click above to register and the Zoom link will be emailed to you. Same Zoom link each time.
click above to register and the Zoom link will be emailed to you. Same Zoom link each time.

Saw Mill River Audubon started a Zoom chat to connect the Lower Hudson regional birding community in April 2020, at the start of the COVID pandemic.

This Bird Chat has continued to be popular and now draws an average of 70+ birders and bird photographers for each Chat.

Get Zoom Link

In 2025, Bird Chat typically happens twice a month on the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays, 7:00 to 8:00 pm, with any schedule changes noted below.

2nd Tuesdays are usually Share Nighrt: opportunity to share bird photos and bird sightings via screen sharing. Share photos or even just an eBird list to tell us about your recent birding in the LoHud region.

4th Tuesdays will feature some birding speaker/topic such as those listed below.

Upcoming/Recent Bird Chat Topics/Guests

  • Tue Jun 10: Share Night
  • Tue Jun 24: Coastal Birding
  • Tue Jul 8: Yellowstone Photographer Kyle Moon
  • Tue Jul 22: Share Night (Note 4th Tue)
  • Tue Aug 12: Getting Ready for Shorebirds
  • Tue Aug 26: Using eBird like a Pro
  • Tue Sep 9: Getting Ready for Hawk Migration
  • Tue Sep 30: Share Night (note 5th Tue)

Some Recent Bird Chats & Video Links

Register for Bird Chat Zoom Info

Register here to have a personalized Bird Chat Zoom link emailed to you.

You can re-register whenever you need the Zoom link sent again, if you did not save it.

By registering, you’ll get an email with the Zoom connection info right away AND you’ll also get a reminder email before each Bird Chat.

(Of course, you can unsubscribe from those reminder emails anytime, just click unsubscribe on email footer.)

  • You don’t need to have a webcam — or be seen — or you don’t need to have a microphone — or be heard — to enjoy our Bird Chats
  • You are welcome just to watch and listen on your computer, or even just listen by phone.
  • (Although, if you connect only by phone without a computer screen, you’ll miss out on a lot of the pictures and other visuals we usually show.)
  •  If you have never used Zoom OR if want to learn more about using Zoom, there is a LOT of help online. Here are helpful instructions for joining your first Zoom meeting.

Using Discord to connect

What We Do

  • Some quick announcements from local Audubon and birding groups
  • Let us know in advance if you have something you want announced.
  • Some sighting highlights and pictures from the past couple of weeks, often drawn from eBird reports.
  • A conversation guest or birding topic or birding hotspot focus for the next 30 minutes or so.
  • Your questions, comments, sightings and observations

Some Past Bird Chat Guests
past Bird Chat videos here

  • Joshua DiPaola, Natural Resource Specialist, NYS State Parks
  • Elijah Goodwin, Ph.D., Deputy Director for Ecology, Stone Barns
  • Chris Zumwalt, Local Falconer
  • Alan & Della Wells, Rockland County birders
  • Don Riepe, American Littoral Society’s Jamaica Bay Program Director
  • Tom Burke & Gail Benson, NYC Area Rare Bird Alert
  • Sean Camillieri & Kyle Bardwell, volunteer Regional eBird Reviewers
  • Charlie Roberto, Area Birder
  • Kevin McGrath & Steve Rappaport, local bird photographers
  • Michael Bochnik & Fran Greenberg, Hudson River Audubon of Westchester
  • Sandy Morrissey, Bluebird Trails, Bronx River Sound Shore Audubon
  • Joan Collins, Adirondack Avian Expeditions
  • Kathryn Schneider, Author, Birding the Hudson Valley, Co-Chair, NYS Breeding Bird Atlas Steering Committee
  • Barbara Mansell & Debbie van Zyl, Dutchess County birders from Waterman Bird Club
  • Tait Johannson, Naturalist, Bedford Audubon Society
  • Arabella Pajoohi, Eliza Wein, Adam Vinson, NYS Young Birders Club members
  • Scott Craven & Larry Trachtenberg, Ossining/Croton Birding