PRE-REGISTER with Ella Schwarzbaum (education@philliesbridge.org ) to enjoy a morning bird walk with Peter Schoenberger at a very inviting 65 acre property for nature study. The combination of woodland, wetland, and garden/pasture offers habitat diversity that should be reflected in an array of possible fall migrants.

PRE-REGISTER with Mark DeDea (forsythnature@aol.com ) to join on this JBWL/JBNHS co-sponsored bird walk around this picturesque property and charming farm house that was JB’s last home and serves as his final resting place. This area in the western Catskills was also where JB spent his childhood and first gained appreciation for the natural world. …

Our youngest field trip leader, Logan Berrios is refreshingly enthusiastic and inquisitive and will take those attributes (and the field party) to a regional location that might provide a timely bloom or immergence. Please consider young family members or the neighbor’s kids for this outing as what better way to show the “coolness” of and …

This portion of the farm and orchards has fast become a special place to visit particularly as fall migration progresses. Kudos to the property owners for allowing and even enhancing access. Please contact Peter Schoenberger (pdsis@yahoo.com ) to register and find out details on meeting location. Make sure to visit and support the market and …

JBNHS ANNUAL PICNIC: SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 28th at KINGSTON’S HASBROUCK PARK This will be an extra special get together to celebrate our 75th anniversary. Of course, we will have our famous raffle and delicious food from Stone Soup again and we’ll get to meet some reptiles and maybe a crocodilian too! Brian Parkhurst (Hudson Valley Reptile …

PRE-REGISTER with the Hudson Valley Farm Hub’s Applied Farmscape Ecology Program Manager Anne Bloomfield (anne@hvfarmhub.org ) for field trip meeting details. This is a rare opportunity to enjoy the wonderful habitat that has been created on this private property by practices Anne can discuss along the walk. Targets for this trip are sparrows and their …

We’ll let trip leader Peter Schoenberger (pdsis@yahoo.com or 914 466-2707) decide the direction this field trip will go but he does love a good weedy patch full of sparrows (who doesn’t)? Maybe a “farm” visit or will a place like the Ashokan Reservoir offer the birdiest option come field trip day? Please register in advance …

PRE-REGISTER with JBNHSinfo@jbnhs.org to find out more details about this inviting, family friendly new(ish) offering to our field trip schedule. We will select a destination and discipline/focus based what Mother Nature is providing us in this timeframe. The format will be educational, interesting, and above all FUN. JBNHS now has loads of child-friendly, quality optics …

A last minute change to offer two walks on Election Day and make it much easier to perform your civic duty. Since it’s Election Day the real twist will be which walk will have more species (votes) and will Vice President Deb Weltsch be installed as our next President or will Mark carry on with …

The Delaware-Otsego Audubon Society’s Sanctuary which in home to the Franklin Mountain Hawkwatch is renowned as one of the best locations east of the Mississippi for autumn passage of Golden Eagles but is also a good spot for other late season raptor migrants and even winter finch flights. Email JBNHSinfo@jbnhs.org for information about departure time …