Program Calendar

Fall migration is the perfect time to visit this first-class birding hot spot on the Jersey Shore. Our Naturalist-in-Residence, Tait Johansson, will maximize your experience by leading you to a variety of habitats across Cape May in search of migrating raptors, migratory and resident passerines and waterbirds. On this trip, we can expect to encounter over a hundred different bird species and explore a range of habitat locations.

This trip is timed to coincide with peak migration for some raptors (including Peregrine, American Kestrel, Osprey and more), and many, many species of landbirds are possible including 15+ different warblers and a big, spectacular flock of thousands of Tree Swallows is likely. Other species include interesting waterbirds such as: Black Scoter, Caspian Tern, Parasitic Jaeger, and many others.

The exact itinerary for the weekend will be crafted closer to the departure date in order to optimize specific birding locations based on the most updated migration information. Possible locations include Cape May Point, Higbee Beach, Cox Hall Creek Wildlife Management area, the Hawkwatch platform in West Cape May, South Cape May Meadows, and/or several others.

The program fee for this trip is $150 (members); $185 (non-members and we’ll credit $35 toward an annual membership). The fee does not include hotel, transportation, or meals.

Fall migration is the perfect time to visit this first-class birding hot spot on the Jersey Shore. Our Naturalist-in-Residence, Tait Johansson, will maximize your experience by leading you to a variety of habitats across Cape May in search of migrating raptors, migratory and resident passerines and waterbirds. On this trip, we can expect to encounter over a hundred different bird species and explore a range of habitat locations.

This trip is timed to coincide with peak migration for some raptors (including Peregrine, American Kestrel, Osprey and more), and many, many species of landbirds are possible including 15+ different warblers and a big, spectacular flock of thousands of Tree Swallows is likely. Other species include interesting waterbirds such as: Black Scoter, Caspian Tern, Parasitic Jaeger, and many others.

The exact itinerary for the weekend will be crafted closer to the departure date in order to optimize specific birding locations based on the most updated migration information. Possible locations include Cape May Point, Higbee Beach, Cox Hall Creek Wildlife Management area, the Hawkwatch platform in West Cape May, South Cape May Meadows, and/or several others.

The program fee for this trip is $150 (members); $185 (non-members and we’ll credit $35 toward an annual membership). The fee does not include hotel, transportation, or meals.

Fall migration is the perfect time to visit this first-class birding hot spot on the Jersey Shore. Our Naturalist-in-Residence, Tait Johansson, will maximize your experience by leading you to a variety of habitats across Cape May in search of migrating raptors, migratory and resident passerines and waterbirds. On this trip, we can expect to encounter over a hundred different bird species and explore a range of habitat locations.

This trip is timed to coincide with peak migration for some raptors (including Peregrine, American Kestrel, Osprey and more), and many, many species of landbirds are possible including 15+ different warblers and a big, spectacular flock of thousands of Tree Swallows is likely. Other species include interesting waterbirds such as: Black Scoter, Caspian Tern, Parasitic Jaeger, and many others.

The exact itinerary for the weekend will be crafted closer to the departure date in order to optimize specific birding locations based on the most updated migration information. Possible locations include Cape May Point, Higbee Beach, Cox Hall Creek Wildlife Management area, the Hawkwatch platform in West Cape May, South Cape May Meadows, and/or several others.

The program fee for this trip is $150 (members); $185 (non-members and we’ll credit $35 toward an annual membership). The fee does not include hotel, transportation, or meals.

Fall migration is the perfect time to visit this first-class birding hot spot on the Jersey Shore. Our Naturalist-in-Residence, Tait Johansson, will maximize your experience by leading you to a variety of habitats across Cape May in search of migrating raptors, migratory and resident passerines and waterbirds. On this trip, we can expect to encounter over a hundred different bird species and explore a range of habitat locations.

This trip is timed to coincide with peak migration for some raptors (including Peregrine, American Kestrel, Osprey and more), and many, many species of landbirds are possible including 15+ different warblers and a big, spectacular flock of thousands of Tree Swallows is likely. Other species include interesting waterbirds such as: Black Scoter, Caspian Tern, Parasitic Jaeger, and many others.

The exact itinerary for the weekend will be crafted closer to the departure date in order to optimize specific birding locations based on the most updated migration information. Possible locations include Cape May Point, Higbee Beach, Cox Hall Creek Wildlife Management area, the Hawkwatch platform in West Cape May, South Cape May Meadows, and/or several others.

The program fee for this trip is $150 (members); $185 (non-members and we’ll credit $35 toward an annual membership). The fee does not include hotel, transportation, or meals.

Take an hour out of your busy schedule for our October Nature Meditation with Master Reiki Practitioner and newly certified ANFT Forest Therapy Guide, Catherine Downs. We start with a seated, guided reiki inspired meditation, and finish with an immersive slow walk in the garden and sanctuary focusing on using the senses to connect to the natural world around us. The session will take place outdoors in the lower part of our Hunt-Parker Sanctuary

Thursday, October 10, 10:00-11:00am. Cost: Free. Level of Difficulty: Easy-Moderate (may include an incline on the trail). Please email Susanto register: info@bedfordaudubon.org 

Volunteers needed! Roll up your sleeves and get stuck in with Naturalist and Board Member Steve Ricker who leads this vital restoration work to enhance the quality of the rare habitat that surrounds Bylane Farm.Various projects are underway, and work may include transplanting native plants, removing invasive vines and rescuing native habitats from other invasive species. At the start of the session, Steve will provide tips to discern native plants from invasives and will be happy to answer questions as we work.  

Tools and gloves will be provided, or you can bring your own (loppers and hand pruners are the most used tools). Plants with thorns, and poison ivy may be present. 

Saturday, October 12, 11:00am-12:30pm. Cost: Free. Level of Difficulty: Easy-moderate. Let us know you’re coming by emailing Susan to register: info@bedfordaudubon.org. 

For the final time this year, the Friends of Lasdon Park and Arboretum have invited our Naturalist Tait Johansson to lead aguided Bird Walk at Lasdon. Tait will be especially on the lookout for Winter Wren, Blue-headed Vireo, Ruby-crowned Kinglet and Golden-crowned Kinglet as we explore Lasdon’s 234-acre property consisting ofwoodlands, open grass meadows and formal gardens with flower and shrub specimens from all over the world. 

Saturday, October 19, 8:00-10:00am. Cost: Free. Levelof Difficulty: Easy-Moderate. Registration is limited, no walk-ins will be accepted. Please register on the Friends website: https://www.lasdonpark.org/event/audubon-bird-walk/2024-10-19/

Hawkwatch continues through mid-November so if you haven’t yet made it to the platform, you don’t want to miss our popular Breakfast with the Hawks at Chestnut Ridge, high above I-684. Naturalist Tait Johansson, Counter Rich Aracil and Director of Conservation and Wildlife Management at Westmoreland Sanctuary Steve Ricker will be on hand to “show and tell” what we are seeing.  This much-loved event is timed to take advantage of peak Red-shouldered Hawk migration and is perfect for families. (All children must be accompanied by an adult.) It’s also the time of year for a better chance ofseeing a Golden Eagle! This event is cosponsored by Westmoreland Sanctuary.

Sunday, October 20, 9:00-11:00am. Cost: Free. Level of Difficulty: Moderate – the trail to the platform is about 1/4 mile, and somewhat steep in parts, with exposed root and rocks, including some smaller loose rocks in places. Please email Susan to  register: info@bedfordaudubon.org 

Join Naturalist Tait Johansson on the eastern shore of the Hudson River for a fall Field Trip to Croton Point Park. A capped landfill now makes up a 504-acre park, a vast meadow abundant in species of birds and butterflies. Late October is migration time here for many sparrow species, including some more sought-out species like Vesper Sparrow and White-crowned Sparrow, and the large grassland at Croton Point should hold open-country species like Northern Harrier, American Pipit, and Horned Lark.

Thursday, October 24, 8:00am-12:00pm. Cost: Free.  Levelof Difficulty: Easy. Please email Susan to register:  info@bedfordaudubon.org