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All trips will originate at the Hobart and William Smith Colleges (HWSC) campus. Participants should sign up for field trips separately from conference registration, using the additional field trip registration form; payment, though, can be combined by either writing a single check or by using the secure online site. The deadline for field trip registration is 24 April 2010.
We encourage individuals who may have already registered (and paid for their registration) before the field trip information was available to add field trips to their registration by mailing the trip registration form, with payment by check or money order.
A list of birding sites and instructions that participants can use to bird on their own will be available at the meeting registration desk, as well as posted on this website by mid-April. Questions about field trips should be addressed to John Waud (jmwscl@rit.edu, 585-475-2182).
Thursday, 20 May
Spend an afternoon at one of the premier facilities in the world for studying ornithology. The tour will include an inside look at the laboratories, an opportunity to see art by Louis Agassiz Fuertes, a visit to the CLO bookstore, the opportunity to walk in (bird in) Sapsucker Woods, and much, much more.
Leave HWSC : noon
Return HWSC : 5 PM
Duration: 5 hours
Max participants: 25
Min Participants: 10
Transportation: Shuttle Coach
Food and Drink: light refreshments at CLO
Cost: $40 per person
Seneca Lake Wine Tour
This trip offers the opportunity to sample some of New York's finest wines. Be sure to try the 2007 Cabernets. They are exceptionally good since growing conditions were excellent for that vintage. Transportation is by limo and you will be back to the meeting in time for the evening activities. Some wineries may charge a $2-4 tasting fee, but others are free. If a tasting fee is charged, it will usually apply to the purchase price of any bottle of wine at the winery. You must be 21 years of age and have photo ID.
Leave HWSC : noon
Return HWSC : 5 PM
Duration: 5 hours
Max participants: 25
Min Participants: 15
Transportation: Limo Bus (FL Limo)
Food and Drink: N/A
Cost: $60 per person
Friday, 21 May
Ontario Pathways
This is the ideal trip for May in the Finger Lakes Region. You will pass through a variety of habitats. With a little cooperation from the weather, you should see a variety of warblers and other Neotropical migrants, along with resident species. Local guides from the Eaton Birding Society will lead this trip.
Leave HWSC : 5:30 AM
Return HWSC : 8:00 AM
Duration: 2.5 hours
Max participants: 11
Min Participants: 5
Transportation: HWSC van
Food and Drink: drinks on board van
Cost: $16 per person
Saturday, 22 May
This is the ideal trip for May in the Finger Lakes Region. You will pass through a variety of habitats. With a little cooperation from the weather, you should see a variety of warblers and other Neotropical migrants, along with resident species. Local guides from the Eaton Birding Society will lead this trip.
Leave HWSC : 5:30 AM
Return HWSC : 8:00 AM
Duration: 2.5 hours
Max participants: 11
Min Participants: 5
Transportation: HWSC van
Food and Drink: drinks on board van
Cost: $16 per person
Sunday, 23 May
Braddock Bay Bird Observatory & Island Cottage Woods
This trip is a two for one! It includes a visit to one of the premier avian research stations in North America, Braddock Bay Bird Observatory. Here you will see volunteers and researchers banding migrants as they head north. The second part of this trip is a visit to Island Cottage Woods. Because of its location near the shore of Lake Ontario, this is one of the hottest stopover sites in western New York.
Leave HWSC : 5:30 AM
Return HWSC : noon
Duration: 6.5 hours
Max participants: 24
Min Participants: 15
Transportation: Shuttle Coach
Food and Drink: Box lunch included
Cost: $75 per person
Montezuma Wetlands Complex
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Montezuma Wetlands Complex includes both the Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge and the state-owned Northern Montezuma Wildlife Management Area. In addition to opportunities to see wading birds, waterfowl, raptors, and passerines, learn about efforts which have made great strides towards restoration of this Important Birding Area (IBA). Highlights of the trip will be a sighting of one of several pairs of nesting Bald Eagles and a search for Cerulean Warblers, which nest on NMWMA's Howland Island. (More information at Friends of the Montezuma Wetlands Complex)
Leave HWSC : 6:15 AM, arrive at MNWR Visitor Center at 7 AM
Return HWSC : 11:00 AM
Duration: 4.75 hours
Max participants: 22
Min Participants: 6
Transportation: HWSC Van
Food and Drink: drinks on board van
Cost: $16 per person
Bare Hill
This is another excellent site for seeing spring migrants. Possible species include: Prairie Warbler, Hooded Warbler, Chestnut-sided Warbler, Indigo Buntings, Scarlet Tanager, Brown Thrasher, Cuckoos, and Blue-winged Warblers. This trip includes a two mile loop, with some uphill sections. You will be rewarded with scenic overlooks of nearby Canandaigua Lake.
Leave HWSC: 6 AM
Return HWSC: 10 AM
Duration: 4 hours
Max participants: 10
Min Participants: 6
Transportation: HWSC
Food and Drink: drinks on board the van
Cost: $16 per person
Register for trips
Field trip registration form
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