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BAS Seed SaleStock up with quality bird seed at Bedford Audubon's Annual Seed Sale. This is an important fundraiser for our organization. Please remember that by supporting our seed sale, you are not just buying seed, you are also contributing to all the free programs that we offer. We need this support to be able to sustain this service to all our members. So plan on ordering enough for the entire winter. Click for more information and to download a pdf of the order form.
Chestnut Ridge Hawk Watch:
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With the encroachment of human habitation on previously undeveloped areas, clashes between people and wildlife are unavoidable. This is a fact brought to our attention by frequent reports of coyotes and even black bears in backyards and, most recently, at a children’s playground here in Westchester County.
Dan Bogan’s presentation will focus on the current research and management issues of coyotes living in suburban areas across North America. He will also delve into the ecology research project that he is conducting in Westchester County—The New York Suburban Coyote Study. The study aims to identify the conditions of negative interactions between people and coyotes and to try to identify ways to minimize or prevent altogether these types of incidents. The ecology field crew has been studying coyotes in Westchester since spring 2006 and has documented the home range behaviors and habitat use of over 35 coyotes. Dan Bogan is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Natural Resources at Cornell University. He has been studying coyotes since 2000. His master’s and doctoral research have focused on the habits and behaviors of coyotes living within a mix of developed lands and natural habitats. The program is free and open to the public. |
Saturday, October 18―Field Trip: Fall Foliage and Fall
Migration at Bear Mountain State Park
Wednesday, October 22―Field Trip: Manitoga: The Russel Wright Design
Center—House Tour and Hike
Thursday, October 23―Field Trip: Nature Walk at Hunt-Parker Sanctuary
Between October 26 and November 8―Field Trip: Owl Banding at SUNY Purchase
Click to see the complete schedule of BAS events
Bedford Audubon Would Like Your Help
Bedford Audubon Society's headquarters are located at:
Bylane Farm
35 Todd Road
Katonah, New York 10536
and the phone number is (914) 232-1999.
Click for directions to Bylane.
Bedford
Audubon Society
With
the first few days of October under our belt, Chestnut Ridge Hawk Watch
has now climbed to just over 11,700 birds for the fall (as of October
4). Broad-winged Hawks, at over ¾ of that
total figure, primarily poured through on the afternoon of September 18,
when more than 5000 Broad-wings marched across the sky in a mere 3.5
hours. However, now that the Broad-winged Hawks are all but south of
here, the focus of the hawk watch has turned to accipiters, the other
buteos (Red-shouldered and Red-tailed Hawks), and falcons.
