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Are You a Budding Naturalist?
Interested in Learning About Our Natural World?

Starting in September, Huntington-Oyster Bay Audubon began featuring special youth only field trips, led by members of our Youth Outreach Committee.

Our past trips have included Jones Beach in September and Montauk Point in November.  Our next trip will be to various waterfowl hotspots on the north shore.  Check our field trip page for details.

Future  trips will include birding, botany and general naturalist excursions! Parents are of course welcome and we do ask that you fill out a permission slip prior to the trip and send to us. Loaner binoculars are available to those without their own. For more information, email trickiwoo63@yahoo.com

PDFDownload permission slip here. (PDF - 50 kb)

Limited Time Only Offer!
Complimentary HOBAS membership to youths between the ages of 11 and 18!

If you are between the ages of 11 and 18 and join between September 1st and December 31st you will receive a complimentary one year membership to Huntington-Oyster Bay Audubon! Membership includes open invitations to our monthly and special programs, field trips (including our all new youth only excursions!), special discounts on some events and our newsletter, The Killdeer!

Birding With Brent

Birding with BrentHuntington-Oyster Bay Audubon's Brent Bomkamp brings us his latest article...Winter Hotspots: Ponds.

Most birders agree that the highlight of the winter season on the North Shore is the abundance of waterfowl. Thousands of breeding-plumaged ducks arrive in our area during late fall to spend the winter on the nutrient-rich ponds and bays along the Long Island Sound. The area covered by HOBAS contains numerous great waterfowl hotspots, most of which are easily accessed and birded...Read More

For those of you who would like to expand
your horizons...

Group PhotoThe New York State Young Birders Club provides community, friendship, and fun for young people who have a passion for wild birds and their habitats. Huntington-Oyster Bay Audubon is a proud partner of the NYSYBC and we encourage you to learn more about it, either as a partner or a member:

http://www.nysyoungbirders.org/about.html