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FIELD TRIPS - Schedule 2010-2011


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August 2010

Saturday 8/14 17TH ANNUAL TOM DAVIS MEMORIAL
SHOREBIRD WALK AT JAMAICA BAY

Leader & Registrar: Sean Sime (sean@seansime.com)  Registration opens Monday 8/2.  Public transportation..
Sunday 8/29 VAN CORTLANDT PARK FLORA
Leader & Registrar:  Joyce Hyon
Registration opens Monday 8/16.  Public transportation.



September 2010

Saturday 9/4
PROSPECT PARK
Leader: Rob Jett
No registration.  Meet at Grand Army Plaza (Stranahan Statue) at 7:30 a.m.  Public transportation.
Tuesdays 9/7, 9/14, 9/21 & 9/28 CENTRAL PARK
Leader: Richard Lieberman (rlieberman8@nyc.rr.com)
No registration. Meet at CPW & 72nd St. at 7:30 a.m.
Saturday 9/11 JAMAICA BAY
Leader & Registrar: Gil Schrank (gschrankny@aol.com)
Registration opens Monday 8/30.   Ride $15..
Friday 9/17CENTRAL PARK
Leader:  Starr Saphir
No registration.   Meet at CPW & 103rd St. at 7:30 a.m.
Sunday 9/19 FT. TILDEN & BREEZY PT.
Leader:  Richard ZainEldeen
Registrar: Taeko Tsujimoto
Registration opens Monday 9/6.  Ride: $15.
Friday 9/24 RIVERSIDE PARK BIRD SANCTUARY & DRIP
Leader:  Geoffrey Nulle
No registration.  Meet at W. 116th St. & Riverside Dr. at 9:30 a.m.
Saturday 9/25 NEW JERSEY HOTSPOTS   
Leader:  Robert Machover
Registrar: Kathleen Howley (kathleenhowley@gmail.com) Registration opens Monday 9/13.  Ride: $50.

October 2010

Saturday 10/2 GREENWOOD CEMETERY:  BIRDING PLUS HISTORICAL TOUR
Leaders: Robb Jett & Marge Hanover
Registrar: Pearl Broder
Registration opens Monday 9/20.  Public transportation.
Tuesdays
10/5, 10/12, 10/19, 10/26
CENTRAL PARK
Leader: Richard Lieberman (rlieberman8@nyc.rr.com)
No registration. Meet at CPW & 72nd St. at 7:30 a.m.
Sunday 10/10FORT TILDEN SPARROW WORKSHOP
Leader: Starr Saphir
Registrar:  Sandra Maury (smaury39@hotmail.com)
Registration opens Monday 9/27.  Ride: $15.
Friday 10/15 CENTRAL PARK
Leader:  Lenore Swenson
No registration.   Meet at CPW & 81st St. at 7:30 a.m.
Sunday 10/17STATEN ISLAND SITES
Leader: Howard Fischer
Registrar:  Joyce Hyon
Registration opens Monday 10/4.  Ride: $20.
Friday 10/22 VAN CORTLANDT PARK
Leader: Lenore Swenson
No registration. Meet at park entrance at 242nd St (#1 Train last stop) at 8:30 a.m.  Pubic transportation.
Sunday 10/24NEW JERSEY MEADOWLANDS
Leader: Lenore Swenson.
Registrar:  Anne Lazarus 
Registration opens Monday 10/11.  Ride: $25.
Sunday 10/31 GREENWICH AUDUBON HAWK WATCH
Coordinator & Registrar:  Anne Lazarus
Registration opens Monday 10/18.  Ride: $25.

November 2010

Saturday 11/6 JAMAICA BAY
Leader:  Joe DiCostanzo
Registrar: Pearl Broder
Registration opens Monday 10/25.   Ride: $15.
Sunday 11/7BRIGANTINE
Leader: Rick Cech
Registrar:  Karen Asakawa (avocet501@gmail.com)
Registration opens Monday 10/25.   Ride: $50.
Saturday 11/13LEADER'S CHOICE FOR RARITIES OR VAGRANTS
Leader: Diana Teta
Registrar:  Sandra Maury (smaury39@hotmail.com)
Registration opens Monday 11/1.  Ride $40.

December 2010

Saturday 12/4 RYE PLAYLANDS & ENVIRONS
Leader:  Tom Burke
Registrar:  Louise Fraza (louisefraza@yahoo.com)
Registration opens Monday 11/22.   Ride: $25.
12/14/2010 –
1/5/2011
CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT

January 2011

Saturday 1/8 CROTON POINT PARK FOR OWLS & EAGLES
Leader: Paul Keim
Registrar:  Anne Lazarus
Registration opens Monday 12/27.  Public transportation.
Saturday 1/15 - Monday 1/17CAPE ANN, NEWBURYPORT, PLUM ISLAND & HALIBUT POINT
Leader: Diana Teta
Registrar: Gil Schrank (gschrankny@aol.com)
Registration opens Monday 12/6.   Ride: $120.
Saturday 1/22PELHAM BAY PARK
Leader: Rob Jett
Registrar:  Louise Fraza (louisefraza@yahoo.com)
Registration opens Monday 1/10.   Ride: $15.

February 2011

Saturday 2/5 NEW JERSEY HOTSPOTS
Leader:  Robert Machover
Registrar: Regina Ryan (reginaryan@rcn.com)
Registration opens Monday 1/24.  Ride: $50.
Saturday 2/12FLOYD BENNETT FIELD & DEAD HORSE BAY
Leader: Rob Jett
Registrar: Ellen Hoffman (ehof33@gmail.com)
Registration opens Monday 1/31.   Ride: $15.
Saturday 2/26 – Sunday 2/27MONTAUK WEEKEND
Leader:  Joe DiCostanzo
Registrar: Dale Dancis (ddancis@nyc.rr.com)
Registration opens Monday 1/31.  Ride $80.

March 2011

Saturday 3/12 JAMAICA BAY
Leader:  Alan Messer
No registration.  Meet at Visitors Center at 10:00 a.m.
Public transportation.

April 2011

Saturday 4/2PROSPECT PARK
Leader: Rob Jett
No registration.  Meet at Grand Army Plaza
(Stranahan Statue) at 7:30 a.m.  Public transportation.
Tuesdays
4/5, 4/12, 4/19 & 4/26
CENTRAL PARK
Leader: Richard Lieberman (rlieberman8@nyc.rr.com)
No registration.  Meet at CPW & 72nd St. at 7:30 a.m.
Saturday 4/16FLOYD BENNETT FIELD FOR WOODCOCKS
Leader:  Paul Keim
Registrar: Lenore Swenson
Registration opens Monday 4/4.  Ride: $15.
Sunday 4/17CENTRAL PARK FLORA
Leader & Registrar:  Joyce Hyon
Registration opens Monday 4/4.  Public transportation.
Saturday 4/23STATEN ISLAND BIRDING EXTRAVAGANZA
Leader:  Richard ZainEldeen
Registrar: Ellen Hoffman (ehof33@gmail.com)
Registration opens Monday 4/11.  Ride: $20.
Friday 4/29CENTRAL PARK
Leader:  Lenore Swenson
No registration.   Meet at CPW & 81st St. at 7:30 a.m.

May 2011

Tuesdays
5/3, 5/10,  5/17 & 5/24
CENTRAL PARK
Leader:  Richard Lieberman (rlieberman8@nyc.rr.com)
No registration.  Meet at CPW & 72nd St. at 7:30am.
Friday 5/6FOREST PARK
Leader:  Lenore Swenson
No registration. Meet at Park Lane entrance (E or F Train to Kew Gardens/Union Turnpike, south 3 blocks on 80th Rd) at 8:30 a.m.  Public transportation.
Saturday 5/7NEW JERSEY HOTSPOTS   
Leader:  Robert Machover
Registrar: Irene Warschauer (iwarshauer@aol.com) Registration opens Monday 4/25.  Ride: $50.
Friday 5/13RIVERSIDE PARK BIRD SANCTUARY & DRIP
Leader:  Geoffrey Nulle
No registration.
Meet at W. 116th St. & Riverside Dr. at 9:30 am.
Saturday 5/14 - Sunday 5/15 GREAT GULL ISLAND BIRDATHON

Saturday 5/21DOODLETOWN & MINE RD.
Leader: Paul Keim
Registrar:  Anne Lazarus
Registration opens Monday 5/9.  Ride: $40.
Sunday 5/29INWOOD HILL PARK
Leader & Registrar:  Lenore Swenson
Registration opens Monday 5/16.  Public transportation.

June 2011

Saturday 6/4BASHAKILL, BLUE CHIP FARM, SHAWANGUNK GRASSLANDS
Leader: Diana Teta
Registrar:  Dale Dancis (ddancis@nyc.rr.com)
Registration opens Monday 5/23.  Ride $50.
Saturday 6/11WARD POUND RIDGE FOR BUTTERFLIES
Leader: Rich Cech
Registrar:  Sandra Maury (smaury39@hotmail.com)
Registration opens Monday 5/30.  Ride $40.
Friday 6/17 - Tuesday 6/21LAKES AND MOUNTAINS OF WESTERN MAINE
Leader & Registrar: Diana Teta (dteta@suffolk.lib.ny.us)
Registration opens Friday 4/1 & closes 4/30. Limit:14.

Cost:  approximately $350 for 4 nights at Lodge including meals plus car pool cost and travel meals. Claybrook Mountain Lodge offers special birding opportunities due to its location at the northern edge of the eastern deciduous forest and the southern edge of the boreal forest, with grassland, marsh and bog habitats.  Targets include boreal specialties such as Spruce Grouse, Black-backed Woodpecker, Gray Jay, Boreal Chickadee and Bicknell's Thrush.
Saturday 6/18 CENTRAL PARK NATURE WALK
Leader:  Sarah Elliott
No Registration.  Meet at Boathouse at 9:30 a.m.
Saturday 6/25 EASTERN LONG ISLAND
FOR BREEDING SPECIALTIES

Leader: Eric Salzman
Registrar: Regina Ryan (reginaryan@rcn.com)
Registration opens Monday 6/13.   Ride: $50.

July - August 2011

Friday 7/15 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
7:45 p.m.  NOTE EVENING START.   Public transportation.
Sunday 8/1418TH ANNUAL TOM DAVIS MEMORIAL
SHOREBIRD WALK AT JAMAICA BAY
Leader & Registrar: Sean Sime (sean@seansime.com)  Registration opens Monday 8/1.  Public transportation.



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