Taking Flight: Birding in the Catskills, June 10-12 A major birding event is scheduled in June at the Ashokan Center in Olivebridge, Ulster Co., NY. Presented by the not-for-profit Catskill Center Taking Flight: Birding in the Catskills combines the best of a birding conference with a birding festival in an event rich with knowledgeable presenters. Scheduled for June 10-12, activities will include birding before breakfast hikes and moonlit owl walks, as well as bird walks in surrounding areas including Delaware Co. In addition, workshops on a variety of birding topics will be held throughout the weekend. The keynote speaker for Friday is Chris Rimmer, Executive Director of the Vermont Center for Ecostudies. Chris' talk is titled "Bicknell's Thrush: Conserving a Bird of Two Worlds." Chris will lead an early Saturday morning hike up Slide Mountain in search of both Bicknell's and Swainson's thrushes, as well as other mountaintop breeding birds such as Blackpoll and Magnolia Warbler, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, and Yellow-belled Flycatcher. Keynote speakers for Saturday, are Chris Wood and Jesse Barry of Cornell Lab of Ornithology who will discuss the Lab's e-Bird project. The Ashokan Center is an educational retreat center teaching about nature, history, and the arts, located near the Ashokan Reservoir west of Kingston, NY. All meals are included in the conference registration fee, and on-site lodging is available, as well as the opportunities for camping. Visitwww.catskillcenter/taking-flightfor a complete schedule, information and registration.
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