Events

This summer Dr. Walter Jahn's lecture series focuses on "dinosaurs, hominids, and 3.5 billion years of life on Earth." Week one includes a description of the earliest life, earliest animals, & their modern descendants. 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

Join us for a casual evening of birding at one of the Hudson Valley's most idyllic landscapes. Meet on Museum Hill to traverse the meadows, ponds, and woods at Storm King to appreciate the variety of bird species that make up an essential part of the art and nature ecosystem. The program is part of […]

This summer Dr. Walter Jahn's lecture series focuses on "dinosaurs, hominids, and 3.5 billion years of life on Earth." Week two includes a survey of early fossil fish, amphibians, and reptiles, plus the mass extinctions which shaped their world. Participants may join in person at the SUNY Orange Middletown campus, Rowley Center room 128 or on […]

6/14 at 10AM:  Bashakill Nature Walk from main boat launch 6/14 2:30PM:   Bashakill Kayaking from main boat launch JUNE 14th  A full day of outdoor fun at the Bashakill Wildlife Management Area. Start with a leisurely walk from the main boat launch to view migrating waterfowl, songbirds, and nesting Bald Eagles. Then meet back at […]

This summer Dr. Walter Jahn's lecture series focuses on "dinosaurs, hominids, and 3.5 billion years of life on Earth." Week three includes a look at dinosaur history and other significant Mesozoic life. 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

Join Dr. Walter Jahn to see grasslands birds and brilliant native flora at Shawangunk Grassland National Wildlife Refuge. We will start at the wildlife observation platforms and then walk along flat trails on a two-hour loop. Wear sunscreen and comfy shoes and bring your binoculars.

This summer Dr. Walter Jahn's lecture series focuses on "dinosaurs, hominids, and 3.5 billion years of life on Earth." Week four includes a journey through the evolution of diverse bird and mammal lineages in the past 65 million years. Participants may join in person at the SUNY Orange Middletown campus, Rowley Center room 128 or […]

OCAS board members Nancy Farren and Jim Van Gelder will take us on a beautiful sunset stroll through the Schunnemunk Meadows to see native wildflowers, nesting birds, and the sunset over the Moodna Viaduct. Meet at the Otter Kill Road parking lot, The flat, paved trail will cover about 1.5 miles. Please wear comfortable walking […]

Expand your birding horizons with a female bird-focused trip to one of the best songbird hotspots in our area: the Sterling Forest State Park powerlines. Shrubby undergrowth and successional woods attract a huge range of bird diversity, including warblers, tanagers, buntings, cuckoos, and turkeys. Bright and boisterous males will try to steal the show, but […]

This summer Dr. Walter Jahn's lecture series focuses on "dinosaurs, hominids, and 3.5 billion years of life on Earth." Week five includes an examination of hominin skulls in the first half of the event, followed by a climb up the “Stairway of Time” in the Rowley Building. Participants may join in person at the SUNY […]