Indigo Bunting. Image by Steve Rappaport.
Field Notes
Monthly Bird Walk Archive
Our monthly bird walks (which we typically hold on the third Saturday of each month) cover a wide variety of meadow, marshland, seashore, and forested habitats. Through these walks, we visit seasonal birding hotspots, including winter nesting sites and migration corridors, where all kinds of birds can be found. Use the archive to revisit past bird walks and learn about some of the places we frequently visit. While you’re here, be sure to sign up for an upcoming bird walk!
2023
September at Fahnestock State Park, School Mountain Road and Wetlands
April at West Point Foundry Park
February Eagle Watch at Boscobel and Shawangunk Grasslands
2022
April at West Point Foundry Cove Preserve
February at Shawangunk Grasslands National Wildlife Refuge
January at Jones Beach State Park
2021
April at West Point Foundry Cove
February at Little Stony Point
January at Shawangunk Grasslands National Wildlife Refuge
2020
2019
November at West Point Foundry Preserve
March at West Point Foundry Cove Preserve
February at Little Stony Point
January at Shawangunk Grasslands National Wildlife Refuge
2018
November at Canopus Lake, Fahnestock State Park
September at Long Dock Park, Beacon
August at West Point Foundry Cove Preserve
July at Taconic Outdoor Education Center Duck Pond
Notable Sightings
Birdathon
Launched in 1998 by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and the National Audubon Society, Birdathon is a 24-hour tally of bird species.
Each Spring, teams of PHASers participate in a friendly competition to see which team can identify the most bird species in our region, heading out into meadows, woods, lakes, marshes, towns, roadsides, parks—and just about any other place one could think of—to identify by sight or sound, the birds present at that location. Birdathon is a fundraising event for PHAS, a data-collecting exercise for science, and a tremendous amount social fun. The information we gather is available to us, the public, and scientists to help answer both basic questions about the year-to-year health of bird populations and better understand the more far-reaching effects that climate change may be having on resident or migratory bird species.
Stories and Photos by PHAS Board Members
A Fox at the Feeder by Pete Salmansohn
August Shore Birds Photos By Kyle Bardwell
Reporting From Puffin-Land in Mid-Coast Maine by Pete Salmansohn
Summer Birds, Gardens and Poetry by Leslie Mott
Wood Warblers by Kyle Bardwell
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Black-bellied Plover, Dunlin, and Sanderling. Image by Jon Erickson.