Join NYC Bird Alliance (formerly NYC Audubon) on a special event to celebrate the last day of Climate Week 2024. Bird guide and artist Sam Philbert will lead a field sketching workshop on Governors Island! Learn tips to record and draw species in your environment to fill your own nature journal. Governors Island's diverse habitat supports the nearly 240 bird species spotted on the island so far, and makes for great art inspiration.

Bring a drawing book or paper and something with which to write/draw to document your findings! Registration required. Limited to 30. Free.

Accessibility and Directions: 

The Governors Island ferry is free on weekends before noon, but if you plan to arrive in the afternoon, you will need to purchase ferry tickets. Governors Island contains a variety of terrain, from hilly, grassy areas to paved and cobble stone paths. The latter can be difficult to walk on with strollers, for example. Public restrooms can be found in Building 110, on the right side of Soissons Landing when exiting the ferry.

Photo: An American Kestrel in flight. Credit: Isaac Grant.