Enjoy a nature walk at the Bashakill with Dr. Walter Jahn. We will leave from the main boat launch and hope to see nesting Bald Eagles and migrating waterfowl. If any one is interested in being a Nature Watch volunteer on the weekends, you are welcome to attend the training at the Mamakating Environmental Education Center at […]
Join us on our annual field trip to view the evening courtship display of the American Woodcock. A short walk leads to a usually reliable viewing site. Return walk will be quite dark, so a flashlight or headlamp is suggested. Registration is mandatory: email frogilama@hotmail.com with your name, phone number, and number of participants.
An overview of local waterfowl diversity, including the species that migrate through our area in spring. Participants may join in person at the SUNY Orange Middletown campus, Rowley Center room 128 or on Zoom at the following link: https://sunyorange.zoom.us/j/99434283633
Birds can be entertaining in the wild or as a game! Come to Orange County Audubon Society’s first board game meetup, hosted by Fence Road Farm Brewery. We will play strategy games, crow-themed card games, and classic bird bingo. Open and free to all.
A tour of the diverse aspects in the courtship, mating, and nesting of birds from life-long partners to extra-pair couplings and everything in between. Participants may join in person at the SUNY Orange Middletown campus, Rowley Center room 128 or on Zoom at the following link: https://sunyorange.zoom.us/j/99434283633
A look at the diversity of local plant structures & colors including adaptations for attracting specific pollinators. Participants may join in person at the SUNY Orange Middletown campus, Rowley Center room 128 or on Zoom at the following link: https://sunyorange.zoom.us/j/99434283633
An introduction to diverse invasive species in our area and their deleterious effects on local wildlife. Participants may join in person at the SUNY Orange Middletown campus, Rowley Center room 128 or on Zoom at the following link: https://sunyorange.zoom.us/j/99434283633
A celebration of the spring songbirds returning to and migrating through our area with their bright colors and courtship songs. Participants may join in person at the SUNY Orange Middletown campus, Rowley Center room 128 or on Zoom at the following link: https://sunyorange.zoom.us/j/99434283633
Come out on Earth Day weekend for a bird- and art-filled excursion led by Orange County Audubon Society board members Roberta Schiffer Rahmer and Diane Tuttle. The tour will traverse the meadows, ponds, and woods at Storm King Art Center to appreciate the variety of avian species and ecosystems that are an essential part of the […]
An overview of human history from the first bipedal steps to the spread of modern humans across Earth. Participants may join in person at the SUNY Orange Middletown campus, Rowley Center room 128 or on Zoom at the following link: https://sunyorange.zoom.us/j/99434283633