Please check the ECOS website for event updates. ECOS NEWS CALENDAR of EVENTS for September 2015 DATE GROUP ACTIVITY – LOCATION CONTACT Sept 2/W ETTNC Explore the Shore @ Thompson's Lake at 10am 872-0800 Sept 3/Th FREEC Early Morning Bird Walk @ 7:30am 475-0921 Sept 4/F APBP Walk: Friday Walk 12:00-1:00 free pre-register 456-0655 Sept 5/Sa APBP Ravine Ramble 11:00 am fee $3 pre-register 456-0655 ESCV Walk: Johnstown, NY 10:00 http://walkescv.org/ ETTNC Early Morning Bird Walk @ 7:30am 872-0800 ETTNC Meet Kelly Martin: Local Wildlife Rehabilitator @ 10am 872-0800 FREEC Big Pine Trail Naturalist Walk @ 10am. Corvid Presentation @ 2pm 475-0291 GLA Geocaching 1:00pm http://www.landisarboretum.org/ SCADK Hike: Sacandaga/Leader's Choice. Class II/III Ed Cunningham 885-7444 Sept 6/Su APBP Walk: Wonder Walk 1:00 pm fee $3 pre-register 456-0655 SCADK Hike: Leader's Choice. Class II/III Clark Darlington 370-2144 Sept 8/Tu SCADK Hike: Climb Cat Mountain. Five mile trip *alt date 9/9 Walt Hayes 399-7482 Sept/ 10 Th FREEC Early Morning Bird Walk @ 7:30am 475-0291 Sept 12/ Sa ESCV Walk: Bennington, VT 10:00 http://walkescv.org/ FREEC Old Field Trail Naturalist Walk @ 10am. Insect Walk @ 2pm 475-0291 GLA Nature Art 2:00pm http://www.landisarboretum.org/ SCADK Hike: Leader's Choice. Class II/III Bob Wright 279-1428 Sept 13/Su APBP Class: Learn 10 Trees Fee $3 pre-register 456-0655 ESCV Walk: Albany 1:30pm http://walkescv.org/ SCADK Hike: Sacandaga/Leader's Choice. Class II/III Ed Cunningham 885-7444 SCADK Hike: Climb Hadley Mountain. Meet at 9am Jacques McGinn 281-3673 Sept 14/M HMBC Photo tour of South Florida Bird Trip: Colonie Library @ 7pm 785-6760 Sept 15/Tu ECOS Walk: Woodlawn Preserve 9:30am 370-4125 Sept 17/Th APBP Lecture: Fungi of the Pine Bush 7:00 pm pre-register 456-0655 FREEC Early Morning Bird Walk @ 7:30am 475-0291 Sept 18/F SCADK Paddle: Paddle Fish Creek Ponds Loop. Meet at 10am Roy Keats 370-0399 Sept 19/Sa APBP Program: Birds Take Flight 7:30 am fee $3 pre-register 456-0655 ESCV Walk: Saratoga Springs 10:00 am http://walkescv.org/ FREEC Walk & Watch Birds at Five Rivers 10am. Turkey Trail Walk 2pm 475-0291 GLA Walk; Native Plant Tour 2:00 http://www.landisarboretum.org/ SCADK Hike in October Mt State Forest in MA Rich Vertigan 381-9319 SCADK Hike: Hudson River Gorge. Class III John Banevicius 256-7827 Sept 20/Su AMC Hike Corkscrew Rail Trail Sharon Bonk 674-0042 APBP Walk: Buckmoths 1:00 pm Fee $3 pre-register 456-0655 ESCV Walk: Cooperstown 1:30 pm http://walkescv.org/ GLA Walk: Native Plant Tour 2:00 http://www.landisarboretum.org/ Sept 22/Tu APBP Walk: Autumn Equinox 6:30 pm fee $3 pre-register 456-0655 ECOS Hike: Vroomans Nose Carpool 9:30am 370-4125 6 Sept 24/Th FREEC Early Morning Bird Walk @ 7:30am 475-0291 Sept 26/Sa AMC Hike Mount Marcy Kevin Cox 279-4839 APBP Walk: Discover the Pine Bush 1:00 pm fee $3 Pre-register 456-0655 ESCV Walk: Saratoga National Historic Park 10am http://walkescv.org/ NYPA Wildlife Festival: Blenheim Gilboa Wildlife Festival 800-724-0309 RLT Hike: Rensselaer Plateau 2 days 9/26 & 9/27 rentrust.org SCADK Paddle: West River Release. Class III+ Ralph Pascale 399-4810 SCADK Hike: Climb Moxham Mountain Mary MacDonald 371-1293 Sept 27/Su APBP Walk: Discover the Pine Bush 1:00 pm fee $3 pre-register 456-0655 Sept 29/Tu ECOS Hike: Schiffendecker Farm Preserve 9:30 am 370-4125 SCADK Hike Through Stony Pond Norm Kuchar 399-6243 Sept 30/W ECOS Paddle: Easy paddle around Collins Lake 10:00 370-4125 ESCV Walk: Scotia 10:00 am http://walkescv.org/ Calendar Key: AMC Appalachian Mountain Club APBP Albany Pine Bush Discovery Center ECOS ECOS: The Environmental Clearinghouse ESCV Empire State Capital Volkssporters ETTNC Emma Treadwell Thacher Nature Center FREEC Five Rivers Environ. Ed. Center GLA George Landis Arboretum HMBC Hudson-Mohawk Bird Club NYPA New York Power Authority Blenheim Gilboa RLT Rensselaer Land Trust SCADK Schenectady Chapter Adirondack Mountain Club 7 .