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DRY BROOK RIDGE HIKE
June 10, 2023 @ 6:30 am - 5:00 pm
We will travel to Hardenburgh and hike to Dry Brook Ridge, starting at the Millbrook Road trailhead. The hike will be about 8.5 miles out & back with an elevation gain of 2500′. This will be combined hiking and breeding bird atlasing, so plan for about 8 hours total. We will meet at 6:30AM at the park & ride near the Kingston traffic circle and car pool from there. Bring lunch
and plenty of water. The drive will take about an hour.
Some Dry Brook Ridge facts from Dr. Michael Kudish’s book The Catskill Forest: A History. The ridge lacks any spruce or fir (only reaching 3465') but has 3-1/2 miles of first-growth forest, with the trail right through the middle. It also features several bogs, the oldest radiocarbon-dated at 6,980 years old. We will stop for lunch and views at Penguin Rocks, a large 270-foot talus slopes. If lucky we will find three-toothed cinquefoil here, an arctic tundra species seen in only 8 other places in the Catskills. It’s presence that forest never covered this site since the ice age.
Please register with and send any questions to David Hayes (vireo44@gmail.com).
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Individual’s Responsibilities are:
- To stay with the group, follow trip leader’s requests, and do not separate unless you notify trip leader
- To understand that out-of-doors activities involve hazards and that one participates at one’s own risk
- To wear clothing and footwear appropriate to the terrain, and for sun and insect challenges as well
- To adhere to the ABA Birding Code of Ethics, respect and preserve the flora, fauna, and properties we visit
- To be mindful and courteous to other participants
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- Optics may be shared if those involved are comfortable with doing so
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