Date: 6/17/25 6:08 pm From: Naomi Lloyd via groups.io <naomi_kestrel...> Subject: [hmbirds] Upcoming field trip: 6/21 and leader needed
This is the last of our spring field trips. Watch the calendar for possible summer walks!
A leader is needed for this trip. I have a potential leader for Sunday if no one volunteers to lead it Saturday.
In addition, I'm hoping someone more local would be able to take over this trip in the future. It's a bit out of my area and it would be nice to have more local experience. It's a breeding birds-focused trip, so the date can be more flexible if desired. Think it over!
Alfred Z Solomon Grasslands Trail
When
21 Jun 2025
8:00 AM
Location
Alfred Z Solomon Grasslands Trail
Coordinator:
Grassland Bird Trust’s Alfred Z Solomon Grassland Bird Viewing Area on the New York State Birding Trail, a premier destination for viewing wintering hawks and owls, is now open to the public! The newly-created trail has boardwalks allowing access to new areas to allow closer observation of breeding birds in this mixed open habitat. We will be looking to add species of breeding birds to the GBT’s data, including American Kestrel, Eastern Meadowlark, Bobolink, Eastern Bluebird, and Savannah Sparrow as well as resident flycatchers and warblers. Upland Sandpipers have been recorded breeding here some years. The new trail wanders down from the viewing platform across the fields to wetland and stream areas.
Meet at 8:00 a.m. at the Alfred Z Solomon Grassland Bird Viewing Area parking lot on County Rd 42, Fort Edward.
