Registration is required, please register here.

This is an all-day trip, please pack your own lunch. Meet at Staples Parking Lot in Riverhead at 8:00am, from there we will carpool to Jamaica Bay and arrive around 10am. We will be birding both East and West Ponds and then have a lunch break. After lunch we will head over to Fort Tilden where we expect to see migrating raptors. We hope to see ducks, passerines, some shorebirds, and migrating monarch butterflies. At the end of the day we will have dinner in Howard Beach before heading back. We should be arriving back in Riverhead by 8pm.

Location: Jamaica Bay

Photo: Common Merganser by J. Jensen

Registration is required. To register please call 631-854-0378, or email OMH@suffolkcountyny.gov

Join the Suffolk County Department of Health, Office of Minority Health, Suffolk County Parks and Eastern Long Island Audubon in a community walk with health professionals & environmental conservationists. We will chat about health and how to access to clean outdoor spaces, can impact us and the environment. You can ask health questions, bird watch, & learn about preserving our Long Island Sound.

Location: Sears Bellows County Park

Photo: Mallard by J. Jensen

Registration is required. Please register here.

Join us for a special event in collaboration with the Oysterponds Historical Society, and science educator John Holzapfel, as we explore the fascinating collection of Roy Latham’s journals. Discover the life, legacy, and meticulous observations of one of the region’s most dedicated naturalists and historian through a PowerPoint presentation and a tour of the Roy Latham exhibit at the museum.

Location: Oysterponds Historical Society’s Schoolhouse

Registration is required. Please register here.

Bring the family as we listen and look for owls at Inlet Pond County Park. Tom Damiani will present a short PowerPoint program focusing on the owls that we might find around the East End.  We will then strike out into the field to call for owls and hopefully get some to call back and maybe even see a few! Be sure to wear comfortable shoes and bring a flashlight to use only when necessary.

Tickets are $10 per person or $15 for a couple/family

Photo: Great Horned Owl 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, at Downs Farm Preserve from 8 - 10am.

Photo: Red-bellied Woodpecker by J. Jensen

Registration is required, please register here.

Join us as Dick Cartwright guides us through North Fork Preserve. We’ll be on the lookout for seasonal visitors like Buffleheads, Red-breasted Mergansers, and Golden-crowned Kinglets. All are welcome—bring your binoculars and dress warmly!

Location : North Fork Preserve

Photo: Mallard by J. Jensen

Registration is required, please register here

November is a great time to observe migrating and overwintering birds on the North Fork. We hope to find species such as Hooded Merganser and Fox Sparrows

Location: Broad Cove Preserve

Photo: Hooded Merganser by J. Jensen