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Upcoming Events
- Wednesday, October 23, 6pm ET – Book Talk: Find More Birds at Eastern Long Island Audubon Society Annual Dinner – Info
- Sunday, October 27, 8am – 9:30am ET – Bilingual Bird Watching at Ridgewood Reservoir – Info / Register
- Wednesday, October 30, 7pm – 9pm ET – Warbler Wednesday Happy Hour at Estuary in Brooklyn Bridge Park (Pier 5) Info / RSVP
- Thursday, November 7:15pm ET – Book talk at Mecklenburg Audubon Society monthly meeting
- Tuesday, December 10, 7pm – 9pm ET – Marion Audubon: Find More Birds book talk – Info / Register
- Wednesday, October 15, 2025, 7:30 PM ET – Book talk at Queens County Bird Club meeting – Alley Pond Environmental Center
- Bird Walks in Brooklyn Bridge Park – Ongoing email me or join my newsletter here to be notified of future walks.
- Private Guided Bird Walks in Brooklyn Bridge Park email me to schedule a private guided bird walk in Brooklyn Bridge Park.
- Learn to Juggle (or get better) – Private lessons and events in person and on Zoom – Info
Past Events
- Sunday, October 13, 9am – 10:30am ET – Birding Washington Square Park with Heather Wolf – Info / Register
- Saturday, October 12, 8am – 9:30am ET – Bilingual Bird Watching at Ridgewood Reservoir – Info / Register
- September/ October 2024 – Beginning Bird Class at Brooklyn Botanic Garden (Saturdays 9am) – Info / Join Waitlist
- Friday, September 27, 8pm ET – Online talk for The Fyke Nature Association monthly meeting – Info / Register
- Wednesday, September 25, 7pm – 9pm ET – Warbler Wednesday Happy Hour at Estuary in Brooklyn Bridge Park (Pier 5) Info / RSVP
- Monday, September 23, 7pm ET – Online talk hosted by Ashland Public Library – Find & Identify More Birds: How to Pick a Patch – Info / Register
- Sunday, September 15, 9am – 10:30am ET – NYC Bird Alliance: Bilingual Birding at Brooklyn Bridge Park for Latino Conservation Week! – Info / Register
- Saturday, September 14, 8am – 9:30am ET – Bilingual Bird Watching at Ridgewood Reservoir – Info / Register
- Thursday, June 13, 2024, 7pm EDT – Orange Audubon Society Bird Chat: Find More Birds (Zoom / online) – Info
- May 2024 – Beginning Bird Class at Brooklyn Botanic Garden (Saturdays in May/June) Register here.
- Thursday April 25, 2024, 7pm – Talk at Francis M. Weston Audubon Society Chapter Meeting (Pensacola, FL) Info
- Wednesday April 24, 2024 7pm ET – Zoom talk with Ashland Public Library. Register
- Tuesday April 9, 2024, 9am ET – Book talk (PRIVATE EVENT)
- Thursday March 28, 2024 – Zoom talk with Connecticut Audubon
- Sunday March 24, 2024, 5pm – Keynote Speaker at Saw Mill River Audubon Annual Dinner (Ossining, NY)
- Saturday March 2, 2024, 9am – Bird Tour in Brooklyn Bridge Park
- Thursday February 29, 2024, 8pm (ET) – Bird Book Club Q&A – Environment for the Americas
- Wednesday February 28th, 7pm – 9pm – Warbler Wednesday at Estuary in Brooklyn Bridge Park
- Sunday January 28, 2024 – Meet & Greet / Book Signing at Brooklyn Women’s Exchange, 2-4pm
- Saturday / Sunday January 20-21, 2024, 3pm – Bird-themed Baroque with Repast Baroque / Bird Fancier’s Delight Info
- Sunday Oct. 22, 2pm – 4pm ET – Find More Birds Bird Walk at Brooklyn Botanic Garden Get tickets
- Saturday Oct. 14, 9am – 10:30am – Bilingual Bird Walk in Brooklyn Bridge Park with NYC Audubon Register
- Saturday, October 7, 2023 – Find More Birds Walk in Washington Square Park – Register
- Thursday October 5, 2023, 2pm ET (7pm BST) – In Conservation with David Lindo about “Find More Birds” (Zoom) Register
- Sunday, October 1 – Brooklyn Book Festival – Book signing from 12:30pm – 1:30pm at booth #338-339 (The Experiment Publishing)
- Wednesday, Sept. 27, 7pm – 8:15pm – Menunkatuck Audubon Society: Find More Birds Book Talk Info/RSVP
- Sunday, Sept. 24 – PRIVATE EVENT (morning)
- Saturday Sept. 23, 2pm – 4pm ET – Find More Birds Bird Walk at Brooklyn Botanic Garden Get tickets
- Saturday Sept. 16, 9am – 10:30am – Bilingual Bird Walk in Brooklyn Bridge Park with NYC Audubon Register
- Wednesday Sept. 13, 7pm – ET Virtual Book Talk @ Ashland Library, MA FREE Info here.
- FULL Sunday Sept. 10 – 8am – 9:30am ET- Book Release Bird Walk at Ridgewood Reservoir. FREE Register
- Wednesday August 30th, 6pm – 9pm ET – Dinner talk at Estuary In Brooklyn Bridge Park! Get tickets here.
- Saturday August 26th, 3:00pm – 4:30pm ET – Book Talk & signing at Adams St. library in DUMBO. FREE Register
- SOLD OUT Friday August 25, 6pm – 7:30pm ET – Book Talk & Birding at Books Are Magic (Montague St.) Get tickets
- FULL Saturday July 26, 9:30am – 11am ET – Bird Walk w/Brooklyn Public Library, Adams St. branch. FREE FULL
- Saturday, June 17, 2023, 8am – 9:30am – Bilingual Bird Walk in Brooklyn Bridge Park. FULL
- Saturday, April 22, 2023, 9am – Earth Day Bird Walk in McGolrick Park Info
- Saturday, April 29, 2023, 8am – 9:30am – Bird Walk at Ridgewood Reservoir (Queens) Details coming soon.
- Sunday, April 2, 2023, 2pm – Talk and Bird Walk for On the Waterfront: A View from the Coast (Line) at BWAC, 481 Van Brunt Street, Red Hook, Brooklyn, NY 11231.
- Saturday, April 1, 2023, 9am – 10:30am – Spring Migration Bird Walk: Brooklyn Bridge Park Free! Register here beginning Tuesday, March 28 @ 10am
- Saturday, Feb. 18, 2023, 9am – 11am – Great Backyard Bird Count Walk: Free! Register here beginning Tuesday Feb. 14 @ 10am
- Sunday, November 13, 2022, 8am – 9:30am – Bird Walk at Ridgewood Reservoir (Queens) Info/Register
- Saturday, April 9, 2022, 9am – 10:30am – Spring migration walk Free! Register here beginning March 29 @ 10am
- Sunday, April 10, 2022, 9am – 10:30am – En Español – Recorrido gratis de Aves de Primavera Info/Register
- Tuesday, October 5, 2021, 7-8:30am – Fall migration walk Register
- Saturday, October 23, 2021, 9-10:30am – NYC Audubon Walk – Brooklyn Bridge Park Register
- Saturday, May 22, 2021, 9am – 10:30am – IN SPANISH – Recorrido de Aves de la Migración Primaveral (en español) Info
- Sunday, May 30, 2021, 8am – 9:30am – IN SPANISH: Observación de Aves en Ridgewood Reservoir (Queens) Info/Regístrate
- Saturday, June 5, 2021, 11am – 11:30am – IN SPANISH: Indoors for Autism, Las Aves de NYC Info/RSVP
- Saturday, June 5, 2021, 11:45am – 12:15pm – Indoors for Autism, Birds of NYC Info/RSVP
- Sunday, May 16, 2021, 8am – 9:30am – Spring Migration Bird Walk at Ridgewood Reservoir (Queens) Info/Register
- Thursday, May 13, 2021, 7 – 8:30pm – Online Class – Birding in NYC (and beyond!) Info
- IN SPANISH Thursday, February 25, 2021, 7 – 8:30pm – Brooklyn Bridge Park: Aves de Brooklyn Con Heather Wolf Info/RSVP
- (Rebroadcast, not live) Friday, February 26, 2021, 7 – 8:30pm – Brooklyn Bridge Park: Birds of Brooklyn Info/RSVP
- Monday, April 26, 2021, 7 – 8:30pm – Private online talk.
- Sunday, March 7, 2021, 7 – 8:30pm – Mass Audubon: Birders Meeting 2021 Virtual Series, Birding Your Patch Info/Register. You can also register for the entire event series here.
- Tuesday, February 16, 2021, 7 – 8:15pm – Menunkatuck Audubon Society: Birding Brooklyn Bridge Park Info/RSVP
- Friday August 14, 2020, 10 – 11:30am – Breakfast Talk – Birding Along the Brooklyn Waterfront Info/RSVP
- Thursday, July 30, 2020, 7 – 8:30pm – FREE Online Workshop – Birds of Brooklyn Info/RSVP
- Wednesday, May 27, 2020, 7 – 8:30pm – Online Class – Birding in NYC (and beyond!) Info
- Wednesday, May 13, 2020, 7 – 8:30pm – Private Online Class – Birding in the Northeast
- Monday, May 11, 2020, 7 – 8:30pm – Online Class – Birding in NYC (and beyond!) Info
- Thursday, April 9, 2020, 7 – 8:30pm – Online Class – Birding in NYC (and beyond!) Info
- Thursday, March 26 2020, 7 – 8:30pm – Online Class – Birding in NYC (and beyond!) Info
- Tuesday, January 14, 2020 – Private Event (Brooklyn Heights)
- Thursday, August 29, 2019, 6:30 – 8pm – Birding with Heather Wolf, Naval Cemetery Landscape Info
- Saturday, September 7, 2019, 9-10:30am – NYC Audubon Walk – Brooklyn Bridge Park Register
- Sunday, September 15, 2019, 9am-3pm- The Urban Birder Day Course – Downtown Brooklyn Area Register
- Saturday, October 5, 2019 – Cornell Club Walk & Lecture (Private Event)
- Saturday, October 19, 2019, 9-10:30am – NYC Audubon Walk – Brooklyn Bridge Park Register
- Sunday, August 18, 2019, 9-10:30am – NYC Audubon Walk – Brooklyn Bridge Park Register
- Sunday, September 22, 2018, 12 – 4pm – Kingsland Wildflowers Festival in Greenpoint – I’ll be answering your bird questions, sharing tips for finding and identifying birds, and signing my book, Birding at the Bridge (available for purchase at the festival)! We’ll be keeping our eyes in the sky for the neighborhood’s Red-tailed Hawks, and making periodic birding visits to the green roof. Info
- Sunday, September 23, 2018, 8 – 9:30am – Kingsland Wildflowers / NYC Audubon Walk – McGolrick Park, Greenpoint Park Register
- Saturday, September 29, 2018, 2 – 3:30pm – Get to Know Your Neighborhood Birds! Family Birding Workshop, Cobble Hill Park, Brooklyn – Stay tuned for more details.
- Saturday, October 6, 2018, 9 – 10:30am – Brooklyn Bridge Park NYC Audubon Bird Walk – Register
- Monday, February 11, 2019, 7 – 8:30pm – Talk at Sarasota Audubon Monthly Meeting, Sarasota, Florida Register
- Saturday, August 18, 2018, 8 – 9:30am – Kingsland Wildflowers / NYC Audubon Walk – McGolrick Park, Greenpoint Park Register
- Saturday, June 30, 2018, 9-10:30am – NYC Audubon Walk – Brooklyn Bridge Park Register
- Saturday, August 4, 2018, 9-10:30am – NYC Audubon Walk – Brooklyn Bridge Park Register
- Sunday, June 3, 2018 – World Science Festival – Family Bird/Nature Walks in Washington Square Park @ 12pm, 12:30pm, 1pm, 1:30pm Info here
- Wednesdays May 23 to Jun 20, 2018 – Beginning Birding Class at Brooklyn Botanic Garden Info/Register
- Saturday, May 20, 2018, 9-11am – Private birthday walk
- Saturday, May 12, 2018, 8-11:00am – NYC Audubon Prospect Park Bird Walk Info
- Sunday, May 6, 2018, 11am-2pm – Private event, Bird Walk & Talk
- Saturday, May 5, 2018, 9-10:30am – Global Big Day Bird Walk, Brooklyn Bridge Park Info
- Sunday, April 29, 2018, 9 – 11am – Brooklyn Bird Club Walk in Brooklyn Bridge Park – Info
- Thursday, April 26, 2018, 6:30-8pm – Class: Birding in NYC – Brooklyn Brainery
- Sunday, April 22, 2018, 8-11:00am – NYC Audubon Prospect Park Bird Walk Info
- Saturday, April 21, 2018 – Cornell Club Lecture: Experiencing Spring Migration with eBird (Private Event)
- Thursday, April 19, 2018 6-8pm – Kingsland Wildflowers Talk – Birding at the Bridge: In Search of Every Bird on the Brooklyn Waterfront Info
- Thursday, April 12, 2018, 8:30-9:30pm – Learn to Juggle (or get better) at Brooklyn Brainery
- Saturday, Feb. 17, 2018 – Great Backyard Bird Count / Walk in Washington Square Park Info/RSVP
- Wednesday, September 27 @ 7pm (wine & cheese reception at 6:30pm) – Author Talk: Birding at the Bridge – Brooklyn Collection @ Brooklyn Public Library
- Wednesday, July 5, 2017, 6:30pm – Birds of Brooklyn Bridge Park (Walk) – Brooklyn Bridge Park
- Thursday, July 6, 2017, 6:30pm – Class: Birding in NYC – Brooklyn Brainery
- Sunday, April 30 2017, 2:30pm & 3:30pm – Get to Know the Birds on Your Block! – SPARK – Brooklyn Children’s Museum
- Monday, May 1, 2017 (offered again on Thursday June 1), 8:30pm – Class: Learn to Juggle (or get better) – Brooklyn Brainery
- Saturday May 13, 2017, 9am – Global Big Day Bird Walk – Brooklyn Bridge Park
- Saturday, May 20, 2017, 1pm -5pm – Visit me at Carroll Park Flea! – Carroll Park, Brooklyn
- Sunday, May 21, 2017, noon – 3pm – Migratory Bird Day Workshop – Madison Square Park
- Tuesday, April 18, 2017, 7pm – Bird Presentation / Book Talk – Brooklyn Bird Club
- Thursday, March 9, 2017, 8:30pm – Class: Birding in NYC – Brooklyn Brainery
- Monday, March 27, 2017, 8:30pm – Class: Learn to Juggle (or get better) – Brooklyn Brainery
- Tuesday, February 28, 2017, 7pm – NYC Audubon Lecture – Birding at the Bridge Book Talk & Patch Birding – Reidy Hall at the Unitarian Church of All Souls, 1157 Lexington Avenue between 79th & 80th Streets in Manhattan.
- Saturday, September 17, 2016, 9 – 10:30am – Birding at the Bridge (bird walk with Freebird Bookstore) – Brooklyn Book Festival Bookend Event (REGISTER)
- Saturday, September 17, 2016, 2-3pm – Get to Know the Birds on Your Block – A Family Event at Carroll Gardens Library
- Saturday, September 24, 2016, 11am-3pm – Greenpoint EcoFest (scroll down on linked page for details) – I’ll be signing books, giving bird walks on an amazing rooftop green space and answering all of your bird questions.
- Wednesday August 10th @ 6:30pm – Birds of Brooklyn Bridge Park (Wednesday Night Tours)
- Monday July 11, 2016 @ 7pm – Books Beneath the Bridge – book reading event in Brooklyn Bridge Park.
- Wednesday, June 22, 2016 @ 6pm – Birding in NYC, Class & Book Event, Brooklyn Brainery