Schedule
(Preliminary)
NYSOA 2025 - Preliminary Conference Schedule
Ithaca Downtown Conference Center (IDCC)
Friday, September 19, 2025
1:00 - 7:00 pm
Registration / Information Table
Vendor Displays and Silent Auction/raffle items
2:00 - 4:00 pm
Field Trips* to Sapsucker Woods and other hotspots, or
Behind the Scenes Tours at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology*
(mini-tours every 30 minutes, pre-registration required)
5:00 - 6:00 pm
[$] Welcome Reception, with hors d’oeuvres and cashless bar (card or mobile payment), at IDCC
6:00 - 6:45 pm
Presentation by Dr. Adriaan Dokter:
BirdCast - a Large-scale Perspective on Bird Migration
Saturday, September 20, 2025
All day
Registration / Information Table
7:00 - 11:00 am
Field Trips*
11:00 am - 6:00 pm
Vendor Displays, Silent Auction items
11:30 am - 12:45 pm
[$] New York Breeding Bird Atlas Celebration and Lunch, or
Lunch on your own
1:00 - 3:30 pm
Papers Session with Short Presentations on bird-related topics
3:30 - 3:50 pm
ID Challenge, by NYS Young Birders Club
4:00 - 5:00 pm
NYSOA Delegates Meeting
4:30 - 5:45 pm
Social Time with cashless bar (card or mobile payment)
5:45 - 8:45 pm
[$] Buffet Dinner, NYSOA awards, Keynote Presentation by Peter Kaestner:
In Search of the Orange-tufted Spiderhunter
Sunday, September 21, 2025
7:00 - 11:30 am
Field Trips*
* Participants may sign up for specific field trips for Friday, Saturday, and Sunday when they register for the conference.
[$] Denotes events with additional cost.
Registration opens April 1, 2025