Latest Past Events

SUNY Orange Summer Lecture Series: Human History & the Stairway for Time

Rowley Center 10 East Conkling Avenue, Middletown

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 […]

Female Bird Frenzy at Sterling Forest

Sterling Forest Powerlines 244-249 Ironwood Drive, Tuxedo Park

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 […]

Grassland Wildflowers and Birds

Schunnemunk Meadows 340-400 Otterkill Road, New Windsor

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 […]