NYSOA conducts field trips to great birding hotspots around New York State. Watch our home page for announcements. In most cases we offer a workshop on Saturday followed by a field trip on Sunday. Workshops are open to the public. The number of participants for each field trip is limited and individual/family members of NYSOA are given priority. Be sure to register early - most field trips fill up quickly!
Bicknell's Thrush,
Whiteface Mountain -
July 8, 2012 photo by
Tommy Kirby, age 15
Our field trips have included the following, each Sunday outing preceded by a Saturday workshop focusing on the trip's target species:
Note:
Many member clubs/organizations around the state offer exciting
field trips regularly.
For information on additional trips in the areas that interest
you, take a look at our Member Clubs/Organizations page,
where you will find a map of New York State and a list of bird
clubs/organizations in each region, along with contact information
and links to individual club/organization websites.
NYSOA Annual MeetingUPDATED 10/7/24
NYSOA's annual business meeting is held during a weekend conference that is open to the public and hosted by a NYSOA member club. This annual event brings
together birders from across the state and beyond who come to develop new birding friendships, renew old ones, hear excellent speakers, and explore birding opportunities away from their home turf. The weekend offers attendees a variety
of social, educational, and birding activities. The business meeting segment of the weekend is attended by delegates of member
clubs/organizations and includes elections and new club/organization membership approvals, as well as committee reports and
other matters.
Looking ahead
78th
Annual Meeting (2025): We will once again have a full weekend in-person conference, hosted by Cayuga Bird Club at the Ithaca Downtown Conference Center September 19-21, 2025.
~ Keynote Speaker: Peter Kaestner,
In Search of the Orange-tufted Spiderhunter
~ Explore the Cornell Lab of Ornithology Visitor Center
~ Field Trips to Area Hotspots
~ Afternoon Papers Session
~ and more!
Past Annual Meetings
77th
Annual Meeting (2024): The 2024 NYSOA Annual Meeting was held via Zoom on September 15, 2024. In addition to the business agenda, author and photographer Scott Harris, whose recent book RaptorQuest: Chasing America's Raptors, documents his journey to photograph all the raptors in North America, made a presentation.
76th
Annual Meeting (2023): The conference was hosted in Westchester by Saw Mill River Audubon September 22-24, 2023 and set a new record for number of attendees. In spite of the rainy weather, 330 people enjoyed a broad range of activities, many even braving the "rain or shine" field trips!
Taking Flight: Birding In The Catskills 2018 - Friday-Sunday, May 25-27, 2018 Location: The unique and luxurious Emerson Resort in Mount Tremper, New York.
Scott Whittle and Tom Stephenson, authors of The Warbler Guide, have made this a Warbler Weekend, from Scott’s Friday afternoon What the Hell’s A Warbler? workshop and photography field walk, through their Saturday night Keynote presentation, to their Sunday pre-breakfast Birdsong walk.
Tod Winston from National Audubon and the New York City Audubon Society presents Friday night’s Keynote.
On Saturday, the topic of conservation will be front and center with Tod's Planting For Birds workshop, and NYSOA’s Greg Lawrence will host a bird conservation workshop.
The ever-popular 4:30 am Bicknell’s Thrush hike with BITH guide Steve Chorvas will be offered again, this time up Hunter Mountain instead of Slide. And for the first time, we will also offer an 8 am trip on the Hunter Mountain SkyRide to see what birds we find at the highest elevations of the Catskills.
As always, the Cornell Lab of O will provide assistance with eBird and Merlin apps. There will be a Beginning Birder workshop, a presentation on Peregrine Falcons, Richard Guthrie will make an appearance, and and more!
For the full schedule and registration, check out the Catskill Center's website or call the Catskill Center at 845-586-2611.
NYSOA conducts field trips to great birding hotspots around New York State. Watch our 
