Contact Mark DeDea ( forsythnature@aol.com ) for possible assignment in the Ulster/ Dutchess count circle no later than Saturday, December 9th. Reports from feeder watchers in the count circle are also desired. A post count compilation gathering will follow at the Hasbrouck Park Stone Building in Kingston. Contact Mark DeDea (forsythnature@aol.com ) for details or …

The NYMS (Minnewaska/Shawangunk) Christmas Bird Count is sure to be exciting with lots of our favorite winter birding spots within the circle. Contact Nick Martin (255-0752 or Nicholas.Martin@parks.ny.gov ) for possible assignment no later than Saturday, December 23rd. Reports from feeder watchers in the count circle are also desired.

The 19th annual Esopus Bend Nature Preserve Winter Bird Count (WBC) will be conducted on Saturday, January 06, 2024. Participants will census wintering birds throughout the 160-acre Nature Preserve, recording numbers of individuals and species diversity. WBC results are part of the Preserve's biodiversity database and will help provide future guidance for land management and …

Contact trip leader Christine Guarino (chrissy.guarino@gmail.com ) to register for this outing and find out meeting time and location. Carpooling (which is typical on this outing) may be limited to family units, social pods, and/or participant comfort level. Start the New Year right and get outdoors on this popular roadside trip between New Paltz and …

This annual statewide count includes waterfowl and their allies as well as eagles.Data collected will aid in understanding population trends and conservation practices of Atlantic Flyway waterfowl. The survey will include open bodies of water, especially along the Hudson, Esopus, Wallkill, and Rondout Rivers and possibly the Ashokan Reservoir as well as open agricultural areas …

Wintertime at Esopus Bend Nature Preserve offers a special environment for exploration. With snow blanketing the preserve, visitors may observe curious footprints on the ground and wonder what creature made them. Fox, raccoon, rabbit, dog, whose footprints are they? Where did the animal come from? Where was it going? What was it doing? With curiosity …

LEARN MORE ABOUT ULSTER COUNTY’S AVIFAUNA ALL PRESIDENT’S WEEKEND LONG!!! Kenco Outfitters invites all Attendees of GBBC outings and events for a complementary binocular fitting and an additional 5% Off select optics 2/16 10:00 AM KENCO OPTICS DEMO/CLINIC email Wynter Kennedy wynter@kencooutfitters.com 2/16 3:30 PM BACKYARD BIRDING email Mark DeDea forsythnature@aol.com 2/17 8:00 AM WINTER WILDCARD …

Enjoy a brisk, late winter walk identifying trees by bark, structure, and bud The sanctuary is made up of a wonderful floodplain/oxbow wetland habitat and filled with flora associated with these conditions. Surely there will be interesting finds to lure one’s eye from woody to herbaceous. Contact trip leader Tom O’Dowd (tkodowd@gmail.com or 914 213-7079) …

Join Mark DeDea (forsythnature@aol.com ) and celebrate the approach of spring and many fond memories of this longtime JBNHS favorite. Please register with Mark for meeting location and the morning’s plans. Party will travel upstream from Rosendale to the High Falls area, noting early harbingers of spring.

The Esopus Creek Conservancy and John Burroughs Natural History Society are co-sponsoring a guided nature walk to observe early signs of spring in a variety of ecologically rich habitats in the Town of Saugerties on Sunday, March 17, 2024.  Depending on available time, conditions, and participant interest, we will visit The Great Vly Wildlife Management …