NOTE: THIS EVENT WAS POSTPONED FROM MAY 29 TO MAY 30 DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER.

Celebrate Black Birders Week 2024 (May 26-June 1) with NYC Audubon! Black Birders Week was created in 2020 by the BlackAFinSTEM Collective. Read more about the week and each day's theme on the BAFiS website.

Join NYC Audubon, the New York State Parks Department, and the Feminist Bird Club for an evening stroll in Shirley Chisholm State Park. This fairly new park in Brooklyn was built on top of landfills and now supports a rich diversity of wildlife and habitat, including hawks, waterfowl, wetlands, and thousands of tree and native grass species.

The group will meet at the Fountain Ave Entrance of Shirley Chisholm State Park (950 Fountain Ave Brooklyn NY, 11208). Registration required here. Limited to 30. Free.

Accessibility & Directions:

This park contains mostly gravel trails of different lengths and inclinations. Restrooms, parking, and a water-filling station can be found near the meeting location. The BM2, BM5, B82, B82-SBS, and B83 buses all stop near the Pennsylvania Entrance. For more details about Shirley Chisholm State Park's facilities and how to get there, please visit the New York State Parks website.

Photo: Shirley Chisholm State Park offers the opportunity to see birds like this Osprey. Credit: LeRoy VanHee.