Green-winged teal. Photo by Beni Fishbein. In honor of Birdability Week Montclair Bird Club Sits at DeKorte Park 10:30 am to 12 noon This trip cancels if it rains. Birdability is an organization devoted to making birding more accessible and inclusive to birders of all abilities, regardless of disability or other health concerns. During the third week of October, they sponsor Birdability Week; this year's theme is "Bird Where You Are." (For more information about Birdability, see their...

This talk will cover how the Merlin team at Cornell makes Sound ID, what sorts of mistakes Merlin can make and why, the best ways to use Merlin, and how birders can make and contribute their audio recordings to help Merlin improve over time. Speaker Bio: Blaine Carnes is the Merlin Sound ID US and Canada project coordinator at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. In addition to his work on Merlin Sound ID, he runs a long-term bird banding project in Texas with study sites at the John Bunker Sands...

The First Time: Birding New South Wales in Spring by Rick Wright. In person at the Union Congregation Church in Upper Montclair. Birding can take us to the ends of the earth, or at least to Montclair’s near-antipode on the vast continent of Australia. From kangaroos to currawongs, even the briefest of visits to the tiniest bit of the east coast is full of natural wonders. Join Rick Wright for an introduction to birding “down under,” illustrated with photos by his companions on this inaugural...