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Great Backyard Bird Count 2024 in Washington Square Park

Feb 16, 2024Great Backyard Bird Count

This weekend is the 27th Annual Great Backyard Bird Count, and there’s no better backyard than Washington Square Park. Join us on Sunday, Feb. 18 at 10 am to find birds and gaze at trees. RSVP by email: wspecoprojects@gmail.com.

European Holly leaves partially covered with snow.

Is Spring 2024 on Its Way in Washington Square Park?

Jan 24, 2024Bird Art Open Studio, nature news, newsletter, NYC Urban Bird Explorers, wsp nature newsletter

Plants are leafing out in…Florida, Texas, and parts of California and the Southwest! Check out the USA NPN Status of Spring tracker for more information. Would you like to take a guess when the first leaf will appear in the park? The leaves pictured above are European Holly, which is a broadleaf evergreen shrub. The…

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Together in Nature in Washington Square Park in 2024

Jan 9, 2024Great Backyard Bird Count, nature news, newsletter, wsp nature newsletter

Happy New Year! Inspired by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., we would like to spend more time together in nature in 2024. From Dr. King’s 1964 Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech: “We have learned to fly the air like birds and swim the sea like fish, but we have not learned the simple art of…

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A hermit thrush (brown bird with cinnamon colored tail, dark spots o chest/breast, large dark eye) standing in a bare branch. Photo by Dietra Alyssa Semple via Unsplash

15 Species for Christmas Bird Count 2023

Dec 18, 2023Christmas Bird Count

We had a big day on December 17th with 15 species seen during the Christmas Bird Count. The first species was a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker and the 15th species was a Hermit Thrush which is pictured above (note: this photo was not taken in the park). Thank you to the folks who counted with us and…

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female northern cardinal perched on a branch

Christmas Bird Count in 2023 in Washington Square Park

Dec 14, 2023

Participate in the 124th Annual Christmas Bird Count! Washington Square Park is a count site again this year. Join us on December 17th. Register for the WSP count (via NYC Audubon).

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