Our Mission

The mission of the Four Harbors Audubon Society is to protect and preserve birds, wildlife, and the places and resources needed, for today and tomorrow.

Our Territory

Centereach

Coram

East Setauket

Hauppauge

Kings Park

Lake Grove

Middle Island

Miller Place

Mount Sinai

Nesconset

Port Jefferson

Port Jefferson Station

Ridge

Rocky Point

Saint James

Selden

Setauket

Shoreham

Statement on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion 

Four Harbors Audubon Society is committed to an inclusive volunteer community that welcomes people of all backgrounds, lifestyles, and perspectives. We seek to increase diversity of our board and membership, and to reach underserved communities in our chapter territory. Four Harbors Audubon Society believes in a volunteer community free of any kind of discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, national or ethnic origin, politics, or veteran status.

Our History

Four Harbors Audubon Society was formed in 1983 when a group of conservationists came together to build upon the Moraine Audubon Society which originated in the 1970’s. The Board focused their efforts on the greatest need of the time - water issues - and therefore looked to the harbors within this North Shore chapter for their name.

In the late 2000’s, conservation efforts expanded. The chapter adopted two Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBAs) as a way to protect birds and their environments. To that end, invasive species were removed and replaced with native plants.  In subsequent years, bird monitoring began with winter waterfowl counts, Christmas bird counts and other counts logged into e-Bird.

As Four Harbors grew, so did programming. In line with Audubon’s “Bird-Friendly Communities,” we installed native plant gardens at libraries and schools, gave lectures on public habitat gardens and held tree parties in order to encourage folks to plant more native trees.

More recently, we added to our core programs with two conservation programs. In conjunction with the “Bird Safe Buildings Initiative,” volunteers have put up anti-collision window stickers on Stony Brook University’s South Campus. The Stone Bridge Nighthawk Watch is a popular endeavor where volunteers count Common Nighthawks as they migrate south across our territory from late August to early October.

Our work with the community is equally important. In addition to Environmental Movie Nights, we also hold Second Wednesday and Second Saturday bird walks which enable us to follow the life cycle (and annual migrations) at West Meadow Beach, along with Avalon Park and Preserve and Frank Melville Memorial Park. The popular “A Valentine to Whitman’s Paumanock” showcases the beauty of Long Island (or Paumanok, its Native American name) and its wildlife through the photos and artwork of those who live here on the island.

Four Harbors will continue to grow our activities, in order to meet our mission, to protect and preserve birds, wildlife and the places and resources needed for today and tomorrow.