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There are many reasons to visit Doodletown Road in Bear Mountain State Park, a jewel of a park in Rockland County, New York.  Perhaps it is the history of Doodletown that interests you?  Maybe you are hoping for an encounter with Crotalus horridus, otherwise known as the Timber Rattlesnake?  Or could the steep uphill climb [...]

This past weekend was the Queens County Bird Club‘s annual Doodlebash, a weekend of birding Doodletown Road in Bear Mountain State Park and the Bashakill in Sullivan County.  I could not attend the the entire Doodlebash so I had to content myself simply with Saturday’s Doodle (which sounds dirty but I swear it isn’t).  Loyal [...]

There is no better place in New York State to see both Cerulean and Hooded Warblers than Doodletown Road in Rockland County. Wait, Doodletown? Corey’s gone off the deep end and is just making stuff now isn’t he? No, I’m not, and if you want evidence, well, Mike visited this Important Bird Area back in [...]

Approach your partner… Even though spring migration is not yet in full flower, every moment of birding seems fraught with possibilities. That’s why we’ve been stealing any possible moment to go birding. Here’s are some brief highlights from of our recent excursions in Westchester and Orange Counties: CRESTWOOD LAKE – A brief stop sans optics [...]

Today, it was the Core Team’s great pleasure to visit one of our favorite parks, Bear Mountain State Park. It’s funny how, as one develops new interests, familiar places often reveal unsuspected depths. For example, although we have been frequent visitors to Bear Mountain, we had never heard of Doodletown. Oh, you haven’t either? That’s [...]