June 2021
EASTERN NABA BUTTERFLY COUNT
Rain Date: Sunday, June 27 Join a field team to census butterflies in Esopus Bend Nature Preserve, or one of dozens of other local sites as a participant in the annual Eastern Catskills North American Butterfly Association (NABA) “Fourth of July” Butterfly Count on Saturday, June 26, 2021. The Eastern Catskills count circle includes a number of productive butterfly locations in northern Ulster, southeastern Greene, and western Dutchess Counties, including Poet’s Walk Preserve, Esopus Bend Nature Preserve, The Great Vly…
Find out more »July 2021
BUTTERFLIES AT THORN PRESERVE
The Catskill Center’s Thorn Preserve can be bustling with butterflies during this timely visit while the Common Milkweed is in bloom. Please register with Steve Chorvas (schorvas@gmail.com ) who will lead this walk and provides comprehensive knowledge of butterfly life and the plants they are dependent upon. Attendance may be limited.
Find out more »BREEDING BIRD ATLAS 3 FIELD TRIP
Join regional coordinator Wendy Tocci in the very desirable unclaimed priority block of Saugerties CE. Located in the scenic Hudson Valley, Saugerties CE spans both Ulster and Dutchess Counties and includes the Saugerties lighthouse as well as parts of Tivoli Bays and the Clermont Historic Site. During our field trip here in the beginning of June we mostly recorded "possible" breeding codes. Since we are now in the middle of the breeding season the hope for this field trip is…
Find out more »OPEN DISCOVERY AT ESOPUS MEADOWS PRESERVE
We might often visit this Scenic Hudson Preserve to scan the Hudson for ducks, herons, shorebirds, eagles and other birds near the parking lot, but there are upland and shore-hugging trails to be explored as well. We will take to the trails and see what is up there. It might be hot at this date, so dress for the temperature. Hiking shoes, drinking water, binoculars and magnifiers are recommended, and there might be blackflies, mosquitos and ticks. This trip will…
Find out more »MOTH NIGHT AT BURROUGHS SANCTUARY
A fun and unusual outing for our field trip schedule and what better way to celebrate National Moth Week. Bring along a folding chair and snack and a head lamp may come handy too. Please register with Joan Burroughs (jjjburroughs@yahoo.com) to participate and contact trip leader Mathew Rymkiewicz (dendroicist@gmail.com ) with any questions.
Find out more »August 2021
SHOREBIRDS AND ICE CREAM
August may be hot and humid but “fall” migration is underway and the Esopus Meadows can often harbor large concentrations of waders like Great Egrets and if water chestnut harvesting provides landing pad shorebirds not always easy to locate in county. After a tough evening of scanning the river for peeps we recommend you try to recuperate over a soft serve cone post outing at Port Ewen’s Frozen Rainbow. Contact Wendy Tocci (wtocci@gmail.com )to register. Scenic Hudson’s Esopus Meadows Preserve…
Find out more »BUTTERFLIES AT JUNIPER FLATS
SATURDAY, AUGUST 7, 9:00 A.M. This Scenic Hudson property can often provide a nice variety of butterflies with a good selection of host plants and flowers to nectar upon. Please contact Steve Chorvas (schorvas@gmail.com )
Find out more »September 2021
GREIG FARM BIRDS AND BUTTERFLIES
Please contact Steve Chorvas (schorvas@gmail.com or 246-5900) to register and learn meet up details. The property owner has graciously allowed birders (and b-fliers) to explore this open agricultural habitat for fall shorebirds, grassland sparrows, and good late season butterflies.
Find out more »FALL MIGRANTS AT BURROUGHS SANCTUARY
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 8:00 AM – 11:00 AM This is a co-sponsored bird walk with the John Burroughs Association at the wonderful Burroughs Sanctuary. We will bird the improved trail system (rated as easy to moderate) searching for transient passerines. Contact trip leader Mark DeDea (forsythnature@aol.com ) to register. Follow the “Path through History” signs at the intersection of Floyd Ackert Road and Rt. 9W in West Park and turn west onto Floyd Ackert Road (at End Cut restaurant) and…
Find out more »ANNUAL FALL MEMBERS’ PICNIC
Enjoy friends, food, and the view from the pavilion at beautiful Hasbrouck Park in Kingston. Program to be announced later. Catering by Kingston’s own Stone Soup Food Company, which did such a great job at our last catered picnic in 2019, with a buffet of delicious dishes for all tastes and diets. And don’t forget the raffle! Bring your items to donate and cash to buy raffle tickets. The cost of the lunch will be $20 per person with checks…
Find out more »DOWNLOAD THE REFRIGERATOR READY FIELD TRIP LIST FOR 2021
The field trips of JBNHS are oriented to nature study. They are free and open to the public. We do, however, sometimes visit sites that charge admission fees, which are the responsibility of the participants. Children are very welcome on field trips, but pets are not. Although there is a brief courtesy waiting period for latecomers, the meeting times are important: please arrive in time to sign up with the leader.