order details, visit: https://doas.us/2025-order-bird-seed/

Mark your calendars for the Delaware-Otsego Audubon Society’s 57th Annual Charter Dinner on Friday, October 17, 2025, at the Banquet Room of the Sixth Ward Athletic Club located at 22 West Broadway in Oneonta, NY. We’re very excited to announce that Bella Michael’s Restaurant has agreed to cater the affair. The new menu is outlined below.

The evening will begin as usual at 5:30 p.m. with a social hour, followed by the Buffet Dinner at 6:15 p.m. and the keynote presentation at 7:30 p.m. A cash bar will be available at the front of the Athletic Club. 

As in the past, a “flock” of bird-themed Charter Raffle items and door prizes will be presented. Information and tickets for the Charter Raffle (a bucket raffle) is available #HERE LINK and will be available at the Open House event at the DOAS Sanctuary on Franklin Mountain on October 4. Charter Raffle winners do not need to be present at the dinner.

Our keynote speaker for the evening will be Julie Brown who serves as the Director of The Hawk Migration Association. This program will be a part of our in-person Charter Dinner event at the 6th Ward Athletic Club Banquet Room, but anyone may attend on Zoom free of charge. Due to space limitations at the facilities this year, in person attendance for the program portion will not be possible. To register for the program only via Zoom, please visit this link: https://tinyurl.com/2f3cmt7c .

The cost for the dinner is $42 per person. Reservations must be made by October 10, using the “Print and Mail” form #HERE or by submitting the form below. (There is an additional $2 charge per person for online processing. ) If you are interested in registration after the deadline, please contact Kathryn Davino at 607-397-3815. We usually secure a few additional spots for late registrants.  IMPORTANT: Space is limited at this venue, so please register early! Should we reach capacity for the evening, we will start a waiting list in the event of any cancellations.

Please contact Kathryn Davino (607-397-3815) with any questions.

Menu

Catered by Bella Michael’s Restaurant

• Cocktail Hour Appetizers ~Meat, Cheese & Cracker Platter
• Mixed Green Salad with choice of two dressings
• Chicken Marsala with mushrooms
• Baked Haddock seasoned with garlic and herbs
• Eggplant Rollatini
• Seasonal Market Vegetables
• Roasted Potatoes
• Italian Bread & Garlic Bread
• Desserts: Chocolate/Yellow Marble Cake or Assorted Fruit 
• *Coffee & assorted hot teas

Online Registration