Membership
for as little as $20
Programs
Field
Trips
Lenoir Nature Preserve
Lenoir Hawk Watch
Lenoir Butterfly Garden
History
of Lenoir
Westchester County Bird Checklist
Where to Bird in Westchester
Annotated List of Rare Sightings for
Westchester County
Guía a las Aves del Condado de Westchester
Audubon
en Español
Where to Bird Outside Westchester
Bronx Westchester Christmas Count
Project FeederWatch
Trip Reports
Yonkers Bird List
Updated for 2019!
Yonkers Butterfly
Checklist
Yonkers Dragonfly List
Volunteer Opportunities
Board Members and
Committees
In the Wild ... -
Articles from our
newsletter by
Mary Harrington
2001
Resolution Declaring Lenoir a Nature Preserve and Wildlife Sanctuary
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Upcoming
Chapter Meetings, Field Trips and Programs
Upcoming Virtual program
presentation:
Ants of Van Cortlandt Park
Wednesday
September 23, 2020
7:30 PM
Alex Byrne is our guest speaker, and his topic will be insects, particularly ants, and their effect on birds and other species, as well as on their landscape. Alex’ experience comes from his extensive research work with Van Cortlandt Park. His presentation will reveal the ant community structure at the Park, with a focus on the distribution patterns of carpenter ants, an important food source for birds, and how to understand the complex behavior in bird and fish groups.
If you wish to participate in any of our on-line programs, send an email to
hrasbirder@gmail.com
requesting access and sign-in information
Nature Walk at Lenoir
Debbi Dolan will lead a Nature Walk at Lenoir on
Sept 26 at 9 AM for maximum of 4 participants; pre-registration required and masks mandatory. Meet in front of the Lenoir Nature Center, 1 Dudley St, Yonkers. Contact Debbi at
turlan@optonline.net
Lenoir Hawk Watch
When: Every Saturday and Sunday starting at 10 AM (weather permitting)
Where: Lenoir Nature Preserve behind the Lenoir Mansion. Park at the mansion parking lot by using the "Ribbons of Remembrance" entrance on North Broadway.
Please pre-register by sending an email to hrasbirder@gmail.com
Much of our regular field trips are on hold, but not the Lenoir Hawk Watch!.
It is the perfect type of birding that we can do with social distancing.
We started our Lenoir Hawk Watch on Saturday August 15 with 8 Osprey migrating south. The Hawk Watch will continue Saturday and Sunday through till the middle of November.
Please bring a mask, binoculars, and a chair. We can watch the skies together. There is enough room to keep our distance.
For more information see Lenoir Hawk Watch
Hawk Day
Saturday, Oct 3rd 1:00 p.m.
Rain Date Sunday Oct 4
Lenoir Nature Preserve
19 Dudley St. Yonkers
Hawk Day, with Master Falconer James Eyring. Live demonstration of trained hawks and owls.. Learn hawk facts. See them up close.
This program will be outside and is limited to 20 participants 7 years and older. Masks and social distancing are required.
Pre-Registration is required by emailing request to attend to hrasbirder@gmail.com
Virtual Guided Tour of Audubon Murals:
Tuesday, Oct 6th 7:00-8:30 p.m.
A Zoom Webinar. The Audubon Bird Mural Project consists of murals of over 300 North American birds in NYC's Washington Heights neighborhood, where John James Audubon lived the last ten years of his life. Free. For a Zoom invitation, register at
www.sawmillriveraudubon.org/register/murals
Upcoming Virtual program presentation:
Central Park Nature
Wednesday
October 28, 2020
7:30 PM
Ken Chaya is an Instructor for the New York Botanical Gardens, and a highly skilled urban naturalist and designer, who co-founded the Central Park Nature Associates. Ken’s presentation will focus on the Central Park Nature program, which Ken studied thoroughly, mapping out all aspects of the bird and wild life available at our doorstep. Ken has also used his artistic ability to design an excellent, fully comprehensible map of Central Park, very helpful to visitors.
If you wish to participate in any
of our on-line programs, send an email to
hrasbirder@gmail.com
requesting access and sign-in information
Upcoming Virtual program
presentation:
Ecuador
Wednesday
December 2, 2020
7:30 PM
Carole Griffiths is an ornithologist at the Museum of Natural History, who travels widely for her field of study. Carole will present her experience in Ecuador, which is according to Conservation International the country with the most biodiversity per square kilometer in the world. Carole will highlight and discuss that biodiversity, and her slideshow will show some of the most beautiful and unusual birds (and other wildlife) from Ecuador’s Amason and Andes, and from the Galapagos Islands.
If you wish to participate in any
of our on-line programs, send an email to
hrasbirder@gmail.com
requesting access and sign-in information
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