It’s official, you’re invited to  special evening that only comes once a year!

We’re referringto our virtual Annual Meeting and Lecture, of course. The business partof the meeting begins at 6:30pm with a brief year-end review and financialsnapshot followed by our Board elections. Bedford Audubon members in goodstanding are eligible to vote in the election. If you are a current member andcan’t attend the Annual Meeting virtually, you can vote by proxy. Please emailSuzanne Cahill at executivedirector@bedfordaudubon.org to request a proxy (or if you havequestions about your membership status).

Following themeeting at 7:00pm, we’re proud to introduce Dr. Michael Rubbo for a Lecture:Wild Suburbia! The Booming Wildlife of Westchester County. Dr. Rubbo of Pace University will discuss thediversity of large mammals found in Westchester County.  He is currentlyworking on a project with scientists from Teatown Lake Reservation, RockefellerPreserve, and Westchester County Parks to document the distributions of largecarnivores in Westchester’s many parks and preserves.  Their findingssuggest that these animals have adapted quite well to the suburbanenvironment.  Dr. Rubbo will also discuss some simple strategieshomeowners can employ to minimize conflicts with our wild neighbors

Annual Meeting - 6:30pm; Lecture - 7:00pm. Cost: Free.Registration required by emailing Susan at info@bedfordaudubon.org or by calling 914-302-9713. A Zoom linkwill be emailed prior to the meeting.

Oh, the things we’ll see…

Join NaturalistTait Johansson for the Third Thursday’s Bird Walk on Maple Avenue inKatonah. We’ll be on the lookout for breeders at this location including SpottedSandpiper, Cliff Swallow, Common Raven, Blue-winged Warbler, Pine Warbler,Louisiana Waterthrush, Eastern Towhee.

Cost: Free.Level of Difficulty: Easy. Registration required by emailing Susan at info@bedfordaudubon.org or by calling 914-302-9713.

CelebrateFather’s Day on a bird walk in an open area that is great for birding andbotanizing!

Tait Johanssonis joining forces with Westchester Land Trust and Healthy Yards for their Feathersand Fathers Bioblitz Bird Walk at the Tom Burke Preserve in Bedford Hills.The 7.5 acre preserve provides meadow, forest canopy, and wetlands habitat forlocal bird life. At the suggestion of the property's neighbors the land trustnamed the property the Tom Burke Preserve after Thomas Burke who died onSeptember 11, 2001, in the attack on the World Trade Center. Mr. Burke lived onMcLain Street across from Knapp's Field.

 CLICK HERE to register for this event.

Join us forour June read, Buzz Sting Bite - Why We Need Insects by Anne Sverdrup-Thygeron, for anenthusiastic, witty, and informative introduction to the world of insects andwhy we—and the planet we inhabit—could not survive without them.
 
Insects comprise roughly half of the animalkingdom. They live everywhere—deep inside caves, 18,000 feet high in theHimalayas, inside computers, in Yellowstone’s hot springs, and in the ears andnostrils of much larger creatures. There are insects that have ears on theirknees, eyes on their penises, and tongues under their feet. Most of us thinklife would be better without bugs. In fact, life would be impossible withoutthem.
 
With ecologistAnne Sverdrup-Thygeson as our capable, entertaining guide into the insectworld, we’ll learn that there is more variety among insects than we can evenimagine and the more you learn about insects, the more fascinating they become. Buzz,Sting, Bite is an essential introduction to the little creatures thatmake the world go round.

This book isavailable to borrow from the Westchester Library System or is available topurchase across a variety of platforms in print, electronically and on audio.

Registration required by emailing info@bedfordaudubon.org or by calling 914-302-9713. Weatherpermitting, we will meet in-person on the patio at Bylane Farm. We look forwardto seeing you!