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PHAS FREE Bird Walk at Dennings Point
Sunday, October 25th - 8am
Meet at Parking lot: https://maps.app.goo.gl/WpTJ2sDK8fU6UpoeA
Join younger birder and naturalist Arabella P. for a morning of exploration at Dennings Point State Park, a 64-acre peninsula at the mouth of the Fishkill Creek. With its hardwood forests, rocky shorelines, and streams, Dennings Point offers a rich variety of habitats to explore during fall migration.
Once an island, the peninsula bears evidence of human habitation dating back to at least 4000 B.C.E. The outcropping in the Hudson River, once known as the Island in Fishkill Bay, was later used by Indigenous peoples throughout the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries and later, during the American Revolution, as a landing point for ferries traveling from Newburgh and New Windsor. After changing hands several times, the site became home to the Rivers and Estuaries Center, a research facility that continues to attract the public today.
The rocky shores offer a good chance to spot late migrating shorebirds passing through, such as Spotted and Solitary Sandpipers, along with Great Blue Herons stalking the shallows. Inland, the forests – despite an abundance of invasive flora, including Asiatic Bittersweet, Japanese barberry, multiflora rosa, and privet – continue to support native species who cling on where possible, including oaks, maples, and a variety of ferns. If luck is on our side, we may spot a Mink among the rocks. We will also search in the flocks of Little Brown Jobs (LBJs) that we encounter – White-Throated, Song, or Swamp sparrows feasting on fruit, seeds, or whatever insects they can find among the leaf litter – for Lincoln sparrows or any other unexpected finds. We may also be treated to glimpses of late migrating Black-throated Blue or Pine warblers or Ruby and Golden-crowned Kinglets foraging on dormant insects. From the rocky shoreline to the leaf-strewn forest floor, we’ll see what late fall migration has left for us to discover, and we’ll discover some of the rich and complicated history of this area as well!
LIMITED AVAILABILITY. Register Below!
Please select the total number of people attending using the quantity selector, including yourself and all guests. Then click Register and complete just one registration form for your group, including the names of all attendees.
Example: If you’re bringing 3 people total, select 3 and submit one registration form with all 3 names.
Space is limited, so please be sure your quantity matches your total group size!
PHAS FREE Bird Walk at Dennings Point
Sunday, October 25th - 8am
Meet at Parking lot: https://maps.app.goo.gl/WpTJ2sDK8fU6UpoeA
Join younger birder and naturalist Arabella P. for a morning of exploration at Dennings Point State Park, a 64-acre peninsula at the mouth of the Fishkill Creek. With its hardwood forests, rocky shorelines, and streams, Dennings Point offers a rich variety of habitats to explore during fall migration.
Once an island, the peninsula bears evidence of human habitation dating back to at least 4000 B.C.E. The outcropping in the Hudson River, once known as the Island in Fishkill Bay, was later used by Indigenous peoples throughout the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries and later, during the American Revolution, as a landing point for ferries traveling from Newburgh and New Windsor. After changing hands several times, the site became home to the Rivers and Estuaries Center, a research facility that continues to attract the public today.
The rocky shores offer a good chance to spot late migrating shorebirds passing through, such as Spotted and Solitary Sandpipers, along with Great Blue Herons stalking the shallows. Inland, the forests – despite an abundance of invasive flora, including Asiatic Bittersweet, Japanese barberry, multiflora rosa, and privet – continue to support native species who cling on where possible, including oaks, maples, and a variety of ferns. If luck is on our side, we may spot a Mink among the rocks. We will also search in the flocks of Little Brown Jobs (LBJs) that we encounter – White-Throated, Song, or Swamp sparrows feasting on fruit, seeds, or whatever insects they can find among the leaf litter – for Lincoln sparrows or any other unexpected finds. We may also be treated to glimpses of late migrating Black-throated Blue or Pine warblers or Ruby and Golden-crowned Kinglets foraging on dormant insects. From the rocky shoreline to the leaf-strewn forest floor, we’ll see what late fall migration has left for us to discover, and we’ll discover some of the rich and complicated history of this area as well!
LIMITED AVAILABILITY. Register Below!
Please select the total number of people attending using the quantity selector, including yourself and all guests. Then click Register and complete just one registration form for your group, including the names of all attendees.
Example: If you’re bringing 3 people total, select 3 and submit one registration form with all 3 names.
Space is limited, so please be sure your quantity matches your total group size!