Saturday, May 18, 2013 8:00 AM
Meet at: Pine Bush Discovery Center Parking Lot,East side of New Karner Rd. (Route155) opposite “T” with Old State Rd., Albany, NY;
For More Information: John Wolcott -465-8930
Leader: Neal Reilly
Neal is a very expert birder and can spot most any bird around, tell a lot about it, and can draw most any bird to a closer view. Bird fanciers will enjoy meeting Neal and exchanging bird lore with him. We invite you one and all to this enjoyable and informative event.
The walk is free and open to the public!
A Note:
Save The Pine Bush is in need of more hike leaders.
For the last few years ; the Save the Pine Bush outing leaders have been Andy Arthur, Claire Nolan and John Wolcott. Our outing events are once a month, always on a Saturday and usually the third or fourth Saturday. We three, however, are not always readily available and we’ve come close to having no hike at all for a given month as happened for the first time ever last month. To prevent this from happening again, we are appealing for more volunteer leaders.
With more leaders we can hopefully have hikes lead by persons with more time and less competing obligations for any given hike date. I and Andy are generally available for going over data about various Pine Bush area and routes. Please e-mail the Newsletter at pinebush@mac.com or call John Wolcott at 465-8930 if you are interested in volunteering for this. Hope to see you out on the trail!
Note : There are CDTA localized shuttle buses to several points in the Pine Bush from X Gate’s parking lot and back . Call CDTA for detais if you have not a car or don’t wish to drive one. This is the only use of Crossgates that SPB recommends. For more info Call: 465-8930
For hikes in spring, summer & fall:
Take the usual precautions against UV radiation
and lyme disease: UV sunglasses, sunscreen, wide brimmed
hat, light-colored clothing, long-pants and long sleeves.
Show up in the latest environmental style.
Note: Due to the increase in global warming, the winter ski, snow shoe, and skating events of Save the Pine Bush will be listed in reverse of the way they have been announced for the last several years. We cannot respond to the advance of global warming the way that more Ski Resorts in the North East are doing with making more and more artificial snow. Our winter outing events will, now, all be announced simply as a “Hike” with the after thought of skiing or skating or snowshoeing weather permitting.
For hikes in spring, summer & fall:
Take the usual precautions against UV radiation
and lyme disease: UV sunglasses, sunscreen, wide brimmed
hat, light-colored clothing, long-pants and long sleeves.
Show up in the latest environmental style.
For bike rides:
We will travel on the streets together, and follow all traffic laws. Please wear a helmet. Please note, all CDTA buses are equipped with bike racks, in case you want to use a bus for part of your trip to and from the beginning and end of the bike ride.
