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June Events | July Events | August Events Saw Mill River Audubon's public programs and public field trips are offered free of charge with the exception of special events as noted. Please call to register for all field trips. There may be a site entry or parking fee for field trips to some locations other than our own sanctuaries. Please contact the office of Saw Mill River Audubon for more information on upcoming public programs, to register for field trips or to check on the status of a field trip if the weather is uncertain. You may also wish to subscribe to our free email notice list to receive advance notice of Audubon events and current environmental issues. For more information on scheduling classroom programs and sanctuary tours for school classes and community groups, please visit our main Environmental Education web page. J U N E
Come along with us for a morning drive with stops at various locations in the Saw Mill River Watershed to listen and look for breeding birds. Contact us at the phone number or email below and we’ll let you know where to meet us and more details.
The Clearwater Festival is billed as the country’s largest annual environmental celebration with music, dance and storytelling, education and activism attracting thousands of people of all ages to the shores of the Hudson River. Saw Mill River Audubon will have a table in the activist area this year. Stop by and visit us! For more information visit www.clearwater.org
Courtesy Cross-Listing. The Chappaqua Library is offering a special presentation by Arturo Kirkconnell, Curator of Ornithology, National Museum of Natural History, Havana, Cuba about his book, "Field Guide to the Birds of Cuba." Directions and more info at this link.
A new addition to our summer calendar! We are offering a field trip to the Shawangunk Grasslands National Wildlife Refuge near Warwick in Ulster County. Suggestion donation $5/person. Possibilities include: upland sandpiper, several sparrow species, red-headed woodpecker, and bobolink. Carpooling from Millwood A&P at 6:00 am available with advance notice. OR meet us at 7:30 am at the sanctuary entrance on Hoagerburgh Road. (See refuge web site for directions.) In either case, RSVP to phone 914.666.6503 or email office@sawmillriveraudubon.org so we know to expect you. We may extend this trip to include other areas so carpooling participants should have a flexible schedule. From Millwood A&P this is about a 1.5 hour drive. Bring lunch, water, binoculars. J U L Y
Come stroll through the garden, aboretum and woodland trails of Pruyn Sanctuary to learn more about butterflies, dragonflies, hummingbirds and other birds that may be seen at high summer in the sanctuary. Pre-registration required. Please call or email in advance. Suggested donation $5/adults, children 12 and under are free. A U G U S T
River Day is a celebration of the Hudson River and its tributaries.Costumed interpreters will be on hand to demonstrate various 18th century crafts and activities related to the human history of the Hudson. In addition there will be current day environmental and recreational activities including a table from Saw Mill River Audubon. Stop by and visit us! Activities will include boat building, open hearth cooking, fishnet tying, brick making, home and garden tours, kayak and canoe demonstration, children’s crafts, musical entertainment, storytelling and more. Food and beverages will be available for purchase. For more details, visit Historic Hudson Valley at www.hhv.org.
We’re joining with our sister chapter, Rockland County Audubon, for a different sort of excursion to the Jamaica Bay National Wildlife Refuge in Queens. Rockland Audubon leaders, Alan and Della Wells, will offer two options for this day trip: those interested in photographing birds will walk with Alan while Della will guide a birding trip through the varied habitats of this internationally-known wildlife refuge. We’re meeting at 8:30am at the Visitor’s Center at the refuge. Please call or email us at the contact info listed below to pre-register and also to let us know if you are interested in carpooling with us from Millwood. ------------------------------------------------------------ September
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