Montauk Field Trip Recap Weather for the chapter’s Montauk field trip on January 6th was not only relatively benign (around 40°, cloudy skies but no precipitation, and a light easterly wind), but actually advantageous for spotting water birds from the various seaside...
Field Trip to West End Jones Beach Recap Twenty members and friends joined our club outing on Feb 12. The date was rescheduled from the near ZERO temperatures the weekend before and we were rewarding with temperatures around 50 degrees! Among the avian highlights were...
Montauk Nature Walk Recap It was a cold, overcast, blustery day out in Montauk for the chapter’s field trip on January 7th. But there was a good turnout of participants willing to brave the elements and see some birds that are most easily seen at ‘The End’. We started...
11/5 Suffolk County Farm Field Trip Report There was an impressive turnout and lovely weather for the field trip to Suffolk Farm on Saturday, November 5th. Over the course of three hours, 35 species were observed by the group. Highlights included 10 Common Ravens (a...
Coopers on Coopers Participants of our November 5 nature walk to Suffolk County Farm were treated to a hands-on ornithology lesson from long-time GSBAS member Mike Cooper. As we were walking along, we came across a dead Cooper’s Hawk on the ground. With the...
Sunken Meadow Nature Walk Recap Today was our final Tuesday walk for the fall season. It was bright, crisp and windy. A typical fall day on the north shore of Long Island. We had fifteen people show up to brave the NW winds on the boardwalk. The whitecaps on the...
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