Public Programs

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

Special In-Person Programs

Tuesday, September 24
Greenburgh Public Library [Google map link]
6:00 pm to 6:45 pm Free Birding with Merlin & eBird Workshop
7:00 pm to 8:00 pm Free Film Screening: Flyways

Saw Mill River Audubon and Central Westchester Audubon are partnering with Greenburgh Public Library on these special events funded with a Flyways grant.  Registration is required for both events and space may be limited so reserved your seats today!

How do shorebirds navigate thousands of miles along ancient migratory routes? Join us for a screening of Flyways, a powerful film showcasing the incredible journeys of birds like Far Eastern Curlews and Red Knots, and the conservation efforts to protect them.
Funded by the Flyways Grant and presented in partnership with Saw Mill River Audubon and the Greenburgh Conservation Advisory Council, this event promises to inspire and inform.
 
Don’t miss the opportunity to enjoy light refreshments and the announcement of exclusive bird walks for workshop and film for participants!  Let’s help protect these remarkable migrators!

Sunday, October 6, 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm
Live Birds of Prey at Ossining Library


Laura Jaworski is a veterinarian, wildlife rehabilitator and falconer. She will visit us with some of her birds of prey including owls and hawks. Don’t miss this special opportunity to see her raptors up close and learn more about them from Dr. Jaworski.  Take home your own raptor picture card from Saw MIll River Audubon and get a free ID handout for Westchester birds of prey.  Refreshments after the program along with picture opportunities with these special visitors.  Free and open to the public!

No registration needed for the above special in-person program. Please note, however, that space may be limited in the Ossining Theater depending on response. Doors open at 2:30 pm.

Thursday, December 19, 2024, 7:00 pm
Best Photos & Holiday Desserts


Join us for this fun and informal event where members and friends of Saw Mill River Audubon share photographic highlights of their past year of birding and nature exploration, along with sharing holiday desserts. Free and open to the public.

You are invited to share 2-5 of your best photographs at this event by sending your entries before Wednesday, December 11, 2024, 11:59 pm. 
 
Upload photos here:
https://www.sawmillriveraudubon.org/best-photos-2024/

We will review your photos and let you know by 6:00 pm on Friday, December 13, 2024 if we have space to include them in the evening program.  We may not be able to include your photos.

You are also invited to bring holiday desserts to share and exchange. 
 
It is also very okay to come without bringing anything and just enjoy both the photos and holiday desserts prepared by others!

No registration needed for the above special in-person program. Please note, however, that space may be limited in the Chappaqua Library Theater depending on response. Doors open at 6:30 pm.

Upcoming Zoom Programs

Join us online via Zoom for this skills workshop about eBirding presented by two local eBird reviewers, Sean Camillieri and Kyle Bardwell.

This presentation will cover  grassland-dependent bird species and their conservation — such as Bobolinks and Eastern Meadowlarks — and best management practices to provide and improve grassland habitat. 

Recurring Zoom Event

To join the twice-monthly Bird Chats, request a personalized Zoom link.
Same Zoom link is used for all Bird Chat