Birding Workshops
We offer Saw Mill River Audubon birding workshops through public libraries and community groups including other Audubon chapters and birding clubs, both in-person and via Zoom.
Listed further below are our upcoming birding workshops
To connect with our scheduled workshops, click through on the location names or graphics below for any registration or direction links, typically posted at least a month before the scheduled program.
[Download our Birding 101 resource handout]
Here is our listing of Zoom or in-person programs
for your library or community group to co-sponsor.
Contact our office for available dates and more details.
Upcoming Birding Workshops
Thursday, April 17, 2025, 7:00 pm
Zoom Program: Spring Bird Sounds
Anne Swaim, Executive Director, Saw Mill River Audubon will present this multimedia Zoom workshop co-sponsored by the Westchester libraries listed below.
Learn what birds are singing mid-April in Westchester County, and what new birds will be singing later this spring. Find out how to notice and learn bird sounds year around, and discover resources to sharpen your skills at birding by ear.
Coordinated by Pound Ridge Public Library and co-sponsored by Greenburgh Public Library, Mount Kisco Public Library, Mount Pleasant Public Library, New Rochelle Public Library, and Yonkers Public Library.
Friday, May 2, 2025, 7:00 pm
Congers Lake Community Center
Directions to venue
No registration needed. Free and open to the public.
SMRA Executive Director Anne Swaim will present this program for Rockland Audubon. Explore the thirty-five species of wood warblers that have been sighted in the Lower Hudson Valley from the often-seen and heard Common Yellowthroat and Yellow Warblers to rarer prizes like Connecticut and Mourning Warblers with a rainbow of colors in between. ID tips, sounds, and habitat and conservation notes will be included with references from The Warbler Book and Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s Bird Academy and other recommended resources to learn more about warblers.
Conger Lake Community Center
8 Gilchrest Road
Congers, NY 10920