All levels of naturalists, including beginners,
are most welcome on Eastern Long Island Audubon field trips.
Most trips are free to attend,
however, sometimes the venue we are visiting has a fee.
We try to make a note of it in the notice.
Brian Moldashel & Eileen Schwinn, Field Trip Co-Chairs
Please remember to register with the leaders of these trips. Just in the case there are unexpected changes or the weather does not cooperate and plans have to change!
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Saturday, October 3, 2026
Fire Island Hawk Watch & Lighthouse Walk
Meet at 8:00 am at the eastern end of the parking lot at Field 5. Our traditional fall trip to Robert Moses State Park, we will walk the 3/4 mile boardwalk to the Fire Island Lighthouse - stopping at the Hawk Watch Platform along the way to “check out the raptor action”. Past visits at this time of the year by ELIAS had Chat, Gray Kingbird, Swainson’s Thrush, and A LOT of Yellow-rumped Warblers! Please register with Brian Moldashel for this trip at Brian.moldashel@gmail.com. Sunday, October 18, 2026
Suffolk County Farm
Meet at 8:45 am at the parking lot by the new farm welcome center. Always a dynamic place in fall, the farm often hosts open field species such as Bobolink and Eastern Meadowlark, as well as any number of raptors, sparrows, flycatchers, and more. This easy walk will cover less than two miles over flat farm fields and dirt roads. Please register with Brian Moldashel for this trip at Brian.moldashel@gmail.com. 