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THEA QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER PUBLICATION OF OF NEWCITY YORKAUDUBON CITY AUDUBON WINTER SPRING 20142020 / / VOLUME VOLUME XXXV XLI NO. NO. 1 4

THE URBAN AUDUBON

Landmark NYC Bird-Friendly Design Bill Passes Audubon’s New Climate Report: Survival by Degrees ’s Bobolink

Spring 2020 1 NYC AUDUBON MISSION & VISION NYC Audubon is a grassroots community that works for the protection of wild birds and habitat in the five boroughs, improving PRESIDENT’S PERCH Jeffrey Kimball the quality of life for all New Yorkers. NYC Audubon envisions a day when birds and people in the five boroughs enjoy a healthy, livable habitat. ecent months have brought some very bad news for our birds. Last September, the journal Science revealed that bird populations in the U.S. and Canada have declined THE URBAN AUDUBON Editors Lauren Klingsberg, Marcia T. Fowle 29 percent since 1970, resulting in the loss of three billion individual birds. National

R © Joe McGinnis* Managing Editors Andrew Maas, Tod Winston Audubon published its new report on birds and Publications Committee Seth Ausubel; climate change, Survival by Degrees—concluding that Lucienne Bloch; Ned Boyajian; Suzanne Charlé; Diane Darrow; Ivy Gilbert; two-thirds of North American birds are at risk in the Catherine Schragis Heller; Mary Jane Kaplan; coming decades. And against the backdrop of these Abby McBride; Rebecca Minardi; Hillarie O’Toole; Don Riepe; Carol Peace Robins GHYDVWDWLQJ VFLHQWLÀF VWXGLHV WKH 7UXPS DGPLQLVWUD- tion’s elimination of longstanding protections afforded Art Direction and Design Tod Winston E\WKH0LJUDWRU\%LUG7UHDW\$FWLVDOOWKHPRUHWUDJLF Printing and Mailing Kase Printing, Inc. Publisher NYC Audubon 7KDQNIXOO\LQ1HZ

ADVISORY COUNCIL Center, once the biggest “bird-killers” in the City, underwent a bird-friendly renovation in 2013, Co-Chairs Marcia T. Fowle*, James R. Sheffield FRQGXFWHGE\DUFKLWHFWXUDOÀUP);)RZOHDQG(SVWHLQLQFRQVXOWDWLRQZLWK1<&$XGXERQ Council Members Richard T. Andrias; Sarah 2XU UHVHDUFK VKRZHG WKDW WKH UHQRYDWLRQ UHGXFHG ELUG PRUWDOLW\ E\  SHUFHQW 7KLV ELUG Grimké Aucoin; Claude Bloch, MD; David Burg*; Albert K.Butzel; Cliff Case; Rebekah friendly design legislation will save hundreds of thousands, eventually millions, of birds. Creshkoff; Andrew Darrell; Joseph H. Ellis; 1<& $XGXERQ DQG IHOORZ PHPEHUV RI  WKH %LUG6DIH %XLOGLQJV $OOLDQFH PDGH WKLV Andrew Farnsworth, PhD; Lynne Hertzog; Mary Jane Kaplan; Robert J. Kimtis; Lauren KDSSHQ1<&$XGXERQYROXQWHHUVKDYHEHHQGRFXPHQWLQJELUG²EXLOGLQJFROOLVLRQVIRURYHU Klingsberg; Kimberly Kriger; Janice Laneve; \HDUVFRQWULEXWLQJWRDQLPSRUWDQWGDWDVHWWKDWKDVPDGHXVDOHDGHULQWKHÀHOGDQG Pamela Manice; Peter Rhoades Mott*; Dorothy DOORZHGXVWRSURYLGHVROLGVFLHQFHLQ VXSSRUWRI WKLVOHJLVODWLRQ,Q1<&$XGXERQ M. Peteet, PhD; Don Riepe; Lewis Rosenberg; John Shemilt; David Speiser; Tom Stephenson determined that we needed a new staff member who could focus solely on advocacy issues. *Past President 7KURXJKDIXQGUDLVLQJSXVKDWWKH)DOO5RRVWDQGDJUDQWIURP1DWLRQDO$XGXERQZH

STAFF were able to hire Molly Adams as our advocacy and outreach manager. She has worked skill- Executive Director Kathryn Heintz fully and tirelessly in tandem with our partners to direct our advocacy volunteer corps, manage Advocacy & Outreach Manager Molly Adams a social media campaign, meet with local stakeholders, and coordinate with members of the Controller David Cavill Communications Manager Andrew Maas %LUG6DIH%XLOGLQJV$OOLDQFH&LW\&RXQFLODQG0D\RU·VRIÀFH$OOWKLVZRUNUHVXOWHGLQDPRUH Communications Content Manager, effective, enforceable, and ultimately successful bird-friendly design bill. Special Projects Tod Winston Conservation Biologist Kaitlyn Parkins As the “urbanest” of Audubons, making our metropolis safer for birds is our calling. And Conservation Field Biologist Emilio Tobón we have succeeded: in collaboration with many partners, we have achieved a great and long- Conservation Program ODVWLQJYLFWRU\IRURXUELUGV

RECYCLED 2 www.nycaudubon.org Supporting responsible use of forest resources IN THIS ISSUE SPRING 2020 © NYC Audubon NYC AUDUBON 71 West 23rd Street Suite 1523 New York, NY 10010 Tel: 212-691-7483 Fax: 646-606-3301 www.nycaudubon.org

Cover Photograph: Bobolink pair © Ruhikanta Meetei/Audubon Photography Awards

Small Banner Photographs: Susan Elbin, Steve Nanz, and Don Riepe * This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License. 6 © Nic Lehoux

FEATURES

6 Historic Victory for NYC’s Birds: Bird-Friendly Design Bill Passes by Molly Adams

7 Youth Speak for the Birds

8 Studio Gang Begets Bird-Friendly Beauty on Tenth Avenue 8 by Carol Peace Robins 9 Crotona Park: A 132-Year-Old Oasis in the South Bronx

ainlAdbn a oreyo tmnDsg © JanetandPhil* © National Audubon; map courtesy of Stamen Design by Carol Peace Robins

9 Interns Par Excellence by Rebecca Minardi

10 Survival by Degrees: Audubon Warns of Climate Impact on Birds by Suzanne Charlé

11 Bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus): The Gladdest Bird 10 by Don Riepe 23 NYC Audubon’s Campaign for the Future

DEPARTMENTS

4 Conservation Notes 20 Thank You to Our Volunteers 5 Volunteer! 22 Donor Acknowledgments 12 Events & Adventures 23 Support NYC Audubon’s Mission 18 Book Reviews 24 NYC Audubon Members-Only Events 11 19 News & Notes 24 Spring 2020 Lecture Series

Spring 2020 3 CONSERVATION NOTES

HVSLWH WHPSHUDWXUHV EHVW ÀW IRU from www.d-bird.org, our crowd-sourcing consecutive year of nest surveys and a full hibernation, our conservation database, to target potential collision hotspots. survey of all islands in the harbor. Hoffman, Dteam spends the winter hard More than 850 collisions were reported South Brother, and Subway Islands continue at work. Between analyzing data from the through D-Bird in 2019, up 33 percent over WR KRVW WKH PDMRULW\  SHUFHQW  RI  RXU SUHYLRXV ÀHOG VHDVRQ DQG PHHWLQJ ZLWK 7KLVXSWLFNSUREDEO\GRHVQRWUHSUHVHQW nesting wader populations. Overall, our count colleagues to share data, we also plan for the an increase in bird–building collisions, but RI WRWDOLVODQGZDGHUQHVWVGHFOLQHGSHUFHQW XSFRPLQJÀHOGVHDVRQZKLFKDOZD\VDUULYHV rather an increase in the number of people VLQFHWKHODVWFRPSUHKHQVLYHVXUYH\LQ before we know it. In the meantime, here are who are noticing and reporting dead and IURP  WR  SDLUV :H ZLOO FRQWLQXH updates from some of our core programs. injured birds. As more collisions are reported, to monitor and analyze long-term trends for we can better identify problem areas and these species and advocate for their protec- PROJECT SAFE FLIGHT VSHFLÀFEXLOGLQJVLQQHHGRI LQWHUYHQWLRQ tion. Visit ZZZQ\FDXGXERQRUJLVVXHVRI 2Q 'HFHPEHU   WKH 1HZ

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VOLUNTEER!

isit NYC Audubon’s friendly commitment of about one hour, Breeding Bird Atlas: The third BROAD CHANNEL Voffice or work in the field to one morning a week from April New York State Breeding Bird BEACH CLEANUP make a difference for New York through early June. Orientations Atlas has begun! Over the next Sunday, April 19, Noon-2pm City’s wildlife. There are many will be held Thursday, March five years, thousands of birders With Gateway National ways you can help. 12, and Wednesday, March 18, will survey breeding birds in our Recreation Area 6-7:30pm at the NYC Audubon state—and you can be a part of To celebrate this year’s Earth Day, THE URBAN AUDUBON office; an additional orientation it. January 1 kicked off the first the National Park Service will Join the newsletter committee will be held Saturday, March 14, year of the survey, and Bald be running a cleanup at Broad and contribute your writing skills 2-3:30pm, at Hunter’s Point Library Eagles have already been found Channel American Park. Dress for to four seasonal issues. Meetings in Long Island City, Queens. breeding in three different New the weather. Gloves and cleanup are quarterly, in the early Contact communityscience@ York counties. Learn more about supplies will be provided. No reg- evening. Contact Tod Winston nycaudubon.org to learn more the Atlas at www.ebird.org/atlasny/ istration necessary. Learn more at [email protected] if and register. home. Contact Molly Adams at at www.nps.gov/gate/planyourvisit/ interested. [email protected] calendar.htm. No limit. Free. Horseshoe Crab Monitoring: to participate. CONSERVATION PROJECTS Horseshoe crab eggs are an SPRING NYC SHOREBIRD BLITZ Become a community scientist important food source for migra- PLUMB BEACH CLEANUP Sunday, May 24 and help conduct conservation tory shorebirds. Collect data on Sunday, April 19, Noon-2pm Help us take a one-day snapshot research; read below about the spawning horseshoe crabs by Each winter, debris finds its way of spring shorebird activity in the various ways to get involved. counting them in . into our waters and washes up City. The NYC Shorebird Blitz is a All orientations are held at our The count occurs on 12 nights on our shores, preventing migra- community-science effort to count office unless otherwise noted and in May and June, but you don’t tory birds and horseshoe crabs the total number of shorebirds require registration in advance. have to be able to make every from feeding and nesting on using our city during a 24-hour count to sign up. Orientations the beaches. Get our beaches period, helping us answer important Project Safe Flight: Light and will be held Thursday, April 9, ready for them. All equipment is conservation questions, such as glass pose major threats to and Friday, April 17, 6-7:30pm, at supplied, as well as snacks and how many shorebirds come through migratory birds as they move the NYC Audubon office; a third water. Transportation via bus our area during spring migration, through New York City. Help orientation will be held Thursday, from Manhattan is available for how they are distributed throughout NYC Audubon biologists collect April 23, 6-7:30pm at New York a limited number of volunteers. the City, and what disturbances they data on building collisions during Aquarium in Brooklyn. To learn Advance registration is required. face. Contact communityscience@ migration by monitoring desig- more and register, contact com- Learn more and register at nycaudubon.org to learn more nated buildings for collisions. [email protected]. www.nycaudubon.org/ and register. This opportunity requires a time plumb-beach-cleanup. Free. Spring 2020 5 HISTORIC VICTORY FOR NEW YORK CITY’S BIRDS: BIRD-FRIENDLY DESIGN BILL PASSES Molly Adams

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© NYC Audubon ished, allowing the populations of their main prey, caterpillars, to increase dramatically and consume much of the crops in China. This was one of the contribut- ing factors to the Great Chinese famine. If the Bird Safe buildings law is passed, it will be not only a win for birds, but a win for people, too.

Adam Vinson Hi, my name is Adam Vinson. I live in District 4 and I am a Junior at Eleanor Roosevelt High School in Manhattan. I am the founder of my school’s Naturalist Club, a member of the New York State Young Birders Club, and a volunteer with New York City Audubon’s Project Safe Flight program to monitor migratory birds and window collisions. I also volunteer at the Wild Bird Fund, New York City’s only wildlife rehabilitation center for birds. Left to right: Adam Vinson, John Dean, and Elias Markee-Ratner (with his father, Patrick Markee) testify before the New York City Council on September 10, 2019. . . . Continued on Page 19 Spring 2020 7 STUDIO GANG BEGETS BIRD-FRIENDLY BEAUTY ON TENTH AVENUE Carol Peace Robins

“Architecture mediates between people, environment, and even other species.” © Nic Lehoux —Jeanne Gang UFKLWHFW-HDQQH*DQJFDOOVLW´6RODU DPRQJ WKHP WKH UHWURÀWWHG -DFRE . -DYLWV Carve.” Architectural Digest calls it Convention Center, the Brooklyn Botanic A ´VWXQQLQJµ 2IÀFLDOO\ NQRZQ DV Garden Visitor Center, and the new Statue of  7HQWK $YHQXH WKH QHZ VWRU\ RIÀFH Liberty Museum. building is dramatically located between the A MacArthur fellow and multi-award- and the Hudson River. It is the winner who was named one of Time magazine’s ÀUVW1HZ

© Tom Harris* IRU JROG /((' /HDGHUVKLS LQ (QHUJ\ DQG (QYLURQPHQWDO 'HVLJQ  GHVLJQDWLRQ WKH next-to-highest level in the green building FHUWLÀFDWLRQ V\VWHP 6WXGLR *DQJ·V QH[W Manhattan project is the upcoming addition to the American Museum of Natural History. Naturally, it too is being designed with birds, people, and surroundings in mind. 1<& $XGXERQ ZHOFRPHV WKLV EHDXWLIXO new ecology-minded structure. It may serve as an inspiring example for future bird-friendly design, as it includes many features now required in all new construction in the City, thanks to new legislation recently passed by WKH 1HZ

URWRQD 3DUN D DFUH VDQFWXDU\ IRU ERWK QDWXUH DQG © Carol Peace Robins community recreation, has much to offer: its entertainment Cfacilities include grilling areas, an amphitheater, a pool, ball ÀHOGVDQGDUHQRZQHGWHQQLVFHQWHU:LWKQHZO\SODQWHGDUHDVDQGD three-acre lake, this expanding patch of greenery in the not-so-green lower Bronx has become an unsung haven for birds and birders. Last fall I toured the park with Shawn Cargil, its amiable admin- LVWUDWRU DQG D UHFHQWO\ HOHFWHG 1<& $XGXERQ ERDUG PHPEHU :H KHDGHGÀUVWWRDORYHO\JURYHRI ORIW\FHQWXU\ROGRDNKLFNRU\DQG ash trees. Although spring is prime birding season here, this late 6HSWHPEHUGD\EURXJKW1RUWKHUQ)OLFNHUV5HGEHOOLHG:RRGSHFNHUV D*UD\&DWELUGD+HUPLW7KUXVKDQGD%ODFNDQG:KLWH:DUEOHU Shawn also showed me the American Sweetgum tree where breeding Red-tailed Hawks return to build their nest each year. 'XULQJKLVÀYH\HDUVDVDGPLQLVWUDWRU6KDZQKDVSODQWHGQDWLYH species with the goal of creating a complete ecosystem to attract both ELUGVDQGLQVHFWV+HKDVDGGHG7XOLS3RSODU6ZDPS:KLWH2DNDQG American Sweetgum trees, as well as smaller Sassafras, Black Cherries, DQG(DVWHUQ5HGEXGV-XGJLQJIURPWKHPRQDUFKEXWWHUÁLHVKDSSLO\ ÁLWWLQJE\KLVSDWFKHVRI &RPPRQ0LONZHHGDUHDZHOFRPHDGGLWLRQ 7KLVVSULQJ&URWRQD3DUNZLOODOVRSURYLGHDWHPSRUDU\KRPHWR %,5'/,1.WKHQDWLYHSODQWVFXOSWXUHGHVLJQHGE\$QLQD*HUFKLFN Shawn Cargil with one of Crotona Park’s grand White Ash trees 7KLVIRRWKLJKOLYLQJWDSHVWU\RI QDWLYHSODQWVZKLFKKDVEHHQ traveling from park to park, provides a beautiful gathering place for nature walks for local high schoolers and plans to hire an educator to both migrating birds and the people who migrate to them. develop programs focused on nature and birds for kids of all ages. Having attended Bronx public schools, Shawn is eager to share 2Q6DWXUGD\0D\6KDZQZLOOOHDGD&URWRQD3DUNELUGZDON the local natural environment with nearby students. He regularly leads RSHQWRDOOGHWDLOVDUHDYDLODEOHRQSDJH

INTERNS PAR EXCELLENCE Rebecca Minardi Q -DQXDU\ 1<& $XGXERQ ELG JRRGE\H WR WZR LQYDOXDEOH As a digital communications intern, Victorya promoted projects I4XHHQV&ROOHJHVHUYLFHOHDUQLQJLQWHUQV(OL]DEHWK'UDYHVDQG such as the annual Green Roof Researchers Alliance conference and 9LFWRU\D.DRQ%RWKVSHQWWKHIDOOVHPHVWHURI WKHLUVHQLRU\HDU WKH $XGXERQ &KULVWPDV %LUG &RXQW 6KH UHVHDUFKHG 1<& ZLOGOLIH DVVLVWLQJ1<&$XGXERQZLWKFRPPXQLW\HYHQWVFRQVHUYDWLRQDQG rehabilitators, organized beach-cleanup data, edited grant proposals, and outreach projects, and other needs within the organization. SURYLGHGLGHDVIRU3URMHFW6DIH)OLJKWVXFKDVDELUG,'JXLGHIRUYRO- $VDQDGYRFDF\DQGRXWUHDFKLQWHUQ(OL]DEHWKHQJDJHGWKH unteers. Communications Manager Andrew Maas described Victorya public through facilitating postcard-writing opportunities and as “energetic, eager to learn, and quick on her feet. She came into the giving outreach presentations in Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Queens. RIÀFHLQWHQWRQKHOSLQJRXURUJDQL]DWLRQLQDQ\ZD\VKHFRXOGµ9LFWRU\D·V ,QDGGLWLRQVKHUHVHDUFKHGZKHHOFKDLUDFFHVVLELOLW\LQWKH1HZ

Spring 2020 9 SURVIVAL BY DEGREES: AUDUBON WARNS OF CLIMATE IMPACT ON BIRDS Suzanne Charlé

ust months after the United Nations is that birds traditionally found nesting While such mitigation requires wide-scale reported that one million plant and here or migrating through may soon be change, this change can happen in no small - animal species worldwide are at risk missing: sea-level rise threatens many coastal SDUW WKURXJK ORFDO DFWLRQV ,Q 1HZ

© National Audubon; map courtesy of Stamen Design protecting and enhancing native-plant habitats, includes grasslands, saltmarshes, and coastal habitats—as well as habitat-quality capped ODQGÀOOVDQGJUHHQURRIVµVD\V.DWKU\Q+HLQW] H[HFXWLYH GLUHFWRU RI  1<& $XGXERQ ´$OO that we achieve for birds, including the recent enactment of citywide bird-friendly building legislation, will make our bird populations more resilient in the face of climate change.” (YHU\RQHRI XVFDQWDNHSHUVRQDODFWLRQWR reduce global warming and make the City more livable for both humans and birds. In addition to supporting the citywide initiatives mentioned above, we can all use public transport, use and advocate for renewable energy sources, and SODQW QDWLYH ÁRUD WR UHSODFH LQYDVLYH VSHFLHV (visit ZZZDXGXERQRUJSODQWVIRUELUGV   7R VHH ZKDW RWKHU ORFDO DFWLRQV \RX FDQ take to combat climate change, see our advocacy work at ZZZQ\FDXGXERQRUJDYLDQDGYRFDWHV. 56% range gained View and download the complete Audubon 12% range maintained UHSRUWDQGÀQGPRUHZD\VWRKHOSLQ$XGXERQ·V digital “Climate Action Handbook,” at 88% range lost ZZZDXGXERQRUJFOLPDWHVXUYLYDOE\GHJUHHV.

Bobolink: Audubon’s report shows this species’ breeding range shifting northward, ceding up to 88 percent of its current territory. Bobolinks are known for seeking out new areas to nest—but to move in, WKH\QHHGJUDVVODQGVWRGHYHORSÀUVW 10 www.nycaudubon.org BOBOLINK: THE GLADDEST BIRD (DOLICHONYX ORYZIVORUS) Don Riepe

species of open grasslands, the Bobolink © JanetandPhil* VSHFLHV KDV GHFOLQHG  SHUFHQW VLQFH ³DQG is loved by birders and poets alike. Audubon’s new climate report predicts the birds 3RHW :LOOLDP &XOOHQ %U\DQW ZURWH may lose 88 percent of their current breeding range A E\ 6HHPDSRQIDFLQJSDJH 2QWKHLU6RXWK Merrily swinging on briar and weed, Near to the nest of his little dame, American wintering grounds, the grain-eating birds Over the mountain-side or mead, face harassment by rice farmers. (Indeed, the bird’s Robert of Lincoln is telling his name: species name, oryzivorus PHDQV ´ULFHHDWLQJµ  %XW Bob-o’-link, bob-o’-link, the most serious present-day challenge they face is Spink, spank, spink. the loss of breeding habitat due to development, reforestation, and farming. (PLO\'LFNLQVRQDOVRDJUHDWIDQPHQWLRQHGWKH 7KHPRZLQJRI KD\ÀHOGVLVDSDUWLFXODUWKUHDW bird in more than 20 poems: to Bobolinks, which build cup-shaped nests on the Some keep the Sabbath going to Church – ground. In our area, they nest most actively from I keep it, staying at Home – ODWH0D\WRHDUO\-XO\³DQGPRZLQJEHIRUHPLG-XO\ With a Bobolink for a Chorister – A singing male Bobolink GHVWUR\VPRVWQHVWV0DQ\IDUPHUVDUHXQGHUÀQDQ- And an Orchard for a Dome. FLDOSUHVVXUHWRPRZWKHLUÀHOGVHDUO\DQGIUHTXHQWO\ 7KH %REROLQN·V EXEEO\ UDSLGÀUH VRQJ JLYHV LW LWV QDPH 7KH 7KRXJK%REROLQNVZLOOPDNHUHSHDWHGQHVWDWWHPSWVWKH\DUHXQDEOH male’s breeding plumage is as striking as its song: black below with WRUDLVH\RXQJLQUHFXUUHQWO\PRZQKD\ÀHOGV a white rump and scapulars, and a saffron-colored nape. Out of 7R SURWHFW JUDVVODQG ELUGV QHZ FRQVHUYDWLRQ VWUDWHJLHV DUH nesting season, the male looks much like the female: tawny with dark QHHGHGGXULQJWKHEUHHGLQJVHDVRQ2QHHIIRUW7KH%REROLQN3URMHFW streaks. Male Bobolinks are polygynous, mating with several females. (www.bobolinkproject.com XVHVGRQDWHGIXQGVWRSD\IDUPHUVWRGHOD\ Some females are polyandrous, meaning that a single clutch of eggs mowing, allowing Bobolinks to nest and raise their young. During the may have been fertilized by several different mates. SDVWIHZVXPPHUV$XGXERQDQGRWKHU1HZ(QJODQGQRQSURÀWJURXSV Bobolinks migrate amazing distances, traveling about 12,500 have raised enough money to pay farmers to delay the mowing of over miles roundtrip from breeding grounds across the northern U.S. 1,000 acres. And recently, the federal Natural Resources Conservation and Canada to wintering territory in southern Brazil and Argentina. Service revived a program to help grassland species by paying farmers Bobolink researcher Dr. Rosalind Renfrew, cofounder of the Vermont WRGHOD\WKHVHFRQGFXWWLQJRI WKHLUKD\IRUGD\V &HQWHUIRU(FRVWXGLHVWUDFNHGRQHPLJUDWLQJ%REROLQNWKDWÁHZRYHUD Such cooperative projects are a good model to help conserve thousand miles in a day, averaging a speed of 50 miles per hour. Bobolinks and other grassland birds. No longer to see and hear the 7KH%REROLQNLVRQHRI VHYHUDOJUDVVODQGELUGVWKDWDUHLQVHULRXV %REROLQNZKLFKOLWHUDU\QDWXUDOLVW-RKQ%XUURXJKVFDOOHG´WKHJODGGHVW decline. According to the North American Breeding Bird Survey, the ELUGWKDWVLQJVDQGÁLHVµZRXOGGLPLQLVKXVDVDVSHFLHVDVZHOO Large photo © Lloyd Spitalnik; inset Mark Peck*

Bobolink females incubate their eggs on nests hidden deep in long grasses (inset). While Bobolinks are not known to have nested recently in the City, sightings in grassland habitat in Shirley Chisholm State Park, , , and on give us hope. NYC Audubon supports grassland bird conservation through an active role in the Grassland Birds and Habitat of Greater NYC Working Group. Spring 2020 11 EVENTS & ADVENTURES

NYC Audubon Events BEGINNING BIRDING • SOLD-OUT EVENTS • Partnership Events Classes: Wednesdays, April 8, April 15, • The following previously advertised events are sold out: Overnight Trips and 22, 6:30-8:30pm March 1 - Winter Birds of the Barrier Islands, LI Trips: Sunday, April 19, 8am-3pm March 5 - Winter Birds of Barnegat, NJ (Jamaica Bay) and Sunday, April 26, NOTE: NYC Audubon Members- March 7 - Winter Birding on the South Shore of LI 8-10:30am () Only Events are listed on page 24. March 8 - Intro to Birding in Central Park Instructor: Tod Winston March 15 - Winter Birds of DeKorte Park, NJ SPRING Learn the keys to identifying the • March 21 and 28 - Sky-Dance of the Woodcock, Brooklyn BIRD WALKS, THE BRONX spectacular variety of birds that March 25 - Early Spring Bird Walk in Central Park Sundays, March 1–June 28, 9-10:30am migrate through New York City every April 4 - Winter Birds of Sandy Hook, NJ Guide: NYC Audubon spring. Even if you've never picked With Pelham Bay Park up a pair of binoculars, you’ll soon Before May 24: Meet at Orchard • EARLY SPRING BIRD WALK • QUEENS BOTANICAL be identifying warblers, thrushes, Beach Parking Lot AT JAMAICA BAY GARDEN BIRD WALKS waterbirds, and more—both by sight May 24–June 28: Meet at Rodman's Saturday, March 21, 10am-1pm Saturdays, April 4, April 25, and and by ear. Three fun and educational Neck Parking Lot Guide: Don Riepe May 16, 9:30-10:30am in-class sessions and field trips to Join us to explore some of the best With American Littoral Society, Sundays, March 29 and April 19, both Central Park and Jamaica Bay. birding NYC has to offer. Pelham Gateway National Recreation Area 9:30-10:30am (Transport to Jamaica Bay included.) Bay Park’s diverse habitat attracts a Meet at the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Guide: NYC Audubon Limited to 12. $200 (140) great variety of spring migrants. No Refuge Visitor Center to enjoy a With registration necessary. No limit. Free slide program and a hike around Explore Queens Botanical Garden • BIRDING GEMS OF STATEN ponds and gardens to look in search of migrant songbirds ISLAND: SPRING MIGRATION AT • WINTER WALK AT INWOOD for returning Osprey, Eastern and learn about the resources the FRESHKILLS PARK HILL PARK, MANHATTAN Phoebes, Glossy Ibis, American Garden offers birds and other wildlife. Saturday, April 11, 8am-3pm Saturday, March 7, 9am-12pm Oystercatchers, and other early Binoculars available. Register for one Guide: Cliff Hagen Guide: Nadir Souirgi spring migrants. For more date or the whole series of five walks. With NYC Parks Explore , the jewel information and reservations, (Walk-ins welcome.) To register, Start with a journey across the Upper of northern Manhattan. Nestled contact Don Riepe at 718-474-0896 email [email protected] Bay. From wetlands to woodlands to along the Hudson River, this last or [email protected]. or visit www.queensbotanical.org/ rich, rolling grasslands, Freshkills Park tract of largely undeveloped oak and No limit. Free calendar. Each walk limited to 25. offers a diverse collection of habitats Tulip Poplar forest transports you to Free (with Garden admission) and wildlife. On a spring day, over another place and time. Glacial "pot • AUDUBON MURAL PROJECT 100 species of birds and a variety of © Dennis Skillman/Audubon Photography Awards holes," towering trees, a tidal marsh, TOURS IN NORTHERN butterflies can be seen here. Join local and stunning river views create an MANHATTAN naturalist Cliff Hagen and NYC Parks unrivaled birding backdrop. Limited Sundays, March 22, April 26, May staff for this special opportunity to to 15. $36 (25) 10, and June 21, 10am-12:15pm explore the secrets of this exciting Guide: Leigh Hallingby new park. Bring lunch. Transport by • SPRING BIRDING AT WAVE The Audubon Mural Project is an passenger van from the Staten Island HILL, THE BRONX exciting effort to create murals St. George Terminal on S.I. included. Sundays, March 8, April 12, May 10, of over 300 birds in the northern Limited to 12. $50 (35) and June 14, 9:30-11:30am Manhattan neighborhoods of Guide: Gabriel Willow Hamilton Heights and Washington • BIRDING BY EAR With Heights. As all the birds painted IN CENTRAL PARK Meet at the Perkins Visitor Center. are threatened by climate change, Mondays, April 13–May 11, 7-10am Naturalist Gabriel Willow contributes the project is designed not only to Guide: Tod Winston his extensive knowledge of bird help us appreciate the beauty of the Join Tod Winston for a five-week species and their behaviors on these birds, but also to make us aware of exploration of all of the chips, tweets, captivating walks. Wave Hill’s garden the challenges they face. In addition trills, and warbles we hear as we setting overlooking the Hudson River to seeing more than 30 murals, we wander Central Park's best migrant flyway provides the perfect habitat for will visit 's spots. If you'd like to identify birds by resident and migrating birds. Ages 10 impressive gravesite in the Trinity sound alone, this is the series for you. and up welcome with an adult. NYC Church cemetery. Binoculars will be We'll discuss the meanings of different Audubon members enjoy two-for-one an asset on this walk. Limited to 20. songs and calls as we get to know admission (see www.wavehill.org for $30 (20) per walk them. All experience levels welcome. more information) Limited to 12. $127 (89) Prairie Warbler 12 www.nycaudubon.org • EVENING SPRING MIGRATION walks celebrate the tradition set • BIRDING TOURS OF CENTRAL • MORNING SPRING MIGRATION WALKS IN CENTRAL PARK by these great ornithologists. PARK'S NORTH WOODS, WALKS IN CENTRAL PARK Mondays, April 13–May 18, 5:30-7pm Participants will look for various Mondays, April 20–May 18, 5:30-7pm Wednesdays, April 22–May 20, Tuesdays, April 14–May 19, 5:30-7pm species of residents and migrants Wednesdays, April 22–May 20, 5:30-7pm 7:30-10:30am Wednesdays, April 15–May 20, and discuss a wide range of avian Fridays, April 24–May 22, 5:30-7pm Thursdays, April 23–May 21, 5:30-7pm topics. For more information, Guide: Nadir Souirgi 7:30-10:30am Guide: Gabriel Willow call 212-691-7483. No registration Meet at the 103rd Street and Central Guide: Joe Giunta, Happy Witness the spectacle of spring required. No limit. Free Park West entrance to the Park. Warblers LLC migration on this six-week series Discover the serene northern part This five-week series of walks will of walks as songbirds follow the • SPRING MIGRATION IN of Central Park during the height of observe the waves of birds passing Atlantic Flyway northwards. Look PELHAM BAY PARK, THE BRONX songbird migration. Explore the Great through Central Park during spring for orioles, tanagers, warblers, Saturday, April 18, 9am-4pm Hill, Ravine, Pool, and more. No migration. Each series limited to 15. vireos, and other migrants in the Guide: Gabriel Willow registration necessary. No limit. Free $143 (100) per series wilds of Central Park, and learn Explore the lovely coves and rocky about the finer points of their outcroppings of the City’s largest © David Speiser identification and ecology. Limited park, Pelham Bay Park, seeking out to 15. $145 (102) per series migrating songbirds, late wintering birds, ducks, and a breeding pair • BIRDS, TECHNOLOGY, AND of Great Horned Owls. The park's COMMUNITY SCIENCE: eBIRD rich habitat make it an urban gem WORKSHOP and a great home for wildlife. Past Thursday, April 16, 7-8:30pm rarities include Northern Goshawk Instructor: Gabriel Willow and Purple Sandpiper. Bring Birders increasingly use lunch. Transport by passenger van technological tools to locate birds, included. Limited to 12. $90 (63) share their sightings, and keep track of their observations. The • SPRING MIGRATION ON most widely used of these tools is RANDALL’S ISLAND eBird, a website and app that allows Sunday, April 19, 9am-2pm users to upload and track their Guides: Gabriel Willow, Randall’s sightings and see what other users Island Park Alliance Staff have found. It’s also a community- With Randall’s Island Park Alliance science tool that pools all the We’ll walk across the footbridge to data, allowing scientists to study Randall’s Island, an under-explored trends in bird population trends, location in the East River that hosts migration timing, and more. Learn restored freshwater wetlands and how to use eBird and other modern saltmarsh. We’ll look for spring technological tools, such as field migrants (both waterbirds and land Orchard Oriole guide apps and automated bird ID birds) as we explore the results of apps. Limited to 12. $33 (23) recent restoration efforts. Limited • BIRD WALKS, • DROP IN AND BIRD: MORNING to 20. $40 (28) SOUTHERN TIP OF MANHATTAN BIRD WALKS IN CENTRAL PARK • VAN CORTLANDT BIRD Tuesdays, April 21–May 19 8-9am Thursdays, April 23–May 21, WALKS, THE BRONX • BIRDING TOURS OF Wednesdays, April 22–May 20, 8-9am 7:30-9am Saturdays, April 18–June 14, , MANHATTAN Guide: Gabriel Willow Guide: Harry Maas 9-10:30am Mondays, April 20–June 1, 8-9am With The Battery Conservancy Meet at the park entrance at East Guide: NYC Audubon Thursdays, April 23–June 4, 5-6pm Meet at the Netherlands Memorial 79th Street and Fifth Avenue, With the Guide: Gabriel Willow Flagpole located at the entrance to parkside. Join NYC Audubon for Conservancy With Bryant Park Corporation Battery Park on the corner of Broadway, bird walks at the height of spring Meet at Van Cortlandt Nature Meet at the Birding Tour sign Battery Place, and State Street. Join migration, in one of the world’s Center. The history of birding at the 42nd Street and Sixth Gabriel Willow and The Battery best birding spots. No registration and Van Cortlandt Park are Avenue entrance to Bryant Park. Conservancy to explore the diversity necessary. No limit. Free inseparable. Influential birders Discover the surprising variety of migrating birds that find food and such as Roger Tory Peterson of birds that stop in Bryant Park habitat in The Battery. RSVP preferred; and Allan D. Cruickshank got during migration. No registration visit tbcevents.eventbrite.com for more their starts on Van Cortlandt’s required. No limit. Free information. No limit. Free . . . CONTINUED ON PAGE 14 ecologically diverse grounds. 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© Lloyd Spitalnik • BIRDING GEMS OF STATEN • INTRODUCTION TO BIRDSONG • SPRING MIGRANTS ISLAND: Class: Friday, May 1, 6:30-8:30pm AT INWOOD HILL PARK, Saturday, April 25, 8am-12pm Trip: Sunday, May 3, 8am-12pm MANHATTAN Guide: Gabriel Willow Instructor: Joe Giunta, Happy Saturday, May 2, 9-11:30am Discover the beautiful forests and Warblers LLC Guide: Annie Barry superb birding spots of Clove Do you ever wonder who is singing? Join Annie Barry to hike Inwood Hill’s Lakes Park. Look for ducks and Learn to identify the large variety of mature forest in search of kinglets, seabirds in the Harbor on the migrant and resident birds in NYC. warblers, flycatchers, and other ferry ride across, and then catch a Joe Giunta will first introduce migrants and residents. We’ll then bus to the Park. Warblers, vireos, you to the subtleties of birdsong head to recently restored Muscota tanagers, and other migratory identification in the classroom, and Marsh, the last natural saltmarsh in songbirds can be seen here, as well then take you on a field trip in Central Manhattan, to search for herons and Eastern Screech-Owl as nesting Eastern Screech-Owls Park to bird by eye and ear. ducks. Some hilly walking required. and Great Blue Herons. We'll even Limited to 12. $72 (50) Limited to 15. $36 (25) • SPRING MIGRATION MORNING see one of the largest and oldest WALKS IN CENTRAL PARK trees in the City. Limited to 15. Bus • SPRING MIGRATION Fridays, April 24–May 15, 8-10am fare ($2.75 each way; please bring • NYC AUDUBON GOVERNORS AT JAMAICA BAY Guide: Gabriel Willow your MetroCard or exact change) ISLAND NATURE CENTER Saturday, May 2, 10am-1pm Join Gabriel Willow for a spring not included in registration price. Saturday, May 2–Saturday, Guide: Don Riepe morning walk in Central Park to $43 (30) October 31, weekends With American Littoral Society, welcome the arrival of warblers, and holiday Mondays Gateway National Recreation Area vireos, tanagers, cuckoos, and other • BIRDS AND PLANTS: NEW Location: Nolan Park House 17 Meet at the Jamaica Bay Wildlife species stopping off in the Park for a YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN IN © Justin Kiner* Refuge during peak spring migration rest and a snack on their way north. SPRINGTIME, THE BRONX for a slide program and hike to We will explore the Ramble and Sunday, April 26 and Saturday, look for spring migrants and other surrounding areas, as well as stop for June 7, 10am-12:30pm wildlife. For reservations, contact a rest and enjoy a snack ourselves at Guide: Gabriel Willow Don Riepe at 718-474-0896 or the Boathouse. Each walk limited to The New York Botanical Garden [email protected]. No limit. Free 15. $36 (25) per walk is home to a large tract of old- growth forest. During the peak • THE BIRDS OF WOODLAWN • CITY NATURE CHALLENGE of spring migration, the beautiful CEMETERY, THE BRONX iNATURALIST WALK gardens come alive with migrating Sunday, May 3, 8-10:30am Saturday, April 25, 10am-12pm songbirds. Each walk limited to Governors Island’s Outlook Hill Guides: Joseph McManus, Susan With Gateway National 15. Entrance fee to NYBG not Olsen, Tod Winston Recreation Area included. $39 (27) per walk NYC Audubon returns to With the Woodlawn Conservancy Meet at the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Governors Island for a fourth Join Tod Winston and Joseph Refuge Visitor Center. Join the • WOODCOCK SKY DANCE season at our seasonal nature McManus to look for spring challenge! Count NYC's abundant WALK AT JAMAICA BAY center at Nolan Park House 17. migrants and year-round residents wildlife using the iNaturalist Sunday, April 26, 7-9pm This year’s programming will on Woodlawn's expansive grounds, smartphone app. Learn more at Guide: Don Riepe include conservation displays, a while Woodlawn Cemetery Director www.citynaturechallenge.org. No With American Littoral Society, children’s room with books and of Historical Services Susan Olsen registration necessary. No limit. Free Gateway National Recreation Area activities, bird-inspired artwork, will share fascinating stories about Meet at the Jamaica Bay Wildlife and open artist studios. Governors the interesting variety of individuals • AFTERNOON BIRD WALKS Refuge Visitor Center. Join Don Island boasts an eBird list of over interred there. Limited to 20. $35 (25) IN CENTRAL PARK Riepe and NYC Audubon to listen 200 species; borrow binoculars Saturdays, April 25; May 16 and 30, and look for the remarkable aerial and participate in one of our free • DAWN BIRDSONG IN 2-3:30pm courtship displays of the American guided bird walks, or strike out on CENTRAL PARK'S NORTH WOODS Guide: Jeff Ward Woodcock. The sky dance of this your own. Check www.nycaudubon. Thursday, May 7, 6-10am Search for spring migrants such strange, cryptic bird is one of org/gov-island for more details Guide: Tod Winston as warblers, orioles, tanagers, and spring's marvels. Bring binoculars and updates on house hours, Get up early to enjoy the chorus of flycatchers on a leisurely afternoon and dress for the weather. No bird walks, and special events. early morning birdsong, right after walk through Central Park's best registration necessary. To inquire about volunteering dawn, in a small group. We'll explore birding spots with Jeff Ward, NYC No limit. Free opportunities or art residencies, the peaceful and beautiful Great Hill, Audubon’s newest trip leader. Each contact Danielle Sherman at North Woods, and Loch, listening for walk limited to 15. $36 (25) per walk [email protected] warblers, vireos, tanagers, orioles, and more. Limited to 12. $40 (28) 14 www.nycaudubon.org • RIVERSIDE PARK SUMMER • SPRING WALKS AT INWOOD HILL • WARBLERS OF STERLING • JAMAICA BAY HORSESHOE ON THE HUDSON BIRD WALKS, PARK, MANHATTAN FOREST, NY CRAB FESTIVAL MANHATTAN Saturday, May 9 and 17, 9-11am Saturday, May 16, 7am-3pm Saturday, May 23, 8:30am-1pm Fridays, May 8, July 10, and Guide: Nadir Souirgi Guides: Don Riepe, Tod Winston With American Littoral Society, September 11, 5:30-7pm Explore Inwood Hill Park, the jewel of Explore the woodlands and wetlands Gateway National Recreation Area Guide: NYC Audubon northern Manhattan. Nestled along the of the 20,000-acre Sterling Forest Celebrate the annual arrival of With Riverside Park Summer Hudson River, this last tract of largely State Park during spring migration. the 400-million-year-old Atlantic on the Hudson undeveloped oak and Tulip Poplar Look for nesting warblers, as well Horseshoe Crab. During full and new Meet at the park entrance at 120th forest hosts breeding Rose-breasted as spring wildflowers, reptiles, and moons of May and June, females Street and Riverside Drive and explore Grosbeak, Wood Thrush, and Hairy amphibians. Trip involves a four- lay billions of eggs at the high tide Riverside Park on this family-friendly Woodpecker. Glacial "pot holes," mile hike and rocky terrain. Bring line. At the same time, thousands bird walk. Who knows what birds towering trees, a tidal marsh, and lunch. Transport by passenger van of migrating shorebirds arrive to we'll discover while taking in views stunning river views create an unrivaled included. Limited to 11. $115 (80) feed on the eggs, regaining the body of the Hudson River? No limit. No birding backdrop. Limited to 15. weight they've lost during their long registration. Free $36 (25) per walk • BIRDING BROOKLYN journey north. At the festival you’ll BRIDGE PARK see and hold live horseshoe crabs • BIRD WALK • EARLY MORNING BIRDSONG Saturday, May 16, 9-10:30am and learn about their important Friday, May 8, 5-7pm IN THE RAMBLE Guide: Heather Wolf ecological and medicinal values. Guide: Gabriel Willow Tuesday, May 12, 6-9am Meet at the Pier 1 park entrance at For more info contact the American Prospect Park’s wide variety of habitats Guide: Tod Winston the intersection of Old Fulton Street Littoral Society at 718-474-0896 attracts an impressive number of Get up early and enjoy the chorus of and Furman Street. Join Heather or email Don Riepe at donriepe@ migrant and breeding bird species— early morning birdsong, soon after Wolf, author of Birding at the Bridge, gmail.com. The program is free, but significantly more than Central Park, dawn, in a small group. We'll explore for a picturesque bird walk along the donations of $20 for adults and $10 in fact. Join Gabriel Willow to explore the migration hotspots of Strawberry Brooklyn waterfront. We'll look for for children to NYC Audubon are the Park's meadows, forests, and Fields and the Ramble, listening for spring migrants including warblers, suggested to offset the festival cost. waterways in search of waterfowl, warblers, vireos, tanagers, orioles, and vireos, wrens, and more. Visit www. To inquire about transportation, call warblers, tanagers, and more. Limited more. Limited to 12. $40 (28) nycaudubon.org/birding-bk-bridge NYC Audubon at 212-691-7483 x304. to 15. $36 (25) to register. Limited to 19. Free • PEAK MIGRATION DAY AT ALLEY • THE BREEDING BIRDS OF • SPRING WARBLERS POND PARK AND JAMAICA BAY • RANDALL'S ISLAND DOODLETOWN ROAD, NY Class: Friday, May 8, 6:30-8:30pm Tuesday, May 12, 8am-4pm BIRDING BONANZA Friday, May 29, 8am-4pm Trip: Sunday, May 10, 8-11am Guide: Joe Giunta, Happy Saturday, May 16, 10am-1pm Guide: Joe Giunta, Happy Instructor: Joe Giunta, Happy Warblers LLC Guide: NYC Audubon Warblers LLC Warblers LLC Join Joe Giunta for a tour of the crown With Randall's Island Park Alliance A great variety of warblers and other Learn to identify the 30-plus species jewels of Queens birding: Alley Pond Meet at the Randall's Island end songbirds, including species at of warblers that migrate through our Park and Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. of the Ward's Island Bridge, by risk, breed at Doodletown Road in area each spring, using field marks and First visit Alley Pond’s wooded grounds East River Lane. Randall's Island Bear Mountain State Park. Hooded, other techniques. Then come for a walk and kettle ponds to seek out warblers is home to over 180 bird species. Cerulean, and Golden-winged in Central Park to reinforce what you’ve and vireos, then hike the Refuge for Enjoy a day of free, family-friendly Warblers may be seen, as well as learned. Limited to 12. $72 (50) shorebirds, waterfowl, and more. Bring activities and birding in the Island's Indigo Buntings, Wild Turkeys, and lunch. Transport by passenger van restored habitats. Learn more at much more. Bring lunch. Transport • BIRD WALK AT CROTONA PARK, included. Limited to 12. $115 (80) www.randallsisland.org/events. No by passenger van included. Limited THE BRONX registration required. No Limit. Free to 12. $122 (85)

Saturday, May 9, 9-10:30am • THE BIRDS OF ROCKEFELLER © Lloyd Spitalnik Guides: Shawn Cargil, NYC Audubon STATE PRESERVE, NY With Crotona Park Thursday, May 14, 7am-3:30pm Meet at 1700 Crotona Avenue (in Guide: Tod Winston front of the brown brick building). Explore the forested hills, fields, and Join NYC Audubon and Crotona Park ponds of this former country estate Administrator Shawn Cargil on an of the Rockefeller family. We'll look exploration of this little-known birding for migrant songbirds and breeding gem. With a water feature and plenty species like Eastern Bluebird, Pileated of habitat, Crotona Park is a great place Woodpecker, Yellow-throated Vireo, to hunt for spring migrants. Contact and Blue-winged Warbler. Bring lunch. Tree Swallow 718-926-2084 for more information. No Transport by passenger van. . . . CONTINUED ON PAGE 16 registration necessary. No limit. Free Limited to 12. $122 (85) Spring 2020 15 EVENTS & ADVENTURES (CONTINUED)

• BREEDING BIRDS OF • DISCOVERY DAY • THE PARAKEETS OF GREEN- breeding Field and Savannah Sparrows, JAMAICA BAY AT FRESHKILLS PARK, WOOD CEMETERY, BROOKLYN Bobolinks, and Indigo Buntings. Saturday, May 30, 7am-2pm STATEN ISLAND Saturday, June 13, 10am-1pm Transport by passenger van included. Guide: Tod Winston Sunday, June 7, 11am-4pm Guide: Gabriel Willow Limited to 12. $129 (90) per trip Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge is home Guide: NYC Audubon With Green-Wood Cemetery to nesting Cedar Waxwings, Brown With Freshkills Park Alliance and Explore Green-Wood Cemetery, rich • BREEDING BIRDS OF Thrashers, White-eyed Vireos, NYC Parks in both history and wildlife, in search CONNECTICUT Tree Swallows, Yellow Warblers, At 2,200 acres, Freshkills Park of spring migrants and its unique Sunday, June 21, 7am-4pm American Redstarts, Osprey, Willet, is almost three times the size of avian residents: the brilliant green Guide: Tod Winston Clapper Rail, and seven species of Central Park and the largest park Monk Parakeets that nest there. Native Discover the nearby birding wonders of wading birds. We'll walk the refuge to be developed in New York City to South America, these charming “the Constitution State”: We'll explore trails and seek out these species in over 100 years. It also has a immigrants flourish even in our harsh the woods and fields of Trout Brook and many more on their breeding significant history as the site of winters. Limited to 15. $46 (32) Valley Preserve in search of Acadian grounds. Bring lunch. Transport by the former Fresh Kills Landfill. Flycatchers, Scarlet Tanagers, Worm- passenger van included. The landfill has been covered with • BREEDING BIRDS OF THE eating Warblers, and Indigo Buntings— Limited to 12. $93 (65) layers of soil and infrastructure, HUDSON HIGHLANDS, NY and then search the beach and marsh of and the site has become a place Saturday, June 20, 8am-5pm Sherwood Island State Park for Purple • NESTING PEREGRINES AND for wildlife, recreation, science, Guide: Gabriel Willow Martins, Marsh Wrens, and waterbirds. RED-TAILS OF THE UPPER WEST education, and art. Trails and paths Visit some of the most exciting and Bring lunch. Transport by passenger van SIDE, MANHATTAN normally off-limits to the public will beautiful birding locations in the included. Limited to 12. $103 (72)

Saturday, June 6, 1-4pm be open on this day and offer views Hudson Valley: Doodletown Road, @ Lloyd Spitalnik Guide: Gabriel Willow of the Park’s hills, creeks, and Constitution Marsh, and Indian Many New Yorkers are astonished wildlife. Activities include guided Brook Farm. At Doodletown we'll to discover that this city of steel bird walks, hiking, running, bike- look for breeding warbler specialties and glass is home to a diverse riding, kayaking, free shuttle buses such as Cerulean, Hooded, Golden- population of large birds of prey: into the Park and to the top of a hill winged, and Worm-eating Warblers. the City boasts the world’s highest offering panoramic views of New Constitution Marsh Audubon densities of the Peregrine Falcon— York City, and educational tours Sanctuary then offers breeding the world’s fastest flyer—and a and displays. For more information, Wood Ducks, Bald Eagles, and Least growing population of Red-tailed visit www.freshkillspark.org. Bitterns. After a picnic lunch, we'll Hawks (several pairs of which No Limit. Free visit Indian Brook Farm in search of Golden-winged Warbler have reached celebrity status). We’ll visit a nesting site of each • EXPLORE THE NEW JERSEY of these fascinating species, and MEADOWLANDS BY TO REGISTER FOR ALL NYC AUDUBON EVENTS and for more may glimpse parents feeding their PONTOON BOAT information, visit www.nycaudubon.org or call Danielle Sherman at 212-691- chicks. Limited to 15. $36 (25) Saturday, June 13, 8am-1pm 7483 x304 unless otherwise specified.

© Laura Meyers Guides: Tod Winston, NJ Meadowlands Docent IMPORTANT INFORMATION With NJ Meadowlands • Contributing Members (Student/Senior level and up) receive a 30% Commission discount on most local trips and classes. (On discounted events, the Explore the Meadowlands on discounted price appears in parentheses after the nonmember price). a relaxing pontoon boat ride in See membership form on page 22. search of egrets, night-herons, and • Classes meet at 71 West 23rd Street, Suite 1523. kingfishers—along with nesting • For paid trips requiring advance registration, the meeting location will Osprey, Peregrine Falcons, and '*).8(148*).3>4:797.57*,.897&9.43(43Q72&9.43*2&.1° Marsh Wrens. We'll travel along • For coach and van trips, the meeting location is in front of the Hackensack River to both ¹³*89´µ7)97**9:31*8849-*7<.8*85*(.Q*)° man-made and restored wetland • We depart promptly at the stated start time. sites and learn about the area’s • For overnight trips, NYC Audubon membership at the Student/ Senior environmental history. Bring level and up is required. lunch. Transport by passenger van included. Limited to 11. $108 (75) EARLY MEMBER REGISTRATION FOR UPCOMING EVENTS More summer and early fall events will be posted and available for registration for contributing NYC Audubon members starting on Monday, June 1, at 9am. (Registration will open to all on Monday, June 15.) Red-tailed Hawk 16 www.nycaudubon.org © David Speiser • BASHAKILL, WALLKILL NWR, OVERNIGHT AND HICKOCK BROOK, NY Saturday, June 20, 8am–Sunday, TRIPS June 21, 6pm Guide: Joe Giunta, Happy • CAPE MAY SPRING Warblers LLC MIGRATION WEEKEND, NJ Look for breeding American Saturday, May 2, 9am–Sunday, Bitterns; Cerulean, Hooded, and May 3, 7pm Golden-winged Warblers; and more Guide: Gabriel Willow at these three great birding areas. Welcome the spring in lovely Least Bittern An overnight stay will facilitate Cape May, NJ, the East’s capital being in the right spot at the right of birding. On good spring • PUFFINS, WARBLERS, two evening slide programs, time. Bring lunch for the first migration days, the area’s forests AND LOBSTER BOATS: THE an evening star watch, and free day. Transport by passenger van and marshes are swarming with ENCHANTING COAST OF MAINE pickup at the LIRR station in included. Limited to 10. $325 warblers in breeding plumage. Saturday, May 23–Saturday May 30 Montauk. For more information ($75 single supplement) We’ll visit Cape May Point, Higbee Guide: Gabriel Willow and reservations, contact Beach, South Cape May Meadows, Explore Maine's “Country of the Don Riepe at 718-474-0896 or • BOREAL BIRDING IN THE and more in search of returning Pointed Firs”: land of lighthouses, [email protected]. $425 ADIRONDACKS songbirds, shorebirds, wading quaint villages, and lobster pounds– ($140 single supplement) Friday, July 3, 8am–Monday, birds, and terns—as well as all nestled in a setting of primeval July 6, 8pm lingering winter visitors, such as pine forests, bogs, and bucolic • BASHAKILL, SHAWANGUNK Guide: Gabriel Willow sea ducks and gannets. Transport islands. Maine's eastern wilderness NWR, AND DOODLETOWN, NY At six million acres, Adirondack by passenger van included. hosts Atlantic Puffin, bear, moose, Saturday, June 6, 8am–Sunday, Park is the largest publicly protected Limited to 10. $350 ($60 single shorebirds, and dozens of warbler June 7, 6pm area in the contiguous U.S., larger supplement) species. We'll begin birding the Guide: Joe Giunta, Happy than Yellowstone, Everglades, saltmarshes and beaches of the Warblers LLC Glacier, and Grand Canyon • ASSATEAGUE/ mainland coast, before heading to the Look for breeding Eastern National Parks combined. Within CHINCOTEAGUE WEEKEND beautiful fishing village of Camden. Meadowlarks, American Bitterns, its boundaries lie vast forests Thursday, May 7–Sunday, May 10 There we'll search marsh and meadow Cerulean Warblers, and more at and rolling farmlands, towns and Guide: Don Riepe for Upland Sandpiper, rails, and these three great birding areas. villages, and mountains and valleys, With American Littoral Society Nelson’s and Vesper Sparrows. An overnight stay will facilitate as well as lakes, ponds, and rivers. Spend an extended weekend at Our final destination, enchanting being in the right spot at the right This diverse habitat leads to an this famous wildlife area during Monhegan Island, offers up to 30 time. Bring lunch for the first incredible array of plant and bird spring migration. See wild ponies, warbler species in one day and a day. Transport by passenger van species, including several boreal Bald Eagles, Black-necked Stilts, nearby puffin nesting colony. Visit included. Limited to 10. $325 specialties of the mountain spruce Whites Ibis, dolphins, and maybe www.nycaudubon.org/overnight-trips ($75 single supplement) and fir forests that cannot be found even a River Otter. Includes three for more information and a detailed in NYC, such as Gray Jays and nights' lodging at Refuge Inn, itinerary. Limited to 10. $1,975 • BASHAKILL, NEVERSINK, Boreal Chickadees. Join Gabriel breakfasts, a boat tour of marshes, ($595 single supplement) AND STERLING FOREST, NY Willow on a four-day tour of this a safari bus tour of backwater Saturday, June 13, 8am–Sunday, wild region, featuring a day with dunes, guided hikes along • MONTAUK SPRING June 14, 6pm local Adirondack resident, guide, beaches, woods, and marshes, WEEKEND, LI Guide: Joe Giunta, Happy and President of the New York State plus two evening programs. Friday, May 29–Sunday, May 31 Warblers LLC Ornithological Association Joan For more information and Guides: Mike Bottini, Mickey Cohen, Look for breeding American Collins. We will stay in the town reservations, contact Don Riepe Don Riepe Bitterns; Cerulean, Hooded, and of Saranac Lake at the charming at 718-474-0896 or donriepe@ With American Littoral Society Golden-winged Warblers; and Amanda's Village Motel overlooking gmail.com. $450 ($150 single Visit the east end of Long Island more at these three great birding the lake, spend our days exploring supplement. $95 for van transport and enjoy hiking along beaches, areas. An overnight stay will the mountains and valleys in the from Manhattan) bluffs, woodlands, and dunes facilitate being in the right spot at region, and dine at restaurants during peak spring blossom time. the right time. Bring lunch for the in Saranac Lake and nearby Lake Registration price includes lodging first day. Transport by passenger Placid, NY. Transport by passenger at the luxurious Montauk Manor, van included. Limited to 10. $325 van included. $750 ($220 single five meals, five guided field trips, ($75 single supplement) supplement)

Spring 2020 17 BOOK REVIEWS Lucienne S. Bloch, Ivy Gilbert

bird species and their habitats, their near- RZQMRXUQH\WRWKLVSDUWRI  WKH /DNH(ULH miraculous migrations and homing abilities, shoreline for one of the world’s largest DQGWKHLUVRXOVWLUULQJVRQJVDQGÁLJKWV birding festivals. With Magee Marsh as its 7KHERRNIHDWXUHVLWVRZQDOOXULQJGLYHUVLW\ primary backdrop, A Season on the Wind RI  $PHULFDQ DXWKRUV -RKQ -DPHV $XGXERQ offers readers a deep understanding of the +HQU\ 'DYLG 7KRUHDX 6DUDK 2UQH -HZHWW mechanics of migration and a lens into the +HUPDQ 0HOYLOOH 7KHRGRUH 5RRVHYHOW -RKQ almost unbelievable migratory feats that 0XLU 5REHUW )URVW 5DFKHO &DUVRQ 2JGHQ songbirds perform twice a year. 1DVK (OL]DEHWK %LVKRS ( % :KLWH %DUU\ ,W·V HYLGHQW WKDW .DXIPDQ KDV D GHHS Lopez, May Swenson, W. S. Merwin, Richard grasp—and love—of both the phenomenon American Birds: A Literary 3RZHUVDQGPDQ\RWKHUFRPSHOOLQJZULWHUV of migration and the birds themselves. His Companion Despite the present day’s mortal threat to book is a fast-paced narrative structured By Andrew Rubenfeld and Terry birds as their habitats continue to disappear around the seasons, building up to spring Tempest Williams, editors due to human-caused climate changes, there migration and birding festivities at the marsh. Library of America, 2020 are no haunting dirges or accusatory screeds (DFKFKDSWHULVÀOOHGZLWKSHUVRQDOPHPRULHV in this book, which is largely celebratory in DQG HPRWLRQV VFLHQWLÀF DQHFGRWHV QDWXUDO HUU\7HPSHVW:LOOLDPVLVDSUROLÀFDQG WRQH DQG LQWHQW $OO ZKR UHDG LW ZLOO ÀQG history, and rich descriptions that will keep 7 honored writer and a distinguished their own favorites among the 74 appealing birders and non-birders wanting to know activist for the conservation of American selections and will marvel at the many PRUH+DOIZD\WKURXJKWKHERRN.DXIPDQ wildernesses and national parks. Her foreword different ways to see, think about, describe, presents a collection of his photographs of for this evocative and absorbing anthology and cherish birds and their place in our lives. waterfowl, warblers, and other noteworthy LV SHUVRQDO UHÁHFWLYH IUDJPHQWDU\ DQG —LSB migrants and bird-related events, which impassioned. By way of contrast, Andrew gives readers a refreshing pause, reminiscent Rubenfeld’s introduction is an informative RI WKHLPDJHVLQDÀHOGJXLGH and engaging preview of the book’s pages of .DXIPDQVSHQGVVRPHWLPHJUDSSOLQJ prose and poetry—and the joys, revelations, with the topic of wind energy and the troubles, hopes, amusements, rigorous obser- implications of wind farms for migrating vations, fascinations, thrills, and mysteries birds, using the Black Swamp Bird Obser- therein. It is also a capsule history of vatory and its relationship with the Camp American nature writing and its offspring, 3HUU\ ZLQG SURMHFW DV D FDVH VWXG\ 7KLV LV environmental writing. ZKHUH .DXIPDQ PRVW H[FHOV DV D VWRU\ Rubenfeld, who chose the book’s selec- teller. He balances complex conservation tions, is a professor of American literature at challenges like climate change, notorious 6WHYHQV,QVWLWXWHRI 7HFKQRORJ\DWZRWHUP for leaving people feeling powerless, with past president of the Linnaean Society of A SEASON ON THE WIND: INSIDE THE SDVVLRQDWHÀUVWKDQGDFFRXQWVRI PRPHQWV 1HZ

Adam Vinson (continued) Helping birds that migrate through our city is incredibly important and often die within a month. When I volunteer at the Wild Bird Fund I often I am speaking here today to encourage you to vote in favor of Initiative feed the migratory birds. One day I found one of them, a Brown Creeper, 1482. I have seen with my own eyes the consequences glass window collision dead. It had struck a window and died the next day. Brown Creepers are have on migratory birds. I hope the City Council takes this bill seriously. incredibly tiny, fragile, and unique birds, so seeing one dead was deeply It’s a small measure that could help our planet. New York City is an depressing. This year, I made a petition at my school supporting bird strike incredibly important spot on the Atlantic/Eastern Flyway bird migration legislation. Over 170 Eleanor Roosevelt students signed, including most of URXWH7ZLFHD\HDUPLOOLRQVRI ELUGVÁ\WKURXJKRXUFLW\DQGZKLOH1HZ my grade. I also created an online version of the petition which quickly York is incredibly important, it is also incredibly dangerous for birds. In got another 259 signatures. I hope this response demonstrates to you that Manhattan, both Central Park and Bryant Park, which are major birding when people are made aware of the consequences of poorly designed glass- spots, are completely surrounded by buildings covered in glass windows. windowed buildings, they care and want to see a change. Birds mean a lot to When the birds hit the windows they often die in especially painful and me and my interest in them has made my life better. Now is my time to give grotesque ways. I’ve found Song Sparrows, Hermit Thrushes, and Yellow- back to them. I ask all of you to support this bill as there is no good reason bellied Sapsuckers with their necks snapped. Unfortunately, they were the that you shouldn’t. If this bill passes nobody gets hurt and the birds who lucky ones. Other birds often have their beaks snapped and gain internal desperately need our help are supported. injuries that eventually kill them. Most birds that survive the initial strike

NEWS & NOTES

NYC BIRD-FRIENDLY SUPPORT LOCAL CONSERVATION ANNUAL REPORT 2019 AVAILABLE MAY 1 DESIGN BILL PASSES Several current, local bird-friendly efforts With the support of our donors, partners, and This past December, the New York City deserve your support. Here in New York volunteers, NYC Audubon continued expanding its Council passed landmark bird-friendly City, ’s plant conservation and outreach programs in 2019. See design legislation, Initiative 1482-2019. collections are jeopardized by a proposed highlights of the past year’s initiatives and learn This huge win for the City’s birds follows a massive building development just 150 feet how NYC Audubon is making the City a healthier focused campaign by NYC Audubon and the from the Garden. To learn more, visit and more livable habitat for birds and people by Bird-Safe Buildings Alliance. Learn more www.bbg.org/petition/index.html. viewing our Annual Report 2019, available May 1 on on page 6. our website at www.nycaudubon.org/annual-report. Right across the Hudson, Liberty State To request a print copy, call us at 212-691-7483 or DEFEND THE FEDERAL Park’s Caven Point, a rich wetland email [email protected]. MIGRATORY BIRD TREATY ACT bird habitat, is under serious threat of Over the past year, the Trump development from the expansion of an SUSAN ELBIN, PHD, administration has gutted enforcement of adjacent golf course. Visit Friends of NYC AUDUBON SCIENTIST EMERITA the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, the 100-year- Liberty State Park at www.folsp.org to find As reported in the winter Urban Audubon, old legislation created to protect native out how to help. NYC Audubon’s first and longtime director of North American Birds. The proposed conservation and science, Dr. Susan Elbin, retired Migratory Bird Protection Act (MBPA) has Some good news: Governor Cuomo has at the end of 2019. Susan remains involved with been designed to restore protections for proposed the "Restore Mother Nature" NYC Audubon through 2020 as scientist emerita: migratory birds and create a permitting bond act for New York State. This she will continue to advance our work through the system to reduce preventable bird legislation would provide recurring funding Bird-Safe Buildings Alliance and the Harbor Herons mortality from industrial and governmental to restore streams, wetlands, and coastal and Waterbirds of the Greater New York/New developments. Ask your representatives to habitat. Visit ny.audubon.org/press-release/ Jersey Harbor working group, while working toward support the MBPA (H.R. 5552), in order to audubon-new-york-statement-2020-state- the publication of a scientific paper based on restore and strengthen protections for birds. state-address to learn more. NYC Audubon data and research. Learn more and make your voice heard at www.abcbirds.org/action/petition-mbta.

Spring 2020 19 THANK YOU TO OUR VOLUNTEERS

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NYC Audubon’s conservation work and public programs are made possible by philanthropic contributions from members, friends, corporations, foundations, and government agencies. We are grateful to all those who have sustained our work this past season, including the 2,102 gifts from members and donors in amounts up to $2,499.99 that collectively provided $267,731 in support of our mission from June 1 through December 31, 2019.

AMERICAN KESTREL CIRCLE Edith McBean Harry & Rose Zaifert Foundation New York State Office of Parks, TRIBUTE GIFTS Gina Argento Andre Meade Investors Bank Foundation Recreation, and Historic Claude Bloch Tony Argento Joyce Menschel Jacob K. Javits Preservation MaryJane Boland and Robert Bate and Tracy Meade Clark Mitchell Convention Center New York University Daniel Picard Karen Benfield and Malcolm and Mary Morris Kelly-Nacht Fund Orchard Jewelry Dominic Garcia-Hall John Zucker Maura Murphy Kimball Foundation Parsons School of Design Cynthia Guile Claude and Lucienne Bloch Jeffrey Nedelman Kings County Brewers Collective Patagonia Kathryn Heintz Alex Blumberg Mindy Papp Leaves of Grass Fund Peak View Foundation Cathy Heller MaryJane Boland and Will Papp LeFrak Organization Robert and Joyce Menschel Tatiana Kaletsch Daniel Picard Cheryl Reich and David Leon Levy Foundation Family Foundation Michael Yuan Ronald Bourque Dewhurst Lily Auchincloss Foundation Robert F. Schumann Marsilia A. Boyle Jenna Rizzo The Ludlow Hotel Foundation MEMORIAL GIFTS Virginia Carter Lew and Sheila Rosenberg Manomet Center for Conservation The Walt Disney Company Oakes Ames Gail Clark Judith E. Shapiro Science Foundation William Robert Batley Christian Cooper Valerie Sirtoli The Marta Heflin Foundation William C. Bullitt Foundation Janet Carillo Art Sills and Sarah DeBlois Winnie Spar Capital Wood Thrush Fund Edgar Helena Durst Alan Steel Morgan Stanley Erica Overberger Greenbaum Joe and Barbara Ellis Dan Stenson and National Audubon Society IN-KIND DONATIONS Betsy J. Hill Alexander Ewing and Caitlin Donovan National Fish and Wildlife George Hoffman Barbara Maas Wynn Senning Antonia Stolper and Foundation The J.M. Kaplan Fund Pigeon Andrew Farnsworth and Bob Fertik National Park Service Kings County Brewers Fredric Spar Patricia Ryan Virginia Stowe New York City Department of Collective Sandra Fiebelkorn Mary and Michael Tannen Environmental Protection Materials for the Arts BEQUESTS Marcia and Bruce Fowle Emma Tyrer The New York Community Trust Morgan Stanley Michael O. Willson Philip Fried and Elizabeth Weinshel and Mary and Michael Tannen Bruce Patterson Joel Goldfarb Richard H. Fried and Stella Sam Wertheimer and Kim Pamela Rosenthal MAKE A DIFFERENCE Contributions are essential to our work. Help us reach Anina Gerchick Chris Whalen and our goal of $1,040,000 in individual gifts during our 40th Anniversary year. Gallya Gordon Rocio Salas-Whalen Ronnie and Richard Grosbard Shelby White Count me/us in with my/our support of wild birds in New York City: Nancy Hager Elizabeth Woods and Scott and Ellen Hand Charles Denholm Anniversary Leadership Gifts: [ ] $40,000 [ ] $10,000 [ ] $5,000 Laura and David Harris John Anthony Wright Anniversary Celebration Gifts: [ ] $2,500 [ ] $1,000 [ ] $500 [ ] $100 Gail Hashimoto Kathryn and Vincent G. CORPORATIONS, [ ] Other amount: $ ______Heintz FOUNDATIONS, AND Cathy and Lloyd Heller GOVERNMENT AGENCIES [ ] Additionally, I would like to ADD $40 to my gift above! Sally Jeffords The Achelis and Bodman “ADD $40” gifts received before October 31, 2020 will be matched. Peter Joost and Janice Laneve Foundation Tatiana Kaletsch AmazonSmile Foundation TOTAL AMOUNT: $ ______Mary Jane Kaplan American Littoral Society Jeffrey Kimball and The Apple Hill Fund Name(s): ______Pamela Hogan Atlas Obscura Robert Kimtis and Broadway Stages Susan Bynum The Capital Group Address: ______Lauren and Ethan Klingsberg Companies Charitable Jennifer Kouvant and Hans Li Foundation Phone: ______Email: ______Andrea Krantz and Catbird Harvey Sawikin Central Park Conservancy [ ] Enclosed is my check payable to NYC Audubon Nancy Langsan Con Edison [ ] Charge my credit card: [ ] VISA [ ] MC [ ] AMEX [ ] DISC Deborah Laurel Custom Ink Pete Lengyel-Fushimi The Dobson Foundation CARD #: ______Exp. Date: ______Security Code: ____ Renee Lucier Doris Duke Charitable Mail this form with your payment to: Adrienne Lynch Foundation NYC Audubon • 71 West 23rd Street, Suite 1523 • New York, NY 10010 Laure and Stephen The Durst Organization Manheimer The Ferriday Fund NYC Audubon is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.Contributions are tax deductible within the limits Pamela Manice FXCollaborative prescribed by law. A copy of the latest Annual Financial Report may be obtained online at Jenny and Flip Maritz Ginarte Gallardo Gonzalez www.nycaudubon.org or www.guidestar.org or upon request from the New York State Office of the Patrick Markee and Winograd LLP Attorney General, Charities Bureau, 28 Liberty Street, 15th Floor, NY, NY 10005 or NYC Audubon, 71 West 23rd Street, Suite 1523, NY, NY 10010. Elizabeth Ratner 22 www.nycaudubon.org NYC AUDUBON’S CAMPAIGN FOR THE FUTURE

o meet both ongoing and new challenges successfully in the next 40 years, we must return to our activist roots—and engage the vast Tand diverse population of New York City. The work before us is enormous, but the people of New York are with us. This year we saw tremendous public support for bird-friendly building design, culminating in the passage of landmark legislation in the City Council. This publicly supported victory should give us all hope: New Yorkers want a sustainable city that welcomes wildlife and appreciates wild birds. They want to see birds nesting on our beaches and foraging in our wetlands,and hear them singing in our parks. Join us in our efforts to ensure that birds have a future. NYC Audubon’s Strategic Plan 2020–2025: A Vision for the Future (view it at www.nycaudubon.org/strategic-plan-2020-2025) creates a road map to guide us forward. In celebration of our 40th anniversary, we are committed to raising $1,040,000 this year. We’re just about halfway there,at a total of $503,310 raised;as you can see below, we still have a long way to go to reach our fundraising goals.

50% achieved 37.5% achieved 72.5% achieved 30% achieved Our Goals: 10 Gifts of $40,000 40 Gifts of $10,000 40 Gifts of $5,000 1,000 “ADD $40” Gifts (to be matched 1:1) Please be sure to ADD $40 (or $400, or $4,000) when you give, renew your membership, or register for NYC Audubon events throughout the year. Every “ADD $40” gift will be matched up to a total of $40,000.

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DATED MATERIAL: Spring 2020 Newsletter

SPRING 2020 LECTURE SERIES All lectures are free and open to the public. This series has been made possible by the support of Claude and Lucienne Bloch. IN CONVERSATION: THE AUDUBON MURAL PROJECT 40TH ANNIVERSARY ANNUAL MEMBER MEETING, BOARD ELECTION, By Gail Albert Halaban, George Boorujy, and Avi Gitler AND CONSERVATION UPDATE Monday, March 2, 7pm Wednesday, June 10, 6pm Parish House of Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church (betw/ 73rd and 74th Streets) The Arsenal Third-floor Gallery, Central Park (Fifth Avenue at 64th Street) Join us for an evening’s exploration of the Audubon Mural Project, a public art Join NYC Audubon in a membership toast to our 40th year, including initiative of the National Audubon Society executed in partnership with Gitler birthday cake and a sparkling beverage. The evening’s program will &_____ Gallery. Inspired by the legacy of John James Audubon, the project include highlights of the conservation accomplishments of the past year, commissions artists to paint murals of birds threatened by climate change in including the landmark passage of citywide bird-friendly building legis- hopes of calling attention to their plight. This “conversation” will feature three lation and the publication of our new five-year Strategic Plan. We will unique perspectives: Gail Albert Halaban is a photographer whose quest to present what we’ve learned from recent Project Safe Flight and Harbor document the murals recently culminated in an exhibit at the Aperture Founda- Herons research—and we’ll discuss where NYC Audubon’s is heading tion. George Boorujy is an artist who has been an integral part of the project next, as we seek to grow our organization, advocate for birds and habitat, and whose work has been exhibited nationally and internationally. Avi Gitler is and better reflect the diverse communities of New York City. Our board the owner of Gitler &_____ Gallery and the driving force behind the project. election and annual meeting will precede the talk.

NYC AUDUBON MEMBERS-ONLY EVENTS Join us for a free NYC Audubon member event this spring. Member events are free for contributing NYC Audubon members at the Student/Senior level and up. Registration is required. Except for the KIDS walk, all member walks are limited to 20 people. As these events are popular and fill quickly, please limit your registration to one free member event in Central Park. Contact Kellye Rosenheim at [email protected] or call 212-691-7483 x306 to register.

BROOKLYN'S BEST CENTRAL PARK RAMBLE SPRING MIGRATION SPRING MIGRATION IN ASTORIA Saturday, April 18, 7:30-9:30am Thursday, April 30, 7:30-9:30am Tuesday, May 5, 7:30-9:30am PARK, QUEENS Guide: Tom Stephenson Guide: Harry Maas Guide: Jeff Kimball Sunday, May 10, 9-10:30am Bird with Tom Stephenson Meet at Central Park West and Meet at Central Park West and Guide: Kellie Quiñones on his home turf. Meet at the 72nd Street. Marvel at spring 72nd Street for a spring walk Meet NYC Audubon Board Member entrance to Prospect Park migration in the Ramble with through the Ramble with Jeff Kellie Quiñones at the entrance to across from Grand Army Plaza NYC Audubon Past President Kimball, filmmaker of Birders: at 19th Street and Hoyt for a walk around Brooklyn’s Harry Maas. The Central Park Effect and Avenue North for a Mother’s Day walk premier birding location. president of NYC Audubon. to seek migratory and resident birds. KIDS MEMBER WALK SONGS OF CENTRAL PARK IN CENTRAL PARK CENTRAL PARK’S EXPLORING GOVERNORS ISLAND Wednesday, April 22, 7:30-9:30am Saturday, May 2, 3-4:30pm NORTH WOODS Friday, May 15 and Guide: Tom Stephenson Meet at Central Park West and 72nd Wednesday, May 6, 7:30-9:30am Saturday, May 16, 10am-12:30pm Meet at Central Park West and Street to explore the park's birding Guide: Kellye Rosenheim Guide: Annie Barry 72nd Street to seek out early hotspots with NYC Audubon. Open Meet Kellye Rosenheim at Meet at the Governors Island Ferry spring migrants with Tom to registered KIDS members ages Central Park West and 100th (Battery Marine Terminal near the Stephenson, author of The 8-12, accompanied by a parent or Street to see what the North S.I. Ferry) to ride to the island for a Warbler Guide and creator of guardian. Parents: please email Woods have to offer at the peak bird walk with expert Annie Barry. the BirdGenie smartphone app. [email protected] to register. of migration. Check ferry schedule online in May.

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