Meetings and Events

“Grey Ghost” – Northern Harrier © Deb Kral

UPCOMING EVENTS

Monthly programs are held on the fourth Monday of most months, featuring speakers who bring us fascinating presentations on birds, other wildlife, and the environment. Refreshments and conversation take place after each meeting.

Unless otherwise indicated, meetings are held at 7:30pm at the Freedom Plains Presbyterian Church Fellowship Hall, located at 1168 Route 55, about .3 mile west of the Taconic State Parkway, across from Arlington High School. In addition, an informal dinner at the Daily Planet restaurant (close by and also on Route 55) takes place beginning at 5:45pm before each program meeting. No reservations are necessary — just show up!     


Zoom Meeting

Monday, January 27, 2025 at 7:30 pm

Speaker: Laura Erickson
Title: Fifty Years of Birding

Laura Erickson has been a scientist, teacher, writer (thirteen books about birds), blogger, public speaker and more.  Since 1986 has been producing the long-running “For the Birds” radio program; the program is a podcast on iTunes: http://www.lauraerickson.com/radio/ . Laura is the recipient of many awards.  You can find out more about on her website: Laura Erickson’s For the Birds: http://www.lauraerickson.com

 

Zoom Meeting

Monday, February 24, 2025 at 7:30pm

Speaker: Anders Gyllenhaal
Title: A Wing and a Prayer

As their work slowed down Anders and his wife Beverly started following birds and photographing and writing about them for magazines and newspapers around the country that led to this program and book.  Their presentation draws on their 25,000 miles of travel across the hemisphere researching the book, interviews with 300 people in every station in the world of birds. Their book entitled “A Wing and a Prayer” was published in April 2023.

 


For Zoom meetings, all members will receive a Zoom invitation via email ahead of the event. Some programs may also be recorded and available for viewing after the event.

To view recordings of some past Zoom programs, visit the Waterman Bird Club YouTube channel.

In November, our monthly program is replaced by an Annual Dinner meeting. There are no meetings in July, August, or December. All programs are open to the public free of charge, except for a very few labeled Members Only. If you’d like to join, see https://watermanbirdclub.org/about-us/join/. All events are subject to change.

In case of bad weather, meetings will be cancelled. Please listen to local radio stations or go to cancellations.com for cancellation information.