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We connect people to nature. We are a chapter of the National Audubon Society based in southwestern Westchester County, NY. We offer guided field trips; nature walks; feeder and hawk watches, educational programs. At Lenoir Nature Preserve, Yonkers, we have a Butterfly and Hummingbird Garden. All our activities and programs are free, thanks to volunteers and donors.
october / november happenings
Sunday, October 19 Volunteer Day in the Butterfly and Hummingbird Garden at Lenoir Preserve. We start at 8 AM, work until 1 PM. Feel free to join us whenever or for as long as you want. No experience needed, you’ll work with the team. Contact James Judy for more info or see Garden.
Wednesday, October 22 at 7 PM Evening Program: Travels in the Gobi Desert with Mary McBride. Mary hiked with the Explorers’ Club on the same route followed by discoverers of the first dinosaur eggs as well as other fossils 100 years earlier. She’ll talk about her adventures. At the Lenoir Nature Center 19 Dudley St, Yonkers. More…
Hawk Watch Continues on Saturdays at 10 AM on October 18 and 25. We stay for as long as the hawks are flying; depends on weather and wind. Behind the Lenoir Mansion. More…
FeederWatch starts Saturday, November 8, 10 AM - noon, and Sunday, November 9, 2 - 4 PM. Next will be Sat, Nov 22, 10 AM - noon, and Sun, Nov 23, 2-4 PM. Learn to identify backyard birds or share your expertise. A citizen science project of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology to research winter bird populations. Indoors at the Lenoir Nature Center, 19 Dudley St, Yonkers.
Photos left to right: Red-tail Hawk; Bald Eagle; Cooper’s Hawk