Brooklyn Bird Club Field Trips August/September 2010 Schedule

Information and Registration

No registration is required for Prospect Park or Green-Wood Cemetery trips. For all other trips, advance registration is required; exact location and time of meeting will be provided at time of registration. Car pool fees are required for some trips and should be paid directly to your driver.

In noting the need to make trip registrations more manageable and fair, the BBC council has imposed these guidelines:

  • With the exception of Prospect Park and Green-wood Cemetery trips, a TWO-WEEK registration period will precede all trips.
  • Club members will be given first-priority for all trips except Prospect and Green-wood Cemetery. Nonmembers and guests are welcome on BBC trips but only if there is available space at the end of the registration period. Drivers, whether members or not, will normally have priority over non-drivers.
  • All trips have a limit of 18 people except weekend trips, which are limited to 12 unless otherwise noted. In addition, most car trips require lunch, water, appropriate clothes for seasonal weather, and all the essentials you require for day trips.
  • Please call registrars as early as possible within the registration period, and before 9 p.m. When registering by phone or email, please be sure to leave your phone number(s) so that we may contact you in the event of a schedule change.

    We hope these guidelines will facilitate the registration process in the fairest possible way.

     The registrar and information source for each trip is listed at the end of the trip description.

    Click the Snipe icon to get full information for each trip.



    • snipeSaturday, August 28th, A shorebird odyssey
    snipeSunday, August 29th, Prospect Park
    snipeSaturday, September 4th, Prospect Park
    snipeSaturday, September 11th, Jamaica Bay Refuge, Queens CANCELLED
    snipeAutumn Weekend, Sept 17th-19th Cape May, NJ
    snipeSunday, September 26th, Queens birding tour

    Prospect Park Bird 2-hour Sunday Walks: In addition to the trips listed above, on the first Sunday of every month the Brooklyn Bird Club participates in the Prospect Park Audubon Center's "First Sunday" two-hour walks. All walks leave from the Prospect Park Audubon Center at the Boathouse at 8 a.m.

    Prospect Park Thursday Walks: In addition to the weekend trips, Thursday walks in Prospect park are scheduled throughout September, led by Tom Stephenson except where noted. The dates are as follows:

    Sept 2nd Grand Army Plaza entrance (near Stranahan statue) 7 am
     Sept 9th Bartel Pritchard entrance 7 am (Peter Dorosh leading) NOTE THE START LOCATION
    Sept 16th Grand Army Plaza entrance (near Stranahan statue) 7 am
    Sept 23rd Grand Army Plaza entrance (near Stranahan statue) 7 am
    Sept 30th Bartel Pritchard entrance 7 am (Peter Dorosh leading) NOTE THE START LOCATION

    Jumping Birds




    snipeSaturday, August 28th, A shorebird odyssey

    Trip Leader: Peter Dorosh

    Focus: shorebirds in various Brooklyn /Queens locations

    Car Fee: $10.00

    Registrar: Peter Dorosh, Email Prosbird@aol.com or TEXT Message 347-622-3559

    Registration period: August 17th - August 26th

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    snipeSunday, August 29th, Prospect Park

    Meet 7 am at Grand Army Plaza entrance (Stranahan Statue)

    Trip Leader: Tom Stephenson

    Focus: early migrating fall passerines,flycatchers, warblers

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    snipeSaturday, September 4th, Prospect Park

    Meet 7 am at Bartel Pritchard Square entrance (16th St and PPSW Ave)

    Trip Leader: Peter Dorosh

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    snipeSaturday, September 11th, Jamaica Bay Refuge, Queens CANCELLED

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    snipeAutumn Weekend, Sept 17th-19th Cape May, NJ

    Trip Leader: Peter Dorosh

    Focus: peak migration, raptors, waterbirds,

    Car Fee: $150.00

    Registrar: Peter Dorosh, Email Prosbird@aol.com or TEXT Message 347-622-3559

    Registration period: July 1st - Sept 8th

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    snipeSunday, September 26th, Queens birding tour

    Trip Leader: Peter Dorosh

    Focus: continuing passerine migration, sparrows

    Car Fee: $15.00

    Registrar: Peter Dorosh, Email Prosbird@aol.com or TEXT Message 347-622-3559

    Registration period: Sept 14th - Sept 23rd

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