Brooklyn Bird Club Field Trips Winter/Early Spring 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, January 9th, Croton Point Preserve, Croton on Harmon, NY
    snipe January 15th -17th Winter weekend trip: Cape May region, New Jersey
    snipe Sunday, January 17th, Region 10 (Brooklyn /Queens) Waterfowl Count
    snipe Saturday, January 23rd, Long Island south shore expedition
    snipe Sunday, February 7th, Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, Queens
    snipeSunday, February 21st , Prospect Park
    snipeSaturday, March 6th, Western New Jersey
    snipeSaturday, March 13th, Calvert Vaux Park (Dreier-Offerman), Gravesend
    snipeSunday, March 21st, A Brooklyn Spring Profile: the Canarsie region
    snipeSunday, March 28th, A Staten Island expedition
    snipeSaturday, April 10th, Celebrating the Brooklyn Botanic Garden's Centennial year
    snipeThursday, April 15th, Prospect Park
    snipeSunday, April 18th, Prospect Park
    snipeThursday, April 22nd, Prospect Park
    snipeSunday, April 25th, Central Park North Woods
    snipeThursday, April 29th, Prospect Park

    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.

    Jumping Birds

    snipe Saturday, January 9th, Croton Point Preserve, Croton on Harmon, NY

    Trip Leader: Paul Keim

    Focus: winter passerines, grass species, sparrows, raptors

    Car Fee: $30.00 ( or, travel can be done by Metronorth train)

    Registrar: Paul Keim 718-875-1151

    Registration period: December 29th - January 7th

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    snipe January 15th -17th Winter weekend trip: Cape May region, New Jersey

    Trip Leader: Glen Davis

    Focus: winter passerines, waterbirds, raptors, waterfowl, Cape May winterscapes

    Car Fee: $150.00

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

    Registration period: September 15th - January 3rd

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    snipe Sunday, January 17th, Region 10 (Brooklyn /Queens) Waterfowl Count

    Registrar: Peter Dorosh, Email Prosbird@aol.com or TEXT Message 347-622-3559 or Ron Bourque email ron.jean1@verizon.net

    Focus: Tallying waterfowl, ducks, seabird numbers for the NY State Ornithological Association and NYS Dept of Conservation in an all day excursion in locales west of the Marine Park bridge.

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    snipe Saturday, January 23rd, Long Island south shore expedition

    Trip Leader: Peter Dorosh

    Focus: coastal variety, winter passerines, waterbirds, raptors, waterfowl

    Car Fee: $25.00

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

    Registration period: January 12th - January 21st

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    snipe Sunday, February 7th, Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, Queens

    Trip Leader: Tom Preston

    Focus: waterfowl, coastal variety, winter passerines, waterbirds

    Car Fee: $15.00

    Registrar: Marisa Wohl, email marisaw@earthlink.net or call (718) 596-0285 up to
    9 PM

    Registration period: January 26th - February 4th

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    snipeSunday, February 21st , Prospect Park

    Meet 9:00 am at Grand Army Plaza park entrance (Stranahan Statue)

    Leader: Gabriel Willow

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    snipeSaturday, March 6th, Western New Jersey

    Trip Leader: Bob Machover

    Focus: raptors, waterfowl, open field birds, returning winter passerines

    Car Fee: $35.00

    Registrar: Sandy Paci, email sandypaci@earthlink.net or Cell: 917-207-6691

    Registration period: February 23rd - March 4th

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    snipeSaturday, March 13th, Calvert Vaux Park (Dreier-Offerman), Gravesend

    Trip Leader: Mary Eyster

    Focus: raptors, waterfowl, open field birds, returning early spring passerines

    Car Fee: $12.00

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

    Registration period: March 2nd - March 11th

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    snipeSunday , March 21st, A Brooklyn Spring Profile: the Canarsie region

    Trip Leader: Peter Dorosh

    Focus: returning spring migrants, raptors, waterfowl, open field birds, sparrows,

    Car Fee: $12.00

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

    Registration period: March 9th - March 18th

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    snipeSunday, March 28th, A Staten Island expedition

    Trip Leader: Peter Dorosh

    Focus: coastal variety, early spring passerines, waterbirds, raptors, late winter waterfowl

    Car Fee: $22.00

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

    Registration period: March 16th - March 25th

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    snipeSaturday, April 10th, Celebrating the Brooklyn Botanic Garden's Centennial year

    Meet 10 am at the Eastern Parkway entrance

    Note: There is an admission fee; members get in free.

    Trip Leader: TBA

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    snipeThursday, April 15th, Prospect Park

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

    Trip Leader: Tom Stephenson

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    snipeSunday, April 18th, Prospect Park

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

    Trip Leader: TBA

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    snipeThursday, April 22nd, Prospect Park

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

    Trip Leader: Tom Stephenson

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    snipeSunday, April 25th, Central Park North Woods

    Meet 7:30AM at the Central Park entrance at CP West and 103rd Street, NYC

    Trip Leader: Sandy Paci

    Questions about the walk, contact Sandy at cell # 917-207-6691

    Nearest subway lines: Check www.hopstop.com for subway directions from your location.

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    snipeThursday, April 29th, Prospect Park

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

    Trip Leader: Tom Stephenson

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