2025 rally birds & schedule

[Bill and Nancy]

Does anyone know where to find an event calendar for the 2025 rally? Nancy my Wife and I plan on attending the rally in April and are wondering if anyone would like to join us for a bird walk one or two of the mornings. We attended the rally in Maine back in 2023 and led a couple of beginner bird walks and they were a big hit.  We were asked to do it again this year but we are planing to attend the 2025 rally this year. If anyone is interested let me know and maybe we can have the walks listed on the schedule of events, if there is one. The other option is to contact us directly and we can pencil something in. The birds should  be in peak spring migration so the birding should be great. God willing we plan to arrive on April 29th and stay through the 2nd of May on site #F56.  However there is one glitch. I was summoned to Grand Jury duty for 3 days a week for 3 months starting April 7th. I was told because I am self employed, I can get out of it for financial hardship but I need to appear in court on April 7th and tell it to the judge as they say. 

Wish me luck Bill

[John Dorrer]

12 minutes ago, Bill and Nancy said:

Does anyone know where to find an event calendar for the 2025 rally? Nancy my Wife and I plan on attending the rally in April and are wondering if anyone would like to join us for a bird walk one or two of the mornings. We attended the rally in Maine back in 2023 and led a couple of beginner bird walks and they were a big hit.  We were asked to do it again this year but we are planing to attend the 2025 rally this year. If anyone is interested let me know and maybe we can have the walks listed on the schedule of events, if there is one. The other option is to contact us directly and we can pencil something in. The birds should  be in peak spring migration so the birding should be great. God willing we plan to arrive on April 29th and stay through the 2nd of May on site #F56.  However there is one glitch. I was summoned to Grand Jury duty for 3 days a week for 3 months starting April 7th. I was told because I am self employed, I can get out of it for financial hardship but I need to appear in court on April 7th and tell it to the judge as they say. 

Wish me luck Bill

Great Idea. Not sure about the event calendar. I believe it will get posted with the Rally Link on the website.

[topgun2]

Yep - 

The Rally schedule historically has not been set/released until much later in the proceedings.  However, with regards to past years - there is nothing happening at the Rally until after registration which doesn't start happening until after noon (or so) on Wednesday (April 30).  On Thursday and Friday (May 1 & 2) there are usually morning seminars up in the main ballroom of the Lodge.  It is possible that Saturday morning MIGHT be open and Sunday morning usually sees many owners head for home.  Most afternoons and evenings are left open for visiting and vendor or owner presentations (usually in the vendor area and/or at the "beach pavilion").

Bill

[Bill and Nancy]

11 hours ago, topgun2 said:

Yep - 

The Rally schedule historically has not been set/released until much later in the proceedings.  However, with regards to past years - there is nothing happening at the Rally until after registration which doesn't start happening until after noon (or so) on Wednesday (April 30).  On Thursday and Friday (May 1 & 2) there are usually morning seminars up in the main ballroom of the Lodge.  It is possible that Saturday morning MIGHT be open and Sunday morning usually sees many owners head for home.  Most afternoons and evenings are left open for visiting and vendor or owner presentations (usually in the vendor area and/or at the "beach pavilion").

Bill

This would be a very informal bird walk around the camp ground. Nancy and I have owned The bird store and more in MA (www.thebirdstoreandmore.com ) for over 30 years and have been leading bird walk in new england for longer than that. Now that we are semi retired and Dezeree has taken over our business we are starting to travel. But we still like to bird so with that said we will be birding around the country looking for birds we haven’t seen. So If any one is interested look us up and you are welcome to join us before breakfast if you want to tag along to see what we can find. Hope to see you at the rally.

Bill and Nancy Cormier

 

[shhQuiet]

This sounds like fun, I'd like to join...  I'll be in site F38

- Steve

[Bill and Nancy]

On 2/16/2025 at 1:08 PM, shhQuiet said:

This sounds like fun, I'd like to join...  I'll be in site F38

- Steve

Steve we are in site # F56 we will keep an eye out for you. We should have an extra pair of binoculars and our spotting scope with us.

Hope to see you in April

Bill and Nancy

 

[John and Jodi]

We'll be in F47 and are also arriving on the 29th. We'll look for y'all or an announcement. I'm trying to crack 400 birds on my lifelist. We'd have our own binoculars and scope.

[Bill and Nancy]

5 hours ago, John and Jodi said:

We'll be in F47 and are also arriving on the 29th. We'll look for y'all or an announcement. I'm trying to crack 400 birds on my lifelist. We'd have our own binoculars and scope.

We are in F56 please introduce yourself we should be there. My Wife and I chased a Northern Lapwing in Jamestown RI this past Saturday and we got it ,Life'er!! But we missed the Tundra Bean-Goose 😿 We must have looked at 3,000+ Geese and ducks in the wind and cold for hours but no luck.

Hope to see you in April. 

BIll