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) to register and receive instructions for where to meet.

Join Lynn Bowdery and George Moxham to explore the beautiful diversity of ferns that grace the rocks, slopes and wetlands of this special place. Bring your fern guide and a magnifier if you have one, and binoculars are useful, too. While ferns are our focus, there’s no reason we can’t notice and discuss other things …

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.

PRE-REGISTER with Joan Burroughs (jjjburroughs@yahoo.com) for field trip details of this JBA/JBNHS co-sponsored Hudson River Ramble event. We will meet at the Black Creek Trail/Pond entrance on Floyd Ackert Road. The mature woods of the sanctuary provide respite for neotropical migrants on their way to wintering grounds. Hopefully we will encounter a mixed foraging flock …

This hike will tackle Hunter Mountain, 2nd highest peak in the Catskills at 4030'. The distance is 3.5 miles to the fire tower at the summit, which should be open for spectacular views. Ascent to this point is 1900'. From there, depending on group consensus, we can simply return (7 miles round trip) OR continue …

A visit to the famous Kempton PA. sanctuary in this timeframe can provide a spectacle of Broad-winged Hawks overhead and lots of neotrops in the woods nearby. This outing includes a special opportunity to stay at the Hawk Mountain Bed and Breakfast but spaces are limited so be sure to sign up with Debbie Carney …

This property has fast become a special place to visit particularly as fall migration progresses. Please contact Peter Schoenberger (pdsis@yahoo.com) to register and find out details on meeting location.

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 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 allies. …

PLEASE NOTE CHANGE IN LOCATION AND TIME FROM ORIGINAL SCHEDULE Let’s ID trees by bud, bark, and structure (with a little help from fallen leaves) on this one to two mile walk around the sanctuary loop. Meet up will be at the New Paltz municipal parking lot (53 Huguenot St). Pre-registration is required with trip …