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May
24may8:00 am10:00 amWest Branch Preserve Bird Walk - DATE UPDATED8:00 am - 10:00 am(GMT-04:00)
Join DOAS for a bird walk on Sunday, May 25 Saturday, May 24 at 8am at the West Branch Preserve, located
Join DOAS for a bird walk on Sunday, May 25 Saturday, May 24 at 8am at the West Branch Preserve, located in the Town of Hamden, about 10 miles southeast of Delhi. Charlie Scheim and Sandy Bright will lead the walk.
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. 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.
For more information, contact Charlie Scheim at 607-434-4880 or scheimc@hartwick.edu.
Image: Scarlet Tanager, Photographer Unknown.
May 24, 2025 8:00 am - 10:00 am(GMT-04:00)
West Branch Preserve
NY-10
June
07jun8:00 am10:00 amUplands Center Bird Walk8:00 am - 10:00 am(GMT-04:00)
Join DOAS Director Charlie Scheim, Bird Sightings author Sandy Bright, and the Environmental Director of the Uplands Center Renee Hardenkamp for a morning bird walk
Join DOAS Director Charlie Scheim, Bird Sightings author Sandy Bright, and the Environmental Director of the Uplands Center Renee Hardenkamp for a morning bird walk at the Uplands Center in Walton, NY (2641 Dunk Hill Road) on Saturday, June 7 at 8:00am. Our focus will be on observing birds and their breeding behaviors., will accompany us on this walk. The Uplands Center (www.uplandscenter.org) has acres of fields and forests, great habitat for breeding birds. We will meet just outside the main lodge. The walk will begin on a mostly level grassy path through a large field where we will likely find a number of grassland species. We will then follow a path through a wooded area with some gentle uphills and downhills, seeking woodland inhabitants. There are accessible rest rooms at the walk’s beginning and end and some rest spots along the way. The walk will likely last about an hour and a half. This program is free and there is no pre-registration required. You may call Charlie Scheim at 607-434-4880 for more information or for any last minute weather concerns.
Image: Bobolink; photo by Jennifer Hyypio.
June 7, 2025 8:00 am - 10:00 am(GMT-04:00)
Uplands Center
2641 Dunk Hill Road
14jun8:00 am9:30 amFree Family Saturday Bird Walk at Hanford Mills8:00 am - 9:30 am(GMT-04:00)
Delaware-Otsego Audubon Society will host a morning bird walk starting at 8am onJune 14 in conjunction with Exploration Days at Hanford Mills. Veteran birders
Delaware-Otsego Audubon Society will host a morning bird walk starting at 8am on
June 14 in conjunction with Exploration Days at Hanford Mills. Veteran birders
Suzanne Gaynor and Kathryn Davino will co-lead the walks around the Hanford
Mills property. We invite both beginners and experienced birders. The walk covers
fairly level terrain and will last about 90 minutes. The trail traverses a variety of
surfaces: grass, gravel, and boardwalk, and does include an occasional step
up/down and a few gentle slopes. The total distance traveled is about .5 miles. There
are no rest areas along the route, but there are benches near the pond, and picnic
tables at the parking lot. Accessible bathrooms are available.
Participants should meet in the event parking lot (south side of Rt. 12, opposite
museum buildings) and bring binoculars, insect repellent, water, and curiosity about
birds! When we return to the parking lot, we invite folks to join us as we drive a
short distance to see a Bald Eagle nest that currently has a pair of adults caring for
one or more fledglings. As of early March, the adults have been sitting on the nest.
This is a free program. Call Kathryn Davino (607-746-7396) with questions.
Image: Yellow-rumped warbler; Photo by Landa Palmer, 2019.
June 14, 2025 8:00 am - 9:30 am(GMT-04:00)
Hanford Mills Museum
51 County Road 12, East Meredith, NY 13757
21jun8:00 am10:00 amKirkside Park Bird Walk8:00 am - 10:00 am(GMT-04:00)
Join DOAS Director Charlie Scheim, Bird Sightings author Sandy Bright, and local birder Jeanne Ellsworth on Saturday, June 21 for a birding walk in Kirkside
Join DOAS Director Charlie Scheim, Bird Sightings author Sandy Bright, and local birder Jeanne Ellsworth on Saturday, June 21 for a birding walk in Kirkside Park, Roxbury, NY. We will meet at 8:00am in the Kirkside parking area accessed via Kirkside Driveway. The walk will last about 1 ½ hours and will wander through the park along level unpaved pathways, looking for the birds of late spring and early summer. Restrooms are available near the parking area. For more information or for any last-minute weather concerns, contact Charlie Scheim at 607-434-4880.
June 21, 2025 8:00 am - 10:00 am(GMT-04:00)