This is a tentative schedule for our celebration event.
The event will proceed rain or shine, with a modified schedule in the event of rain.
5:00 - 7:00 p.m
Join birders from around the region as they attend this event or the Great Adirondack Birding Celebration events. Northern NY Audubon will provide light refreshments, and a cash bar will be available.
Arrival and Welcome - 7:00 a.m.
7:30 - 8:45 a.m.
Learn the basics and begin birding with our birding guides.
Break 8:45 - 9:00 a.m.
9:00 - 10:00 a.m.
Hear from birding enthusiasts Stephan Roundtree and Giselle Pemberton.
10:00 - 11:00 a.m.
11:00 - 12:15 p.m.
Join our birding guides at the second birding location on the Farm.
Lunch & Conversation 12:15 - 1:00 p.m.
1:00 - 1:15 p.m.
Closing Remarks 1:15 - 1:30 p.m
Attendees are welcome to stay and explore the grounds.
The Northern NY Audubon's Great Adirondack Birding Celebration will also be taking palce at this time.
Several additional free birding-related activities will also be available in the region.
1:30 - 5:00 p.m.
Located at Paul Smith's Visitor Interpretive Center
1:00 - 3:00 p.m.
Birding on the deck
eBird essentials workshop - (1 pm - 2 pm is how to use e-bird, 2 pm to 3 pm is field testing your new skills!) - Please try to have e-bird downloaded prior to the class, as data/wifi can be slow at the VIC during events. [https://ebird.org/about/ebird-mobile/]
Adirondack Raptors live bird presentation with Mark Manske
2:00 - 3:00 p.m.
Tree identification for beginners walk
Plants and Insects walk
3:30 pm to 5:00 pm - Keynote Speakers
3:30 p.m Luke Tyrrell, Ph.D. - Plattsburgh State University, Whip-poor-wills, do-ing-well: the Northern New York bird community of a globally rare habitat
4:15 p.m. Susan Willson, Ph.D., Saint Lawrence University, How do we protect songbirds in human-dominated landscapes?