Spring 2008

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

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

March 1     Birding for Absolute Beginners
March 8     Woodcock and Amphibian Evening Walk
March 15    Winter Nature Detectives
March 22    Winter Hike on the Plainsboro Preserve
March 24 to 28    All About Animals Spring Vacation Camp
March 29    Tracking Wild Animals
DATE CHANGED TO: April 5    Sourland Mountains: Geology and Habitats
April 5     Trenton Marsh
April 5     Finding Your Way by Map
April 12    Signs of Spring Hike
April 19    Earth Day Festival
April 19    Spring Bird Migration: Earth Day Festival
April 19    Spring Nature Detectives: Earth Day Festival
April 19    Terrific Turtles: Earth Day Festival
April 26    Salamander Search
May 3   Hiking and Birding the Sourland Mountains
May 3   Radical Raptors
May 10      World Series of Birding Century Run
May 10      Beautiful Bird Migration
May 17      Amazing Animals of Our Vernal Pools
May 17      Breeding Bird Survey
May 24      Awesome Insects
May 31      Wildlife Up Close
May 31      Finding Your Way by Compass
 

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

March 1     Barnegat Light for Harlequins
March 8     Manasquan Inlet and North Shore Ponds
March 9     Merrill Creek Reservoir
March 15    Sandy Hook Migration Watch (2 Months)
March 15    Monthly Free Bird Walk at The Hook
March 22    Franklin Parker Preserve for Winter Birds
March 23    SHBO Closed for Easter
March 29    Salem County with Hopes of Ruff and Eagles
March 30    Sandy Hook for Winter Specialties
April 5     Swartswood Lake State Park
April 6     Liberty State Park with Michael Britt
April 12    Allendale Celery Farm with Rob Fanning
April 12    Pedricktown and Salem County
April 13    Monmouth County’s Charleston Spring Golf Course with Andrew Spears
April 17    Early Morning Bird Walk at The Hook
April 19    Raptor Migration at Sandy Hook
April 20    Sandy Hook and Migration Watch Platform
April 20    Free Beginning Birders Walk at The Hook
April 24    Thursday Morning Bird Walk at The Hook
April 26-27 Pete’s Annual Weekend to Belleplain and Cape May for Early Warblers
April 26    Bridgeton County Parks with Lloyd Shaw
April 26    Monthly Free Bird Walk at The Hook
April 27    Sandy Hook for Great Migrants
April 30    Rarity Magnet Tom Boyle at Sandy Hook
May 1  Thursday Morning Bird Walk at The Hook
May 3  Pete’s Annual Pilgrimage to Garret Mountain
May 3  Rick Radis in the Pine Barrens
May 3  Monthly Free Bird Walk at The Hook
May 4  SHBO Volunteers-Only Field Trip
May 8  hursday Morning Bird Walk at The Hook
May 10      WSB Century Run at The Hook
May 11      Sandy Hook at Prime Time for Migration
May 15      Thursday Morning Bird Walk at The Hook
May 15      Last Day of Sandy Hook Migration Watch
May 18      Tom Boyle Scours Sandy Hook
May 22      Thursday Morning Walk at Sandy Hook
May 28      Mourning Warbler, Bicknell’s Thrush Hunt
May 29      Early Morning Bird Walk at The Hook
June 7 & 8    Third Annual Sussex County Birding Festival
 

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

March 2     TTT: Young Adult Hike
March 2     Building for Birds: Houses
March 6     Nature Discovery Time
March  8    Women’s Hike
March 9     Basics of Birding: Bird Walks
March 9     HH Hike
March 16    Pancake Breakfast and Brunch Fundraiser
March 16    WWW Hike
March 20    Beech Road Bird Walk*
March 21    All Natural Egg Dying
March 22    Camouflaged Egg Hunt
April 5     The Magical Forest
April 6     TTT: Young Adult Hike
April 10    Calls of the Wild
April 10    Nature Discovery Time
April 11    Vernal Pools Alive!
April 12    Caving 101
April 12    Celery Farm 
April 13    WWW Hike
April 19    Earth Day Workday
April 20    HH Hike
April 26    Wildflower Hike: Pyramid Mountain
April 27    Basics of Birding: Bird Walks
May 3   2008 Plant Sale
May 3   Wildflower Hike: Long Pond Iron Works
May 4       Garret Mountain’s Bottleneck Birds
May 4   WWW Hike
May 8   Nature Discovery Time
May 10      Wildflower Hike: Carris Hill
May 10      World Series of Birding
May 12      Mother’s Day Hike
May 17      Wildflower Hike: Wyanokie Crest
May 18      HH Hike
May 24      Women’s Hike
May 25      Basics of Birding: Bird Walks
May 25      WWW Hike

          * Every Thursday through May 15
 

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

March 1     Hackensack Meadowlands
March 8     Lava Flows and Dinosaurs, Essex County
March 8     Kittatinny Valley State Park
March 15    Kittatinny Valley State Park
March 22    Franklin Parker Preserve
March 22    Scherman-Hoffman and Great Swamp
March 23    Sanctuary Closed
DATE CHANGED TO: April 5    Sourland Mountains
April 5     Griggstown, Franklin Township
April 5     Swartswood Lake, Sussex County
April 5     Franklin Township, Griggstown
April 12    Allendale Celery Farm, Bergen County
April 12    Kittatinny Valley State Park
April 16    Gardening with Native Plants, Scherman-Hoffman
April 18    Great Swamp
April 19    Native Plant Sale, Scherman-Hoffman
April 19    Scherman-Hoffman and Great Swamp
April 19    Kittatinny Valley State Park
April 19    Bins and Scopes, Scherman-Hoffman
April 25    Great Swamp
April 26    Hyper Humus
April 26    Great Swamp
April 30    Iron Mining History in N.J., Scherman-Hoffman
May 2       Bittern Watch, Great Swamp
May 3       Scherman-Hoffman and Great Swamp
May 3       Plant Sale, Scherman-Hoffman
May 3       Deer Exclosure Wildflower Tour, Scherman-Hoffman
May 4       Negri-Nepote, Franklin Township
May 4       Griggstown, Franklin Township
May 9       Great Swamp
May 10      WSB Century Run, Scherman-Hoffman and Great Swamp
May 10      Century Run, Wallkill River NWR
May 10      Old Mine Road, Sussex County
May 10      Kittatinny Valley State Park
May 16      Bittern Watch, Great Swamp
May 17      Great Swamp
May 17      Kittatinny Valley State Park
May 17      Walpack/Flatbrook-Roy Area, Sussex County
May 18      Sparta Mountain Day
May 24      Raising Moths & Butterflies
 

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

March 7, 14       Mommy and Me Children’s Program
March 15    Kids Can Investigate: Nature CSI
March 18 to 20    Spring Crafts for Families Open House
March 21, 28      Mommy and Me Children’s Program
March 22    How to Identify Birds: An Approach that Works
March 22    Birding from the Deck
March 25 to 27    Spring Crafts for Families Open House
April 1 to 30     Eighth Annual Native Plant Sale
April 4, 11   Mommy and Me Children’s Program
April 12    The Natural Garden Landscape Design Workshop
April12     Possum and the Peepers Children’s Program
April 18, 25   Mommy and Me Children’s Program
April 19    Earth Day Cleanup Workshop
April19     Kids Can Grow Crazy Container Gardens
April 26    Awakening the Garden, Prepping the Garden for Spring
April26     Tanks-Up, Saltwater Aquarium Setup Workshop
April 30    Beauty on the Wing: Butterfly and Hummingbird Gardening
May 2, 9    Mommy and Me Children’s Program
May 3, 10   Harbor Safari
May 10      Plant Swap
May 10 to 17   Native Plant Sale Pickup
May 7, 14   Cape Island Eco Tour
May 16-18   Spring Open House at the Nature Center
May 17      Netting an Avian’s Cuisine
May17  Horseshoe Crab Lab
May 21, 28  Cape Island Eco Tour
May 24, 31  Harbor Safari
May 24      Snakes of New Jersey
May 31      Pond Peekers
June 4, 11  Cape Island Eco Tour
June 7      National Trails Day Special Harbor Safari
June 14     Family Fishing Trip
June 14     Harbor Safari
June 21     Harbor Fest 2008
 

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

February 22, 29   Nature Toddlers (ages 3 to 5)
March 2   Whooo’s out there?  Night Hike at RNC
March 7   Free Member Bird Walk at RNC
March 7, 14    Nature Toddlers (ages 3 to 5)
March 9     Sunday Nature Explorers Club Starts (ages 5 ½ to 8)
March 22    Birding in the Pines – Franklin Parker
March 24    Naturalist’s Trip – Salem County
March 29    Spring Birding in Salem County
April 4     Free Member Bird Walk at RNC
April 5     Fundraiser for RNC – Scavenger Hunt
April 11, 18, 25  Nature Toddlers (ages 3 to 5)
April 12    Spring in Salem County
April 13    Nature Explorers Club Ends
April 26    Birding the Deep South – Bridgeton Park
May 2   Free Member Bird Walk at RNC
May 3   Hawkins Road with Sandra Keller
May 4   Naturalist’s Trip – Wild Places Along Timber Creek
May 10    World Series of Birding – Support Our Team!
May 17    Hawkins Road with Sandra Keller
May 17    Naturalist’s Trip – Sourland Mountains with Karl Anderson
May 9  Little Sprouts Begins (ages 2 ½ to 4)
May 24      Hawkins Road with Sandra Keller
May 31      Hawkins Road with Sandra Keller
June 13     Little Sprouts Ends 
 

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

March 5, 12   After-School Nature Programs
March 19, 26  After-School Nature Programs
March 30  Woodcock Wonder Van Trip
April 2,  9  After-School Nature Programs
April 6   Skunk Cabbage Safari
April 16, 23  After-School Nature Programs
May 1, 8    Birding at the Celery Farm
May 3    Pine Barrens Botany, Birds, and Butterflies
May 3, 4   Spring Plant Sale
May 7, 14  After-School Nature Programs
May 10   Twenty-Fifth Annual World Series of Birding
May 15, 22   Birding at the Celery Farm
May 21, 28  After-School Nature Programs
May 25   Herpin’ at the ‘Po
May 29   Birding at the Celery Farm
June TBA    Scout Programs at Lorrimer: Badges & More
 

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
Feb 2 to March 29 Birding Cape May Point
April 5 to May 24  Spring Migrants at Rea Farm  (except May 10, 17)
April 5 to May 24  Birds of Belleplain State Forest (except May 10, 17)
April 5 to May 31  Birds of Cape May: A Bird Walk for All People (except May 10, 17)
Every Sunday
Feb 3 to March 23  Sunday Morning at Turkey Point
April 6 to May 4 Villas WMA Bird Walk
April 27 to June 22  Back Bay Birding by Boat (except May 20)
Certain Sundays
Feb 17, March 2, 16  Nightfall at Jakes Landing
Feb 10, 24, March 9, 23 Nightfall at Corbin City Impoundments
Every Monday
Mar 24 to June 30 Birding The Meadows
April 7 to June 2 New! Butterflies, Botany, and Birds
Apr 28 to June 23 Back Bay Birding by Boat
Every Tuesday
Apr 1 to May 20  Spring at Two Mile Beach
Every Wednesday
Mar 26 to June 25 Birding Cape May Point
April 9 to April 30  Birds of Peaslee WMA
April 9 to May 28 Nummy’s Island Bird Walk
Certain Wednesdays
May 7, 14, 21  Exploring Cumberland
Every Thursday
Apr 3 to May 29  Birds of Belleplain State Forest (except May 22)
Every Friday
March 7 to March 28  Winter Evenings at the Meadows
Apr 4 to May 23   Higbee Beach Bird Walk (except May 16)

CMBO SPRING LIST OF EVENTS
February 29  First Quadrennial Leap Day “Century”
March 1     Woodcock Dance
March 15    Poor Man's Pelagic
March 15 &16   Thirteenth Annual Optics Sale
March 9-30  New! Break into Birding Weekend I (2 days)
April 5     New! Field Sketching for Beginners
April 19-20 Building Basic Birding Skills (2 days)
April 26    Cruisin’ for Loons
April 26    Digiscoping for Beginners
May 1-2    Birding by Ear – South (2 days)
May 3-4    Warblers by Sight and Sound I (2 days)
May 5-6    Warblers by Sight and Sound II (2 days)
May 10     World Series of Birding
May 10     WSB – Cape May Century Run Team
May 13-15   The Peak of Spring Migration (3 days)
May 14    Sunset Cruise for Spring Migrants and Heron Rookeries
May 15, 24, 31    Shorebirds and Horseshoe Crabs Galore
May 16-18   Cape May Spring Weekend
May 20-21   New! Northbound Shorebirds (2 days)
May 30      Clapper Rail Madness
May 30-31   New! Birding by Ear – North (2 days)
June 7-8    New! Break into Birding Weekend II (2 days)
June 26, 28   Cruisin’ for Chicks at Sunset
 

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

March 1  Maple Sugaring Demonstration
March 6   Weequahic Park
March 20  Woodcock Walk
March 22  Hatfield Swamp
April 3   Verona Park
April 17  Branch Brook Park
April 19    Earth Day 2008
May 1   Great Piece Meadows
May 10   World Series of Birding for Families
May 15   Becker Tract
May 24   South Mountain Reservation
May 29   Hatfield Swamp
 

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