Saw Mill River Audubon

09/02/2026

September brings rafting loons, Woodchucks bulking up, and the Fall equinox!

What are you looking forward to this month?

Download, print, and screen read our Outdoor Almanac here: massaudubon.org/almanac

09/01/2026

Interesting article here

Certain Pennsylvania native plants play an active role in supporting the predators and ecosystem balance that helps keep spotted lanternfly populations in check.

08/30/2026

Our bird walk this morning was at Cranberry Lake Preserve. Thanks to Donato DiSanto for the bird pictures. Our eBird list is here (where more pictures from others may be added): https://ebird.org/checklist/S388271539

08/29/2026

Our birding trip to Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge in Queens recorded 66 species on this day of beautiful weather. We saw the rare continuing Eared Grebe, a nice diversity of shorebirds and 10 species of warblers. Big thanks to Tom Burke for his leadership and Gail Benson for excellent bird counting and her additional good spotting. Our trip list is here: https://ebird.org/tripreport/565434

08/27/2026

Hey! Get your copy of our 2027 calendar at Feed the Birds in Croton! (And also check out their excellent bird and nature books and gifts. It’s where we do our bday and holiday shopping.) Big thanks to our friends at Feed the Birds!

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The 2027 SMRA calendar. 100% of proceeds go to SMRA!

08/26/2026

'Tis the season! Our Zoom Bird Chat last night was all about local hawk watching with special guests Trudy Battaly talking about Hook Mtn Hawk Watch and Michael Bochnik on Lenoir Preserve Hawk Watch with mention made of Quaker Ridge Hawk Watch in Greenwich, CT and State Line Hawk Watch in NJ. Thanks, Trudy and Michael! View our recorded Bird Chat for August 25, 2026: https://youtu.be/dVyTU1j0Igc
(Check out our field trips to Hook Mountain and State Line coming up this Fall: https://www.sawmillriveraudubon.org/register-trips)

Saw Mill River Audubon's Zoom Bird Chat for August 25, 2026 focused...

08/24/2026

Nice diversity of birds seen this morning on our bird walk at Marshlands Conservancy. Our eBird list is here: https://ebird.org/checklist/S386491088

08/15/2026

Twenty people enjoyed our bird walk together this morning at Rockefeller State Park Preserve and we saw more than 40 species of birds with some signs of southbound migration underway. For bird pics, see our eBird list here: https://ebird.org/checklist/S383621904

08/13/2026

This looks like helpful info.

Jacob Leeser discusses what's happening with spotted lanternfly in ...