Paul Smith's College Visitor Interpretive Center -- Ducks on Heron Marsh

Birding the Adirondacks:
Teddy Roosevelt Bird Walks

Paul Smiths VIC -- Adirondack Birding | Great Blue Heron on Heron Marsh at the Paul Smiths Visitor Center (7 September 2011)Adirondack Birding: Great Blue Heron on Heron Marsh at the Paul Smiths VIC

During the fall of 2012, Adirondack Birding Center Director Brian McAllister is leading a series of bird walks at the Paul Smiths VIC. Participants search for fall migrants moving through the Adirondacks to their wintering areas further south and get a look at some of the same birds identified by a young Teddy Roosevelt when he visited Paul Smiths in the 1870s. Birders meet at the VIC building at 8:30 AM on selected Wednesdays and Saturdays in September and selected Saturdays in October and November. $20/person. For more information, call the Paul Smith's College VIC at (518) 327-6241.

Trip Reports from the 2012 Fall Series

During the summer of 2012, the Paul Smith's College VIC hosted a series of bird walks led by Adirondack Birding Center Director Brian McAllister. Participants were challenged to see and hear many of the bird species identified by a young Teddy Roosevelt in his research while visiting Paul Smiths in the 1870s. Birders met at the VIC at 9:00 AM..

Trip Reports from the 2012 Summer Series

Trip Reports from the 2011 Series

 

Explore the VIC

The Paul Smiths VIC offers a wide variety of programs throughout the year to educate and inform Adirondack Park residents and visitors about the natural wonders of the Adirondack Mountains. You can help support these programs by joining the Friends of the VIC. More information on Friends of the VIC memberships

Explore the Trails

The VIC trails are free and open to the public, from dawn to dusk, spring through fall. In winter, the trails are open to cross-country skiers and snowshoers for a fee. Day or season passes may be purchased.