Events

Come volunteer with Cooperstown Friends of the Parks and help get Three Mile Point ready for a new season! Wear gloves and bring a rake.

Join OCCA Educator Shelby MacLeish for a walk in Fetterley Forest on Friday, May 10, as we check out the vernal pool, explore our surroundings, and gaze over Canadarago Lake. May is the perfect time of year to wander in the woods. I hope you will join in the fun.   More information and sign…

Join Delaware-Otsego Audubon Society Board Director, Charlie Scheim and Member Sandy Bright on Saturday, May 11 at 8:00am for a walk to view returning migrant birds on the Susquehanna Greenway Trail. This is an easy hike on unpaved but level ground which may be slightly muddy. No restrooms are available. There are a few benches…

Enjoy spring in the woodlands of Robert V. Riddell State Park in Davenport with OCCA. We’ll hike up to the waterfall and back, about 3.5 miles total. Along the way we’ll look for wildflowers, trees, and talk a little about the park’s history. The trail requires a steady uphill climb and may be wet. This…

Join the Butternut Valley Alliance and the Upper Susquehanna Coalition for a volunteer workday to steward riparian forest buffer plantings in the Butternut Creek watershed. Please sign up using this form. If you have any questions, please contact Glassera@tiogacountyny.gov or bva.exec@gmail.com.

Join Delaware-Otsego Audubon Society (DOAS) Co-President, Andy Mason on Sunday, May 12 for a spring bird walk. Returning migrants at this location should include warblers, vireos, orioles, tanagers, and possibly waterfowl and raptors. The walk will last approximately two hours, and will require some hill-climbing and hiking over uneven and possibly muddy ground. A handicapped…

Join the members of the Susquehanna Chapter of the Adirondack Mountain Club for a guided hike. Meet at Meet at 9:45am for announcements and sign-in. Hike commences at 10 and ends around noon. See https://susqadk.org/outing-schedule/ for details and contact info for hike leaders.

Join long-time birders and DOAS members Suzanne Gaynor and Sarah Root on Wednesday, May 15 from 8:00-10:00am at lower Riddell State Park. This will be a mostly-flat, half-mile walk along field hedgerows, along the Schenevus Creek, and through mature forests. A raised railroad bed makes it possible to see treetop warblers and other special migrant…

The Glimmerglass Tri has returned after a long hiatus. 2024 will be bigger and better than ever before. Racers will begin the race on a kayak or canoe with a 1.5 mile open water PADDLE. Starting at the beachfront at Glimmerglass State Park, the route will follow the protected Glimmerglass bay on Otsego Lake. After the…

Come to Pathfinder Village for the 11th annual Splash Path 5K and Fun Walk. The festival features vendors, food trucks and music. Proceeds benefit Pathfinder Produce and vocational programs. For more information and to register, go to pathfindervillage.org