About

The mission of Onondaga Audubon is to encourage the conservation of birds and other wildlife native to Central and Northern New York.

Conservation

Local, regional, global. Making a difference.

Rallying against fracking in Washington. Photo by Janet and David Muir

Education

From Audubon in the Classroom to Audubon Camp scholarships.

We reach both students and educators.

Birding

Field trips, team birding events and citizen science projects.

A happy group of birders at Whiskey Hollow . Photo by Joe Brin

Sanctuaries

Two properties on the Lake Ontario shore for your exploration.

You can’t miss the turn onto Sage Creek Drive.

Onondaga Audubon is the National Audubon Chapter for Central New York and the eastern Lake Ontario basin. With over 2200 members we serve Cayuga, Cortland, Herkimer, Jefferson, Lewis, Madison, Oneida, Onondaga, and Oswego counties.

Meetings are held at various sites from September to May, excluding January and February. Typically the meetings are held the second Wednesday of the month. Please check The Kestrel newsletter and this website for details on each monthly meeting’s date and time. Meetings usually run approximately two hours long. Field trips are held year round to observe birds, and other interesting aspects of nature. All programs and field trips are free and open to the public.

OAS owns and operates two sanctuaries on Lake Ontario: Derby Hill Bird Observatory and Richard A. Noyes Sanctuary. Derby Hill is an important site for spring hawk migration. Noyes Sanctuary provides a variety of scenic and birding opportunities in all seasons. Both sanctuaries have maintained trails and are free and open to the public, dawn to dusk.