Upcoming Trips

Below are the birding/nature trips for the weekend of March 22 - March 23, 2025:

Brooklyn Bird Club

Introduction to Birdwatching
Saturday, March 22, 2025, 10:00am - 12:00pm
Leader: A member of the Brooklyn Bird Club
Description: Whether you’re just starting out or have already joined the birding ranks, this introductory walk is for you. Join a member of the Brooklyn Bird Club to learn the basics of birding and search for the dozens of species that visit Prospect Park through all seasons. All levels are welcome.
Registration: No registration necessary. Children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult.
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Boogie Down Birding: The Bronx’s Pelham Bay Park
Saturday, March 22, 2025
Leader: Tim Graves and Ryan Goldberg
Description: Visit the city’s largest park, Pelham Bay, in the only borough that is part of the North American continent. (The rest is an archipelago.) We’ll look for a range of species, such as early migrating passerines in its coastal forest, waterfowl on Long Island Sound, and wintering shorebirds on the Sound’s rocky Twin Island. We’ll also explore the peaceful woods of Hunter Island and its famous pine grove. It’s been many years since the BBC has traveled to this great park.
Registration: Ryan Goldberg, email: ryangoldberg@gmail.com
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Green-Wood Cemetery

Birding in Peace: Late-Risers Edition (Members Only)
Sunday, March 23, 2025, 10:00am - 11:30am
Description: You may know birding expert Rob Jett from his Birding in Peace tours. You know, the ones that meet at 6am? Always wanted to go on a birding tour at Green-Wood but not much of a morning person? This tour is for you! Winter at Green-Wood brings plenty of opportunities for birdwatching, with fascinating species to spot even in the colder months. For some migratory birds, Brooklyn serves as their warm-weather getaway during winter. Explore the cemetery and keep an eye out for overwintering waterfowl, nuthatches, woodpeckers, sparrows, finches, and other birds that choose to stick around for the season. By March, we’ll see some of the early north-bound birds beginning to trickle back into the area.
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Hudson River Audubon Society

“Ducking” at Smith Pond, Rockville Center, NY
Sunday, March 23, 2025 , 8:00am
Leader: Michael Bochnik
Description: This small Long Island Pond is known for a variety of ducks including Ring-necked Duck and Green-winged Teal. Both Long-billed Dowitcher and Common Snipe also overwinter here.
Registration: bochnikm@cs.com
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Littoral Society

Early Spring Migration Bird Walk
Saturday, March 22, 2025, 11:00am - 1:00pm
Leader: Don Riepe
Description: Join Don Riepe, the Littoral Society's Jamaica Bay Guardian, at the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge for a hike around the ponds and gardens to look for returning Osprey, Phoebes, Glossy Ibis, and many other early spring migrants. Also, enjoy a digital slide presentation to learn about bird behavior, migration and how they survive winter. $10 to non-members and Free to members.
Registration: Registration page
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NYC Bird Alliance

Bilingual Birding at Flushing Meadows Corona Park
Sunday, March 23, 2025, 8:00am - 10:00am
Leader: Oliver Lopez
Description: Comparte con NYC Bird Alliance irigida por el naturalista Oliver Lopez a lo largo de Willow Lake en Flushing Meadows Corona Park. Ve gorriones, pinzones, patos, aves zancudas y más. ¡Los observadores de aves principiantes son muy bienvenidos!
Registration: Registration page
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Early Spring Birding in Jamaica Bay
Sunday, March 23, 2025, 10:00am - 2:00pm
Leader: Tod Winston
Description: Come out to look for wintering waterfowl, raptors, and songbirds, as well as early spring migrants, at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge's East and West Ponds.
Registration: Registration page
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Accessible Birding in Fort Tryon Park
Sunday, March 23, 2025, 11:00am - 12:00pm
Leader: Alex Wang
Description: Beautiful Fort Tryon Park commands sweeping views of the Palisades and the Hudson River from soaring cliffs of bedrock in northern Manhattan. Past encounters include a variety of birds such as Bald Eagles and Ruby-throated Hummingbirds.
Registration: Registration page
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NYC Queer Birders

Green-Wood Cemetery
Sunday, March 23, 2025, 10:00am
Leader: Kelly McGarry
Description: Meet at Gothic Arches
Registration: Registration not required.
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North Fork Audubon Society

“Return of the Osprey” Celebration with Mattituck Park District & Turtleback Farm
Sunday, March 23, 2025, 12:00pm - 2:00pm
Leader: ____
Description: Get ready for another season of this conservation champion, the Osprey, North Fork’s beloved and iconic comeback kid. From beach clean-ups to Osprey nesting platform installations, prepare for this fish-eating raptor’s return through this annual celebration.
Registration: Not required.
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Protectors of Pine Oak Woods

Crooke’s Point
Saturday, March 22, 2025, 12:00pm - 2:00pm
Leader: Paul Lederer
Description: Maritime spits such as Crooke’s Point are dynamic typographical features which are formed and sculpted by water and wind action. Join naturalist Paul T. Lederer in a talk and walk where he will discuss the geology and human history of the site as well as the plants and animals that call this place home. Participants will meet at the Beach Center Parking Lot in Great Kills Park near the dirt road leading out to Crooke’s Point.
Registration: For more information or directions contact Paul Lederer at 718-354-9200
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Saw Mill River Audubon Society

Woodcock Walk at Croton Point
Sunday, March 23, 2025, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Leader: Members of SMRA
Description: Dress for the weather forecast. Bring binoculars if you have them. We will not have loaner binoculars for this walk.
Registration: See details link.
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South Shore Audubon Society

Hempstead Lake State Park
Saturday, March 22, 2025
Leader: Members of SSAS
Description: From the Southern State Parkway, take Exit 18 (Eagle Avenue) south to Field 3 (use second park entrance and make an immediate left turn.)
Registration: Registration is required by calling Joe Landesberg at 516-467-9498
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Urban Park Rangers

Saturday, March 22, 2025
McGolrick Bird Club at Monsignor McGolrick Park (in Msgr. McGolrick Park), Brooklyn
9:00am–11:00am
Free birding walks are held every Saturday at 9am, year-round. Meet at the Russell & Driggs entrance to McGolrick park.
Free

Birding: Early Spring Migration at Entrance - West 100 Street and Central Park West (in Central Park), Manhattan
11:00am–12:30pm
Join the Urban Park Rangers on a birding adventure around Central Park to look for spring migrants that include warblers, raptors and more!
Free