Field Trips
NOTE FOR ALL FIELD TRIPS
Field trip guidelines
- Review our SAAS Field Trip Guidelines
(southern org/field-trip-guidelines/). - SAAS trips follow the American Birding Association’s Code of Birding Ethics (aba.org/aba-code-of-birding-ethics/).
- Check the SAAS website and Facebook pages for updates. on
First Saturday Bird Walks continue
Join SAAS members for morning bird walks along the beautiful Spring Run Trail in Saratoga Springs on the first Saturday of each month. Walks start at 8:00 a.m.
The September 7 walk will be a member-led walk, with one of our regular first-Saturday walkers leading the group. Ray Perry will lead the walks on October 5 and November 2.
The one-mile trail is paved and flat. It is used for walking, running and biking, as well as birding. It offers a variety of habitats.
So far, 133 bird species have been reported along the Spring Run Trail. See Cornell’s eBird online checklist for this hotspot: ebird.org/hotspot/L1548124/bird-list. The “Bar Charts” link shows species seen for each month.
- Bring binoculars if you have them. All skill levels are welcome.
- Meet at 8:00 a.m. sharp at the Spring Run Trail parking area near the corner of East Avenue and Excelsior Avenue in Saratoga Springs
- If the parking area is full, park just slightly down the road on Excelsior Ave. in the EBI Beverage Center parking lot adjacent to the Spring Run Trail.
- For directions and details, see southernadirondackaudubon.org/Spring-Run/
Pop-up fall bird walks
Keep an eye out this autumn for pop-up bird walks by checking our Facebook and Instagram pages. Don’t miss an event or update! Stay connected with SAAS in any — or all — of these four ways:
- Email: sign up for announcements and updates at southernadirondackaudubon.org/ subscribe/. You do not need to be a SAAS member to receive these email notices from SAAS’s Mail-Chimp service.
- Facebook: Join the 2,240 people who follow SAAS at facebook.com/Southern
- Instagram: Follow @adkbirds (instagram.com/adkbirds/).
- Website: Check southernadirondack audubon.org/ for updated and new event information.