Autumn 2008

For details on the programs listed at each of our sanctuaries, please click on the sanctuary name below.

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Cape May Bird Observatory
Center for Research & Education, 600 Route 47 North, Cape May Court House, Cape May County, NJ 08210
(609) 861-0700
E-mail: cmbo2@njaudubon.org

The Northwood Center, 701 East Lake Drive, PO Box 3,Cape May Point, Cape May County, NJ 08212
(609) 884-2736
E-mail: cmbo1@njaudubon.org

Every Saturday:
Aug. 16 - Nov. 22 Fall Migrants at the Rea Farm (except October 25)
Sept. 6 - Nov. 22 Hawks, Trails, and Beach (except October 25)
Sept. 6 - Oct. 18 Birding Optics
Sept. 6 - Oct. 18 Songbird Morning Flight
Sept. 6 - Oct. 18 Hawk ID Mini-Workshops (except October 4)
Sept. 20 - Oct. 18      Monarch Tagging Demo                 
Sept. 27 - Oct. 18      Seabird ID Mini-Workshop
Every Sunday:
Aug. 17 - Nov. 16 Villas WMA Bird Walk (except October 26)
Sept. 7 - Oct. 19 Songbird Morning Flight
Sept. 7 - Oct. 19 Back Bay Birding by Boat
Sept. 7 - Oct. 19 Hawk ID Mini Workshops (except October 5)
Sept. 7 - Oct. 19 Birding for Beginners 
Sept. 7 - Oct. 19 Butterfly and Draggonfly Walk
Sept. 21 - Oct. 19      Monarch Tagging Demo              
Sept. 28 - Oct. 19      Seabird ID Mini-Workshop 
Every Monday:
thru Nov. 17      Birding at the Meadows
Aug. 4 - Oct. 27  Back Bay Birding by Boat
Every Tuesday:
Sept. 22 - Oct. 20      Monarch Tagging Demo              
Sept. 2 - Oct. 28 Higbee Beach Bird Walk
Sept. 2 - Oct. 28 Sunset Birding at Stone Harbor Point
Every Wednesday:
Aug. 6 - Nov. 26  Birding Cape May Point
Sept. 24 - Oct. 15      Monarch Tagging Demo              
Sept. 3 - Oct. 22 Twilight Watch for Migrating Owls, Bats, Herons
Every Thursday:
Aug. 7 - Oct. 30  The Birds of Cape May: A Bird Walk for All People
Aug. 14 - Oct. 30 Hidden Valley Bird Walk
Aug. 14 - Oct. 16 Butterfly Walk in the Goshen Gardens
Every Friday:
Aug. 15 - Oct. 31 Higbee Beach Bird Walk (except October 24)
Aug. 15 - Oct. 31 Sunset Birding at the Meadows (except October 24)
Sept. 5 - Oct. 31 Songbird Morning Flight (except October 24)
Sept. 5 - Oct. 31 Hawk ID Mini-Workshop (except October 3 and 24)
Sept. 19 - Oct. 17      Monarch Tagging Demo              
Sept. 26 - Oct. 31      Seabird ID Mini-Workshop (except October 24)
Daily:
Sept. 1 - Dec. 15 Cape May Autumn Hawk Watch
Sept. 1 - Oct. 30 Songbird Morning Flight Project
Sept. 22 - Dec. 22      Avalon Sea Watch
Programs and Workshops:
August 20-22      Shorebirds – CM School of Birding
August 27-28      Birds and Bugs – CM School of Birding
September 6-7     How to Identify Everything in Flight – CM School of Birding
September 12-13   Bird Watching for Beginners Class with Pete Dunne
September 12-14   Fall Migration – Full Spectrum – CM School of Birding
September 15-17   Fall Migration II – A Cape May Birding Holiday – CM School of Birding
September 25-26   Hawk Migration Plus – CM School of Birding
September 27      Sunset Cruise for Fall Migrants
October 4-5 Advanced Birding by Ear – CM School of Birding
October 5   Pine Barrens
October 11  Sunset Cruise for Fall Migrants
October 12  Birding from the Deck at the Nature Center of Cape May
October 18  Great Egg Harbor River Cruise
October 18-19     Sparrows – CM School of Birding
October 22-23     Raptors at the Migration Mainline – CM School of Birding
October 24-26     62nd Annual Cape May Autumn Weekend
October 27-29     Cape May with Everything on It – CM School of Birding
November 16 Birding Cumberland
November 22-23    Delaware Waterfowl Special – CM School of Birding
November 27 Centers Closed for Thanksgiving
December 6  Harlequin Romance

Essex County Environmental Center (NJAS Partner Site)
621 Eagle Rock Avenue, Roseland, NJ  07068, (973) 268-3500 ext. 270

September 11      Eagle Rock Reservation
September 13      Insects
September 20      South Mountain Reservation
September 25      Montclair Hawkwatch
October 4   Octoberfest 2008
October 9   Grover Cleveland Park
October 11  Hatfield Swamp
October 30 Branch Brook Park
November 6  Becker Tract and Walter Kidde Dinosaur Park
November 8  Wild Turkeys
November 15 Troy Meadows
November 20 Weequahic Park

Lorrimer Sanctuary
790 Ewing Avenue, PO Box 125, Franklin Lakes, Bergen County, NJ 07417, (201) 891-2185
E-mail: lorrimer@njaudubon.org

August 30   Garret Mountain
September 28      Hawk Watching for Beginners
October 1   Afterschool Program
October 8   Afterschool Program
October 12 Hawk Watching for Beginners
October 15 Afterschool Program
October 18 Leaves on Parade
October 19 Hawk Watching for Beginners
October 23 Afterschool Program
October 26 Apple Cider Festival
October 30 Afterschool Program
November 2 Hackensack Meadowlands

Nature Center of Cape May
1600 Delaware Avenue, Cape May, Cape May County, NJ 08204, (609) 898-8848
E-mail: nccm@njaudubon.org

September 3 Beach Plum Ramble
September 6 Big Game Fishing Workshop
September 10      Cape Island Nature Tour
September 12      Tours of Private Butterfly Gardens
September13 Full Moon Kayak
September 13      Tours of Private Butterfly Gardens
September14       Full Moon Kayak
September 14      Tours of Private Butterfly Gardens
September15 Full Moon Kayak
September 17      Cape Island Nature Tour
September 20      Milkweed for Monarchs
September 20      Monarch Walk
September 21      Creature Feature: Butterflies and Dragonflies
September 24      Cape Island Nature Tour
September 26      Mommy and Me Children’s Program Begins
September 27      Gardening for Wildlife Workshop
October 1   Shorebirds Big and Small
October 1   Cape Island Nature Trolley
October 4   Bird Seed Sale, Gardening for Wildlife Workshop
October 5   Pine Barrens Trip
October  8  Cape Island Nature Trolley
October 8   Edible Wild Plants Workshop
October 11  Hunters of the Sky: Live Hawks and Owls
October 12  COAST DAY, Birding from Nature Center Deck
October 15  Cape Island Nature Trolley
October 19  Creature Feature: Crickets and Grasshoppers
October 22  Protecting our Marine and Coastal Resources
October 22  Cape Island Nature Trolley
October 25  Birding from the Nature Center Deck
October 29  Pumpkin Fest and Campfire
November 15 Gardening for Wildlife Workshop    
November 16 Creature Feature: Spiders
November 19 Get to Know the Trees
November 22 Landscape Design Workshop
Dec. 2, 3, 6      Holiday Wreath Workshop
December 6  Bird Seed Sale
December 15 Creature Feature: Deer and Squirrels

Plainsboro Preserve
Plainsboro Preserve, 80 Scotts Corner Road, P.O. Box 446, Plainsboro, Middlesex County, NJ 08536, (609) 897-9400

September 6 Amazing Insects
September 6 Sourland Bird Migration Hike
September 13      Intermediate Birding
September 20      Wonders of Wetlands
September 20      Griggstown Grassland Birding
September 27      Animal Homes and Habitats
October 4   Radical Raptors
October 4   Birding Forsythe NWR
October 11  Getting Crafty with Nature
October 18  Fall Foliage Foray
October 18  Hawk Migration Hike at Raccoon Ridge
October 25  Stories from the World of Nature
November 1  Bats, the Misunderstood Mammal
November 8  Coexisting with Wildlife
November 8  Explore Baldpate Mountain
November 15 Animals Prepare for Winter
November 15 Forsythe NWR Birding
November 22 Animal Tracking
November 29 The Wily New Jersey White-Tail

Sandy Hook Bird Observatory
2 Hart Shorne Drive, Fort Hancock, NJ 07732 (732) 872-2500
E-mail: shbo@njaudubon.org

September 4 Sandy Hook Walk
September 11      Sandy Hook Walk
Sept. 13 & 14     Fifth Annual N.J. Meadowlands Festival
September 18      Sandy Hook Walk
September 20      Great Passerines with Scott at Sandy Hook
September 21      Sandy Hook at the Peak of Migration
September 25      Sandy Hook Walk
September 27      Garret Mountain with Pete
September 28      The Allendale Celery Farm with Rob
September 28      Camden County Haunts for Migrants
October 2   Sandy Hook Walk
October 4   Brigintine for Returning Waterfowl and Raptors
October 5   The Great Swamp NWR
October 5   Pine Barrens Botany with Rick Radis
October 9   Sandy Hook Walk
October 11  Sandy Hook for Passerines and Raptors
October 11  Palmyra Big Day with Lloyd Shaw
October 12  Great Meadows for Sparrows with Mike
October 16  Sandy Hook Walk
October 19  Sandy Hook for Short-Distance Migrants
October 23  Sandy Hook Walk
October 25  The Wallkill River NWR with Ken.
October 26  Dorbrook Park for Sparrows with Andrew
October 26  Beginning Birders at Sandy Hook with Patrick
October 30  Sandy Hook Walk
November 1  Brig at the Best Time to Be There
November 2  Rarities at Sandy Hook with Tom
November 7-10     Annual Delmarva Van Trip
November 8  Merrill Creek and Alpha
November 8  Ocean County with Lloyd
November 9  Sandy Hook for Migrants, Raptors, and Gulls
November 22 Sandy Hook with Scott for Late Fall Passerines
November 23 Linda and Carole at Sandy Hook for Late Migrants
November 27 SHBO Closed for Thanksgiving

Scherman-Hoffman Sanctuaries
11 Hardscrabble Road, Bernardsville, Morris County, New Jersey 07924, (908) 766-5787
E-mail: scherman-hoffman@njaudubon.org

September 7 Kittatinny Valley State Park
September 13      Bird Seed Orders Due
September 13      Hawk Watching, Washington Valley Park
September 14      Old Mine Road
September 14      Montclair Hawk Lookout
September 14      Hawk Watching, Washington Valley Park
September 14      Kittatinny Valley State Park
September 20      Agritourism, Bobolink Dairy and Bakeyard, Vernon/Sussex County
September 20      Hawk Watching, Washington Valley Park
September 20      Beginning Birding
September 21      Hawk Watching, Washington Valley Park
September 27      Agritourism, DanaRay Farm, Frankford, Sussex County
September 27      Bird Seed Sale Day, Hoffman Center
September 27      Backyard Bird Feeding Station Workshop, Hoffman Center
September 27      Hoffman Forest Restoration Tour
October 2   Backyard Habitat Workshop: Shrubs
October 5   Kittatinny Valley State Park
October 5   Pine Barrens
October 11  Cold Brook Park
October 11  Hawk Watching, Scotts Mountain
October 12  Kittatinny Valley State Park
October 18  Pine Barrens
NEW DATE: October 5  Warren Green Acres
October 19  Scherman-Hoffman Historic Hike
October 25  Agritourism, Howling Wolf Farm, Warren County
October 25  Wallkill River National Wildlife Refuge
November 2  Warren Green Acres
November 2  Kittatinny Valley State Park
November 8  Ocean County
November 9  Kittatinny Valley State Park
November 15 Beginning Birding
November 27 Closed for Thanksgiving

Rancocas Nature Center
794 Rancocas Road, Mount Holly, Burlington County, NJ 08060, (609) 261-2495
E:mail: rancocas@njaudubon.org

September 5 Morning Bird Walk at Rancocas
September 6 Garden Walk at Rancocas
September 12      Little Sprouts (Friday Series)
September13 Little Sprouts (Saturday Series)
Sept. 13 and 14   Fifth Annual New Jersey Meadowlands Festival of Birding
September 19      Little Sprouts (Friday Series)
September 20      Little Sprouts (Saturday Series)
September 20      Annual Fall Native Plant Sale
September 21      A Short Walk with Sandra Keller at Palmyra Cove
September 21      Nature Explorers (First Week of Series)
September 26      Little Sprouts (Friday Series)
September 27      Little Sprouts (Saturday Series)
September 27      Naturalist-Led Walk at Rancocas
September 27      Migrating Fall Warblers at Riverwinds
September 28      Birding Camden County
October 3   Morning Bird Walk at Rancocas
October 3   Little Sprouts (Friday Series)     
October 4   Little Sprouts (Saturday Series)   
October 4   NJAS Stewardship Talk and Walk
October 5   Best of the Pine Barrens
October 5   Nature Explorers
October 10  Little Sprouts (Friday Series)     
October 11  Little Sprouts (Saturday Series)   
October 11  “Big Day” at Palmyra Cove
October 11  Fall Birding at Bombay Hook NWR
October 12  Fall Sparrows at Red Bank
October 18  Salem County Autumn Frolic
October 19  Nature Explorers
October 19  A Short Walk with Sandra Keller at Taylor’s Preserve
October 24  Nature Toddlers (Friday Series)
October 25  Nature Toddlers (Saturday Series)   
October 25  “Know the Bear Facts” (Free)
October 31  Nature Toddlers (Friday Series)
November 1  Nature Toddlers (Saturday Series)
November 1  Birding Forsythe (Brigantine) NWR
November 2  Nature Explorers
November 4  Autumn Meadow Walk (Election Day)
November 7  Morning Bird Walk at Rancocas
November 7  Nature Toddlers (Friday Series)
November 7  Best of RNC Photo Exhibit (Opening Night)
November 8  Nature Toddlers (Saturday Series)
November 8  Birding Historic Sites of the Pinelands
November 9  Hibernate, Migrate, or Stay Active?
November 14 Nature Toddlers (Friday Series)
November 15 Nature Toddlers (Saturday Series)
November 16 Nature Explorers
November 21 Nature Toddlers (Friday Series)
November 22 Nature Toddlers (Saturday Series)
November 27 Center closed for Thanksgiving
November 30 Best of RNC Photo Exhibit (Last Day)
December 5  Morning Bird Walk at Rancocas
December 7  Nature Explorers (Last Week of Series)

Weis Ecology Center
150 Snake Den Road, Ringwood, Passaic County, NJ 07456, (973) 835-2160
E-mail: weis@njaudubon.org

August 23   The Wonderful Weis Whale Watch II
August 23   Wildflower Walk
September 6 Wildflowers of Pyramid Mountain
September 7 TTT: Young Adult Hike
September 11      Beech Road Bird Walks
September 14      Wings of Wonder: Butterflies for Families
September 14      WWW Hike
September 14      Montclair Hawk Watch
September 18      Nature Discovery Time
September 18      Beech Road Bird Walks
September 20      Women’s Hike
September 21      Highlands Hike
September 25      Beech Road Bird Walks
September 27      Bird Seed Sale Pickup
September 27      Basics of Birding: Backyard Birdfeeding
September 28      Basics of Birding: Backyard Birdfeeding
October 2   Beech Road Bird Walks
October 4   Basics of Birding: Autumn Hawk Watch
October 5   Basics of Birding: Backyard Birdfeeding
October 5   Pine Barrens Trip        
October 5   WWW Hike
October 9   Nature Discovery Time
October 9   Beech Road Bird Walks
October 11  Women’s Hike
October 11  Fall Foliage Hike for Families
October 12  TTT:  Young Adult Hike
October 12  Basics of Birding: Backyard Birdfeeding
October 12  Sunrise Mountain Birding
October 16  Beech Road Bird Walks
October 18  Campfire in the Pumpkin Patch
October 19  Highlands Hike
October 24  Campfire in the Pumpkin Patch
October 25 Campfire in the Pumpkin Patch
October 25  Wallkill River National Wildlife Refuge
October 26  WWW Hike
November 1  Basics of Birding: Autumn Hawk Watch
November 2 TTT: Young Adult Hike
November 2  Hiking for Hawks:  Raccoon Ridge
November 6  Nature Discovery Time
November 8  Women's Hike
November 9 Basics of Birding: Backyard Birdfeeding
November 15       Basics of Birding: Backyard Birdfeeding
November 16 WWW Hike
November 16 Building for Birds: Feeders
November 16 Highlands Hike
November 27 Center closed for Thanksgiving
December 6  Open House: Holiday Nature Festival
December 6 Bird Seed Sale Pickup
December 6 Christmas Tree Sale Kickoff
December 6  WWW Hike

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