Location

We'll first explore the trails of Camp Pinnacle for fall migrants, then head out to "Sunset" the hawk watching site to search the skies for Broad-winged Hawks and other migrating raptors.

Contact the coordinator if you plan to attend. HMBC members will find the coordinator's email address and phone number in the Members’ Directory on this site.

Non-members should send a note to Donna Zimmerman, the Field Trip Committee Chair.

Meet in front of the bank at the southwest corner of Routes 20 and 155 in Guilderland at 8:00 a.m.

Out of area -- Limit 14 people.

HMBC members will find the coordinator's email address and phone number in the Members’ Directory on this site.

Location

This trip is postponed due to expected weather conditions. It is rescheduled for Sunday, September 4, 2011.

Location

Noblewood Park is located in Willsboro on the shores of Lake Champlain. Habitats include thick hemlock dominated woods, sandy soils and pitch pines and a sand spit at the mouth of the Boquet River. Some woodland birds should still be present , but the real focus is to observe the species that collect along and at the river/lake junction. Swallows, Bald Eagles and Osprey are likely here. Migrant shorebirds on their southward journeys may stop here. Colonial such as Bonaparte's Gull, Caspian Tern and Double-crested Cormorants congregate here as well.

HMBC members will find the coordinator's contact information in the Member's Directory on this site.

Location

Join us at the club's sanctuary to look and listen for summer and year-round resident species and to try to add new species to the sanctuary's bird list. The sanctuary is a woodland habitat, so woodland species are species are the highlight of this trip. Several species of thrushes, flycatchers, vireos and warblers as well as woodpeckers, wrens, Scarlet Tanager, tufted Titmouse and Black-capped Chickadees have been observed here. The walk is on easy, level trails.
Meet at the parking lot at the Hummingbird Manor entrance on Oakmont Street in Niskayuna at 8 a.m.

Location

This trip is postponed to July 9.

Location

Cherry Plain State Park is situated on the Rensselaer Plateau of the Capital District. The relatively high elevation, cool climate and a variety of forested and wetland habitats make this a good area for northern species. Nesting species include Least Flycatcher, Dark-eyed Junco, White-throated Sparrow, Scarlet Tanager, Common Raven, Broad-winged Hawk, Black-throated Blue, Black-throated Green, Magnolia, Blackburnian, Chestnut-sided, Black and White and Yellow-rumped Warblers. Ovenbird, Northern Waterthrush, Veery, Hermit Thrush and Winter Wren also nest here.

Location

The Emma Treadwell Thacher Nature Center is located near Thompson's Lake State Park in Albany County The property offers trails through diverse habitats including woodlands, meadows and fields. Nesting Tree Swallows and House Wrens are usually among the first birds we see. We also have found Scarlet Tanager, Indigo Bunting and Bobolink in past years. Depending on weather conditions, we will walk multiple trails in search of warblers, flycatchers, thrushes and other species.

Meet at 8:00 a.m. in the larger parking area to the right of the main building.

Location

This field trip will take us to the different habitats of Papscanee Island Preserve consisting of deciduous forest, cultivated farmland and freshwater marshes where we will see a variety of bird species. Swallows, herons and Wood Ducks can be observed in the wetland areas. Titmice, nuthatches and woodpeckers are found in the forest as well as Eastern Wood-Peewee and Great-crested Flycatcher. Veery, wood Thrush and American Redstarts are common. Other summer birds include Yellow, Chestnut-sided, Black and White and Blue-winged Warblers, Warbling and Red-eyed Vireos and Rose-breasted Grosbeak.