Upcoming Events
For directions to meeting places, arrangements to meet you along the way, and other information, contact Bill Ostrander at 607-732-3370 or browncreeper9@gmail.com.
CVAS Events
| Aug 20 Mon |
10a - 11a | Nature Strollers | Toll Bridge Park Boat Launch Meet at the Toll Bridge Park Boat Launch, CR 8 (Lowman Crossover), Wellsburg, a half-mile south of I86. Hike a grass-covered trail along corn fields and a former Native American village. Download the complete Nature Strollers schedule here. |
| Aug 25 Sat |
7a - 5p | CVAS Field Trip to Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge Meet in the parking lot north of the Sugar 'N Spice Restaurant, Horseheads. We'll car pool from there. We will look especially for shorebirds, but there should also be Bald Eagles, Ospreys, and herons. Bring a bag lunch. |
| Aug 27 Mon |
6p - 7p | Nature Strollers | Big Flats Community Park Loop Meet in the far parking lot of off Winters Road, Big Flats. Hike grass trails through woods, meadows, and around a pond. Download the complete Nature Strollers schedule here. |
| Sep 13 Thu |
7p - 8:30p | CVAS Book Club Meeting Please join us at Appleridge in the private dining room to discuss the book of the month, Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are? by Frans de Waal. For a complete list of the books we are reading, click here. |
| Sep 20 Thu |
10a - 11a | Nature Strollers | Sullivanville Dam Meet in the dam parking lot off of Rt. 13 in the Town of Horseheads. Hike along the top of the grass-covered dam and into the woods near the lake. Download the complete Nature Strollers schedule here. |
| Sep 20 Thu |
7:30p | CVAS Monthly Meeting | Bats in Your Backyard Meet in the Main Dining Room at Appleridge (Map), for a lively discussion about birding and a presentation from one of our knowledgeable hosts. A bird identification workshop precedes the program at 7:00 p.m.; the program begins at 7:30p.m. All are welcome to these free events. Wildlife rehabilitator Victoria Campbell speaks about "Bats in Your Backyard." Since 2012, Wild Things Sanctuary has specialized in caring for native bats, a group of animals that is incredibly beneficial to humans and that is in desperate need of advocates as numbers continue to decline due to white-nose syndrome and human misunderstandings. Wild Things Sanctuary was founded in 2008 by Victoria Campbell. Campbell holds a New York State Class II wildlife rehabilitator license, a state license to work with rabies vector species (raccoons, skunks, bats), and a federal license to work with native birds. Since 2012, Campbell has specialized in native bat care in response to the decline of bats due to white-nose syndrome and the absence of bat rehabilitators in New York. Wild Things Sanctuary is one of the only facilities in the Northeast specializing in native bat rehabilitation. |
| Oct 11 Thu |
7p - 8:30p | CVAS Book Club Meeting Please join us at Appleridge in the private dining room to discuss the book of the month, Bringing Nature Home by Douglas W. Tallamy. For a complete list of the books we are reading, click here. |
| Oct 18 Thu |
7:30p | CVAS Monthly Meeting Meet in the Main Dining Room at Appleridge (Map), for a lively discussion about birding and a presentation from one of our knowledgeable hosts. A bird identification workshop precedes the program at 7:00 p.m.; the program begins at 7:30p.m. All are welcome to these free events. |
| Nov 8 Thu |
7p - 8:30p | CVAS Book Club Meeting Please join us at Appleridge in the private dining room to discuss the book of the month, The Thing with Feathers by Noah Strycker. For a complete list of the books we are reading, click here. |
| Nov 15 Thu |
7:30p | CVAS Monthly Meeting Meet in the Main Dining Room at Appleridge (Map), for a lively discussion about birding and a presentation from one of our knowledgeable hosts. A bird identification workshop precedes the program at 7:00 p.m.; the program begins at 7:30p.m. All are welcome to these free events. |
| Dec 13 Thu |
7p - 8:30p | CVAS Book Club Meeting Please join us at Appleridge in the private dining room to discuss the book of the month. For a complete list of the books we are reading, click here. |
| Dec 20 Thu |
7:30p | CVAS Monthly Meeting Meet in the Main Dining Room at Appleridge (Map), for a lively discussion about birding and a presentation from one of our knowledgeable hosts. A bird identification workshop precedes the program at 7:00 p.m.; the program begins at 7:30p.m. All are welcome to these free events. |
Other Events
| Oct 5 - 7 Fri - Sun |
All Day | 2018 NYSOA 71st Annual Meeting & NYS Birders Conference This year’s New York State Ornithological Association Annual Meeting will be held Friday-Sunday October 5-7 in the Rochester suburb of Henrietta, NY, hosted by Burroughs Audubon Nature Club and Rochester Birding Association. This conference will be chock-full of exciting field trips, terrific speakers, a Friday night buffet followed by two workshops, and a Saturday evening banquet featuring keynote speaker Greg Miller, the birder whose Big Year was the basis of the movie and book, The Big Year. |