
October 2023
An October Day in Green-Wood Cemetery
Meet 8m at the 25th St/5th Ave main entrance Arch past the guard station. No registration necessary. Leader: Valerie Masten (BBC debut) Focus: Mid- autumn sparrows, incoming winter species, raptors, a few water birds.
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DOODLE OR DIE, NOBODY LEAVES TILL WE SEE A TIMBERDOODLE!: A GREEN-WOOD CEMETERY PURSUIT
Meet 9 am at Greenwood's main entrance 5th Ave and 25th Street Leaders: Dennis Hrehowsik & Bobbi Manian Focus: A search for the American Woodcock, also known as “Timberdoodle”; also early spring woodland songbirds and late winter species, raptors, perhaps eagles and vultures No registration required.
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Early Spring at Greenwood Cemetery
Meet 8 am inside the Arch main entrance (25th Street and 5th Avenue). No registration necessary. Leader: Rusty Harold Focus: The early spring neotropical warblers and other species, flycatchers, orioles, sparrows and typical winter resident species, raptors Note: Nearest Subway is the R line at 25th Street station (check MTA alerts for service)
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Cinco de Mayo in Green-wood Cemetery
Meet 8 am inside the Arch main entrance (25th Street and 5th Avenue). No registration necessary. Leader: Linda Ewing and Valerie Masten Focus: The peak spring of neotropical warblers, vireos, buntings and other songbird species, flycatchers, orioles, sparrows and typical winter resident species, raptors Note: Nearest Subway is the R line at 25th Street station (check MTA alerts for service)
Find out more »November 2024
Early Winter Arrivals in Green-wood Cemetery
Meet 8 am inside the main entrance at 5th Ave /25th Street before the Arch. No registration necessary. Leader: Matthew Wills Focus: Late November is a transition time --a changing of the season as more finches, woodpeckers, raptors, kinglets, creepers, sparrows, bluebird, and typical woodland species pass through. Perhaps even a rarity. November's historical checklist: https://ebird.org/hotspot/L285884/bird-list?m=11 Weather alert: Check the BBC Facebook page and Prospect Sightings blog https://prospectsightings.blogspot.com/ in case of inclement weather.
Find out more »March 2025
DOODLE OR DIE, NOBODY LEAVES TILL WE SEE A TIMBERDOODLE!: A GREEN-WOOD CEMETERY PURSUIT
Meet 9 am at Greenwood's main entrance 5th Ave and 25th Street Leaders: Dennis Hrehowsik & Bobbi Manian Focus: A search for the American Woodcock, also known as “Timberdoodle”; also early spring woodland songbirds and late winter species, raptors, perhaps eagles and vultures No registration required.
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Warbler Waves and Their Friends at Green-wood Cemetery
Meet 8 am inside the Arch main entrance (25th Street and 5th Avenue). No registration necessary. Leader: Linda Ewing Focus: The early spring neotropical warblers, vireos, buntings and other songbird species, flycatchers, orioles, sparrows and typical winter resident species, raptors Note: Nearest Subway is the R line at 25th Street station (check MTA alerts for service)
Find out more »May 2025
Spring Surge at Green-wood Cemetery
Meet 8:15 am inside the Arch main entrance (25th Street and 5th Avenue). No registration necessary. Leader: Rusty Harold Focus: The peak spring of neotropical warblers, vireos, buntings and other songbird species, flycatchers, orioles, sparrows and typical winter resident species, raptors Note: Nearest Subway is the R line at 25th Street station (check MTA alerts for service)
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Crisp air and songbirds passing Southward through Green-wood Cemetery
Meet 7 am inside the Arch main entrance (25th Street and 5th Avenue). No registration necessary. Leader: Matthew Wills Focus: Fall migration at the cemetery! The peak period for all species including passerines and early raptors. Note: Nearest Subway is the R line at 25th Street station (check MTA alerts for service)
Find out more »January 2026
A Finchy winter walk in Green-wood Cemetery (Rain Date)
(Due to rain forecast this walk is moved from Saturday the 10th to Sunday the 11th.) Meet 8:30 am inside the Arch main entrance (25th Street and 5th Avenue). No registration necessary. Leader: Megan Thornton Focus: Winter is a quiet time but hidden among the bare trees and frozen ground, birds are around. For this themed walk, based on last autumn's finch forecast we hope to see winter finches among the woodpeckers, nuthatches, titmice, hawks and whatever else is around.…
Find out more »March 2026
DOODLE OR DIE, NOBODY LEAVES TILL WE SEE A TIMBERDOODLE!: A GREEN-WOOD CEMETERY PURSUIT
Meet 9 am at Greenwood's main entrance 5th Ave and 25th Street Leaders: Dennis Hrehowsik & Bobbi Manian Focus: A search for the American Woodcock, also known as “Timberdoodle”; also early spring woodland songbirds and late winter species, raptors, perhaps eagles and vultures No registration required.
Find out more »May 2026
Warblers from the south: Migration in Green-wood Cemetery
Meet 7 am at the main cemetery entrance, by the Gothic Arch, at 5th Avenue and 25th Street No registration necessary. Leader: Matthew Wills Focus: The peak spring of neotropical warblers, vireos, buntings and other songbird species, flycatchers, orioles, wrens, sparrows, and more.
Find out more »Peak May Migration in Green-wood Cemetery
Meet 7 am at the main entrance, 25th St/5th Ave inside or beyond the Arch. No registration necessary. Leaders: "Two Michelles" Focus: The peak of spring neotropical warblers, vireos, buntings and other songbird species, flycatchers, orioles, wrens, sparrows, and more. Note: Nearest Subway is the R line to 25th Street Station, then walk one block south to GWC entrance . Reference: https://ebird.org/hotspot/L285884/bird-list?m=5
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