It's another beautiful November in Upstate New York! Come get some fresh air with us this Saturday at our old favorite, Green Lakes.

📅 Date: Saturday, November 8th 2025 at 10am

📍 Hike Location: 7900 Green Lakes Rd, Fayetteville, NY 13066 (Google Maps Directions)

Carpooling:

If you need help getting to the trail or want to offer a ride, feel free to message us at contact@cnyhiking.lgbt or DM us on Instagram @cnyhiking and we’ll do our best to connect folks.

Accessibility & Notes:

We’ll be doing a longer and more rustic hike than our usual Green Lakes’ loop as we explore the old growth forest portions of our favorite state park.

Feel free to shoot us a message if you have any questions!

Hope to hike with you soon! 💚

– The CNY Hiking Team

Our Last Hike - Pleasant Valley!

Big thanks to everyone who made it out for a very special birding hike led by the wonderful Anna Stunkel (@chimney.swift) from Onondaga Audubon (@onondagaaudubon). Be sure to check out the upcoming events the Audubon center has to offer!

We started with an intro to binoculars for new birders, and then took a peaceful stroll through the preserve while spotting both familiar and rarer birds 🐦‍⬛✨

Birds Seen & Heard

• Great Blue Heron

• Canada Goose

• Mallard

• Turkey Vulture

• Sharp-shinned Hawk

• Northern Harrier

• Belted Kingfisher

• Red-bellied Woodpecker

• Downy Woodpecker

• Pileated Woodpecker

• Blue Jay

• American Crow

• Common Raven

• Black-capped Chickadee

• Red-breasted Nuthatch

• Carolina Wren

• Golden-crowned Kinglet

• American Robin

• Northern Cardinal

• Song Sparrow

• White-throated Sparrow

• Dark-eyed Junco

• Red-winged Blackbird

• Rusty Blackbird

• American Goldfinch