BOS Photo Albums
Photo albums submitted by BOS members are below. These albums feature BOS field trips, events, and special bird sightings that our members have seen. We hope you enjoy them! (BOS Members: you'll need to LOGIN, then find the link on your member homepage to add your photos.)
NYSOA 2017 Conference
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The BOS hosted this year's NYSOA Birder's Conference, which was a hugely successful event! It was the largest conference ever and it received accolades from those at NYSOA, the vendors, and attendees. This album is contains photos from this exciting weekend.
Many attendees got to see the Lewiston Black Vultures
Contributed by: Sue Barth
Mike Morgante, BOS president, at the Niagara Power Vista.
Contributed by: Sue Barth
Scoping at the Niagara Power Vista.
Contributed by: Sue Barth
Scoping at the Niagara Power Vista.
Contributed by: Sue Barth
Scott Meier, scanning the at the Niagara Power Vista.
Contributed by: Sue Barth
Willie D'Anna, one of our field trip leaders, prepares to move the group to the next stop.
Contributed by: Sue Barth
Scoping at Goat Island.
Contributed by: Sue Barth
Joe Mitchell, one of our field trip leaders, scoping at Goat Island.
Contributed by: Sue Barth
What a large group we had on the Saturday's field trip to the American side of the Falls!
Contributed by: Sue Barth
Scoping gulls at Goat Island.
Contributed by: Sue Barth
A Dunlin gave a nice appearance at Three Sisters Island in Niagara Falls.
Contributed by: Sue Barth
Andrea Patterson of Braddock Bay Bird Observatory shares her knowledge of bird banding with passerbys.
Contributed by: Alec Humann
Melissa Benzinger McGlynn of Dancing Vulture Designs showcases her marvelous felted wool birds. She said this was her biggest show EVER! Thank you to our registrants who supported her artwork.
Contributed by: Alec Humann
A close up photo of Dancing Vulture Designs felted wool birds. If you are looking for a unique holiday gift, find Melissa's creations on her website.
Contributed by: Alec Humann
Luke Seitz displayed some of his recent artwork including this phenomenal piece featuring birds as Earth's continents.
Contributed by: Alec Humann
Luke Seitz's rendition of North America. A brilliant work!
Contributed by: Alec Humann
One of our phenomenal artist-members...Betsy Potter. Betsy designed the event T-shirt which was a big hit!
Contributed by: Alec Humann
Nadir Souirgi wowed is with his immense images of some of NY's recent rarities...Ross's Gull, Great Gray Owl and Cassin's Kingbird.
Contributed by: Alec Humann
Local photographer extraordinaire, Tim McIntyre, sold some of his iconic images taken locally; many from Forest Lawn!
Contributed by: Alec Humann
Another local artist, teacher and volunteer for Project Snowstorm, Melissa Mance, exhibited some of her beautiful pieces for our conference!
Contributed by: Alec Humann
Closeup of Nadir's Great Gray Owl pastel...I kept waiting for the image to blink at me! You should have seen it in person!
Contributed by: Alec Humann
A real honor was having Alan Singer, son of famous NY bird artist, Arthur Singer, sell his newly published memoir of his father's art legacy. A beautiful book and if you don't own it, you need to!
Contributed by: Alec Humann
New York State Bluebird and Purple Martin Societies shared space with Friends of Iroquois. These groups promote the proper housing guidelines for helping our local cavity-nesting species. If you are ever looking for a tax write off, consider donating
Contributed by: Alec Humann
Celeste Morien had these beautiful ornaments commissioned exclusively for the NYSOA conference as a fund raiser for Friends of Iroquois!
Contributed by: Alec Humann
Save Ontario Shores is a non-profit, citizen awareness group working to protect the critical bird migration corridor along the south shore of Lake Ontario from becoming a wind farm. An amazing to-scale representation of how large these turbines actua
Contributed by: Alec Humann
Rockjumper Worldwide Birding Tours maintained a booth at the convention giving local birders access to potential birding trips around the world.
Contributed by: Alec Humann
Joan Collins of Adirondack Avian Expeditions and president of NYSOA talked about her much-loved backyard...Adirondack SP. Joan led our BOS Travel Trip to this region in summer 2017. She found us everything we were hoping for and more!
Contributed by: Alec Humann
A view of the registration area as guests looked towards the Grand Ballroom.
Contributed by: Alec Humann
Karen Lee Lewis did a tremendous job programming the hotel's digital signboards for the convention.
Contributed by: Alec Humann
Wild Birds Unlimited featured many bird feeders as our weekend's weather ushered in the first cold winter winds. Our East Amherst location, owned by Angel Swann, warmed our hearts with these practical and whimsical bird buffets!
Contributed by: Alec Humann
A closeup view of Nadir's Ross's Gull. If you made the trip to Tupper Lake last winter, this is the bird! What a stunner!
Contributed by: Alec Humann
Goat Island Field Trip - submitted by Peg DiBenedetto
Contributed by: Sue Barth
A young Iceland Gull gave great views at the Niagara Power Vista.
Contributed by: Sue Barth
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