Registration is required, please register here.
Tom will guide us through this nature trail that meanders through beach, dune, wetland and forest habitats.
Location: Sound View Dunes Park
Photo: Barn Swallow by J. Jensen
Registration is required, please register here.
It is International Migratory Bird Day weekend! Click here to learn more about insects and their importance to migrating birds.
MaryLaura Lamont will be our guide this week as we explore this eBird Hotspot, which offers a diversity of habitats from agricultural fields, mixed woods and bluffs leading to the Long Island Sound.
Location: Hallock State Park Preserve
Photo: World Migratory Bird Day 2024, Environment for the Americas
Registration is required, please register here.
Spring migration is here! This week Tom will take us to Granttham Preserve, we hope to see sparrows, hawks (Red-Tailed) and warblers (Palm or Yellow Warblers).
Location: Granttham Preserve
Photo: White-throated Sparrow by J. Jensen
Registration is required, please register here.
Jody Levin will be our guide this week as we explore Jack Levin Preserve
Location: Jack Levin (Arshamamoque) Preserve, Greenport
Photo: Eastern Towhee by J. Jensen
This is a zoom presentation. Registration is required, please register here.
Long Island has a wide variety of birds and the songbirds are some of the most beautiful to see and to hear. Using photos and records, Dianne Taggart (long time LI birder) will tell us all about the Songbirds of LI!
Dianne had been birding on LI for over 35 years. Now retired, she spends time spreading the love of birds and birding. She speaks at libraries, Audubon chapters and anywhere anyone wants to learn about our birds.
Photo: Yellow Warbler by J. Jensen
Registration is required, please register here.
Are you curious about bird watching, but don’t know the first thing about how to do it? Or have you ever been on a birding field trip and said to yourself “this stuff is for the birds,” meaning I’m not seeing what everybody else is seeing! Or maybe you’re thinking “I can’t see anything through these binoculars,” etc.
Well, now you can join Tom Damiani on “small group” field trips with a focus on effectively using binoculars, finding birds using them, and finding the best habitats for birds.
These outings will be held on the first Wednesday of each month, 8 - 10 AM. The bird walk location will be Laurel Lake Preserve.
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Rain gardens are easy to install and maintain, look good year-round and help prevent water pollution.
Planted with native species, these shallow depressions soak up stormwater and support trees, shrubs and flowers that tolerate both wet and dry conditions. Best of all, they provide wildlife habitat that restores ecological balance to our landscapes.
This workshop covers the basics of designing and installing rain gardens, including how to:
Evaluate, amend and prepare the soil
Calculate the best dimensions for the natural irrigation source
Select and maintain the native species
Robin Simmen is a landscape designer and environmental educator who focuses on native plants, sustainable horticulture, and water conservation. Formerly with Brooklyn Botanic Garden and Cornell Cooperative Extension, she holds a B.A. from Cornell University and a masters degree from Conway School of Landscape Design. She is currently a board member and chair of the landscape committee at North Fork Audubon Society.
Registration is required, please register here.
Join us for our monthly bird walk with Tom Damiani. This month we will explore North Fork Preserve County Park in Riverhead.
Location: North Fork Preserve County Park
Meet at parking lot at end of drive next to Clubhouse
Photo: Yellow-rumped Warbler by J.Jensen
Join North Fork Audubon Board Member Ellen Birenbaum, M.D. for a presentation reviewing the science of co-evolution of native plants, insects and birds, the nutritional properties of berries by season, and describing in detail the wide range of berry-producing trees and shrubs that are native to the North Fork.
For information visit https://floydmemoriallibrary.org/
Registration is required, please register here.
The Long Island Natural History Conference is the largest regional forum for the exchange of information about Long Island’s natural history. The annual event brings together Long Island’s leading naturalists to exchange current information, identifies research and management needs, and encourages collaborations and a greater region-wide interest in Long Island’s natural history.
Make sure to stop at our table!
Registration is required, please register here.
Tom Damiani will be our guide this month. We hope to see sparrows, hawks (Red-Tailed) and possibly some early migrating warblers (Palm or Yellow Warblers).
Location: Granttham Preserve
The preserve is located just to the west of Briermere Farms, there are small signs indicating that it is a Peconic Land Trust property, the parking lot is very small and participants may need to park along the road.
Photo: Red-Tailed Hawk by J. Jensen
Registration is required, please register here.
Are you curious about bird watching, but don’t know the first thing about how to do it? Or have you ever been on a birding field trip and said to yourself “this stuff is for the birds,” meaning I’m not seeing what everybody else is seeing! Or maybe you’re thinking “I can’t see anything through these binoculars,” etc.
Well, now you can join Tom Damiani on “small group” field trips with a focus on effectively using binoculars, finding birds using them, and finding the best habitats for birds.
These outings will be held on the first Wednesday of each month, 8 - 10 AM. The bird walk location will be Laurel Lake Preserve.
This is a zoom presentation. Registration is required, please register here.
Join Marina DeLuca, an Environmental Associate with Group for the East End to learn the local history of our beloved Osprey. Discover the history of this miracle bird's return from the brink of extinction, their unique adaptations, key identification markers, migration patterns and more. Learn about the Ospreys exciting return to the east end for the summer breeding season and ways to manage and prevent inopportune nesting.
Marina DeLuca graduated from Union College in 2020 with a B.S. in Biology and a B.A. in Music. She is currently an Environmental Associate with Group for the East End. During her time with The Group, Marina has been involved in projects ranging from biological monitoring, land use advocacy, ecological restoration and more. She has worked extensively on The Group's Osprey conservation initiatives and has become an avid birder.
Photo: Osprey by Jay McGowan/Macaulay Library
Registration is required, please register here.
Join us for our monthly bird walk with Tom Damiani. This month we will explore Paul Stoutenburgh Preserve in Southold. Please don’t get it confused with Arshamomaque Preserve in Greenport!
Location: Paul Stoutenburgh Preserve
Just to the west of Southold Fish Market, and across from the new State Boat Ramp in Southold
Photo: Woodpecker by M. Shimura
Registration is required, please register here.
Are you curious about bird watching, but don’t know the first thing about how to do it? Or have you ever been on a birding field trip and said to yourself “this stuff is for the birds,” meaning I’m not seeing what everybody else is seeing! Or maybe you’re thinking “I can’t see anything through these binoculars,” etc.
Well, now you can join Tom Damiani on “small group” field trips with a focus on effectively using binoculars, finding birds using them, and finding the best habitats for birds.
These outings will be held on the first Wednesday of each month, 8 - 10 AM. The bird walk location will be Laurel Lake Preserve.
This is a zoom presentation. Registration is required, please register here.
Why does one get involved in creating and monitoring bluebird nest box trails? Find out the why, how, where and when Tom Damiani did just that. Through a PowerPoint Presentation, Tom will show all the particulars about bluebird trails, and even how you can provide bluebirds with a nesting site and maybe even a winter refuge on your property.
Photo: Bluebird hatchling by Peggy Lauber
Registration is required, please register here.
We are having a special Friday Morning Afternoon Birders! We will be exploring Cranberry Bog Nature Preserve in Riverhead with our guide John Turner. After our walk there is an optional visit to look for Short-eared Owls in Calverton.
Location: Cranberry Bog Nature Preserve in Riverhead
Photo: Northern Mockingbird by J.Jensen
This is a zoom presentation. Registration is required, please register here.
Learn about the size of the deer problem in Southold, tick species, deer culling
program, methods for controlling deer, cooperative community efforts to control
deer, recent legislation signed by Gov. Hochul to help combat the deer problem,
and more.
Guest speakers:
John Rasweiler, Deer Management Task Force Member
Craig Jobes, Environmental Analyst, Town of Southold
Greg Dorowski, Southold Town Board Member and Liaison to the Deer Management Task Force
Arnold Blair, Deer Management Task Force Member, Chair to the NPPOA Deer Committee
Photo: Deer herd on the North Fork by Keith Bell
Registration is required, please register here.
Evelyn Alexander Wildlife Rescue is hosting a Wildlife Rehabilitation Training!
NFAS receives many phone calls about injured animals. We want to create a list of volunteers to help these injured animals and if needed transport them to Evelyn Alexander Wildlife Rescue Center.
The training will include how to safely rescue and transport injured wildlife.
Topics include:
When to rescue and when to leave alone
Supplies and equipment needed
Legal issues
Safely containing injured animals
After the training you can apply to be a rescue/transport volunteer.
Photo: Long-eared owl by Emma Sanwald
Registration is required. Please register here.
Dune Road is a great place to see many species of birds including wintering ducks and some late migrating feathered friends.
Location: Dune Road
Meet at Staples parking lot in Riverhead
Photo: Titmouse by M. Shimura
Registration is required, please register here
Location: Inlet Pond County Park
Beginner birders of all ages welcome! Led by local nature educator Kyra Leonardi.
Learn how to participate in this global bird count while enjoying a walk through beautiful Inlet Pond County Park to Long Island Sound. https://www.birdcount.org
Registration is required. Please register here.
Ben Bolduc is leading our walk this month.
We hope to spot Common Loon, Common Goldeneye, or Long-tailed Duck.
Location: Orient Point County Park
(Parking lot on north side of Route 25, across from Cross Sound Ferry ticket office)
Photo: Blue Jay by Jacob Jensen
This is a zoom presentation, registration is required. Please register here.
A discussion about the Marsh Hawk, Snow Fleas and Staghorn Sumac also short quotes from A Nature Journal by Dennis Puleston and a note about Paul Stoutenburgh.
Photo: Marsh Hawk
Registration is required, Please register here.
We will be looking for winter waterfowl and other wintering birds, as well as year round residents
Location Peconic Bay Boulevard
Meet at Veterans Park in Mattituck
Photo: Common Loon by M.Shimura/Mattituck Inlet
Families are welcome, as Kyra explores the Sound beach at Inlet Pond County Park in search of Winter Ducks. Dress warm, hot chocolate will be served after the walk.
Surf Scoter female. Photo by Certhian Photography/Shutterstock
Registration is required. Please register here.
Dick Cartwright will be our guide this month as we explore North Fork Preserve County Park. Dick is retired from the US Geological Survey, where he installed and operated real-time, continuous water quality monitors in many of Long Island’s estuaries. A life-long birder, he has also recently begun photographing birds.
Location: North Fork Preserve County Park
We’ll meet in the parking lot by the Clubhouse (at the end of the drive)
Photo: American Kestrel by Bryan Calk/Macaulay Library
Registration is required, please register here.
Come join us for our monthly bird walk with Tom. We will be looking for winter ducks, Yellow-Rumped Warblers and Great Blue Herons.
Location: Indian Island County Park
Meet at parking lot just past the check-in booth at the entrance to the park. NOT the entrance to the golf course.
We had a extremely productive year, and we wouldn't have accomplished the many things we did without the hard work and dedication of over 150 passionate shorebird, garden and trail volunteers, bird walk leaders, program presenters, camp counselors, educators, nonprofit organizations and others who contributed to the success of our programs
Click here for the list of honorees.
We will be presenting special thanks to “Honoree of the Year” Tom Damiani, who leads our Tuesdays with Tom bird walks and is a longtime member and former Board member.
All attendees are eligible to participate in a drawing for the recently reissued Birds of America Baby Elephant Folio that presents all 435 of John James Audubon’s brilliant hand-colored engravings in exquisite reproductions, derived from the original plates of the rare Double Elephant Folio.
Wine, cheese, and empanadas will be served.
RSVP here to attend.
Registration is required. Please register here.
Families are welcome, as Kyra explores the Sound beach at Inlet Pond County Park in search of Winter Ducks.
Photo: Surf Scoter by Thomas Biteau/Macaulay Library
Registration is required. Please register here for either session.
Two sessions: 9 — 11 AM and 2 - 4 PM
Centre Island Bird Sanctuary is a brand new nonprofit organization, founded in January 2023. They operate entirely on the water on boats that are currently located in Greenport for the winter season. One of the vessels, Easy Street, can comfortably accommodate 10-15 people and has a heated cabin. Tours will depart from Safe Harbor Marina in Greenport.
Photo: Bufflehead by Jay McGowan/Macaulay Library
