7:30 pm on Zoom: An exploration of how birds of prey manage to adapt to the dangers of urban environment, and the amazing new behaviors that they invent. Vladimir Dinets got his Ph.D. in Zoology (Animal Behavior), studying performing arts (songs and dances) in the crocodilians. He has also worked on whooping crane reintroduction in Louisiana and has studied ptarmigan wintering in the High Arctic, play behavior in fish, endothermy in spotted lanternflies, bat survival during supertyphoons,...

Led by Donna Traylor. Montclair Bird Club will be visiting Cape Ann in Massachusetts again this year. This February outing is a two-and-a-half–day trip through the Cape Ann peninsula (Amesbury, Gloucester, Rockport, Plum Island, Bass Rocks, and more). It’s a cold and windy trip that often turns up some very interesting birds, including white-winged gulls, alcids, scoters and other ducks, both loons, or snowy and short-eared owls. Reservation and Sign-up Details Hotel: Fairfield Inn 35 Clarks...

American woodcock. Photo by Rick Wright. Week of March 11-15, 2026 (specific date dependent upon the woodcock’s calendar). Meet at 6:15 p.m. Address provided upon registration. To register, email your contact information to MBCoutings@gmail.com . Attendance limited to 12 people. Each spring, American woodcock males put on an amazing courtship display that we can witness here in NJ. At dawn and dusk, the males produce a loud  peent  call from the ground, then spring up into the air, flying in...