Date: 5/11/25 2:33 pm From: Naomi Lloyd via groups.io <naomi_kestrel...> Subject: [hmbirds] Upcoming field trips: 5/17, 5/18, 5/19
This weekend: two annual favorites and a new location!
Century Run
When
17 May 2025
Location
NYS Region 8
Compiler: Larry Alden 518-495-6535 <overlook...>
This is the Club’s 79th consecutive Century Run, where teams of birders try to find as many species of birds as possible on count day within the eleven county NYS Region 8. Each group must stay together and jointly identify species reported. The Century Run is not so much a field trip, but a challenge where you or your group tries to identify as many birds as possible within a set 24-hour period. A good Century Run (so named for the goal of reaching a “century”, or at least 100 species) calls for proper planning to hit a wide variety of habitats at the best time. Some groups try to cover the whole HMBC area; others limit themselves to a smaller geographic area – a single county, town, etc. Also, there is nothing that says you can’t go out on your own and bird where you want and at your own pace to see what you can find. Groups informally compete for bragging rights, but the results do provide a good snapshot of what birds can be found in our area in a single day.
Reports should be emailed to the compiler by May 25 in order to be counted and published in “Feathers”, the Club newsletter. Reports should include the following: species identified, hours afield, team members, and geographical areas (counties) covered. Also, please send an email to the HMBirds group (groups.io/ g/hmbirds/messages) with the total number of species observed, and highlights for your group.
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Schodack Island State Park
When
18 May 2025
7:30 AM
Location
Schodack Island State Park
Coordinator: TBA
Schodack Island State Park sits along the eastern shore of the Hudson River just south of Castleton-on-Hudson. Approximately seven miles of Hudson River and Schodack Creek shoreline bound the 1,052-acre site. A portion of the park shelters a Bird Conservation Area (BCA) that is home to Cerulean Warblers and a Great Blue Heron rookery. Resident songbirds are plentiful. Previous Club trips have seen about 50 species, including a dozen or more warbler species. Keep your windows open as you drive along the park entrance, it is a very “birdy” stretch of road. Depending upon where the Cerulean Warblers are nesting, we will walk about 3-4 miles along level paths.
Meet at 7:30 a.m. at the Schodack Island State Park main parking lot at its south end. There is no admission fee before 8:00 a.m.
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Gray's Crossing - Malta
When
19 May 2025
8:00 AM
Location
Gray's Crossing - Malta
Coordinator: David Massa, <davidpmassa...> 518-369-9100
Enjoy a warbler walk at this Malta town park looking for spring migrants and summer residents starting to nest.
Meet at Gray's Crossing on Northline Rd in Malta at 8AM.
