Meetings

Blue Grosbeaks and Indigo Buntings, from New York State Museum, “Annual report” (1902), Biodiversity Heritage Library

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Please do not attend meetings if you aren’t feeling well or are experiencing any COVID-19 symptoms.

COVID-19 Guidelines

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Please do not attend meetings if you aren’t feeling well or are experiencing any COVID-19 symptoms.

Meeting Location

Meetings are held at the Blooming Grove Senior Center at 4 Horton Road in Blooming Grove. The senior center, and its parking lot, are behind the Blooming Grove Police Department.

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Meeting Dates

General meetings of the Mearns Club are held at 7:00 pm on the second Monday of every month from September through May (except February). At club meetings, a club member or an outside speaker gives a presentation about his or her birding travels or studies.

February 2023: No meeting

CancelledMarch 13, 2023: Exploring the Hudson River

Presented by Scott Stoner and Denise Hackett-Stoner.

April 10, 2023: Birding New York City

Join freelance photographer Deborah Allen for a photographic tour of birds and birding in New York City.

Gray-hooded Gull. Photo by Deborah Allen.

May 8, 2023: Constitution Marsh Audubon Sanctuary

Presented by Rebecca Schultz.

June 10, 2023 (tentative date): Annual club picnic

Meet at Winding Hills County Park in Montgomery, NY. Details to come as the date approaches.

Common Eiders, Cape Ann
Photo by Karen Miller
Solitary Sandpiper, Stewart State Forest
Photo by Bill Fiero

Program Chair

Are you interested in making a presentation to our club? If so, please contact Program Chair Don Aitchison at jdaitchison73@gmail.com. A small stipend is available for nonmembers.

Red-throated Loon, George’s Island Park. Photo by Maryangela Buskey.