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FIELD TRIPS
- Schedule 2007-2008
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Oystercatcher
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Photo © 2007 Cal Vornberger (used by permission) |
EARLY REGISTRATIONS
CAPE MAY
WEEKEND
Friday
9/21 – Sunday 9/23. Registration opens
Monday 8/6.
CAPE
COD
WEEKEND
Friday
10/19 – Sunday 10/21. Registration opens
Monday 8/13.
RIO
GRANDE
VALLEY & LOWER TEXAS COAST
Tuesday
11/6 – Sunday 11/11. Registration opens
Monday 8/13.
$325
deposit due 8/30.
See
details below.
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August 2007
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| Saturday 8/18 |
14TH
ANNUAL TOM DAVIS MEMORIAL
SHOREBIRD WALK AT JAMAICA BAY
Leader: Sean Sime
No registration. Meet at Visitors Center at 9:00am |
| Sunday 8/26 |
CENTRAL
PARK FLORA
Leader and Registrar: Joyce Hyon
Registration opens Monday 8/13. Public transportation. |
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September
2007
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| Saturday
9/8 |
PROSPECT PARK
Leader: Rob Jett
No
registration. Meet at Grand Army Plaza
(Stranahan Statue) at 7:30am. Public transportation.
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| Tuesdays
9/11, 9/18 & 9/25 |
CENTRAL
PARK
Leader: Richard Lieberman
No registration. Meet at CPW & 72nd St. at 7:30am |
| Saturday
9/15 |
JAMAICA
BAY
Leader & Registrar: Gil Schrank
Registration opens Tuesday 9/4. Ride: $15 |
| Friday
9/21 – Sunday 9/23 |
CAPE MAY WEEKEND
Leader: Bob Machover.
Registration opens Monday 8/6. Ride: $65
Registrar: Anne Lazarus |
| Friday
9/28 |
CENTRAL
PARK
Leader: Starr Saphir
No registration. Meet at CPW &
103rd St. at 7:30am |
| Sunday
9/30 |
GREENWICH
AUDUBON HAWK WATCH
Coordinator and Registrar: Anne Lazarus
Registration opens Monday 9/17. Ride: $20 |
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October 2007
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| Tuesdays
10/2, 10/9, 10/16, 10/23 & 10/30 |
CENTRAL
PARK
Leader: Richard Lieberman
No registration. Meet at CPW & 72nd St. at 7:30am |
| Friday
10/5 |
CENTRAL
PARK
Leader: Richard Lieberman
No registration. Meet at CPW & 72nd St. at 7:30am |
| Sunday
10/7 |
STATEN
ISLAND SITES:
MT. LORETTO, CONFERENCE HOUSE
Leader & Registrar: Howard Fischer
Registration opens Monday 9/24. Ride: $20 |
| Friday
10/12 |
CENTRAL
PARK
Leader: Lenore Swenson
No registration. Meet at CPW & 81st St. at
7:30am |
| Sunday
10/14 |
FT.
TILDEN & BREEZY PT.
Leader: Starr Saphir
Registrar: Sandy Paci (sandypaci@earthlink.net)
Registration opens Monday 10/1. Ride: $15 |
| Friday
10/19 – Sunday 10/2 |
CAPE COD WEEKEND
COASTAL SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND
& CAPE COD
Leader: Diana Teta
Registrar: Lenore Swenson
Registration opens Monday 8/13. Ride $70 |
| Sunday
10/28 |
JONES
BEACH TRIP
Leader: Diana Teta
Registrar: Alice Deutsch (ad@bioscreeninc.com)
Registration opens Monday 10/15. Ride: $25 |
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November
2007
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| Saturday
11/3*
has been rescheduled to 12/1 (see below) |
JAMAICA
BAY
Leader: Joe DiCostanzo
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| Tuesday,
11/6 - Sunday, 11/11 |
RIO
GRANDE VALLEY & LOWER TEXAS COAST
Leader: Gil Schrank
Registrars: John & Laurie Cairns ( jcairns@nyc.rr.com)
Registration opens Monday 8/13. $325 deposit due 8/30.
Estimated cost (including air): approximately $985 (double
occupancy).
Rio Grande Valley Birding Festival, Harlingen, Texas and Lower Texas
Coast. Morning birding trips at Festival (you choose trips);
afternoon trips in area. Saturday driving up the coast to
Corpus
Christi, birding North Padre Island, etc. Sunday a Whooping
Crane
boat tour out of Rockport. Trip begins at Corpus Christi
International Airport on Tuesday at 1:00 pm and ends there on Sunday at
3:15 pm in time for the flight to New York.
Registrars will make car, festival and motel arrangements; participants
will arrange their flights. Registrars will pay for van, fuel
and
festival costs from deposits (there may be an additional charge or a
refund). Participants will pay for air tickets, motel rooms,
meals, personal items and boat trip. Bring walking shoes or
boots, warm and cool weather clothing, sunscreen, eastern North
American field guide, binoculars and scopes |
| Saturday
11/17 |
BRIGANTINE
Leader: Starr Saphir*
(*in substitution for Rick Cech)
Registrar: Joyce Hyon
Registration opens Monday 11/5. Ride: $35 |
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December
2007
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Saturday 12/1
(rescheduled from 11/3) |
JAMAICA
BAY
Leader: Joe DiCostanzo
Registrar: Joyce Hyon
Registration opens Monday 11/19. Ride: $15 |
| Saturday 12/8 |
RYE
PLAYLANDS & ENVIRONS
Leader: Tom Burke
Registrar: Suzanne Ortiz (ortizs@mskcc.org)
Registration opens Monday 11/26. Ride: $20 |
12/14/2007
–
1/5/2008 |
CHRISTMAS
BIRD COUNT |
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January 2008
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| Saturday
1/12 |
JONES
BEACH & PT. LOOKOUT
Leader: Starr Saphir
Registrar: Lenore Swenson
Registration opens Monday 12/31. Ride: $20 |
| Saturday
1/19 – Monday 1/21 |
CAPE
ANN WEEKEND
Leader: Rick Cech.
Registrar: Anne Lazarus
Registration opens Monday 12/10. Ride: $70 |
| Saturday
1/26 |
CROTON
PT. PARK
Leader: Paul Keim
Registrar: Anne Lazarus
Registration opens Monday 1/14. Ride: $20 |
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February
2008
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| Saturday
2/2 |
FT.
TILDEN & BREEZY PT.
Leader: Sean Sime
Registrar: Alice Deutsch (ad@bioscreeninc.com)
Registration opens Monday 1/21. Ride: $15 |
| Saturday
2/9 |
JONES BEACH & PT. LOOKOUT
Leader: Richard ZainEldeen
Registrar: Taeko Tsujimoto
Registration opens Monday 1/28. Ride: $20 |
| Saturday
2/16 |
PELHAM BAY PARK
Leader: Rob Jett
Registrar: Irene Warshauer (iwarshauer@aol.com)
Registration opens Monday 2/4. Ride: $15 |
| Sunday
2/24 |
NEW
JERSEY HOTSPOTS
Leader: Robert Machover
Registrar: Ellen Hoffman
Registration opens Monday 2/11. Ride: $30 |
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March 2008
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| Saturday
3/1 – Sunday 3/2 |
MONTAUK
WEEKEND
Leader: Joe DiCostanzo.
Registrar: Dale Dancis
Registration opens Monday 1/28. Ride: $60 |
| Saturday 3/8 |
MONMOUTH
COUNTY, NJ & SANDY HOOK
Leader: Peter Dorosh
Registrar: Sandy Paci (sandypaci@earthlink.net)
Registration opens Monday 2/25. Ride: $20 |
| Saturday
3/29 |
JAMAICA
BAY
Leader: Alan Messer
No registration. Meet at Visitors Center at 10:00am
Public transportation. |
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April 2008
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| Tuesdays 4/8,
4/15, 4/22 & 4/29 |
CENTRAL
PARK
Leader: Richard Lieberman
No registration. Meet at CPW & 72nd St. at 7:30am |
| Saturday 4/12 |
PROSPECT
PARK
Leader: Rob Jett
No registration. Meet at Grand Army Plaza (Stranahan Statue)
at 7:30am. Public transportation. |
| Sunday 4/20 |
CENTRAL
PARK FLORA
Leader & Registrar: Joyce Hyon
Registration opens Monday 4/7. Public
transportation. |
| Friday 4/25 |
CENTRAL
PARK
Leader: Starr Saphir
No registration. Meet at CPW & 103rd St. at 7:30am |
| Saturday 4/26 |
JAMAICA
BAY & FAR ROCKAWAY
Leader: Richard ZainEldeen
Registrar: Irene Warshauer (iwarshauer@aol.com)
Registration opens Monday 4/14. Ride: $15
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| Sunday 4/27 |
ROVING THE NEW JERSEY PINE
BARRENS
FOR BUTTERFLIES
Leader: Rick Cech
Registrar: Lenore Swenson
Registration opens Monday 4/14. Ride: $35. |
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May 2008
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| Friday 5/2 |
CENTRAL
PARK
Leader: Lenore Swenson
No registration. Meet at CPW & 81st St. at 7:30am |
| Saturday 5/3 |
NEW
JERSEY HOTSPOTS
Leader: Robert Machover
Registrar: Kathleen Howley (kathleenhowley@hotmail.com).
Registration opens Monday 4/21. Ride: $30 |
| Sunday 5/4 |
GREENWOOD
CEMETERY
Leader: Paul Keim
No registration. Meet at 25th St. & 5th Ave.,
Brooklyn
(R Train to 25th St. Station) at 8:00am. Public
transportation. |
| Tuesdays 5/6,
5/13 & 5/20 |
CENTRAL
PARK
Leader: Richard Lieberman
No registration. Meet at CPW & 72nd St. at 7:30am |
| Saturday 5/10 |
BASHAKILL,
BLUE CHIP FARM & ENVIRONS
Leader: Diana Teta
Registrar: Dale Dancis.
Registration opens Monday 4/28. Ride $30 |
| Sunday 5/11 |
SCHERMAN-HOFFMAN &
GREAT SWAMP
Leader: Richard
ZainEldeen
Registrar: Ellen Hoffman
Registration opens Monday 4/28. Ride: $25
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| Friday 5/16 |
CENTRAL
PARK
Leader: Richard Lieberman
No registration. Meet at CPW &
72nd St. at 7:30am |
| Saturday
5/17
- Sunday 5/18 |
GREAT GULL ISLAND BIRDATHON
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| Sunday 5/25 |
INWOOD
HILL PARK
Leader: Joe DiCostanzo
Registrar: Kathleen Howley (kathleenhowley@hotmail.com).
Registration opens Monday 5/12. Public
transportation. |
| Saturday 5/31 |
DOODLETOWN
& MINE RD.
Leader: Paul Keim
Registrar: Anne Lazarus
Registration opens Monday 5/19. Ride: $20 |
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June 2008
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| Sunday 6/1 |
BREEDING
BIRDS & BUTTERFLIES
IN VAN CORTLANDT PARK
Leader: Chris Lyons
No registration. Meet at 242nd St. Station
of #1 Train at 8:00am. Public Transportation. |
| Saturday 6/14 |
CENTRAL
PARK:
LINNAEUS’ BIRDS, TREES & PLANTS
Leader: Sarah Elliott
No Registration. Meet at Boathouse at 9:30am. |
| Sunday 6/29 |
EASTERN
LONG ISLAND
FOR SPARROWS & OTHER PASSERINES
Leader: Eric Salzman
Registrar: Regina Ryan (reginaryan@rcn.com)
Registration opens Monday 6/16. Ride: $30 |
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July 2008
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[No field trips scheduled.] |
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August 2008
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| Friday 8/1 |
PROSPECT
PARK BAT WALK
Leader: Paul Keim
No registration. Meet at 9th St. & Prospect Park West
(near F
Train station at 7th Avenue & 9th St.) at 7:30pm
Public transportation. |
| Saturday 8/23 |
15TH
ANNUAL TOM DAVIS MEMORIAL
SHOREBIRD WALK AT JAMAICA BAY
Leader & Registrar: Sean Sime
Registration opens Monday 8/11. Public transportation. |
| Sunday 8/24 |
VAN
CORTLANDT PARK FLORA
Leader and Registrar: Joyce Hyon
Registration opens Monday 8/11. Public transportation. |
| Sunday 8/31 |
EASTERN
LONG ISLAND FOR SHOREBIRDS
Leader: Eric Salzman
Registrar: Lenore Swenson
Registration opens Monday 8/18. Ride: $30 |
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ADVANCE
NOTICE
GEORGIA
BARRIER ISLANDS
SORRY
The Georgia Barrier Islands Trip
has been CANCELLED
Tentative
dates: 10/16-10/21/08.
Cumberland
Island, Jekyll Island, Okefenokee Swamp
Leader:
Diana Teta. Contact for
information May 2008.
NORTHERN
CALIFORNIA
September-October
2008 – 8 days including 2 travel days.
Dates
to be announced (depending on pelagic schedules).
Leaders
& Registrars: John & Laurie Cairns
(jcairns@nyc.rr.com)
Registration
opens Monday, July 7, 2008, closes Monday, July 28, 2008.
E-mail for information May 2008.
$400
deposit due July 30, 2008. Estimated cost (including air
and
two pelagic trips): approximately $1500 (double occupancy).
Limited to 8 (plus leaders). We will use two
minivans (5 in
each). Trip
begins and ends at San Francisco International Airport.
Monterey
Bay
pelagic trip and either a Cordell Bank (Bodega Bay) or a Perpetua Bank
(Newport, Oregon) pelagic trip. Birding at Pt. Reyes, etc. in
Bay
Area
and either (i) Sonoma Coast and Sierras or (ii) central valley to the
Klamath Basin and on to Oregon (additional $250 flight).
Registrars
will make car, motel and pelagic trip arrangements; participants will
arrange their flights. Registrars will pay for van and fuel
costs and
pelagic trips from deposits (there may be an additional charge or a
refund). Participants will pay for air tickets, motel rooms,
meals and
personal items. Bring walking shoes or boots, warm and cool
weather
clothing, sunscreen, western North American or California field guide,
binoculars and scopes.
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