Register Programs – Saw Mill River Audubon

Public Programs

Listed below are in-person programs and upcoming Zoom programs. If registration is required, click on image or text link for more information and to register.

Our birding experiences include weekly bird walks, other field trips, and Project FeederWatch.
Our Nature Book Club meets every other month, most often on Zoom.

Upcoming Programs

Subscribe to our private event reminder email list for event reminders and updates: www.sawmillriveraudubon.org/list

Click image above for Zoom link and reminders. Coordinated by Pound Ridge Public Library and co-sponsored by Greenburgh Public Library, Mount Kisco Public Library, Mount Pleasant Public Library, New Rochelle Public Library, and Yonkers Public Library.

Thursday, October 15, 7:00 pm
Fall Migration Across Westchester
via Zoom

What’s new with the fall bird migration for this year? Discover which birds are leaving and which are arriving for the winter and where to see them in Westchester. Find out how to help birds in fall and winter including best practices for bird feeder and winter bird shelters. Learn how bird survive winter in our area and the easiest birds to find in fall and winter. Presented by Anne Swaim, Executive Director, Saw Mill River Audubon.

Click image above to send photo entries and for more details. Coordinated by Pound Ridge Public Library and co-sponsored by Greenburgh Public Library, Mount Kisco Public Library, Mount Pleasant Public Library, New Rochelle Public Library, and Yonkers Public Library.

Thursday, December 17, 7:00 pm
Members & Friends Best Photos
and Holiday Desserts
Chappaqua Library Theater

The Audubon Best Photos presentation and the holiday dessert potluck after the presentation are both free and open to the public

This annual curated presentation is always a showcase of beautiful nature images from Westchester, across New York and from around the world.

Area photographers are invited to send nature photography of birds, other wildlife, plants and landscapes and a curated show will include large screen display of selected photos and the photographers each saying a few words about their images. (We’ll have a pass around mic so photographers will speak from their seats.) Not all submitted photographs may be shown depending on show length and photo selections.

To submit photos for consideration before the December 11 deadline, use the online form below: https://www.sawmillriveraudubon.org/best-photos-2026

(You are invited to bring a holiday dessert to share at the dessert potluck, but you are also welcome to come empty-handed and just enjoy the desserts from others!)

No registration needed for above event. Free and open to the public. Google map link to Chappaqua Public Library

Wednesday, November 4, 7:00 pm
Hudson River Schools of Art
and their Ice Age Origins
Chappaqua Library Theater

Published in March 2024 by Purple Mountain Press, The Hudson River Schools of Art and Their Ice Age Origins by Hudson Valley geologists Robert and Johanna Titus links 19th-century Hudson Valley culture to prehistoric glacial activity, showing how ice-sculpted terrain inspired America’s first major art movement, landscape architecture, and literature.

This is a good year to consider the influence of the Hudson River on American art especially with 2026 marking the 200th anniversary of the birth of Frederic Church, America’s greatest landscape artist.

Co-sponsored by and held at the Chappaqua Public Library.

Robert and Johanna Titus are, respectively, retired professors of Geology and Biology. They are best known in the Catskills as popular science writers. Over the years they have written for several regional magazines, including Kaatskill Life and Tri-County Historical Reviews. They currently write for local newspaper : the Mountain Eagle They are the authors of five books on Catskills and Hudson Valley geology. The Titus’s are frequently invited to present PowerPoint lectures on their research and have been seen on television and heard on radio. They have a facebook page (“The Catskill Geologist”), a blog site (“thecatskillgeologist.com”) and can be contacted at randjtitus@prodigy.net.

During the 19th century there was something of a cultural Renaissance right here in the Hudson Valley region. America’s first worldclass literature appeared. We also saw the birth of American landscape architecture. Most importantly, led by Thomas Cole, we saw the appearance of the Hudson River School of Art. In short, our region became the center of a truly important cultural movement. None of this, they argue, would ever have happened if the Hudson Valley and Catskills had not been so heavily glaciated.

They will take us on a journey to see how the glaciers created the landscapes that so inspired the great artists of those times. Knowing the ice age history that inspired all the arts of the Hudson Valley will help you appreciate them so much more.

Recurring Zoom Event

Bird Chat on Zoom
2nd and 4th Tuesdays, 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm

Join local birders and photographers on Zoom for informal gathering to share sightings and pictures, and discuss local birds and birding places. Stop by to listen and watch, or join in the discussion. All welcome!

Upcoming Bird Chat Topics

Tue, Oct 13: Share Night
Tue, Oct 27: Project FeederWatch & bird feeders
Tue, Nov 10: Share Night
Tue, Nov 24: Area Christmas Bird Counts

To join the twice-monthly Bird Chats, request a personalized Zoom link.