Coordinator: Naomi Lloyd naomi_kestrel@yahoo.com 

Grassland Bird Trust’s Alfred Z Solomon Grassland Bird Viewing Area on the New York State Birding Trail, a premier destination for viewing wintering hawks and owls, is now open to the public! The newly-created trail has boardwalks allowing access to new areas to allow closer observation of breeding birds in this mixed open habitat. We will be looking to add species of breeding birds to the GBT’s data, including American Kestrel, Eastern Meadowlark, Bobolink, Eastern Bluebird, and Savannah Sparrow as well as resident flycatchers and warblers. Upland Sandpipers have been recorded breeding here some years. The new trail wanders down from the viewing platform across the fields to wetland and stream areas. 

Meet at 8:00 a.m. at the Alfred Z Solomon Grassland Bird Viewing Area parking lot on County Rd 42, Fort Edward.