Our 23rd year! Honor the long-standing tradition of hiking the beaches in NY and NJ to start off the New Year right.
Fort Tilden, Breezy Point. Meet at 11 AM at Building 1. Free champagne, cookies and coffee. Call Don.
Jones Beach. Meet at 11 AM at West End 2 Parking Lot
Fire Island Lighthouse. Meet at 10 AM Robert Moses State Park, Field #5 Parking Lot; call Steve Finn (631) 821-2160.
Join ALS and NYC Audubon members for a weekend at the luxurious Manor House (heated pool, Jacuzzi, spacious lobby, restaurant). Visit the eastern tip of Long Island during quiet time and peak winter birding. See thousands of waterfowl, including loons, mergansers, eiders, scoters and goldeneye, as well as lots of seals. Visit Montauk Bluffs, “Walking Dunes,” Oyster Pond and Hither Woods.
Take a nine day birding and natural history tour of both coasts of South Florida. Visit Everglades National Park, Ding Darling Refuge, Loxahatchee Refuge, Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary, Big Cypress Preserve, plus many state and county parks. Travel by van with leaders Don Riepe and Carol Borneman.
Enjoy a 10-day tour of some of the best wildlife areas in this eco-friendly country. Visit LaSelva, Monteverde Cloud Forest, Carara Biological Reserve, Manual Antonio NP and see scarlet macaws, toucans, monkeys, sloths, coati-mundi, agouti, crocodiles and many other species of wildlife.
Join veteran marine educator Bob Cummings at 10 AM for a 2 ˝ hour Behind-the-Scenes tour of this wonderful aquarium at Coney Island. See Beluga whale, sea otter, walrus, penguins, sharks, local and tropical fish, and, of course, Squirt the Wonder Clam. Visit Sea Cliffs and other exhibits.
Experience a wildlife bonanza on the Virginia coast. Hike trails of Chincoteague Refuge and beaches of Assateague National Seashore during peak spring bird migration. See wild ponies, Sika elk, river otter, bald eagles, shorebirds, and many species of warblers and other song birds.
Leave Sheepshead Bay in Brooklyn at 5 PM on the Dorothy B VIII for a 3-hour tour. Learn about the history, wildlife, and ecology of the 9,000 acre Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, a part of Gateway National Recreation Area. See nesting herons, egrets, osprey, oystercatcher and the backwater marshes near JFK Airport.