Located in Stone Ridge, the arboretum and botanical gardens celebrate and sustain the native, unusual, and historic plant life of our region. It’s also one of trip leader Logan Berrios’ favorite local places to visit. There is a $5 entrance fee and carpooling from Kingston Park & Ride and registration are mandatory in order to …

SUNDAY, JULY 21, 8:00 A.M.  Bartholomew’s Cobble is a preserve in western Massachusetts. The diverse range of habitats includes floodplains, rock outcrops, mature forest and grasslands. The preserve is noted for its variety of ferns and wildflowers. We can expect a good variety of birds and perhaps other wildlife. We will meet locally and travel …

SATURDAY, JULY 27, 8:00 P.M.  A fun and unusual outing for our field trip schedule and what better way to celebrate National Moth Week. Enjoy Mathew’s extensive knowledge and enthusiasm for the subject and see if you retained any identification skills from last year! Bring along a folding chair and snack and a head lamp …

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 pads, shorebirds (not always easy to locate in county) too. After a tough evening of scanning the river for peeps and waders we …

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 …