Unlike the New York Botanical Garden’s Native Garden, which uses native plants in a traditional garden design, the BBG concentrates on plants in their ecosystems—coastal plain, piedmont, and highland—and on how the plants relate to each other and their niches. After we explore the Native Flora Garden, we’ll have a chance to see the BBG’s famous flowering cherry tree display, as well as other spring delights, like magnolias and spring bulbs. Lunch at the café, or bring your own. Level of physical difficulty: Easy to moderate. Depart Bylane Farm at 8am. Cost: $10, admission: $15, please bring cash. Register with Susan at info@bedfordaudubon.org or 914.302.9713.

More than 200 species of birds pass through this metropolitan oasis on their migratory routes each spring and fall—and we hope to show you many of them! We will stop at the Boathouse for lunch (or bring your own). Depart Bylane Farm at 6am or meet at 72nd Street & Central Park West at 7:30am. Cost: Free. Level of Difficulty: Easy-Moderate. Register with Susan at info@bedfordaudubon.org or 914.302.9713.

Join Tait Johansson at this 156-acre nature preserve to explore its woods, fields, and swamp for migrating songbirds. Meet at entrance on Sarles Street. Cost: Free. Level of Difficulty: Moderate. Register with Susan at info@bedfordaudubon.org or 914.302.9713.

Start the day right and join Tait at this local hotspot in search of spring warblers and other newly arrived songbirds. Meet at the intersection of Maple Avenue and Reservoir Road (right at the dam). Cost: Free. Level of Difficulty: Easy. Register with Susan at info@bedfordaudubon.org or 914.302.9713.

Bird before work! Tait at this local hotspot in search of spring warblers and other newly arrived songbirds. Meet at the parking lot at the intersection of the Trailway and Route 118 in Yorktown, ½ mile west of the intersection of Routes 118 & 100. Cost: Free. Level of Difficulty: Easy. Register with Susan at info@bedfordaudubon.org or 914.302.9713.

Doodletown Road is known as one of the best places in our area to find Hooded and Cerulean Warblers as well as being a fine spot for many other songbirds. Join Tait in a search for these feathered gems! Enjoy the walk up the rugged trail past the ruins of a “lost civilization.” Depart Bylane Farm at 6:15am. Cost: Free. Level of Difficulty: Moderate-Strenuous. Register with Susan at info@bedfordaudubon.org or 914.302.9713.

Join Tait for a spring bird walk on the beautiful grounds of this county-owned property. Cost: Free. Level of Difficulty: Easy-moderate. Register with Susan at info@bedfordaudubon.org or 914.302.9713.

Join us at this local hotspot in search of spring warblers and other newly arrived songbirds, and breeders like Yellow-billed Cuckoo and Indigo Bunting. Meet at the intersection of Maple Avenue and Reservoir Road (right at the dam). Cost: Free. Level of Difficulty: Easy. Register with Susan at info@bedfordaudubon.org or 914.302.9713.

This is an all-day trip, because it’s a long drive with lots to see. The Arboretum, begun almost a century ago, features a Wildflower Garden and a Native Plant area, which should be in full bloom when we visit. Afterward we’ll take a picnic to Harkness Memorial State Park in Waterford. The Park includes a large formal garden designed by Beatrix Farrand, right next to the ocean, as well as coastal marsh walks. Level of physical difficulty: Easy to moderate. Depart Bylane Farm at 8am. Cost: $10, tour: $10, please bring cash. Bring a picnic lunch. Register with Susan at info@bedfordaudubon.org or 914.302.9713.

Join us as we explore this 124-acre sanctuary’s swamps, woods, and shrublands for breeders and perhaps some later migrants. Meet at the parking lot on Sheather Road. Cost: Free. Level of Difficulty: Moderate. Register with Susan at info@bedfordaudubon.org or 914.302.9713.