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SUMMARY:SPRING MIGRATION AT BURROUGHS SANCTUARY
DESCRIPTION:We will explore the sanctuary utilizing the easy walk along Pond Lane in search of neotropical migrants. This outing will have the birder home in plenty time for lunch\, hopefully still in a glow after the morning walk. Please register with Mark DeDea (forsythnature@aol.com ) to participate.
URL:https://jbnhs.org/event/spring-migration-at-burroughs-sanctuary-3/
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ORGANIZER;CN="Mark%20DeDea":MAILTO:forsythnature@aol.com
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230506
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SUMMARY:ULSTER COUNTY BIG SIT
DESCRIPTION:JBNHS’ 8th annual Big Sit is also our BIG fundraiser for the year (that’s why we do ours in May) but serves too as a friendly competition between the established sits. Do you have a birdy back deck or favorite patch and a cause worth birding for? Why not join the challenge and see how many species you can identify from a 17’ diameter circle and get friends and family to pledge to your effort. In the past money has been raised to help worthy endeavors like numerous enhancements at SGNWR\, support the wonderful New York State Young Birders Club\, install Where to Bird in Ulster County panels now located at four locations about the county\, and aid Annie Mardiney’s Wild Mountain Birds’ important rehabilitation work. \nGreat Vly Sit\nTeam Bobcat will again be birding Fradon Marsh from a pressure treated tower and greatly helping our cumulative JBNHS Big Sit total with all those wonderful marsh birds and maybe a surprise like another Black Tern. Support in 2021 allowed for the assembly and installation of over 30 Wood Duck boxes in the Vly! This year the Bobcats will hope to work the same magic for the Wood Ducks in Tivoli Bays. \nKingston Point Sit\nTeam CoCo Puffs will bird from Harrison Point looking out over Kingston Point Lagoon\, the mouth of the Rondout\, and down river while tallying new spring arrivals and raising needed funds for the important NYS Breeding Bird Atlas 3. \nGaleville (SGNWR) Sit\nSpend some time on the observation deck at Galeville (SGNWR) looking and listening for those ever important (and harder to find) grassland species. Team Shawangunk Redemption could have another Sandhill Crane up their sleeves. Pledges raised here will benefit continuing improvements at the refuge. Please contact Lynn Bowdery (lynn.bowdery@gmail.com) to plan and schedule your shift. \nThorn Preserve Sit\nPlease contact Dixon Onderdonk (dixononderdonk@gmail.com ) if you’d like to help. The Thorn Thrashers will bird to support JBNHS’ generosity on projects about the entirety of Ulster County; this year including Naturalist Backpacks. \nHayes’ Homestead Sit\nDave and Tracey will bird their yard and do so for as good a cause as you could find\, Wild Mountain Birds and JBNHS trustee Annie Mardiney’s awesome work. \nNyquist-Harcourt Sit\nThe Oxbow Oddballs will appropriately bird for our friends at the WVLT and the wonderful work they do. This is a birdy location and the more eyes and ears the better so please contact Sara DeAngelis (saradeangelis@me.com ) to help or to pledge support. \nSimmons Homestead Sit\nThe Wittenberg Warblers will be birding to support the good work of the Woodstock Land Conservancy. \nFagan Homestead Sit\nOne of the best views in town and a cemetery for neighbors\, does it get any better? Treasurer Fagan definitely has the other Kingston beat in pedigree and if you support her birding could have fundraising bragging rights too. Lin will be raising money for Nature Backpacks for local libraries.  One backpack will cost about $300 to assemble and can be checked out with a library card. They will include field guides\, maps\, magnifying hand lens\, and binoculars. The well-equipped and sturdy backpacks should be usable for many years. \nBowdery Back Porch Sit\nLocated above the Wallkill River floodplain\, with eager feeder birds\, Allan\, Lynn and possibly family and friends might spot something to add to the overall species total for the Sit. Our birding supports the good works of JBNHS. \nNew Location for a Sit?\nPlease contact Mark DeDea (forsythnature@aol.com ) with any questions and to let us know about a new sit for promotional/ fundraising sake. \nDonations can be based on a pledge per species (specific sit or cumulative) or flat donation. Donations can be made online (click on the Support the Big Sit button below) or by check. Please make checks payable to JBNHS and note desired sit you’d like to support. Send in donations to Treasurer Lin Fagan\,  281 West Chestnut Street\, Kingston\, NY\, 12401.
URL:https://jbnhs.org/event/ulster-county-big-sit-6/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230508T060000
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SUMMARY:SPRING MIGRATION AT HIGH BANKS
DESCRIPTION:An early morning visit during spring migration to this Scenic Hudson property in the Town of Esopus should provide a generous selection of neotropical migrants. Please register with trip leader Jess Prockup (procolinos@gmail.com) . There is an initial climb of 200 feet on the trail but walking is easy after that and a panoramic view of the mid Hudson Valley can be enjoyed while scanning the treetops for colorful songsters.
URL:https://jbnhs.org/event/spring-migration-at-high-banks-5/
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ORGANIZER;CN="Jess%20Prockup":MAILTO:procolinos@gmail.com 
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230510T070000
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SUMMARY:WARBLER WALK
DESCRIPTION:Please register with trip leader Gerhard Patsch (gerapa2001@yahoo.com ) to find out meeting location for this enjoyable outing during birder’s “holy week”. The group will visit environs near New Paltz and travel towards the Mohonk Preserve to search for neotropical migrants.
URL:https://jbnhs.org/event/warbler-walk-3/
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ORGANIZER;CN="Gerhard%20Patsch":MAILTO:gerapa2001@yahoo.com 
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230513
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SUMMARY:ULSTER COUNTY SPRING CENSUS: BIG DAY COUNT
DESCRIPTION:This is the day we all look forward to….. the holiest day of the year! Spend the whole day in the field or just a few hours….who knows what may be found. Refer to your copy of Where to Bird in Ulster County or visit www.jbnhs.org forgood birding locations. Submit your report in checklist order to Steve Chorvas (schorvas@gmail.com ) or P.O. Box 214\, Saugerties\, NY 12477). This information is combined in a regional report published by the New York StateOrnithological Association.
URL:https://jbnhs.org/event/ulster-county-spring-census-big-day-count-7/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230519
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SUMMARY:SPRING MIGRATION IN CAPE MAY
DESCRIPTION:Enjoy the company of JBNHSers and spring migration in Cape May and neighboring environs. Witness the spectacle of horseshoe crab and shorebird migration along the Delaware Bay shore and the northerly procession of so many more families of birds over the Atlantic and in tangled hedgerows. Visits will include locations where beach\, coastal marsh\, and southern affinity breeders are on territory too! Contact trip organizer Deb Weltsch (dweltsch13@gmail.com ) for more information about lodging and travel.
URL:https://jbnhs.org/event/spring-migration-in-cape-may/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230526T190000
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SUMMARY:SPECIAL PRESENTATION WITH TIFFANY KERSTEN
DESCRIPTION:EVENT REGISTRATION IS CLOSED\nAT THE HUDSON RIVER MARITIME MUSEUM BARN\n(50 Rondout Landing\, Kingston\, NY 12401)\nTiffany will be our very special guest speaker as part of her national tour this spring. The $10 admission fee will also enter you for a chance to win a number of wonderful gift prizes including Vortex binoculars valued at $300 from Kenco Outfitters\, a pollinator/bird friendly shrub from Herzog’s Garden Center\, a gift from Chicory Naturalist\, a selection of coffees from Birds and Beans Coffee\, and even some JBNHS swag. Tiffany will also donate 10 personal safety alarms to the first ten attendees with questions after her talk. Light refreshments will be provided. Seating is limited . \nTiffany Kersten is a Wisconsin native\, turned Texan by way of New Jersey\, Massachusetts\, and Hawaii. She holds a B.S. in Wildlife Ecology from Northland College\, and has spent over a decade as an environmental educator\, teaching raptor identification and migration with the Cape May Bird Observatory\, monitoring shorebirds on Cape Cod\, banding Honeycreepers in Hawaii\, and finally landing in South Texas where she first worked at Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge\, then Quinta Mazatlan World Birding Center\, and managed the McAllen Nature Center\, before completing a Lower 48 States Big Year in 2021\, and founding her own bird guiding company\, Nature Ninja Birding Tours. She guides primarily in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas\, but can occasionally be found guiding elsewhere! \nPresentation: Birdie Big Year: Elevating Women Birders\nTiffany Kersten didn’t set out to do a big year\, but after a series of unanticipated and serendipitous events\, she suddenly found herself amidst one. As a sexual assault survivor\, she spent 2021 traveling to all corners of the Lower 48 States\, tallying birds and giving personal safety alarms to women she met along the way. Her goal was to see 700 species\, and to raise awareness of women’s safety in the outdoors. She ended up surpassing her goal and setting a new Lower 48 Big Year record of 726. In her presentation\, Tiffany will lead us through the fear\, empowerment\, struggles and healing that all played vital roles in the personal growth she experienced on this wild adventure. \n  
URL:https://jbnhs.org/event/special-presentation-with-tiffany-kersten/
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SUMMARY:Breeding Bird Atlasing - Kelly Hollow Loop
DESCRIPTION:We are currently in the fourth year of the New York State Breeding Bird Atlas III. Volunteer citizen scientists across the state have been recording the breeding behaviors of our local bird species in order to better inform conservation efforts and assess the status of species. Spend the morning atlasing in western Ulster County in the Arena CE priority block. The Kelly Hollow Loop follows an old road and passes through a spruce forest that was planted in the 1930s by the Civilian Conservation Corps. We’ll be looking for breeding behaviors including courtship\, nest building\, parents carrying food and/or feeding young as well as the presence of fledglings \nMeet at the traffic circle in Kingston at 6:30 am to carpool. The drive is a little over an hour. Registration is required. Please contact regional coordinator Wendy Tocci (wtocci@gmail.com) if interested.
URL:https://jbnhs.org/event/breeding-bird-atlasing-kelly-hollow-loop/
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