Great South Bay Audubon Society is in need of a Brookside County Park tour guide on the Third Sunday of the month starting in June between the hours of 1:00 - 3:00.

Do you enjoy the outdoors, feeding and watching birds, walking in the woods, learning about local history, meeting new people and not having to travel far to do so?  Then why not consider becoming a tour guide at Brookside County Park, 59 Brook Street, Sayville, NY.  Various Sundays are available from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm.  No prior knowledge or birding experience is necessary.  For more information and/or to volunteer, please call Judy Davis at 631-277-5179 or email at princessjudyann@optonline.net.

Please join us as the Great South Bay Audubon Society launches a new initiative – The Brookside Butterfly Garden Club – to maintain and beautify the butterfly garden at Brookside County Park, 59 Brook Street, Sayville, NY.

Our stewardship at Brookside County Park goes beyond offering tours, feeding the birds, and maintaining the walking trails.  We also have a magnificent butterfly garden.  Our tour guides do their best to maintain the garden but on busy days, their time is limited.  We also have volunteers like Janet Gremli and Peter Schramel, who will take off from their respective jobs and donate their time to gardening and yard work at Brookside.  Even with all this hard work, our garden is in need of some tender loving care on a routine basis.

The Brookside Butterfly Garden Club will put together a task and planting schedule, a supply list, and work together to keep the garden a wonderful habitat for birds, bees, and butterflies.  A green thumb is not necessary nor is a huge time commitment.  If you would like to join the Brookside Butterfly Garden Club, please contact Janet Gremli at 631-588-1857 or Janet.Gremli@suffolkcountyny.gov. Check our website or Facebook page for notification of future meetings.

Our annual May dinner is one of our most important fundraising events.  However, the job of chairperson is not as formidable as it sounds.  There is a clear and precise outline of everything that needs to be done and many volunteers are already in place.  Please call GSBAS directly at 631-563-7716 and leave a message.