Join bird guide and artist Sam Philbert for a field sketching workshop in Governors Island! Learn tips to record and draw species in your environment to fill your own nature journal. Bring a drawing book or paper and something to write/draw to document your findings. Then join our weekly Governors Island Birding Tours from 2:15 - 3:45pm to practice your skills!

Registration required. Limited to 25. Free.

Accessibility and Directions: 

This event is free but attendees will need to purchase tickets for the Governors Island Ferry with ferry options provided by the Trust for Governors Island and NYC Ferry. The ferry leaving from the Battery Maritime Building Lower Manhattan (10 South Street) is an eight-minute ferry ride. Participants should take the 12:00 PM ferry at the latest to make the start of the event. You can view the schedule here. Governors Island contains a variety of terrain, from hilly, grassy areas to paved and cobblestone paths. The latter can be difficult to walk on with strollers, for example. Public restrooms are located near the meeting point. 

Photo: Particiapnt sitting on a lawn for a field sketching prompt at Prospect Park Credit: Tim Caraballo