Program Calendar

by Bedford Audubon | Oct 21, 2022

	May 2025
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				1 Migration Madness Bird Walk: Maple Avenue Migration Madness Bird Walk: Maple Avenue May 1, 2025 @ 7:00 am - 9:00 am Cross River Reservoir Dam, Reservoir Rd, Katonah, NY 10536, USA It’s that time of year... Join Naturalist Tait Johansson in kicking off May with Migration Madness on Maple Avenue in Katonah. The trees won’t be fully leafed out making it easier find warblers and other returning migrants. We might see Louisiana Waterthrush, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, and hopefully a colony of Cliff Swallows! This friendly, local walk is perfect for beginning birds and experienced ones! Thursday, May 1, 7:00-9:00am. Cost: Free. Level of Difficulty: Easy. Please email Susan to register: info@bedfordaudubon.org See more details •	2 Bird-a-Thon Bird-a-Thon May 2, 2025 - May 4, 2025 @ Bird-A-Thon 2025 is here! We are proud to announce the launch of our Second Annual Bird-A-Thon. Last year’s event was a tremendous success. Four teams raised $31,000.00 and identified 167 species while traveling all over the tri-state area. It was an incredible adventure for all, and this year will be even better! Bird-A-Thon 2025 begins Friday, May 2nd at 12:01am and ends Sunday, May 4th at 3pm. Participants must select a 24 hour period during the weekend during which they will be identifying and logging birds. During a Bird-A-Thon weekend, teams compete head-to-head by identifying the greatest number of bird species in a 24 hour period and by fundraising. Team members fundraise by reaching out to friends and family members and asking them to show their support by either donating to Bedford Audubon in their team’s name, or by pledging an amount of money per bird species seen or heard. Interested? All the information you need to join in is on our website: https://bedfordaudubon.org/bird-a-thon-2/ Unable to participate? You can still donate to one of the teams and help our fundraising effort: https://bedfordaudubon.org/donate/ Still have questions? Email Susan to find out more: info@bedfordaudubon.org See more details •	3 Bird-a-Thon Bird-a-Thon May 2, 2025 - May 4, 2025 @ Bird-A-Thon 2025 is here! We are proud to announce the launch of our Second Annual Bird-A-Thon. Last year’s event was a tremendous success. Four teams raised $31,000.00 and identified 167 species while traveling all over the tri-state area. It was an incredible adventure for all, and this year will be even better! Bird-A-Thon 2025 begins Friday, May 2nd at 12:01am and ends Sunday, May 4th at 3pm. Participants must select a 24 hour period during the weekend during which they will be identifying and logging birds. During a Bird-A-Thon weekend, teams compete head-to-head by identifying the greatest number of bird species in a 24 hour period and by fundraising. Team members fundraise by reaching out to friends and family members and asking them to show their support by either donating to Bedford Audubon in their team’s name, or by pledging an amount of money per bird species seen or heard. Interested? All the information you need to join in is on our website: https://bedfordaudubon.org/bird-a-thon-2/ Unable to participate? You can still donate to one of the teams and help our fundraising effort: https://bedfordaudubon.org/donate/ Still have questions? Email Susan to find out more: info@bedfordaudubon.org See more details •
4 Bird-a-Thon Bird-a-Thon May 2, 2025 - May 4, 2025 @ Bird-A-Thon 2025 is here! We are proud to announce the launch of our Second Annual Bird-A-Thon. Last year’s event was a tremendous success. Four teams raised $31,000.00 and identified 167 species while traveling all over the tri-state area. It was an incredible adventure for all, and this year will be even better! Bird-A-Thon 2025 begins Friday, May 2nd at 12:01am and ends Sunday, May 4th at 3pm. Participants must select a 24 hour period during the weekend during which they will be identifying and logging birds. During a Bird-A-Thon weekend, teams compete head-to-head by identifying the greatest number of bird species in a 24 hour period and by fundraising. Team members fundraise by reaching out to friends and family members and asking them to show their support by either donating to Bedford Audubon in their team’s name, or by pledging an amount of money per bird species seen or heard. Interested? All the information you need to join in is on our website: https://bedfordaudubon.org/bird-a-thon-2/ Unable to participate? You can still donate to one of the teams and help our fundraising effort: https://bedfordaudubon.org/donate/ Still have questions? Email Susan to find out more: info@bedfordaudubon.org See more details •	5	6	7 First Wednesday's Bird Walk First Wednesday's Bird Walk May 7, 2025 @ 7:30 am - 9:30 am Angle Fly Preserve, Katonah, NY 10536, USA It’s the same but new... This month, Tait is traveling so Board President John Hannan is stepping in to lead this month’s First Wednesday’s Bird Walk at Angle Fly Preserve in Somers! This vital sanctuary for wildlife was named after the last natural brook-trout spawning stream in Westchester, and it boasts 654 acres of diverse habitat. Possible sightings could include Blue-winged Warbler, Warbling Vireo, Wood Duck, Double-crested Cormorant, and Great Blue Heron among others. Wednesday, May 7, 7:30-9:30am. Cost: Free. Level of Difficulty: Easy. Please email Susan to register: info@bedfordaudubon.org See more details •	8	9	10 Garden Open House and Habitat Renewal Garden Open House and Habitat Renewal May 10, 2025 @ 11:00 am - 1:00 pm Bedford Audubon Society, 35 Todd Rd, Katonah, NY 10536, USA Garden days are here! You’ll have double the fun by joining us for this month’s Habitat Renewal Day and our Native Habitat Garden Open House! Naturalist and Board Member Steve Ricker is looking for volunteers to join him to dig in and enhance the quality of the rare habitat that surrounds Bylane Farm. While working on projects in our native habitat garden or the sanctuary beyond it, Steve will share tips on discerning native plants from invasives and explain the importance of this work in supporting wildlife. At the same time, Garden Committee members will be on site to share the philosophy of the garden and answer questions so you can turn your yard into a thriving habitat. Saturday, May 10, 11:00am-1:00pm. Cost: Free. Level of Difficulty (for Habitat Renewal Work): Easy-moderate. Please email Susan to register: info@bedfordaudubon.org See more details •
11	12	13 Field Trip to Central Park Field Trip to Central Park May 13, 2025 @ 7:15 am - 1:30 pm Central Park, New York, NY, USA Come with us to an 843-acre park that is a major stopover for migrating birds... Join Naturalist Tait Johansson for his perennially popular Field Trip to Central Park, a green oasis in an urban setting that provides diverse habitat for birds to rest and refuel on their migratory journeys. We’ll be on the lookout for flycatchers, cuckoos, warblers, vireos, kinglets, tanagers, grosbeaks, and other songbirds, along with Black-crowned Night-Heron. We will stop at the boathouse where you can buy lunch or bring your own, if you prefer. Tuesday, May 13, 7:15am-1:30pm. Cost: Free. Level of Difficulty: Easy. Please email Susan to register: info@bedfordaudubon.org See more details •	14	15 Third Thursday's Bird Walk Third Thursday's Bird Walk May 15, 2025 @ 7:30 am - 9:30 am Cross River Reservoir, New York, USA Fun Fact: Sometimes a Cliff Swallow may lay eggs in its own nest and then carry one of its eggs in its bill and put it in another female's nest. Join Naturalist Tait Johansson for his Third Thursday’s Bird Walk near the Cross River Dam where we’re sure to find a colony of Cliff Swallows! Indigo Buntings and Blue-winged Warblers nest in the area, so maybe we’ll catch a glimpse of them! This walk is likely to fill up so please register soon. Thursday, May 15, 7:30am-9:30am. Cost: Free. Level of Difficulty: Easy. Please email Susan to register: info@bedfordaudubon.org See more details •	16 Lewisboro Land Trust Toddler Spring Celebration Lewisboro Land Trust Toddler Spring Celebration May 16, 2025 @ 9:30 am - 10:30 am Bedford Audubon Society, 35 Todd Rd, Katonah, NY 10536, USA More information to follow. This program is in partnership with Lewisboro Land Trust and registration will be taken through Eventbrite. See more details •	17 Field Trip to Sterling Forest Field Trip to Sterling Forest May 17, 2025 @ 7:00 am - 12:00 pm Sterling Forest State Park, 116 Old Forge Rd, Tuxedo Park, NY 10987, USA Follow the madness north with us. Migration Madness continues with Naturalist Tait Johansson’s Field Trip to Sterling Forest, an unbroken deep-forest habitat important for the survival of many resident and migratory bird species. On this trip last year, Tait recorded sightings of Black-billed and Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Double-crested Cormorant, Eastern Wood-Pewee, Great Crested Flycatcher, Ovenbird, and too many warblers to count! Saturday, May 17, 7:00am-12:00pm. Cost: Free. Level of Difficulty: Moderate. Please email Susan to register: info@bedfordaudubon.org See more details •
18	19 Bylane Book Club: The Tree Collectors by Amy Stewart Bylane Book Club: The Tree Collectors by Amy Stewart May 19, 2025 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm Bedford Audubon Society, 35 Todd Rd, Katonah, NY 10536, USA Our May read will be The Tree Collectors: Tales of Arboreal Obsession by Amy Stewart, a "beautifully illustrated love letter to trees and the people whose lives have been transformed by them". When Amy Stewart discovered a community of tree collectors, she expected to meet horticultural fanatics driven to plant every species of oak or maple. But she also discovered that the urge to collect trees springs from something deeper and more profound: a longing for community, a vision for the future, or a path to healing and reconciliation. Let us know if you want to join the discussion! Email Susan to register: info@bedfordaudubon.org See more details •	20 Migration Madness Bird Walk: Washington St, Carmel Migration Madness Bird Walk: Washington St, Carmel May 20, 2025 @ 7:00 am - 9:00 am Washington Road, Washington Rd, Carmel Hamlet, NY 10512, USA Follow the flock – branching out for migration madness! Join Naturalist Tait Johansson to northern stretch of our territory in Carmel to explore a local Birding Hotspot: West Branch Reservoir at Washington Street. This stretch of about a mile of wooded dirt road along the southwest shore of the reservoir between Mahopac and Carmel has some very good habitat for migrant songbirds and waterbirds. Tuesday, May 20, 7:00-9:00am. Cost: Free. Level of Difficulty: Easy. Please email Susan to register: info@bedfordaudubon.org See more details •	21 Migration Madness: Marsh Sanctuary, Mount Kisco Migration Madness: Marsh Sanctuary, Mount Kisco May 21, 2025 @ 7:00 am - 9:00 am Marsh Sanctuary, B Rd, Mt Kisco, NY 10549, USA Have you ever seen a face-off between two adult male Orchard Orioles? Come for Migration Madness at Marsh Sanctuary and maybe history will repeat itself. On this trip in 2024, Naturalist Tait Johansson saw just that and reported it on his eBird list! Don’t miss this exploration of the 156-acre sanctuary that is home to the largest freshwater marsh in Westchester County... we’ll be searching resident Blue-winged Warbler and Rose-breasted Grosbeak and other migrating songbirds. Maybe we’ll even see a Common Loon (which was heard doing the “laughing” call several times last May! Wednesday, May 21, 7:00-9:00am. Cost: Free. Level of Difficulty: Easy. Please email Susan to register: info@bedfordaudubon.org See more details Annual Meeting and WESEF Presentations Annual Meeting and WESEF Presentations May 21, 2025 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Katonah Village Library, 26 Bedford Rd, Katonah, NY 10536, USA It’s that time of year... The annual Bedford Audubon Annual Meeting of the Members is all about conservation! The evening will begin with highlights from our year followed by board elections. You must be a Bedford Audubon in good standing to vote in our board elections. If you can’t attend the meeting, you can vote by proxy. Please email LINDA?? to obtain a proxy. To join Bedford Audubon or renew your membership online, please click here or call the office at 914-232-1999. The business portion of the meeting will be followed by a presentation from students whose science research projects have won the Bedford Audubon Award at the Regeneron Westchester Science and Engineering Fair (WESEF). The award goes to two scholars whose research projects best exemplify Bedford Audubon’s mission and purpose “to promote conservation and protection of wildlife through education, advocacy, nature study, and/or ornithology". This year, Reese Caparelli will present Pitch Perfect: Song Sparrows (Melospiza Melodia) Adjust the Frequency of Their Song in Response to Anthropogenic Noise and Mikinley Scherpf will present Impact of Human Proximity and Incubation Period on Reproductive Outcomes in Eastern Bluebirds: An Analysis of Hatch and Fledge Rates. We hope you'll join us! Wednesday, May 21, 6:30pm (Annual Meeting); 7:00pm (Lecture). Katonah Village Library Garden Room. See more details • •	22 Migration Madness Bird Walk: North County Trailway, Yorktown Heights Migration Madness Bird Walk: North County Trailway, Yorktown Heights May 22, 2025 @ 7:00 am - 9:00 am North County Rail Trail Parking - Yorktown, Yorktown Heights, NY 10598, USA Next stop for Migration Madness… Yorktown! Following the route of the former New York Central Railroad’s Putnam Division line, this section of the North County Trailway is a prime local hot spot for spring migrants! Last year we recorded 33 species including Osprey, Peregrine Falcon, Double-crested Cormorant, Yellow-billed Cuckoo and so many more! Come discover what we’ll find this year, as Naturalist Tait Johannson leads the search on this restored rail trail that crosses the New Croton Reservoir. Thursday, May 23, 7:00-9:00am. Cost: Free. Level of Difficulty: Easy. Please email Susan to register: info@bedfordaudubon.org See more details •	23	24
25 Bird Banding Demonstration Bird Banding Demonstration May 25, 2025 @ 8:00 am - 10:00 am Bedford Audubon Society, 35 Todd Rd, Katonah, NY 10536, USA Band together for birds... Every summer, Naturalist Tait Johansson manages an active Monitoring Avian Productivity & Survivorship (MAPS) station in our Hunt-Parker Sanctuary to collect data about birds in our area. The MAPS program is a continent-wide collaborative research project led by the Institute for Bird Populations. Information collected helps scientists understand which life-stages may be most important in driving bird population change. Learn more about MAPS and Bedford Audubon’s role at a Bird Banding Demonstration at Bylane Farm – Tait and a team of volunteers will actually band birds, explaining every step along the way with birds in hand. This is a family-friendly event, but children must be accompanied by an adult. Sunday, May 25, 8:00-10:00am. Cost: Free but donations are welcome to help support this research. Please email Susan to register: info@bedfordaudubon.org See more details •	26	27	28	29	30	31