Upcoming Trips

Below are the birding/nature trips for the weekend of March 29 - March 30, 2025:

Brooklyn Bird Club

Introduction to Birdwatching
Saturday, March 29, 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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A Golden-crowned Kinglet or Bust in Prospect Park
Saturday, March 29, 2025, 7:30am - 12:00pm
Leader: Peter Dorosh
Description: In 2025, we will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the leader’s birding journey, which began in 1975 with his first spark bird, the Scarlet Tanager. To mark this special milestone, the theme of the year’s celebrations will focus on bird species with the name “golden,” along with all birds that continue to inspire joy and wonder. Throughout the year, seven “golden” bird species will be featured in walks and trips, honoring nature, the outdoors, and the many birds that enrich our lives. This trip will spotlight the Golden-crowned Kinglet, a species commonly found in city parks across the eastern U.S. during early spring. Our journey will take place in the historic Prospect Park.
Registration: Not required.
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Gateway National Parks

Jamaica Bay Junior Ranger Birding Walk
Sunday, March 30, 2025, 11:00 am — 12:00pm
Leader: Park Rangers
Description: Calling all Junior Rangers! Explore the trails of Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge and learn about birds with a park ranger. The program will be followed by a special Junior Ranger “swearing-in” ceremony. This program is recommended for ages 6-10 but Junior Rangers of all ages and their families are welcome to join. Binoculars will be provided.
Registration: Not required.
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Green-Wood Cemetery

Birding in Peace
Sunday, March 30, 2025, 6:45am - 8:15am
Description: March sees the beginning of longer days and at Green-Wood Cemetery we’ll track many of the nearly 40 overwintering bird species. Thawed ponds could hold several species of waterfowl, possibly a rarity or two. Arriving Common Grackles will be looking for nest sites and our local Red-tailed Hawks will be working on their nest. American Woodcocks also visit the cemetery in early spring. We’ll be on the lookout for the arrival of the first Eastern Phoebe’s - a harbinger of the spring songbird migration. By the end of the month, birds that had been mostly silent throughout the colder, darker weeks, will suddenly be tuning up their songs for a joyous spring chorus.
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Linnaean Society of New York

Staten Island Hot Spots and Early Spring Migrants
Saturday, March 29, 2025
Leader: Seth Wollney
Description: Staten Island is a wonderland of habitats and a spectacular place to see birds, particularly during spring migration. The island’s southern shore offers fantastic coastal birding, and the Greenbelt, located at the center of the island, boasts a 2,800-acre network of forests. Trip locations are selected each year based on recent sightings and known hotspots. Past trips included stops at Conference House Park, overlooking Raritan Bay at the southernmost point of New York State; Mount Loretto (Bald Eagle); Great Kills Park (Royal and Caspian Terns, Little Blue Heron, Saltmarsh Sparrow); Arden Avenue Beach (Lesser Black-backed Gull); Oakwood Beach (Yellow-crowned Night-Heron); Miller Beach (gulls and terns); and anywhere else that our leader expects to find interesting birds.
Registration: Kristin Ellington — krs10ellington@gmail.com
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NYC Bird Alliance

Birding at Blue Heron Park
Saturday, March 29, 2025, 8:00am - 10:00am
Leader: Anthony Ciancimino
Description: Discover a diversity of spring migrants with longtime birder and Staten Island resident, Anthony Ciancimino. Expect to see a variety of species of warblers, thrushes, and other songbirds that utilize the important wooded swamps found at the park.
Registration: Registration page
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Spring Birding in Van Cortlandt Park
Saturday, March 29, 2025, 9:00am - 10:30am
Leader: Alyssa Bueno
Description: Join NYC Bird Alliance on a bird tour in one of the Bronx's largest green spaces. Participants will look for various species of resident and migrant birds and discuss a wide range of avian topics. This event is held in partnership with Van Cortlandt Park Alliance.
Registration: Registration page
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Let's Go Birding Together on Randall's Island
Saturday, March 29, 2025, 10:00am - 11:30am
Leader:
Description: Join NYC Bird Alliance and the Randall's Island Park Alliance for an early spring Let's Go Birding Together event. NYC's Bird Alliance Let’s Go Birding Together walks welcome the LGBTQ+ community, allies, families, and anyone looking for a fun, inclusive birding experience. Meet others with the same love for birds and discover the diverse habitats of Randall's Island from meadows, marshland, and shoreline.
Registration: Registration page
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Intro to Birding in Central Park
Sunday, March 30, 2025, 8:30am - 11:00am
Leader: Tod Winston
Description: Are you curious about birding but don’t have much (or any) experience? Join NYC Bird Allliance's Tod Winston in Central Park, a birding hotspot, where you’ll learn the basics and spot everything from lively sparrows, finches, woodpeckers, ducks, and more. Binoculars available upon request.
Registration: Registration page
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Queens Botanical Garden Birding
Sunday, March 30, 2025, 9:30am - 1030am
Leader:
Description: Explore Queens Botanical Garden in search of migrant songbirds and learn about the resources the Garden offers to birds and other wildlife. These outings are held in partnership with the Queens Botanical Garden.
Registration: Registration page
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Protectors of Pine Oak Woods

A Walk at Blue Heron Park
Saturday, March 29, 2025, 12:00pm - 2:00pm
Leader: Don Recklies
Description: We’ll meet in the Blue Heron Nature Center parking lot, 222 Pollion Avenue, then cross the street using the Blue Trail to visit Butterfly Pond, then loop back to the Nature Center using the Yellow and Red Trails.  With luck, some buds will be breaking. If time permits, we will also loop Spring Pond.
Registration: For more information call Don Recklies at (718) 768-9036. Inclement weather—but not a light rain—will cancel this walk.
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South Shore Audubon Society

Point Lookout Town Park (and Lido Preserve afterwards)
Sunday, March 30, 2025
Leader: Members of SSAS
Description: From the Southern State Parkway, exit onto the Meadowbrook State Parkway south. Exit from the Meadowbrook at Loop Parkway (just before the Jones Beach toll booths) toward Point Lookout. The Loop Parkway ends west of Point Lookout at Lido Boulevard. Continue straight across Lido Boulevard into Point Lookout Park. Travel past the ticket booths and curve left into the very large parking lot on the south side of the park. Park in the southeast corner, closest to the private homes of the village of Point Lookout and the beach. We will walk east along the beach toward Jones Inlet. After returning to the parking lot, we will drive west on Lido Boulevard to Lido Beach Passive Nature Preserve on the north side of Lido Boulevard to walk through the bay marsh.
Registration: Registration is required by calling Joe Landesberg at 516-467-9498
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Sullivan County Audubon Society

Woodcock Walk
Saturday, March 29. 6:45pm
Leader: _____
Description: Meet in Livingston Manor town parking lot (by the stoplight) at 6:45 p.m. We will carpool a short distance from there at 7:00 pm.
Registration: Please call Renee Davis if you need more information at 845-798-3266. Rain, wind, or snow will cancel this event and a rain date of Sunday, March 30 will apply.
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Urban Park Rangers

Saturday, March 29, 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 Migrants at Salt Marsh Nature Center (in Marine Park), Brooklyn
11:00am–12:00pm
Join the Urban Park Rangers on a walk along the Salt Marsh Nature Trail to discover and learn about different migratory birds that are in the NYC area during early Spring.
Free