Taking Flight: Birding in the Catskills 2017 at Frost Valley YMCA, Claryville, NY. Not your typical birding weekend.  Registration now open. For information on the conference schedule, presenters, and workshops visit catskillcenter.org/taking-flight-about.

Sunday,
June 18:

Field Trip for Birds and Butterflies of Fir Brook. 8 am.  Meet leaders Ruth McKeon and Renee Davis at the parking lot opposite the Citgo station in Parksville.  (Exit 98 off Rte 17, then left at second stop sign.  Parking lot is 1.3 miles on left.) If weather is questionable please call Ruth at 434-4629 or Renee at 482-5044 before 7 pm.

Annual Picnic, at 5 pm, rain or shine, at Hanofee Park, Liberty. Read all the details!

Sunday,
July 2: 

The 15th annual Halls Mills Butterfly Count. The center of this circle is the Hall’s Mills covered bridge just south of Claryville. Participants can join a team or be a garden watcher if it is in the circle. Call leader Stu Alexander at (845) 796-6721 to sign up or for more information.
Participants will receive a free new butterfly ID book that they can keep.

Wednesday,
July 5: 

Our 24th annual Sullivan County Butterfly Count. We cover the same 15-mile diameter circle as our Christmas Count. Participants can join a team, be a garden watcher if it is in the circle.  Every set of eyes is valuable as a spotter. To join call leader Renee Davis at 482-5044 before 7 pm.  Rain date: Sunday, July 9.    Participants will receive a free new butterfly ID book that they can keep.

Sat.-Sun.
Aug. 26-27: 

New York State Ornithological Association (NYSOA) Summer Weekend at Montezuma. Sat.: Shorebird Identification Workshop by Kevin McGowan.  Sun.: Field Trip. More information online at http://nybirds.org

1st week in
September

Monarch Tagging. Call Renee Davis at 482-5044 before 7 pm for details.

Thursday,
Sept. 14: 

First Fall Meeting 6 pm at SCCC. More details in the next issue of Warblings.

Friday,
October 20:

Save the Date: Annual Dinner at the Rockland House, Roscoe.  More information in next issue.

Fri. - Sun.
Nov. 10-12: 

Annual New York State Ornithological Association (NYSOA) meeting at Niagara Falls, NY. More information online at http://nybirds.org