Please do not attend meetings if you are feeling unwell or are experiencing any COVID-19 symptoms.
Meeting Location
The location of the monthly meetings has been changed to Blooming Grove Recreation Department/Senior Center, 49 Station Road, Lasser Park, Salisbury Mills, New York. In addition, meetings going forward will be held on Sundays at 3 pm.
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.
Meeting Dates
At club meetings, a club member or an outside speaker gives a presentation about his or her birding travels or studies.
March 8, 2026, 3 pm: Alan Wells, Birding Alaska and the Olympic Peninsula Region
Join Alan and Della Wells on a photographic journey through the untamed landscapes of the Central and South Coastal biotic regions of Alaska as wildlife transitions from late winter into spring. Although our focus will be on birds, we will also touch briefly upon aspects of the flora and other fauna. After covering several weeks in Alaska, we then travel south to the Olympic Peninsula region of Washington. Here, we will explore one of the richest examples of a temperate rainforest, a rare North American biome of the Pacific Northwest. The combination of high annual precipitation, mild temperatures, and mountain ranges that trap moist air make these areas unique. These moist habitats are rich in mosses, ferns, and epiphytes on and amongst the tall conifers and maples. Birdlife is rich, but well hidden. Come join us as we search for them!
April 12, 2026, 3 pm: Anne Swaim, Bird Architecture, Nest Beauty and Diversity
May 10, 2026, 3 pm: David Baker, E.A. Mearns Biography
June 6, 2026, 3 pm: Club picnic
September 13, 2026, 3 pm: Joe Trapani, Birding Dubai and New Zealand
October 11, 2026, 3 pm: Carol Weiss, Fifty years of Birding
November 8, 2026, 3 pm: Member Share-a-thon
Are you interested in making a presentation to our club? If so, please contact us at mearnsbirdclub@gmail.com. A small stipend is available for nonmembers.
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